Still, because it is the first study to show the gel works, 'I would like to see a confirmatory study, ' said one of the leaders of the trial, Salim Abdool Karim.

但这项研究的带头人之一卡里姆（Salim Abdool Karim）说，由于是首次有研究显示这种凝胶能够防止感染艾滋病毒，因此希望能开展证实性研究。

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Instead, Quarraisha Abdool Karim and her colleagues at the Durban-based Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa tested a gel that contains tenofovir.

相反，总部设在德班的南非艾滋病项目研究中心的Quarraisha Abdool Karim与他的同事已测验了一个包含替诺福韦的凝胶。

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Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Dr. Karim's wife and research partner, said more gel needed to be made and she hoped to enroll them quickly in a new trial so they could get it.

卡拉·伊莎医生(Dr . Quarraisha Abdool Karim)是卡里姆的夫人兼研究伙伴，她称需要制造更多的凝胶，希望能够将受试者尽快吸收进新的试验中，这样她们就能取得药品了。

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Salim Abdool Karim, one of the two leading co-researchers, told reporters in Vienna that the 889 women involved in the trial, conducted in the coastal city of Durban and a remote rural village, had largely used the gel as directed.

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