Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer. Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in the homes of people with colds and reported the results at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases.
有人在你的屋里打喷嚏吗？注意你的冰箱门把手和电视遥控器。一项最新的研究发现，感冒者通常会把细菌留在这些地方，而这些细菌可以存活1-2天的时间。以微生物学的研究而闻名的弗吉尼亚大学的科学家，测试了感冒患者家里的可触表面，并在国家感染疾病首席会议上提出了测验结果。
Doctors don't know how often people catch colds from touching germy surfaces as opposed to, say, shaking a sick person's hand, said Dr. Birgit Winther, an ear, nose and throat specialist who helped conduct the study.
本次试验研究的负责人，耳、鼻、喉专家Dr Birgit Wintehr表示，医生不知道人们通过诸如和病人握手等触摸带菌表面而感染疾病的几率。
Two years ago, she and other doctors showed that germs survived in hotel rooms a day after guests left, waiting to be picked up by the next person checking in.
两年前，她和其他的医生曾经证明细菌在酒店房间里面能够在客户离开之后的1-2天内继续存活，直到它们等到下一个入住的客人。
For the new study, researchers started with 30 adults showing early symptoms of colds. Sixteen tested positive for rhinovirus. They were asked to name 10 places in their homes they had touched in the preceding 18 hours, and researchers used DNA tests to hunt for rhinovirus.
作为一项新的研究，研究人员从30个有早期感冒症状的人开始测试。其中的16人被证明确实染病。他们被要求说出在屋里18个小时前接触的地方，然后研究人员通过DNA测试来捕捉这些病菌。
"We found that commonly touched areas like refrigerator doors and handles were positive about 40 percent of the timefor cold germs" , Winther said.
Winther说：“我们发现，被广泛接触的地方，比如说冰箱门和把手，有40%的可能性会被感冒细菌利用。”
All three of the salt and pepper shakers they tested were contaminated. Other spots found to harbor the germ: 6 out of 18 doorknobs; 8 of 14 refrigerator handles; 3 of 13 light switches; 6 of 10 remote controls; 8 of 10 bathroom faucets; 4 of 7 phones, and 3 of 4 dishwasher handles.
三个盐瓶以及胡椒粉瓶都被证实遭到污染，其他一些地方也被证实是病毒的港湾：包括6/18的门把手，8/14的冰箱扶手，3/13的电灯开关，6/10的遥控器，8/10的水龙头，4/7的电话和3/4的洗碗机扶手。
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