Bird flu might pass from mother to fetus

时间：2007-10-27 03:06:12

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Chinanews, Beijing, October 26 – According to the research of Chinese scientists, a bird-flu-infected pregnant woman is able to pass the virus to the fetus1 in her womb.

 

The research team led by Gu Jiang, a medical expert in the Peking University, have conducted autopsy2 on two patients who died of bird flu. In their two years’ research, they found virus in many organs other than lungs, including the brain, intestines3 and trachea.

 

One of the bodies was a young pregnant women, and virus was detected in her placenta and in the lungs of the fetus. Common flu virus can’t penetrate4 human placenta, but this case suggests that bird flu virus is quite different. The researchers believe the fetus was infected from blood circulation. The case also indicates that bird flu can spread via blood.

 

However, no human-to-human contagion5 cases of bird flu have been reported so far.

 
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1 fetus ekHx3     
n.胎，胎儿
参考例句：
  • In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。
  • No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。
2 autopsy xuVzm     
n.尸体解剖；尸检
参考例句：
  • They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
  • A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。
3 intestines e809cc608db249eaf1b13d564503dbca     
n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
  • The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句
4 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解
参考例句：
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
5 contagion 9ZNyl     
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染；蔓延
参考例句：
  • A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
  • The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。

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