Bird Flu Caught by Cats 流感感染家猫
Ever since 2004, researchers have known that the H5N1 avian flu virus can infect and kill domestic cats.
自2004年起，研究人员已经知道H5N1禽流感病毒能感染并杀死家猫。
The findings also suggest that cats might help provide an early-warning system for avian flu by acting as 'sentinels', say the scientists, who work at a US Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo, Egypt.
在位于埃及开罗的美国海军医学研究部工作的科学家们认为，这些发现也提示由猫来充当“哨兵”可能有助于提供一个针对禽流感的预警系统。
It's not yet clear how vulnerable cats, dogs and other household animals may be to the new virus, but the Iowa cat's case reinforces just how different H1N1 is from the seasonal flu viruses.
现在还尚不明确猫，狗等其他家养宠物对新病毒的易感性，但是爱荷华的猫咪病例证实了H1N1与季节性流感有何不同。
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