Asidi ya Nucleic Acid ya ku West Nile Virus

Kachilombo ka West Nile ndi ka m'banja la Flaviviridae, mtundu wa Flavivirus, ndipo kali m'gulu lomwelo la kachilombo ka encephalitis ka ku Japan, kachilombo ka dengue, kachilombo ka yellow fever, kachilombo ka St. Louis encephalitis, kachilombo ka hepatitis C, ndi zina zotero. M'zaka zaposachedwa, malungo a West Nile ayambitsa miliri ku North America, Europe, Middle East, ndi Southeast Asia, ndipo akhala matenda opatsirana akuluakulu omwe akukhudza United States pakali pano. Kachilombo ka West Nile kamafalikira kudzera m'mbalame ngati malo osungiramo zinthu, ndipo anthu amadwala kudzera mu kulumidwa ndi udzudzu wodya mbalame (ornithophilic) monga Culex. Anthu, akavalo, ndi nyama zina zoyamwitsa zimadwala atalumidwa ndi udzudzu womwe uli ndi kachilombo ka West Nile. Milandu yochepa ikhoza kukhala ndi zizindikiro zofanana ndi chimfine monga malungo ndi mutu, pomwe milandu yoopsa ikhoza kukhala ndi zizindikiro za mitsempha yapakati kapena ngakhale imfa [1-3]. M'zaka zaposachedwa, chifukwa cha kukulirakulira kwa kusinthana kwa mayiko ndi mgwirizano, kusinthana pakati pa mayiko kwakhala kofala, ndipo chiwerengero cha apaulendo chawonjezeka chaka ndi chaka. Nthawi yomweyo, chifukwa cha zinthu monga kusamuka kwa mbalame zosamukira, mwayi woti matenda a West Nile alowe ku China wawonjezeka [4].