CNN News:Zika病毒引起廣泛關注

First up, the World Health Organization, part of the United Nations, it says the Zika virus is now spreading explosively in the Americas.

頭條新聞，世界衛(wèi)生組織稱Zika病毒目前正在蔓延美洲。

It`s not new to the world. Zika has affected equatorial Africa and Asia since the 1940s. But it was thought to be relatively harmless until last year. That`s when it arrived in the western hemisphere. That`s when it was linked to a severe disorder in babies.

Zika病毒并不陌生。在20世紀40年代，非洲和亞洲赤道地區(qū)就已經(jīng)有Zika病毒存在。直到去年人們才認識到這種病毒的危險。去年這種病毒傳染至西半球，導致嬰兒發(fā)育嚴重失調(diào)。

Over the next 12 months, officials estimate there will be 3 million to 4 million Zika infections in the region. Health officials say the El Nino weather pattern could help spread the virus. It`s expected to increase the populations of mosquitoes the carry Zika.

在未來一年來，官員估計該地區(qū)將會有3到4百萬Zika病例。健康官員稱厄爾尼諾天氣會擴散這種病毒。攜帶Zika病毒的蚊子數(shù)量會增加。

Researchers are pushing for international efforts to control mosquitoes and speed up vaccine research to fight the disease.

研究人員正在推動國際努力控制蚊子數(shù)量加緊研制疫苗，以對抗Zika病毒。

Here`s what we know about Zika. Some of it will frighten you -- but maybe not as much as you think.

這就是我們知道的Zika病毒。其中一些會另你恐懼，但是也可能不像你想象的那樣。

It`s a mosquito-borne virus. Part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, Chikungunya and dengue.

這是一種依靠蚊子傳播的病毒。同源的有黃熱病、西尼羅河病毒 、基孔肯雅和登革熱。

As things stand now, there is no vaccine to prevent Zika, or a medicine to treat the infection.

現(xiàn)在的情況是沒有預防疫苗，同時也沒有藥物可以治療這種疾病。

The most common symptoms include fever, rash, headaches and red eyes. But 80 percent of people who get Zika won`t even know they have it. That`s right. There are only symptoms in one in five people.

感染這種病毒最常見的癥狀是發(fā)熱、皮疹、頭痛和紅眼。但是80%的感染患者并不會意識到自己已經(jīng)感染了Zika病毒，原因是只有1/5的患者會出現(xiàn)上述癥狀。

Now, the virus is spreading quickly across Central and South America and the Caribbean. What makes Zika so scary is it`s alarming connection between the virus and microcephaly -- that is babies being born with heads and brains that are too small.

現(xiàn)在這種病毒正迅速蔓延到美洲中部和南部以及加勒比海地區(qū)。Zika病毒的可怕之處在于這種病毒可導致小頭畸形——即嬰兒生下來頭腦過小畸形。

In Brazil and several Latin American countries, they`re becoming concerned enough they have asked women there not to get pregnant. In the United States, pregnant women are being told to postpone travel to any of these countries.

在巴西和一些拉丁美洲國家，該種病毒得到高度重視，國家要求婦女不要懷孕。而美國要求產(chǎn)婦推遲去以上國家的旅行時間。

In case you`re curious, this is the bloodsucker everyone is after. The female Aedes Aegypti, she`s an aggressive biter, but unlike other mosquitoes, feeds mostly during the day. For example, she`s different than the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, like to feed at night. That`s important, because bed nets won`t help as much here.

這種吸血鬼會吸食所有人的血。雌性埃及伊蚊，咄咄逼人，與其他蚊子不同的是，這種蚊子幾乎白天活動。而傳播瘧疾的文字，喜歡晚間捕食。這一點，很重要，也就是說蚊帳根本不起作用。

The best way to prevent infections is using insect repellant with DEET, wearing thick long sleeve shirts and long pants and staying inside, in screened, air-conditioned areas as much as possible.

防止感染的最好的辦法就是使用添加避蚊胺的驅(qū)蟲劑，在室內(nèi)也要穿上長袖襯衫和長褲，盡可能的待在空調(diào)區(qū)域。