ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN MEXICO

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ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION IN MEXICO

• The pre­ven­tion and con­trol actions “Wash, Cover, Flip and Throw out” remain essen­tial for the pre­ven­tion of Den­gue, Chi­kun­gu­nya and Zika in Mexi­co
• Becau­se of the asso­cia­tion of com­pli­ca­tions as micro­ce­pha­ly by Zika virus infec­tion in pre­gnant women, it is very impor­tant to con­ti­nue with pre­ven­tion and con­trol actions.

Zika virus infec­tion is a disea­se cau­sed by a virus that is tran­smit­ted throu­gh the bite of the Aedes aegyp­ti mosqui­to, tran­smit­ter of the same vec­tor of Den­gue and Chi­kun­gu­nya. It was fir­st iso­la­ted in a mon­key in the Zika fore­st in Enteb­be, Ugan­da (Afri­ca); sin­ce 1968 out­breaks have been repor­ted from this disea­se in tro­pi­cal Afri­ca and parts of Sou­thea­st Asia.

In March 2014, was iden­ti­fied the pre­sen­ce of Zika virus infec­tion in the Ame­ri­cas, and in Novem­ber 2015 was con­fir­med the fir­st indi­ge­nous case of Zika virus infec­tion in Mexi­co.

In Mexi­co, Janua­ry 8, 2016 have been con­fir­med 15 indi­ge­nous cases of infec­tion Zika virus in the sta­tes of Chia­pas (10), Jali­sco (1) and Nue­vo Leon (4), whi­le the­re have been three cases impor­ted in Que­re­ta­ro (1), Nue­vo Leon (1) and Tamau­li­pas (1).

On Janua­ry 17, 2016, the Pan Ame­ri­can Health Orga­ni­za­tion has repor­ted that the­re are 18 coun­tries that have con­fir­med indi­ge­nous cir­cu­la­tion of Zika virus (ZIKV) bet­ween 2015 and 2016: Bra­zil, Bar­ba­dos, Colom­bia, Ecua­dor, El Sal­va­dor, Gua­te­ma­la, Guya­na, French Guya­na, Hai­ti, Hon­du­ras, Mar­ti­ni­que, Mexi­co, Pana­ma, Para­guay, Puer­to Rico, St. Mar­tin, Suri­na­me and Vene­zue­la.

Zika virus infec­tion is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by:

- Fever.

- Con­junc­ti­vi­tis.

- Hea­da­che.

- Muscle pain.

- Rash.

- Itch.

- Sha­king chills.

The­re is no spe­ci­fic treat­ment and as for Den­gue and Chi­kun­gu­nya, the treat­ment is only symp­to­ma­tic and for relie­ve pain and fever. The­re is no vac­ci­ne to pre­vent the infec­tion of this virus.

It is impor­tant to note that Bra­zil has repor­ted an asso­cia­tion bet­ween micro­ce­pha­ly and Zika virus infec­tion in pre­gnant women. Micro­ce­pha­ly is a neu­ro­lo­gi­cal disor­der in which the cir­cum­fe­ren­ce of the head is less than ave­ra­ge for a baby of their size or age. This coun­try has repor­ted the occur­ren­ce of three dea­ths attri­bu­ted by Zika virus infec­tion.

Sin­ce May 2014 in Mexi­co have taken steps to pre­vent Zika virus infec­tion throu­gh pre­ven­tion cam­pai­gns and health pro­mo­tion, pre­ven­ti­ve tra­vel advi­so­ries, war­nings and epi­de­mio­lo­gi­cal actions for vec­tor con­trol.

Mexico´s Epi­de­mio­lo­gi­cal Sur­veil­lan­ce System is rea­dy for dia­gno­sis of infec­tions by Zika virus.

In addi­tion to the pre­ven­tion and con­trol of the vec­tor, in the coming days it will spread a cam­pai­gn in media about the impor­tan­ce of pre­ven­ting Zika virus infec­tion espe­cial­ly among pre­gnant women, to pre­vent com­pli­ca­tions such as micro­ce­pha­ly.

It is neces­sa­ry to con­ti­nue sprea­ding the fol­lo­wing recom­men­da­tions:

Recom­men­da­tions to the public:

• Wear long slee­ves, trou­sers and repel­lent.
• Wash the con­tai­ners in which you save water and cover them.
• Turn buc­ke­ts and bot­tles and strip what you do not use and can accu­mu­la­te water
• Keep doors and win­do­ws clo­sed, pla­ce mosqui­to nets and slee­ping pavi­lions.

Pre­gnant women besi­des the­se recom­men­da­tions should attend pre­na­tal chec­kups.

We hope that in the coming weeks or mon­ths the disea­se will disper­se in the coun­try.

So far in Mexi­co the­re have been no dea­ths from the disea­se by Zika virus.

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