This scheme contrasts with the tactics of a pathogen that has a short infectious period, such as the flu virus.

不过，感染期很短的病媒就不会采取这种策略，例如流感病毒。

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He asked for some advice from people within our department on how to contain infectious disease, during the period following this kind of natural disaster.

他向我们部的一些专家请教了在发生重大自然灾害之后如何遏制传染性疾病传播的建议。

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Pigs are infectious during the incubation period, which lasts from 4 to 14 days.

猪在潜伏期期间具有传染力，潜伏期持续4至14天。

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"If we can help these cavities to heal more quickly, then patients should be infectious for a shorter period of time, and they may also suffer less lung damage, " Dr Martineau said.

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It found that, in practice, cows were only infectious for around 1.7 days, which is less than half of the previously-assumed period.

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