22-08-29 瘟神，god of plague，中国古代神话中专以瘟疫害人的鬼神，现在比喻作恶多端、面目可憎的人或邪恶势力。人们常用此来表达某人不吉利，会给别人带来灾难。瘟[wēn]，指流行性急性传染病：瘟疫、瘟病（pest; pestilence; plague）。神[shn]，表示神灵、神怪（god; deity;...

21-04-07 据一项研究显示，老鼠并非传播黑死病这场瘟疫的罪魁祸首。人们曾经普遍认为，在15到20世纪欧洲爆发的一系列疾病是由啮齿动物及鼠蚤大范围扩散而导致的。然而，来自挪威奥斯陆和意大利费拉拉市部分大学的研究团队发现，黑死病肆虐其实另有原因。 Scientists used histor...

13-10-10 Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows the spread of the disease, experts have warned. 专家警告，如果不采取措施，马达加斯加将爆发一场黑死病疫情。 The Red Cross and Pasteur Institute say inmates in the island's dirty, crowded jail...

13-03-28 A severe plague of locusts has infested about half of Madagascar, threatening crops and raising concerns about food shortages, a UN agency says. 联合国某机构表示，一场严重蝗灾袭击了马达加斯加半数地区，威胁到作物生长、引起食物短缺之忧。 The locust pl...

09-08-03 A second man has died of pneumonic plague in a remote part of north-western China where thousands of people have been quarantined. 中国西北部偏远地区肺鼠疫已经造成第二人死亡，数千人被隔离。 The victim was identified by Chinese state media as a neigh...