Background: The efficacy and tolerability of the neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir in the treatment of influenza have been established in an extensive programme of controlled clinical trials.

近日，甲型HIN1流感病毒潜入，威胁着广大人民的健康。甲型H1N1流感病毒的基因不断发生变异，且来势汹汹，多次登上社交媒体的热门榜单，引起广泛关注，但实际上甲流并非是新型的流感病毒且已有相应预防和治疗策略。

根据《自然》杂志的一项新研究，从一名因与奶牛接触而感染的农场工人的眼睛中分离出的一种高致病性禽流感（HPAI） H5N1病毒，对在高度封闭实验室环境中感染的小鼠和雪貂是致命的。研究人员还发现，从这名患有轻度角膜炎症（结膜炎）的工人身上分离出的病毒可通过空气在分开的雪貂间传播，并可能与人类呼吸道细胞结合并在其中复制。

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is hospitalized with the country's first confirmed case of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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