Cutar Nucleic Acid West Nile

Kwayar cutar ta West Nile memba ce ta dangin Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, kuma tana cikin jinsi daya da kwayar cutar Encephalitis ta Japan, cutar dengue, cutar zazzabin yellow fever, St Louis encephalitis virus, cutar hanta C, da sauransu. Ana kamuwa da cutar ta West Nile ta hanyar tsuntsaye a matsayin matsugunan tafki, kuma mutane suna kamuwa da cutar ta hanyar cizon ciyar da tsuntsaye (ornithophilic) sauro irin su Culex. Mutane, dawakai, da sauran dabbobi masu shayarwa suna rashin lafiya bayan cizon sauro da suka kamu da cutar ta West Nile. Ƙananan cututtuka na iya nuna alamun mura kamar zazzabi da ciwon kai, yayin da lokuta masu tsanani na iya nuna alamun tsarin juyayi na tsakiya ko ma mutuwa[1-3]. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, saboda zurfafa mu'amala da hadin gwiwar kasa da kasa, yin mu'amala a tsakanin kasashen ya zama ruwan dare, kuma yawan matafiya na karuwa kowace shekara. A sa'i daya kuma, saboda dalilai kamar gudun hijirar tsuntsaye, yiwuwar shigar da cutar zazzabin West Nile zuwa kasar Sin ya karu[4].