Satumbar 2018 ce, kuma Vandenberg, wanda a lokacin yake da shekaru 67, ya daɗe yana jin "ƙanƙantar yanayi" na tsawon kwanaki, kamar yana da mura, in ji shi.
Ya kamu da kumburin kwakwalwa. Ya rasa ikon karatu da rubutu. Hannuwansa da ƙafafunsa sun yi laushi saboda gurguwar jiki.
Duk da cewa a wannan bazarar an sami kamuwa da cutar ta farko a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata ta wani cutar da ta shafi sauro, wato maleriya, amma cutar ta West Nile da sauro ne suka yaɗa ta, abin da ya fi damun jami'an kiwon lafiya na tarayya.
Roxanne Connelly, wata kwararriyar masaniyar cututtukan dabbobi a Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi (CDC), ta ce kwari, wani nau'in sauro mai suna Culex, suna aiki ne a Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi (CDC) "batun da ya fi tayar da hankali a yanzu a nahiyar Amurka"
Da alama lokacin damina na wannan shekarar ya yi yawa saboda ruwan sama da dusar ƙanƙara da ke narkewa, tare da zafi mai tsanani, ya haifar da ƙaruwar yawan sauro.
Kuma a cewar masana kimiyyar CDC, waɗannan sauro suna ƙara yin tsayayya ga magungunan kashe kwari da ake samu a cikin feshi da jama'a ke amfani da su don kashe sauro da ƙwai.
"Wannan ba wata alama ce mai kyau ba," in ji Connelly. "Muna rasa wasu kayan aikin da muke amfani da su wajen sarrafa sauro da suka kamu da cutar."
A dakin gwaje-gwajen kwari na Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi da ke Fort Collins, Colorado, inda dubban sauro ke zaune, ƙungiyar Connelly ta gano cewa sauro na Culex sun daɗe suna rayuwa bayan kamuwa da cutar.magungunan kashe kwari.
"Kana son samfurin da ke rikitar da su, ba wai yana yin sa ba," in ji Connelly, yana nuna kwalbar sauro da aka fallasa ga sinadarai. Mutane da yawa har yanzu suna tashi.
Gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje ba su gano wata matsala ba ga magungunan kwari da mutane ke amfani da su wajen korar sauro yayin da suke yawo a kan tsaunuka da sauran ayyukan waje. Connelly ya ce suna ci gaba da yin kyau.
Amma yayin da kwari suka fi ƙarfin magungunan kashe kwari, adadinsu yana ƙaruwa a wasu sassan ƙasar.
Ya zuwa shekarar 2023, an samu rahoton kamuwa da cutar West Nile ga mutane 69 a Amurka, a cewar Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi. Wannan ba shi da wani tarihi: a shekarar 2003, an sami kamuwa da cutar 9,862.
Amma bayan shekaru ashirin, ƙarin sauro yana nufin ƙarin damar da mutane za su iya cizo su yi rashin lafiya. Yawancin lokuta a Yammacin Nile galibi suna ƙaruwa ne a watan Agusta da Satumba.
"Wannan shine farkon yadda za mu ga West Nile ta fara bunƙasa a Amurka," in ji Dr. Erin Staples, ƙwararren masanin cututtukan dabbobi a dakin gwaje-gwaje na Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi da ke Fort Collins. "Muna sa ran adadin masu cutar zai ƙaru a hankali cikin 'yan makonni masu zuwa."
Misali, an tabbatar da kamuwar sauro 149 a gundumar Maricopa, Arizona, a wannan shekarar, idan aka kwatanta da mutum takwas a shekarar 2022.
John Townsend, manajan kula da na'urorin vector na Maricopa County Environmental Services, ya ce ruwan da ke tsaye daga ruwan sama mai ƙarfi tare da zafi mai tsanani yana ƙara ta'azzara lamarin.
"Ruwan da ke wurin ya isa ya isa ga sauro su yi ƙwai," in ji Townsend. "Sauro yana ƙyanƙyashewa da sauri a cikin ruwan ɗumi - cikin kwana uku zuwa huɗu, idan aka kwatanta da makonni biyu a cikin ruwan sanyi," in ji shi.
Wani yanayi mai danshi da ba a saba gani ba a watan Yuni a gundumar Larimer, Colorado, inda dakin gwaje-gwajen Fort Collins yake, ya kuma haifar da "yawan sauro da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba" da za su iya yada kwayar cutar West Nile, in ji Tom Gonzalez, darektan lafiyar jama'a na gundumar.
Bayanan gundumar sun nuna cewa sauro sun ninka sau biyar a Yammacin Kogin Nilu a wannan shekarar fiye da bara.
Connelly ya ce ci gaban tattalin arziki a wasu sassan ƙasar "abin damuwa ne ƙwarai." "Ya bambanta da abin da muka gani a cikin 'yan shekarun nan."
Tun lokacin da aka fara gano cutar West Nile a Amurka a shekarar 1999, ta zama cutar da sauro ya fi yaduwa a kasar. Staples ya ce dubban mutane suna kamuwa da cutar kowace shekara.
Ba a yaɗa cutar ta West Nile daga mutum zuwa mutum ta hanyar mu'amala ta yau da kullun. Sauro na Culex ne kawai ke yaɗa cutar. Waɗannan kwari suna kamuwa da cutar ne lokacin da suka ciji tsuntsayen da ba su da lafiya sannan suka aika wa mutane cutar ta wani cizo.
Yawancin mutane ba sa jin komai. A cewar CDC, mutum ɗaya cikin biyar yana fuskantar zazzaɓi, ciwon kai, ciwon jiki, amai da gudawa. Alamomin yawanci suna bayyana kwanaki 3-14 bayan cizon.
Mutum ɗaya cikin mutane 150 da suka kamu da cutar West Nile yana fuskantar matsaloli masu tsanani, ciki har da mutuwa. Kowa zai iya yin rashin lafiya mai tsanani, amma Staples ya ce mutanen da suka haura shekaru 60 da kuma mutanen da ke da wasu matsalolin lafiya suna cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar.
Shekaru biyar bayan an gano cewa yana da cutar West Nile, Vandenberg ya sake samun damar yin amfani da dabarun motsa jiki mai zurfi. Duk da haka, ƙafafunsa sun ci gaba da yin rauni, wanda hakan ya tilasta masa ya dogara da sandunan da aka yi amfani da su.
Lokacin da Vandenberg ya suma a safiyar ranar Satumba 2018, yana kan hanyarsa ta zuwa jana'izar wani abokinsa wanda ya mutu sakamakon kamuwa da cutar West Nile.
Cutar "na iya zama mai tsanani sosai kuma mutane suna buƙatar sanin hakan. Tana iya canza rayuwarka," in ji shi.
Duk da cewa ana iya ƙara yawan juriya ga magungunan kashe kwari, ƙungiyar Connolly ta gano cewa magungunan kashe kwari da mutane ke amfani da su a waje har yanzu suna da tasiri. A cewar Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi (CDC), ya fi kyau a yi amfani da magungunan kashe kwari waɗanda ke ɗauke da sinadarai kamar DEET da picaridin.
Lokacin Saƙo: Maris-27-2024