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This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
Bad blood pressure and cholesterol1 numbers are predictors for future health problems. You won’t definitely have a heart attack, for example, but your risk is higher. Now researchers have developed a similar-style early warning system for the public health of an entire region. They found that an analysis of particular environmental conditions helps predict the risk of an outbreak of the deadly disease cholera2. The work is in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3.
The scientists did a kind of retrospective clinical study, in which they analyzed4 years of both disease and environmental data from the Zanzibar archipelago, and they discovered that in areas already at-risk a one-degree Celsius5 increase in temperature over the average monthly minimum was associated with a doubling of the cholera cases within the next four months. A 200-millimeter increase in the monthly rainfall total also went along with a big rise in cholera cases within two months.
Cholera bacteria thrive in warm water where sanitation6 is poor. So the hotter, wetter conditions are just what the doctor did not order. The researchers hope that monitoring the environment can help communities prepare better for cholera outbreaks.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Steve Mirsky.
1 cholesterol | |
n.(U)胆固醇 | |
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2 cholera | |
n.霍乱 | |
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3 hygiene | |
n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic) | |
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v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析 | |
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adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的 | |
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n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备 | |
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