Te Waikawa Karihi o te Huaketo o te Nile Uru

Ko te huaketo West Nile he mema nō te whānau Flaviviridae, te puninga Flavivirus, ā, kei roto i te puninga kotahi me te huaketo Japanese encephalitis, te huaketo dengue, te huaketo yellow fever, te huaketo St. Louis encephalitis, te huaketo hepatitis C, me ētahi atu. I ngā tau tata nei, kua puta he mate urutā i Amerika Te Raki, i Ūropi, i te Middle East, me te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Āhia nā te kirika o West Nile, ā, kua noho ko ia te mate urutā nui rawa atu e pā ana ki te United States i tēnei wā. Ka tukuna te huaketo West Nile mā roto i ngā manu hei puna wai, ā, ka pangia te tangata mā roto i ngā ngau a ngā waeroa kai manu (ornithophilic) pērā i a Culex. Ka mate te tangata, ngā hōiho, me ētahi atu kararehe whakangote i muri i te ngau a ngā waeroa kua pangia e te huaketo West Nile. Ka puta pea ngā tohu rewharewha pēnei i te kirika me te ānini, ko ngā take kino ka puta pea ngā tohu o te pūnaha io matua, tae noa ki te mate [1-3]. I ngā tau tata nei, nā te hohonu haere o ngā whakawhitiwhitinga me te mahi tahi o te ao, kua maha ngā whakawhitiwhitinga i waenga i ngā whenua, ā, kua piki ake te maha o ngā kaihaerere i ia tau. I taua wā anō, nā ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te hekenga o ngā manu heke, kua piki ake te tūponotanga o te whakaurua mai o te kirika o West Nile ki Haina [4].