Infection doesn't equal illness The HIV virus can remain latent for a period of eight to ten years. During the virus's latent phase, the infected person will show no symptoms. But once someone is infected, they remain so for life, and they can pass the virus on to others.
愛滋病毒的潛伏期長達八至十年，潛伏期間感染者大多沒有癥狀，但一旦感染終生帶原，而且會傳染。