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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
The dengue virus depends on mosquitoes to get around, but the virus may have evolved a way to speed its spread by manipulating the behavior of masquito hosts. It makes them more blood thirsty, to quicker find a blood meal than their uninfected counterparts. So says a study in the Journal Public Library Scince Passages. Researchers compared which genes1 were active in the cell of Grams when infected and uninfected mosquitoes. They found the dangue infection flip2 this switch a hundred and forty seven genes. As expected, some of those were immune genes, the common responsors to infection. But the virus also truned on genes involved in odour detection and blood feeding. It could make a mosquito better at sniffing3 out hosts and quicker to plunges4 PBKS in this skin for a snack. Previous studies have shown malaria5 parasites6 can change mosquitoes' behavior too, by making it more likely to feed on multiple victims, thus infecting more people. And researchers say we humans may also do the biding7 of these passengers, when infected, we sweat, and the odour attracts other mosquitoes that feed on us and pick up hit tracking passengers for their next ride.
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n.基因( gene的名词复数 ) | |
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2 flip | |
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的 | |
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3 sniffing | |
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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4 plunges | |
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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5 malaria | |
n.疟疾 | |
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寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫 | |
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7 biding | |
v.等待,停留( bide的现在分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待;面临 | |
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