Esinye sezikhathazo ezinkulu zezempilo ukuthi abahambayo manje ababhekene negciwane leZika. Lesi sifo esiyingqayizivele nesesabekayo asiyona ingozi enkulu kulabo abanesandulela ngculaza kodwa kunalokho kungabangela ukukhubazeka kokuzalwa okubizwa ngokuthi i-microcephaly ezinganeni ezingakazalwa. Ngenxa yalokhu, abesifazane abakhulelwe njengamanje badikibala kakhulu ukuvakashela izindawo lapho igciwane laziwa khona. Ngaphezulu kwalokho, njengoba iZika manje iboniswe ukuthi idluliselwa ngoxhumana nabo ngokocansi, kokubili amadoda nabesifazane bayelulekwa ukuba bathathe izinyathelo zokuqapha uma kungenzeka ukuthi bavelele lesi sifo.
Kodwa izimo zeZika ezisakazwa ngokobulili zihlala ziphansi kakhulu kuleli phuzu, ngenqubo eyinhloko yokwehliswa kwegciwane elizayo ngokulunywa kwemiyane. Ngeshwa, lokhu kwenza kube nzima ukuvimbela ukusabalala kweZika, manje okusakazeka ezindaweni eziningi emhlabeni wonke nase-US
Ngokwesikhungo sokuLawula izifo, iZika manje isakaze kakhulu eMelika futhi itholakala emazweni angu-33 kuleso sigaba somhlaba. Lawo mazwe afaka iBrazil, i-Ecuador, iMexico, iCuba neJamaica. Igciwane liye lafunyanwa ePacific eziqhingini ezihlanganisa iFiji, iSamoa, neTonga, kanye ne-American Samoa neMarshall Islands. E-Afrika, uZika uphinde watholakala esifundeni saseCape Verde.
Kodwa, njengoba amacala amaningi ka-Zika aqhubeka nokukhula, manje kubonakala sengathi uhlakazeka kakhulu kunokucabanga kuqala. Ngokwesibonelo, iVietnam manje inezinkinga zokuqala ezimbili ezibikiwe, ezingabonisa ukuthi maduzane igciwane liyosakazeka kulo lonke elaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, lapho ezinye izifo ezithwala umiyane zivamile.
Kube khona amacala angaphezu kwangu-300 kaZika abike kuwo wonke ama-United States futhi, kodwa kuzo zonke izimo abantu abanesifo esithintekile basuke behlushwa lesi sifo ngenkathi beya phesheya. Ayikho into ebonisa ukuthi ama-mosquito athatha igciwane okwamanje esebenza e-US Zika ukukhathazeka okukhulayo eMexico, okwenza abacwaningi abaningi bakholelwe ukuthi maduzane uzosakazeka eningizimu ye-US futhi mhlawumbe ngaphezulu.
Muva nje, i-CDC ikhulise ububanzi phakathi kwe-United States ukuthi ikholelwa ukuthi i-Zika virus ingagcina isakazeka. Igciwane lithathwa yizinhlobo zezinyosi ezibizwa ngokuthi i-Aedes aegypti, futhi lezo zinambuzane zitholakala ezindaweni eziningi zezwe ezazicatshangwa ngaphambilini. Ibalazwe elingaphakathi kakhulu elihlelwe ukubhuka okungenzeka likwazi ukuthi iZika ilule ulwandle ogwini ngaphesheya kwe-US eseningizimu kusukela eFlorida kuya eCalifornia. Ukwengeza, indawo enegciwane lengculaza ingasetha i-East Coast kuze kube se-Connecticut.
Njengamanje, ayikho ukwelashwa noma umuthi wokugoma weZika, futhi njengoba izimpawu ngokuvamile ziba mnene kakhulu, abantu abaningi abazi ukuthi ngabe bane-HIV. Kodwa, ukuhlola kubonakala kubonisa ukuthi uma usuqede lesi sifo, umzimba wakho wakha umkhuhlane wokulwa nezifo ezizayo. Ukwengeza, abacwaningi basanda kufaka isakhiwo segciwane, okuzogcina ekusizeni ekulwa nalesi sifo noma ekuvimbeleni ukuba nomthelela ezinganeni ezingakazalwa.
Lokhu kusho ukuthini ngabahambi? Okubalulekile kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi uzodalulwa kanjani kuZika, kokubili ekhaya nasemgwaqweni. Njengoba ulwa nolwazi, ungathatha izinyathelo ezifanele ukugwema izinkinga ezingase zibe khona ngokukhulelwa.
Ngokwesibonelo, kunconywa ukuthi amadoda ahambele indawo lapho iZika eyaziwa ukuthi ikhona khona noma ahlukane nabalingani babo noma asebenzise amakhondomu, amasonto angu-8 ngemuva kokubuya kwawo. Abesifazane abaye bavakashela enye yalezo zindawo kufanele balinde ekugcineni amasonto angu-8 ngaphambi kokuzama ukukhulelwa. I-CDC ithi futhi ukuthi imibhangqwana kufanele ihlukane nokuzama ukukhulelwa isikhathi esingangezinyanga eziyisithupha ukuze izinike ithuba elihle lokuthola ingane enempilo mahhala nge-microcephaly.
Njengoba uqala ukwenza izinhlelo zokuvakasha okuzayo, gcina lezi ziqondiso ngokucabanga. Kungenzeka ukuthi ungase ungayitholi lesi sifo, futhi uma wenza kanjalo, cishe ngeke usazi. Kodwa, kungcono ukuphepheka kunokudabuka lapho usebenzisana nento okungenzeka kube yingozi.