Zika Virus Alarming: 10 Things that Nurses Need to Know | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 15, Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2016, 2016, Page 218-224 PDF (375.77 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029298 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Hanan Mohammed Mohammed | ||||
| Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently sounded an alarm. The said virus causing an alarm was named Zika, and it is maintaining its momentum of breaking into multiple territories as we speak. Initially, the virus was found in the rhesus monkeys in the forest of Zika near Entebbe, Uganda. Later it was also found in the Aedes aegypti species mosquitoes. An infected mosquito also may carry dengue fever and yellow fever viruses. Usually, the mosquito could be found in stagnant water. These mosquitos thrive in indoors and outdoors areas. Additionally, they often attack and bite during the day time. To date, they are not vaccines for the virus. The mosquitoes are the vectors of the virus, hence, could not be transmitted from a person-to-person. Health officials are acting upon the phenomena by making it a point to prevent its spread through awareness programs. Nurses play a unique role in eliminating widespread transmission of mosquito borne infection of zika virus through travel assessment, education, and provision of comfort measures, safety and pain management. The nurses should make every effort to use available resources to deliver and incorporate bereavement support to the patients and their families. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Zika Virus; Aedes aegypti species mosquitoes; Microcephaly; Guillain- Barre syndrome | ||||
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