流行病毒
Flu epidemics kill 250,000 to 500,000 people each year and cause severe illness in 3 million to 5 million.
However, new strains that jump from animals to humans can be even more devastating
if the population has no immunity.
每年流感疫情 使25萬至50萬人至死
造成3萬至5萬人重病。
然而 如果人沒有免疫力 從動物向人類傳染新菌株更具毀滅性 。
1918 “Spanish flu” — The most devastating flu pandemic in recent history
was caused by a strain of H1N1 influenza that killed 20 million to 50 million people.
1918年“西班牙流感”
是近代史上最具毀滅性的流感大流行
H1N1流感 使20萬至50萬人喪生。
1957-1958 “Asian flu” — First identified in China,
this H2N2 virus caused about 2 million deaths worldwide.
1957-1958年“亞洲流感” 首先確認在中國
這種 H2N2 病毒造成全球約200萬人死亡。
1968-1969 “Hong Kong flu” — The pandemic was first detected in Hong Kong.
The H3N2 virus killed about 1 million people globally. H3N2 viruses still circulate today.
1968年至1969年“香港流感”
這流行病首次在香港發現。
H3N2 病毒全球約100萬人喪生。
H3N2 病毒仍在流行。
1997 “Bird flu” — For the first time, an influenza virus was found to spread directly from birds to people.
The H5N1 bird flu infections were linked to poultry markets.
The WHO has recorded 598 cases since 2003, with 352 deaths.
1997年“禽流感”
H5N1禽流感病毒感染。
首次流感病毒從禽類傳向人。
自2003年以來 世衛組織記錄598例，352人死亡。
2009 “Swine flu” — The H1N1 “swine flu” virus originated in Mexico in 2009, a combination of a Eurasian swine flu virus with another strain that was a mix of bird, swine and human flu. It went on to kill more than 18,000 people.
2009年“豬流感”
H1N1的 “豬流感”病毒起源於2009年墨西哥，
歐亞豬流感病毒 是一個鳥，豬和人類流感病毒的混合組合。
它殺了超過18000人。
流行病毒
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