The virus was first identified in the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1958 during an investigation into a pox-like disease among monkeys.

1958年，在对一种猴子中出现的痘类疾病的调查中，丹麦哥本哈根的国家血清研究所首次发现了这种病毒。

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In Shakespeare's day, wishing a pox on someone was a terrible curse.

在莎士比亚时代，诅咒某人得天花是非常恶毒的。

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To protect you against small pox or diphtheria, you are vaccinated with a small amount of the toxin, and then your body develops immunity against that toxin.

为了避免你长小脓包或得白喉病，所以会给你的身体接种小量毒素，然后你的身体会针对这些毒素产生免疫力。

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One of the museum's displays tells the story about when the president had a mild case of the infectious disease small pox.

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You get a vaccine for chicken pox, it gets injected, and sometime later you're going to be protected against it.

当你拿到水痘疫苗,并注射入体内后,一段时间之后,你就可以免于感染

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(Voice) There also are a number of Internet groups for parents hoping to locate pox parties, often to avoid vaccinating their children.

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Local stories reflecting the decade include a small pox outbreak, the Promettes on the seafront and Teddy Boy fashion filtering down from London.

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People may also catch chicken pox from direct exposure to a person with an active shingles rash if they have not been immunized by vaccination or a previous bout of chicken pox.

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If the U.S. government thinks the possibility of a small-pox attack by terrorists is real enough to perhaps vaccinate 500, 000 healthcare and safety workers so they can respond to such an assault, why shouldn't the rest of us be inoculated as well?

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