临床医学英语Unit 9.PPT

Unit 9 Bird Flu Word Formation zoo- (animal) -zoon,-zoa(pl.) e.g. protozoa, epizootic ser/o (serum) e.g. serosa, serotonin nos/o (disease ) e.g. nosocomial pleur/o ( pleura ) -gram ( picture ) supra- ( above ) tachy- ( fast ) pneum/o ( lung ) thorac/o ( thorax ) pan- ( overall ) -penia ( deficiency ) e.g. pancytopenia leuc/o ( white ) thromb/o ( blood clot ) glyc/o ( sugar ) ante- ( before ) -mortem ( death ) Questions to consider: 1. What do you know about bird flu ? 2. How does this disease transmit ? 3. Talk about bird flu in China. 现代汉语中“禽”字意味着“鸟”，但古汉语中的“禽”字 却是鸟兽的总称,所以“bird flu”一般被翻译成“禽流 感”。这个定义解释很准确(古人还是很聪明),因为鸟 类以外的动物也有可能感染禽流感。 自2003年以来全世界共确诊399例人感染H5N1高致病性 禽流感病例，其中252人死亡。 H5N1禽流感病毒主要是在禽类中传播。但是专家担心， 这种病毒有可能出现变异，导致人与人之间相互传染。 流感的病毒抗原結構分H和N兩大類: H代表 Hemagglutinin(血細胞凝集素),有如病毒的 鑰匙，用來打開及入侵人類或牲畜的細胞； N代表 Neuraminidase(神經氨酸酶),是幫助病毒感染 其他細菌的酵素。 New death from bird flu in China A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in the eastern Shandong province, state media has said. It says Ms Zhang, aged 27, died at the weekend after becoming infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. It is the second reported death from bird flu in China this year. Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old woman died in Beijing after handling ducks. The latest death was announced the day after the infection of a two-year old with bird flu in Hunan was reported.  The three new cases are the first to be reported in China in almost a year. The toddler is now in hospital in her home province of Shanxi and all those who had been in contact with her are being watched. The toll from bird flu in China is now reported by state media as 22 since 2003. Chinas ministry of agriculture said on Sunday that no bird flu epidemics were detected in Shanxi and Hunan provinces after the two-year-olds infection was confirmed. Grim threat The ministry said China now faces a grim situati