Bardhan Mainak, Pramanik Debolina, Riyaz Rizana, Hasan Mohammad Mehedi, Essar Mohammad Yasir
Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India.
Medical College Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Trop Med Health. 2021 Oct 18;49(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00378-0.
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the world from last year, and any further insults like Zika virus will surely bring the apocalypse unto us. In July 2021, Zika began spreading in India, mainly in the state of Kerala. Zika infection resembles closely COVID-19 and other arboviral infections, which might lead to delayed and misdiagnosis, further leading to underreporting of cases. Some of the feared complications of Zika include Guillain-Barré syndrome and congenital Zika syndrome leading to microcephaly. Thus, Zika virus disease (ZVD) has significant public health and social impacts. Since the trifecta of infectious diseases (host, agent and environment) are all conducive to the spread of Zika in India, there is a huge risk that ZVD might become endemic in India, which is especially dangerous in the backdrop of this pandemic. This has to be stopped at all costs: the main aspects of which are public health measures, vector control and early diagnosis, especially in case of pregnant women. The diversion of healthcare resources for this pandemic has albeit made this difficult, but we must do our bit if we have to overcome this situation.
自去年以来,新冠疫情已在全球肆虐,而像寨卡病毒这样的任何进一步侵害肯定会给我们带来灭顶之灾。2021年7月,寨卡病毒开始在印度传播,主要集中在喀拉拉邦。寨卡病毒感染与新冠及其他虫媒病毒感染极为相似,这可能导致诊断延误和误诊,进而导致病例报告不足。寨卡病毒一些令人担忧的并发症包括吉兰 - 巴雷综合征和导致小头畸形的先天性寨卡综合征。因此,寨卡病毒病(ZVD)具有重大的公共卫生和社会影响。由于传染病的三个要素(宿主、病原体和环境)都有利于寨卡病毒在印度传播,寨卡病毒病在印度有成为地方病的巨大风险,在当前这场疫情的背景下,这尤其危险。必须不惜一切代价阻止这种情况发生:主要措施包括公共卫生措施、病媒控制和早期诊断,尤其是针对孕妇。尽管这场疫情导致医疗资源转移,使得此事变得困难,但如果我们要克服这种情况,就必须尽自己的一份力量。