UMbindi Mpuma wokuphefumla kwesifo (MERS)

I-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (i-MERS) sisifo sokuphefumla esiqatha esibandakanya indawo ephezulu yokuphefumla. Kubangela umkhuhlane, ukukhohlela, kunye nokuphefumla okufutshane. Malunga ne-30% yabantu abafumene esi sifo bafa. Abanye abantu baneempawu ezinobulali.

I-MERS ibangelwa yi-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). IiCoronaviruses lusapho lweentsholongwane ezinokubangela ukusuleleka kancinci kwizifo zokuphefumla. I-MERS yaqala ukubikwa eSaudi Arabia ngo-2012 emva koko yasasazeka kumazwe amaninzi. Uninzi lweziganeko lusasazekile kubantu abahamba besiya kumazwe akuMbindi Mpuma.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, bekukho iimeko ezi-2 kuphela ze-MERS e-United States. Babekwabantu abahamba e-United States bevela e-Saudi Arabia kwaye bafunyaniswa ngo-2014. Intsholongwane ibeka umngcipheko ophantsi kakhulu kubantu base-United States.

Intsholongwane ye-MERS ivela kwintsholongwane ye-MERS-CoV ikakhulu isasazeka kwizilwanyana iye ebantwini. Intsholongwane ifunyenwe kwiinkamela, kwaye ukuvezwa kweenkamela ngumngcipheko we-MERS.

Intsholongwane ingasasazeka phakathi kwabantu abasondeleyo. Oku kubandakanya abasebenzi bezempilo abakhathalela abantu abane-MERS.

Ixesha lokufukama kwale ntsholongwane alaziwa ngokuchanekileyo. Eli lixesha lexesha eliphakathi xa umntu echanabeke kwintsholongwane naxa iimpawu zisenzeka. Ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokufukama li malunga neentsuku ezi-5, kodwa kukho iimeko ezenzekileyo phakathi kweentsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-14 emva kokuvezwa.

Iimpawu eziphambili zezi:

• Umkhuhlane kunye nokubanda
• Khohlela
• Ukuqhawukelwa ngumphefumlo

Iimpawu ezingaqhelekanga kubandakanya ukukhwehlela igazi, urhudo kunye nokugabha.

Abanye abantu abosuleleke nge-MERS-CoV babeneempawu ezincinci okanye kungekho zimpawu kwaphela. Abanye abantu abane-MERS baye bavelisa i-pneumonia kunye nokusilela kwezintso. Phantse abantu abathathu ukuya kwabane kwabali-10 abane-MERS bafa. Uninzi lwabo bahlaselwa kukugula kakhulu kwaye basweleka banezinye iingxaki zempilo ezenza buthathaka amajoni abo omzimba.

Okwangoku, akukho sitofu sokugonya se-MERS kwaye akukho nyango luthile. Inkxaso yenkxaso inikezelwa.

Ukuba uceba ukuya kwelinye lamazwe apho i-MERS ikhona, amaZiko oThintelo loLawulo lweZifo (i-CDC) acebisa ukuthatha la manyathelo alandelayo ukunqanda ukugula.

• Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo ngesepha namanzi imizuzwana engama-20. Nceda abantwana abancinci benze njalo. Ukuba isepha namanzi azifumaneki, sebenzisa isicoci sezandla esisekwe etywaleni.
• Vala impumlo nomlomo wakho ngethishu xa ukhohlela okanye uthimla emva koko ulahle inkunkuma.
• Kuphephe ukubamba amehlo, impumlo, nomlomo ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga.
• Gwema ukunxibelelana okufutshane, njengokuncamisa, ukwabelana ngeekomityi, okanye ukwabelana ngezinto zokutya, nabantu abagulayo.
• Ukucoca kunye nokubulala iintsholongwane kwiindawo ezichukunyiswayo, ezinje ngeethoyi kunye neebhokisi zomsebenzi.
• Ukuba uthe wadibana nezilwanyana, ezinjengeenkamela, zihlambe izandla emva koko. Kuxelwe ukuba ezinye iinkamela zithwala intsholongwane ye-MERS.

Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga neMERS, ungandwendwela ezi webhusayithi zilandelayo.

Amaziko oLawulo lweNtsholongwane kunye noThintelo lwewebhusayithi. UMbindi Mpuma wokuphefumla kwesifo (MERS) - www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html

Umbutho wezeMpilo kwiHlabathi liphela. I-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (i-MERS-CoV) - www.who.int/health-topics/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-mers#tab=tab_1

Isifo sokudumba ngokuphefumla seMbindi Mpuma; I-MERS-CoV; Iintsholongwane ze-Corona; CoV

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Umbutho wezeMpilo kwiHlabathi liphela. I-coronavirus yokuphefumla ye-Middle East (MERS-CoV). www.who.int/health-topics/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-mers#tab=tab_1. Ukuhlaziywa ngoJanuwari 21, 2019. Ifikeleleke ngoNovemba 19, 2020.