Aside ya Nukleike ya Virusi ya Nile y'Iburengerazuba

Virusi ya West Nile ni imwe mu zo mu muryango wa Flaviviridae, ubwoko bwa Flavivirus, kandi iri mu bwoko bumwe na virusi ya encephalitis yo mu Buyapani, virusi ya dengue, virusi ya yellow fever, virusi ya St. Louis encephalitis, virusi ya hepatite C, n'izindi. Mu myaka ya vuba aha, fever ya West Nile yateje icyorezo muri Amerika ya Ruguru, i Burayi, mu Burasirazuba bwo Hagati, no mu Majyepfo y'Amajyepfo ya Aziya, kandi yabaye indwara yandura ikomeye yibasira Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika muri iki gihe. Virusi ya West Nile yandurira mu nyoni nk'aho zibikwa mu bigega, kandi abantu bandura binyuze mu kurumwa n'imibu irya inyoni (ornithophilic) nka Culex. Abantu, amafarashi, n'izindi nyamaswa zonsa bararwara nyuma yo kurumwa n'imibu yanduye virusi ya West Nile. Abantu bake bashobora kugaragaza ibimenyetso nk'ibicurane nk'umuriro n'umutwe, mu gihe abarwayi bakomeye bashobora kugaragaza ibimenyetso by'imitsi yo mu mutwe cyangwa ndetse n'urupfu [1-3]. Mu myaka ya vuba aha, bitewe no kwiyongera k'ubuhahirane mpuzamahanga n'ubufatanye, ubuhahirane hagati y'ibihugu bwagiye burushaho kwiyongera, kandi umubare w'abagenzi wariyongereye uko umwaka utashye. Muri icyo gihe, bitewe n’ibintu nk’ubwimukira bw’inyoni zimuka, amahirwe yo ko indwara ya West Nile yakwinjira mu Bushinwa yariyongereye [4].