A preoccupation with “patient zero” stimulated, but may also have stymied, early efforts to understand AIDS In his book Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic, Richard McKay retraces the fits and starts of early AIDS research and how the evocative concept of a “patient zero” both captured the imagination of the general public and fed into the media hype that fueled speculation about the disease.

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对“零号病人”的关注刺激了，但也可能阻碍了早期了解艾滋病的努力在他的《零号病人和艾滋病流行的形成》一书中，理查德麦凯回顾了早期艾滋病研究的起起落落，以及令人回味的概念如何“零号病人”既吸引了公众的想象力，又助长了媒体炒作，从而引发了对该疾病的猜测。