How to deal with Zika virus?

The Zika virus belongs to the Flaviviridae family and was discovered in 1947 by the Yellow Fever Monitoring Network in the rhesus monkeys in the Zika jungle in Uganda. May 2015, Zika virus is endemic in Brazil, followed by the Americas was the explosive infection, as of January 26, 2016, there are 24 countries and regions have reported outbreaks, of which 22 in the Americas, tends to spread around the world. According to incomplete statistics, in Brazil, where the epidemic has been most severe, up to 1.5 million people have been infected, and the suspected case of neonatal microcephaly has surged to 3894 cases. February 27, 2016, China's Guangdong Province, appear two cases of Zika virus infection, two patients as siblings from Venezuela, they were 8 years old and 6 years old. At present, the patient is in stable condition and is treated in isolation in the hospital.

Apart from prevention, is there a better way to deal with this kind of virus?

First of all, we first understand the clinical symptoms of Zika virus. The incubation period for Zika virus disease (the time from exposure to the onset of symptoms) is unclear and may be several days. Only about 20% of people infected with Zika virus exhibit mild symptoms. Typical symptoms include acute onset of fever, rash, joint pain (mainly involving the hands and feet and facet joints), conjunctivitis, and other symptoms including myalgia. Headache, eyelid pain and weakness. Other rare symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, mucosal ulcers, and pruritus. Symptoms are usually mild, lasting less than a week, and serious illness requiring hospitalization is not common.

The current Zika virus prevention measures are as follows:

1. Take insect repellents (mosquito bites are the main route of transmission of this virus);

2. Wear clothes covering all parts of the body as much as possible, and preferably light-colored clothes;

3 , sleeping in mosquito nets.

4. Evacuate, keep clean, or cover containers that may hold water, such as buckets, pots, or car tires, to remove the environment that can breed mosquitoes.

2 May 2016, IAEA Deputy Director General Vasile Mara told reporters: If Brazil released a huge number of sterilization mosquito, the mosquito population will decline in the coming months. Of course, this method also needs other methods to assist. The Insect Insect Technique, which uses X -ray or gamma radiation, causes male insects to lose their ability to reproduce. After mating with female mosquitoes, the female mosquito breeding eggs cannot survive.

Now, let's ruin it!

Rumor 1: The vaccination causes a microcephaly. WHO stated that there is no evidence that the vaccination of pregnant women has caused microcephaly in newborns. Whether it was in French Polynesia from 2013 to 2014 or recently in northeastern Brazil, the increase in the number of microcephaly was not associated with vaccination.

Rumor 2: Insecticides, mosquitoes, flies, ethers cause microcephaly. WHO said that since pyriproxyfen put into use in the late 1990s, since it was never found an association with microcephaly.

Rumor 3: Brazil's Zika outbreak and microcephaly are related to the country's launch of genetically modified mosquitoes. The WHO stated that there was no evidence that the Zika outbreak and the microcephaly in Brazil were caused by genetically modified mosquitoes.

The spread of any infectious disease is closely related to personal hygiene and the surrounding environment. Therefore, in addition to maintaining personal hygiene habits, the clean-up and love of the environment is also one of the important protective measures to protect one's health. At the same time, if unconfirmed rumors are not to be obeyed, Banlangen will not help SARS. Salt will not protect against radiation, and Zika virus home-made microcephaly is unconfirmed.