1. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever 伊波拉出血热（学名)
但缩写常用 EVD (Ebola Virus Disease)
2. sb test positive for the Ebola virus 某人呈现伊波拉病毒
阳性反应 (大多用过去式，动作基本上已经完成才会用来叙述）
e.g. A doctor in New York City, who had recently been working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, tested positive for the Ebola virus on Oct. 23.
3. to contain virus 限制住病毒散布范围
e.g. Health officials in Spain rushed to contain the Ebola virus
Tuesday after it escaped Europe’s defenses.
4. infection prevention and control 防疫及控管
5. outbreak containment measures 抑止疫情扩散措施
6. to step up preventive measures 加强防备措施
7. to be infected with Ebola (过去分词形式) / contract (主动) 感染Ebola
8. show/display symptoms 出现症状 / symptomatic 有表现症状的 /
asymptomatic 没有表现症状的
重要常识补充:
“Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms.”
(感染伊波拉的人直到有明显的症状出现才俱有传染力)
“Transmission (感染） requires （使需要条件）direct contact with blood,
secretions, organs or other body fluids of infected living or dead persons or animals.”
9. airborne pathogen 可借由空气传播的病毒 （目前研究指出Ebola 不是);
mutate 突变 (+into)
e.g. Fears are growing that the most lethal form of the Ebola virus
can mutate into an airborne pathogen.
10. to come into contact with 和～有接触
11. incubation period 潜伏期
12. to lurk in somewhere 潜伏于某处
13. to be quarantined 被隔离
14. diagnosis (n.)/ diagnose (v.) 诊断
15. fatality rate 致死率 (high or low)
e.g. Ebola virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever with
a high fatality rate.
16. vaccine 疫苗 (+against) vaccinate 打疫苗 (to get vaccinated)
17. epidemic 流行病、（流行病的）传播
e.g. An epidemic of Ebola virus disease, the most severe of its
kind in history, is ongoing in several West African nations.
18. outbreak 爆发 (可数）
e.g. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world's
deadliest to date (到目前为止).
19. strain （病毒）种
20. transmission / contagion / infection 传染
21. virologist 病毒学家
22. preparedness plan (通常用 plans)
23. clinical trials 临床试验
24. super-pathogen 超级病毒
25. fatal / deadly 致命的
26. to prevent/combat/counter the spread of 预防、对抗～的散播
27. a case to be detected 有新的案例出现
e.g. The detection of new Ebola cases could rise up to 10,000 per week.
28. pressing need 急切的需要 (need 常用复数)
29. raise public health concerns 增加与人民健康相关的忧虑
30. drug to be approved （核准) by FDA (美国疾病管制局）
e.g. There are more than a dozen Ebola drugs in development,
but none have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Alexander Wang 王梓沅英文