寨卡病毒的流行状况及其潜在问题

A review on the epidemic prevalence and potential problems of Zika virus

2015年12月1日,世界卫生组织发布关于寨卡病毒的全球警告。寨卡病毒是一种新兴的蚊媒传播性疾病,主要在非洲、南美洲和东南亚地区流行。寨卡病毒感染可引起发热、皮疹、关节疼痛等症状,并可引起导致吉兰-巴雷综合征。最近在南美洲发生的疫情提示寨卡病毒感染与新生儿小头畸形相关,已经引起了公共卫生领域全球性的关注,本文对寨卡病毒生物学特性、流行现状、潜在问题等方面进行综述,并探讨有效的防控策略。

On December 1, 2015, the World Health Organization（WHO） issued a warning on Zika virus, which is a flavivirus transmitted by mosquito vector. ZIKV infection can cause relatively mild disease characterized by fever, rash,arthralgia, and Guillain-Barrés syndrome.The recent outbreakin South Africa has been recognized as an issue of global public health concern, reporting that ZIKV infection was associated with neonatal microcephaly. In this paper, the biological characteristics,epidemic situation and potential problems of Zika virus was summarized and the effective strategies for prevention and control were discussed.