Kwayar cutar West Nile Nucleic Acid

Kwayar cutar West Nile memba ce ta dangin Flaviviridae, wato kwayar cutar Flavivirus, kuma tana cikin nau'in kwayar cutar encephalitis ta Japan, kwayar cutar dengue, kwayar cutar yellow fever, kwayar cutar St. Louis encephalitis, kwayar cutar hepatitis C, da sauransu. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, zazzabin West Nile ya haifar da annoba a Arewacin Amurka, Turai, Gabas ta Tsakiya, da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya, kuma ta zama babbar cuta mai yaduwa da ke shafar Amurka a halin yanzu. Ana yada kwayar cutar West Nile ta hanyar tsuntsaye a matsayin masu masaukin baki a cikin tafki, kuma mutane suna kamuwa da ita ta hanyar cizon sauro (ornithophilic) kamar Culex. Mutane, dawakai, da sauran dabbobi masu shayarwa suna rashin lafiya bayan cizon sauro da suka kamu da kwayar cutar West Nile. Ƙananan cututtuka na iya bayyana tare da alamun mura kamar zazzabi da ciwon kai, yayin da manyan cututtuka na iya bayyana tare da alamun tsarin jijiyoyi na tsakiya ko ma mutuwa [1-3]. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, saboda zurfafa musayar bayanai da haɗin gwiwa na duniya, musayar bayanai tsakanin ƙasashe ya zama ruwan dare, kuma adadin matafiya ya ƙaru kowace shekara. A lokaci guda kuma, saboda dalilai kamar ƙaurar tsuntsayen da ke ƙaura, yuwuwar kamuwa da zazzabin Yammacin Nil ya ƙaru a China[4].