An attack of fever soon pulled him down.

发高烧很快使他的身体衰弱下来。

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An animal can respond to a viral infection in various ways, including fever, secretion of interferon, and attack by the immune system.

动物对病毒感染的反应各不相同，包括发烧、分泌干扰素、由免疫系统发动攻击等。

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He became deaf at five after an attack of typhoid fever.

他五岁时候，生了一场伤寒，变成了聋子。

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In his freshman year, he had an attack of scarlet fever, which set him back socially, and which also seems to have triggered a lifelong susceptibility to illness.

NEWYORKER: Getting Real

Some had tried explaining that his fears were unfounded, since the affliction had arrived not at birth but after an attack of the spotted fever when he was a boy of five.

NEWYORKER: The Limner