For the first time, scientists have shown that chimpanzees in the wild become sick, and die from the simian version of AIDS.
科学家首次证明,野生黑猩猩会因猿类艾滋病而患病甚至死亡。
Routine genetic sequencing of the virus showed it looked like no other sample of AIDS virus and it was eventually compared to a gorilla simian immunodeficiency virus, itself only discovered in 2006.
病毒常规基因序列表明与其它艾滋病病毒样本看上去不一样并且它最终与仅在2006年发现的一大猩猩猿免疫缺陷病毒比对。
The primate version of the virus that causes AIDS is called simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), but most apes and monkeys that are infected with it show no symptoms of illness.
艾滋病病毒的灵长类动物版本被称为猴免疫缺陷病毒(SIV),但大多数感染此病毒的猿猴并没有显示任何疾病症状。
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