一项新的研究结果显示,家猫因投喂感染了禽流感的鸟类食物或通过接触周围环境中的被感染猫而感染禽流感病毒 H5N1。该研究所见对弄清禽流感病毒在人类中的传播具有重要意义。在2003～2004年亚洲暴发流行 H5N1禽流感期间,曾有一些关于家猫发生致命性感染的传闻;但该研究结果与早期的研究结论相矛盾,先前研究认为,猫科动物对该病毒引发的疾病具有 A new study shows that domestic cats are infected with the bird flu virus H5N1 by feeding birds infected with bird flu or by contacting infected cats in their surroundings. The findings of this study are of great importance in understanding the spread of the avian influenza virus in humans. There was anecdotal evidence of a fatal infection in domestic cats during the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Asia between 2003 and 2004. However, the results of this study contradict the earlier findings that the cats’ Disease has