新城疫病毒

xīnchéngyìbìngdú

noun

Meanings

1 Newcastle disease virus (NDV)
2 avian paramyxovirus type 1

Characters

city, walled town

epidemic, plague

illness, disease

Examples

新城疫病毒是养禽业最严重的病原之一。

Xīnchéngyìbìngdú shì yǎng qín yè zuì yánzhòng de bìng yuán zhīyī.

Newcastle disease virus is one of the most serious pathogens in the poultry industry.

定期接种疫苗可以预防新城疫病毒感染。

Dìngqī jiēzhòng yìmiáo kěyǐ yùfáng xīnchéngyìbìngdú gǎnrǎn.

Regular vaccination can prevent Newcastle disease virus infection.

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history

Named after Newcastle upon Tyne, England, where a 1926 poultry outbreak gave the disease its name. The Chinese calques the place-name literally as 新城 ('new city').

Stroke Order

新 xīn

城 chéng

疫 yì

病 bìng

毒 dú