Given that the "tricorder" of Star Trek lore is still a scientific fantasy, pathogen detection alone will not eliminate the potential for contaminated food reaching the consumer.

假如给出太空漫步的“tricorder”仍然是一个科学幻想，病原体的单独检测将不能消除污染食物接触消费者的可能性。

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) is an emerging pathogen with the potential to cause great harm to humans, and there is concern about the potential for a new influenza pandemic.

高致病性禽流感病毒(H5N1)是一种严重危害人类健康的新型治病源，并与新型流感的暴发流行有关。

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It has to be complex, because we're asking the immune system to be able to respond to every potential foreign pathogen that we come into contact with.

免疫系统是十分复杂的,因为我们需要免疫系统,能够对我们身体接触到的,任何潜在的外来病原体进行反应

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The data presumably confirms where food industry leaders should focus additional resources (without, of course, slackening oversight of potential pathogen-related problems).

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More relevant to homeland security, DNA-based detection of biowarfare agents are currently used by the government to detect potential anthrax and other pathogen-based attacks.

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