| Avian flu shows signs of resurgence, while a mutant strain – able to sidestep vaccines – could be spreading in Asia, the United Nations has warned, BBC reported. |
聯(lián)合國(guó)近日發(fā)出警告，稱禽流感有卷土重來(lái)的跡象。據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，一種禽流感病毒變種可能會(huì)在亞洲蔓延，疫苗對(duì)其不起作用。 |
| The variant appeared in Vietnam and China and its risk to humans cannot be predicted, veterinary officials said. |
獸醫(yī)官員表示，該變種出現(xiàn)在越南和中國(guó)，對(duì)人類的威脅尚不可知。 |
| Circulation of the virus in Vietnam threatens Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia, where eight people have died after becoming infected this year. |
其在越南的傳播已威脅到了泰國(guó)、馬來(lái)西亞和柬埔寨。今年以來(lái)，柬埔寨已有八人因感染該病毒而死亡。 |
| The virus had been eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its 2006 peak, but it remains endemic in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. |
2006年禽流感高發(fā)期，共有63個(gè)國(guó)家遭禽流感肆虐，后來(lái)絕大多數(shù)國(guó)家將該病毒鏟除，但在孟加拉國(guó)、中國(guó)、埃及、印度、印度尼西亞、越南等國(guó)依然有殘余。 |
| The number of cases has been rising again since 2008, apparently because of migratory bird movements, Juan Lubroth, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) chief veterinary officer, said. |
2008年以來(lái)，禽流感病例持續(xù)增加。據(jù)聯(lián)合國(guó)糧農(nóng)組織高級(jí)獸醫(yī)官員胡安?盧布羅特說(shuō)，這明顯是由候鳥遷徙造成的。 |
| "Wild birds may introduce the virus, but people's actions in poultry production and marketing spread it," he said. |
“野生鳥類可能帶來(lái)了病毒，但人們的禽類生產(chǎn)和銷售活動(dòng)卻傳播了它。” |
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Bird flu has killed 331 people since 2003. It has also killed or provoked the culling of more than 400 million domestic poultry worldwide and caused an estimated US$20 billion of economic damage.
(China.org.cn August 31, 2011) |
從2003年到現(xiàn)在，禽流感已造成全世界331 人死亡﹑四億只家禽病死或被撲殺，經(jīng)濟(jì)損失約達(dá)200億美元。 |
