kontaさんの おぼえた日記 - 2012年8月30日(木)

本日の学習　　ABCニュースシャワー71日目
「月面初着陸の船長 死去」 （8月27日放送）

昨日の復習　　ABCニュースシャワー
「西ナイルウイルス感染 47州に拡大」（8月24日放送）

Infections are multiplying at four times the usual rate.
「感染は通常の４倍に広がっている」

キーワード：infection 「感染」

symptoms 「症状」
West Nile virus 「西ナイルウイルス」
convulsion 「けいれん」
paralysis 「まひ」
mosquito 「蚊」
mosquito abatement programs 「蚊を撲滅する事業」

そのほかの語句も含めて例文でチェック♪
★　infection 「感染」
「Uganda Ebola Outbreak Spotlights Poorly-Understood Killer」
http://www.voanews.com/content/uganda-ebola-outbreak/1452882.html
The disease is spread through direct contact with the blood, saliva, sweat or other fluids of sick individuals. Handling the corpses of those who have died from the disease can also spread infection, which is why health officials are urging people not to bury Ebola victims, but to leave that task to trained medical personnel.

★　symptoms 「症状」
Once pollen-allergy symptoms start up, they can continue for months.
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「花粉症は一度発症すると、数か月間続きます。」

★　West Nile virus 「西ナイルウイルス」
「Dallas Attacks West Nile Virus by Land, Air」
http://www.voanews.com/content/dallas-attacks-west-nile-virus-by-land-air/1492342.html
Officials in Dallas, Texas, have stepped up efforts to combat West Nile virus after the deaths of 10 people there.

★　convulsion 「けいれん」
「Scientists Develop Tool to Unmask Sleeping Sickness Resistance」
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/health/Scientists-Develop-Tool-to-Unmask-Sleeping-Sickness-Resistance-138165194.html
An older drug, called melarsoprol, is a highly toxic arsenic-based compound that can cause symptoms of arsenic poisoning - convulsions, fever, loss of consciousness, nausea and vomiting. But because sleeping sickness can be a lethal illness and because some of the other drugs are so expensive and difficult to administer, melarsoprol continues to be used to treat trypanosomiasis patients.
※　arsenic 「ヒ素」arsenic poisoning ヒ素中毒

★　cf. convulsion 「（国家などを揺るがす）大変革、動乱」
Analysis: An Agenda for Egypt’s Next President
http://www.voanews.com/content/analysis-an-agenda-for-egypts-next-president-and-his-first-100-days/940225.html
All eyes are on Egypt this week as the democratic birth-pangs that began with last year's Tahrir Revolution seem to be undergoing their final convulsions. Two days of voting May 23 and 24 mark the main event -the heavily anticipated presidential election, the first after the ouster last of long-time president Hosni Mubarak.
※　birth bangs 「陣痛、生みの苦しみ」

★　paralysis 「まひ」symptoms 「症状」mosquito 「蚊」
「Texas Hard-Hit by West Nile Virus」
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-outbreak-of-west-nile-virus-may-be-worst-in-years/1490303.html
West Nile Virus　（記事からの抜粋です）
・Most often spread by the bite of an infected mosquito
・Mosquitoes become infected by feeding on infected birds
・One in 150 infected people develop severe symptoms such as stupor, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis
・80 percent of people infected have no symptoms
・There is no specific treatment, but in severe cases hospitalization can be required
・Can be prevented by community-based mosquito control programs
(Source : CDC)

★　mosquito abatement programs 「蚊を撲滅する事業」
http://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=10516
Mosquito Abatement Program
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne virus that is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito and not by person-to-person contact. In an effort to reduce the risk of human infection; the City has developed a response plan that includes adulticide and larvicide treatment.
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adulticide 「成虫駆除剤」「成虫駆除の」
larvicide「幼虫駆除剤」「幼虫駆除」

いくつかニュースを拾い読みしましたが...
見ているだけで、かゆくなります。
やはり「水たまり」は、蚊にとって最適な住処。水をためない工夫が必要。
伝染病の可能性のある場合は、それなりの対策も必要になってくる。
予算削減でできないとか、困るんですけど？