It was this curiosity, in particular, that surprised Dr Fefferman.

特别是这种好奇心让费佛曼博士震惊。

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However the plague, and the reactions of the game's players to it, recently came to the attention of Eric Lofgren and Nina Fefferman, two epidemiologists at University in New Jersey.

然而，“瘟疫”和游戏玩家对其做出的反应引起了新泽西州大学的两位流行病学家Eric Lofgren和Nina Fefferman的关注。

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It was this curiosity, in particular, that surprised Dr Fefferman.

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But if players could be persuaded to accept Dr Fefferman's watchful eye (and many might welcome the idea that they were helping medical science), other research suggests that the results could be realistic.

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With that in mind, Dr Fefferman has talked with Blizzard's programmers and she says they are willing to entertain the idea of incorporating diseases or other risks into their virtual world in order for her to study them.

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