Wash Car After Chickens Cross Road
We all know to wash our hands after handling raw poultry. But next time you’ve just cruised down the interstate behind a truck full of chickens or Thanksgiving turkeys, you might want to wash your car. Because a study led by a team of Johns Hopkins scientists finds that tailgating such feathered cargo can significantly increase your exposure to poultry-borne bacteria. The report appeared in the very first issue of "The Journal of Infection and Public Health," which will publish research on the epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious disease.
In the study, test cars followed poultry trucks as they traveled from farm to slaughterhouse. After these road trips, researchers discovered that the interiors of cars that had their windows down were teeming with a wide variety of bacteria. And many of the bacteria were strains known to be resistant to several common antibiotics. In this age of avian influenza and antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs,’ scientists are exploring all possible pathways of disease between humans and animals. This case shows just one way to keep from being exposed to pathogens that are truly foul.
預(yù)防禽流感，請記住洗車
我們都知道接觸家禽后要洗手。但是下次如果你剛好在洲際公路上在一輛滿載小雞或者供感恩節(jié)用的火雞的卡車后行駛過，你可能想洗你的車了。這是因為約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)(Johns Hopkins)的一個科學(xué)家小組通過一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在滿載家禽的貨車后面行駛能顯著地增加暴露于家禽攜帶的細(xì)菌的可能性。該項研究正好發(fā)表在第一期的《傳染和公共健康雜志》（The Journal of Infection and Public Health），該雜志發(fā)表有關(guān)流行病學(xué)、傳染病的預(yù)防和控制方面的研究工作。
在該項研究中，在運輸家禽的卡車從農(nóng)場去屠宰場的途中，研究人員讓受測試的小汽車跟隨在卡車后面。之后研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，在途中小汽車開啟車窗后，這些小汽車的里面充滿了不同的細(xì)菌。這些細(xì)菌之中就有很多細(xì)菌對幾種普通的抗生素具有抗藥性。目前禽流感和對抗生素已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生抗藥性的“超級病毒”廣受關(guān)注，科學(xué)家們正在尋找人類和動物之間的疾病傳染的所有可能途徑。這個例子正好告訴了我們避免暴露于那些危險病原體之下的一種方法。
Vocabulary:
Poultry：禽類
Cruise: 巡航
Interstate: 洲際（公路）
Tailgate: 后擋板
Bacteria: 細(xì)菌
Epidemiology: 流行病學(xué)
Infectious: 傳染的
Slaughterhouse: 屠宰場
Interior: 內(nèi)部
Teem with: 充滿
Antibiotics: 抗生素
Avian influenza: 禽流感
Pathogen: 病原體
Foul: （疾病等）嚴(yán)重的，兇險的
We all know to wash our hands after handling raw poultry. But next time you’ve just cruised down the interstate behind a truck full of chickens or Thanksgiving turkeys, you might want to wash your car. Because a study led by a team of Johns Hopkins scientists finds that tailgating such feathered cargo can significantly increase your exposure to poultry-borne bacteria. The report appeared in the very first issue of "The Journal of Infection and Public Health," which will publish research on the epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious disease.
In the study, test cars followed poultry trucks as they traveled from farm to slaughterhouse. After these road trips, researchers discovered that the interiors of cars that had their windows down were teeming with a wide variety of bacteria. And many of the bacteria were strains known to be resistant to several common antibiotics. In this age of avian influenza and antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs,’ scientists are exploring all possible pathways of disease between humans and animals. This case shows just one way to keep from being exposed to pathogens that are truly foul.
預(yù)防禽流感，請記住洗車
我們都知道接觸家禽后要洗手。但是下次如果你剛好在洲際公路上在一輛滿載小雞或者供感恩節(jié)用的火雞的卡車后行駛過，你可能想洗你的車了。這是因為約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)(Johns Hopkins)的一個科學(xué)家小組通過一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在滿載家禽的貨車后面行駛能顯著地增加暴露于家禽攜帶的細(xì)菌的可能性。該項研究正好發(fā)表在第一期的《傳染和公共健康雜志》（The Journal of Infection and Public Health），該雜志發(fā)表有關(guān)流行病學(xué)、傳染病的預(yù)防和控制方面的研究工作。
在該項研究中，在運輸家禽的卡車從農(nóng)場去屠宰場的途中，研究人員讓受測試的小汽車跟隨在卡車后面。之后研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，在途中小汽車開啟車窗后，這些小汽車的里面充滿了不同的細(xì)菌。這些細(xì)菌之中就有很多細(xì)菌對幾種普通的抗生素具有抗藥性。目前禽流感和對抗生素已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生抗藥性的“超級病毒”廣受關(guān)注，科學(xué)家們正在尋找人類和動物之間的疾病傳染的所有可能途徑。這個例子正好告訴了我們避免暴露于那些危險病原體之下的一種方法。
Vocabulary:
Poultry：禽類
Cruise: 巡航
Interstate: 洲際（公路）
Tailgate: 后擋板
Bacteria: 細(xì)菌
Epidemiology: 流行病學(xué)
Infectious: 傳染的
Slaughterhouse: 屠宰場
Interior: 內(nèi)部
Teem with: 充滿
Antibiotics: 抗生素
Avian influenza: 禽流感
Pathogen: 病原體
Foul: （疾病等）嚴(yán)重的，兇險的