1. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever 伊波拉出血熱（學名)
但縮寫常用 EVD (Ebola Virus Disease)
2. sb test positive for the Ebola virus 某人呈現伊波拉病毒
陽性反應 (大多用過去式，動作基本上已經完成才會用來敘述）
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 限制住病毒散佈範圍
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 抑止疫情擴散措施
6. to step up preventive measures 加強防備措施
7. to be infected with Ebola (過去分詞形式) / contract (主動) 感染Ebola
8. show/display symptoms 出現症狀 / symptomatic 有表現症狀的 /
asymptomatic 沒有表現症狀的
重要常識補充:
“Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms.”
(感染伊波拉的人直到有明顯的症狀出現才俱有傳染力)
“Transmission (感染） requires （使需要條件）direct contact with blood,
secretions, organs or other body fluids of infected living or dead persons or animals.”
9. airborne pathogen 可藉由空氣傳播的病毒 （目前研究指出Ebola 不是);
mutate 突變 (+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～有接觸
11. incubation period 潛伏期
12. to lurk in somewhere 潛伏於某處
13. to be quarantined 被隔離
14. diagnosis (n.)/ diagnose (v.) 診斷
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）傳播
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 爆發 (可數）
e.g. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world's
deadliest to date (到目前為止).
19. strain （病毒）種
20. transmission / contagion / infection 傳染
21. virologist 病毒學家
22. preparedness plan (通常用 plans)
23. clinical trials 臨床試驗
24. super-pathogen 超級病毒
25. fatal / deadly 致命的
26. to prevent/combat/counter the spread of 預防、對抗～的散播
27. a case to be detected 有新的案例出現
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 常用複數)
29. raise public health concerns 增加與人民健康相關的憂慮
30. drug to be approved （核准) by FDA (美國疾病管制局）
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