Recognize Virus Zika
Zika was first discovered in 1947. The virus zika can cause infections in humans. Transmission
carried by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, principally Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.Virus Zika included family Flaviviridae. Symptoms of an infected person zika virus like headache, rash on the face, neck, and the upper arm and may spread to the palms and feet, fever and back pain.
Flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue fever, west nile, and encephalitis Japan. Its means more potential to hurt people infected. Whereas different zika virus. Zika virus will cause a risk to the fetus woman infected. Virus has been associated with microcephaly, a condition in which a small baby's head and brain development disturbed. But keep in mind that the cause of microcephaly not only zika virus. Microcephaly can be caused by genetics, exposure to toxic chemicals, even a traumatic birth.
Spreading Virus Zika
Zika virus reported to have been found in various countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Caribbean. Zika discussed since the mid 2015 after contracting about 500,000 residents. Then the number of infected to 1.5 million. And this coincided with the increasing number of babies with microcephaly from an average of 156 babies in the year 2010-2014 to 3000 babies in 2015.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said more of 3100 pregnant women in the country contracted the virus Columbian zika. At Columbia also known to have the virus zika relationship with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition where a person's immune system attacks parts of the nervous system. One of the complications is the failure of the respiratory system, but this is still very
rare.
The first case of viral infections in Europe occur in zika Spain, where a pregnant woman is diagnosed
positive and known to have just returned from Columbian. WHO has stated that the virus is a state zika global emergency. And if the distribution pattern resembles dengue fever and chikungunya, experts in Texas say that Florida and Hawaii may be at risk for zika.
And deployment may be faster for years. This will be the Olympic Games in Brazil, where thousands of people from other countries will gather there. Brazil has found the virus in the saliva sample zika
and urine. This may cause concern that the virus could spread through body fluids. Because it should be noted also on blood donations from people returning from countries infected with virus zika.
Treatment
There is currently no vaccine or medicine to prevent fever zika. The Brazilian government will invests 1.9 million dollars to a partnership between the University of Texas and Institutes
Evandro Xhagas Brazil for vaccine development. However thus a group of scientists in the United States declared need a minimum of 2 years to develop a vaccine virus zika and 10-12 years for regulatory approval for used in the community.
Pregnant women should avoid travel to countries which potentially are zika virus. And if any You are in a country with the potential transmission of virus zika, may need to consider delaying pregnancy
until this issue is clear. Nevertheless, if already pregnant and infected, remove the choice of abortion. Ana Carolina Caceres, 24, is a journalist from Brazil. He was born with the condition microcephaly. She was successful as a journalist and author of the blog.
If it is forced to, use of personal protective mosquito. And if you feel abnormality after traveling from countries suspected, immediately consult to the doctor. Zika symptoms are similar to symptoms of other diseases such as colds and diseases caused by mosquitoes, so we should be more vigilant.