I-Zika Virus Ingaphila Emehlweni Akho, kusho Ucwaningo Olusha

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Siyazi ukuthi omiyane bathwala iZika, kanjalo negazi. Siyazi futhi ukuthi ungayithola njenge-STD kubo bobabili ozakwethu bocansi besilisa nabesifazane. (Ingabe bewazi ukuthi icala lokuqala le-Zika STD wesifazane kuya kowesilisa litholwe e-NYC?!) Futhi manje, ngokokutholwe kwakamuva kwe-Zika, kubonakala sengathi igciwane lingakwazi ukuphila ngezinyembezi zakho.

Abaphenyi bathole ukuthi leli gciwane lingaphila esweni nokuthi okutholakale ngofuzo lukaZika kungatholakala ngezinyembezi, ngokusho kocwaningo olusha olushicilelwe ku Imibiko Yeseli.

Ochwepheshe bathelele amagundane amadala anegciwane le-Zika ngesikhumba (njengomuntu ozotheleleka ngokulunywa omiyane), futhi bathola igciwane lisebenza emehlweni ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa kamuva. Yize abacwaningi bengazi kahle ukuthi leli gciwane lihamba kanjani lisuka egazini liye esweni, lokhu okutholakele okusha kusikisela ukuthi kungani abanye abantu abanegciwane baba ne-conjunctivitis (ububomvu nokuchachamba kwamehlo) futhi, ezimweni ezingavamile, ukutheleleka kwamehlo okubizwa nge-uveitis ( lokho kungaba kubi futhi kuholele ekulahlekelweni kombono). Cishe inyanga eyodwa ngemuva kokutheleleka, abacwaningi basathola izinto zofuzo ezivela kuZika ngezinyembezi zamagundane anegciwane. Igciwane lalingekho ezithathelwanayo virus, kepha kusenokuningi okumele sifunde ukuthi lokhu kungadlala kanjani kubantu.

Njengegciwane leZika ngokuvamile, lokhu kunemiphumela eminingi ezinganeni nasezinganeni kunabantu abadala. I-Zika ingadala ukulimala kobuchopho nokufa emibungwini, futhi cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yazo zonke izingane ezitheleleke esibelethweni, iba nezifo zamehlo njengokuvuvukala kwemizwa ye-optic, ukulimala kwe-retinal noma ubumpumputhe ngemuva kokuzalwa, ngokusho kokukhishwa yiWashington University ISikole Sezokwelapha eSt. Louis, lapho kwenziwa khona lolu cwaningo.

Konke lokhu kuyifulegi elikhulu elibomvu lokubhebhetheka kweZika: uma iso lingaba indawo yokugcina igciwane, khona-ke kukhona ithuba lokuthi iZika ingasakazwa ngokuhlangana nezinyembezi zomuntu onaleli gciwane. Ngesikhathi nje lapho ucabanga ukuthi ukuhlukana okubucayi akubanga namandla nakakhulu.

"Kungaba newindi lesikhathi lapho izinyembezi zitheleleka kakhulu futhi abantu behlangana nazo futhi bekwazi ukuzisabalalisa," kusho umbhali ocwaningweni uJonathan J. Miner, M.D., Ph.D., ekukhishweni.

Yize ucwaningo lokuqala lwenziwe kumagundane, abacwaningi bahlela izifundo ezifanayo nabantu abanegciwane ukuthola ubungozi beqiniso obuhambisana nokutheleleka ngeZika kanye neso. Futhi ngenkathi umbono wezinyembezi zomuntu ezithathelwanayo usho izinto ezesabekayo ekusakazekeni kweZika, lokhu okutholakele kungasisondeza ekwelashweni. Abacwaningi bangasebenzisa izinyembezi zomuntu ukuhlola i-RNA yegciwane noma amasosha omzimba, futhi iso legundane lingasetshenziswa ukuhlola izidakamizwa ze-anti-Zika, ngokusho kokukhululwa. Siyabonga ubuhle bendwangu yesiliva.

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