She will also react seriously to an OpEd, by the way,

顺带一提 她还重视一篇特稿

tends not to attract the same kind of attention,

所以即便在同一学术水平上

was a time, one of the times,

有一段时间 一个时代

with virgin soil epidemics, like smallpox and measles,

属于处女地的流行病 如天花和麻疹

cause cancer of the lung in particular.

会得肺部的癌症

We talked about public health and epidemiology a few weeks ago

我们几周前讨论过公共卫生及流行病学

From 1854, cholera became a lifelong preoccupation of Max van Pettenkofer,

1854年霍乱成为佩腾科弗的终身事业

staking his reputation on high profile debates with Robert koch.

并用自己的名誉和罗伯特·科赫争论