After an anthrax attack, people may not know they are infected until the toxins are circulating in their blood, and it may be too late for antibiotics alone to be effective, the researchers explained.

遭受炭疽攻击后，直到毒素在血液里循环的时候，人们才知道受到了感染。研究者解释说，这时可能已经太晚了，单独用抗生素已不怎么见效。

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The fact that the link between anthrax and Iraq may have provided the 'tipping point' in moving media and public opinion to the point where Bush could attack Iraq without a firestorm of protest.

事实上，炭疽和伊拉克之间的联系已经给那些蠢蠢欲动的媒体提供了“引爆点”，同时要不是公众的舆论激起了抗议，布什很可能会攻打伊拉克。

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The control and prevention measures on anthrax were also introduced and the measures responding to the possible bioterrorism-attack were proposed in this paper.

同时介绍了炭疽的预防与控制，提出了应对可能发生的生物恐怖应采取的措施。

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That could mean that even if we never face an attack of airborne anthrax or smallpox, funding more research into treatments for infectious disease will be a good thing.

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