ʻO Kepakemapa 2018 ia, a ʻo Vandenberg, he 67 ona makahiki i kēlā manawa, ua manaʻo iki ʻo ia he "maʻi ʻole" no kekahi mau lā, me he mea lā ua loaʻa iā ia ka maʻi palū, wahi āna.
Ua loaʻa iā ia ka mumū o ka lolo. Ua nalowale ʻo ia i ka hiki ke heluhelu a kākau. Ua mae kona mau lima a me kona mau wāwae i ka maʻi lolo.
ʻOiai i kēia kauwela i ʻike ʻia ai ka maʻi kūloko mua i loko o nā makahiki he iwakālua o kahi maʻi pili i ka namu, ʻo ka malaria, ʻo ia ka maʻi West Nile a me nā namu e hoʻolaha nei i mea hopohopo nui ai nā luna olakino pekelala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Roxanne Connelly, he entomologist lapaʻau ma ke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ʻo nā pepeke, kahi ʻano makika i kapa ʻia ʻo Culex, no ke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "ka pilikia hopohopo loa i kēia manawa ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa"
ʻO ke kau ua nui loa o kēia makahiki ma muli o ka ua a me ka hau heheʻe, i hui pū ʻia me ka wela nui, me he mea lā ua alakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ka heluna makika.
A e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā kānaka ʻepekema CDC, ke kūpaʻa nei kēia mau makika i nā pesticides i loaʻa i nā ʻaila he nui i hoʻohana ʻia e ka lehulehu e pepehi i nā makika a me kā lākou mau hua.
"ʻAʻole ia he hōʻailona maikaʻi," wahi a Connelly. "Ke nalowale nei kekahi o nā mea hana a mākou e hoʻohana mau ai e kāohi i nā makika i loaʻa i nā maʻi."
Ma ka Hale Hana ʻInsect o ke Kikowaena no ka Manaʻo Maʻi a me ka Pale ʻana ma Fort Collins, Colorado, kahi home o nā ʻumi tausani o nā makika, ua ʻike ka hui a Connelly ua ola lōʻihi nā makika Culex ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana inā mea pepehi pepeke.
"Makemake ʻoe i kahi huahana e huikau ai lākou, ʻaʻole e hana ia," wahi a Connelly, e kuhikuhi ana i kahi ʻōmole makika i hōʻike ʻia i nā kemika. Nui ka poʻe e lele nei.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā hoʻokolohua keʻena hoʻokolohua ke kū'ē i nā insecticides i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e ka poʻe e kipaku aku i nā makika i ka wā e hele wāwae ana a me nā hana waho ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Connelly ke hoʻomau nei lākou i ka hana maikaʻi.
Akā i ka lilo ʻana o nā pepeke i ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā pesticides, ke piʻi nui nei ko lākou helu ma kekahi mau wahi o ka ʻāina.
I ka makahiki 2023, ua hōʻike ʻia he 69 mau hihia kanaka o ka maʻi West Nile ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He mamao loa kēia mai kahi moʻolelo: i ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 9,862 mau hihia.
Akā i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻo ka nui o nā makika ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa e nahu ʻia ai nā kānaka a maʻi. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hihia ma West Nile i ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa.
"ʻO kēia wale nō ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ʻano e ʻike ai mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o West Nile e ulu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Kauka Erin Staples, he epidemiologist lapaʻau ma ka hale hana o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ma Fort Collins. "Manaʻo mākou e piʻi mau nā hihia i nā pule e hiki mai ana.
Eia kekahi laʻana, ua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia he 149 mau pahele makika ma Maricopa County, Arizona, no ka maʻi West Nile i kēia makahiki, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ʻewalu i ka makahiki 2022.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Townsend, ka luna hoʻomalu vector no Maricopa County Environmental Services, ʻo ka wai kū mai ka ua nui i hui pū ʻia me ka wela nui ke ʻano nei e hoʻonui ana i ke kūlana.
"Ua oʻo ka wai ma laila no nā makika e waiho hua ai," wahi a Townsend. "ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka puka ʻana o nā makika i ka wai mehana - i loko o ʻekolu a ʻehā mau lā, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ʻelua pule i ka wai anuanu," wahi āna.
ʻO Iune ua nui loa ma Larimer County, Colorado, kahi i loaʻa ai ka hale hana hoʻokolohua ʻo Fort Collins, ua hopena pū kekahi i ka "nui ʻole i ʻike ʻia" o nā makika e hiki ke hoʻoili i ka maʻi West Nile, wahi a Tom Gonzalez, ke alakaʻi olakino lehulehu o ke kalana.
Hōʻike ka ʻikepili o ke kalana he ʻelima manawa ka nui o nā makika ma West Nile i kēia makahiki ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Connelly he "mea hopohopo nui" ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma kekahi mau wahi o ka ʻāina. "He ʻokoʻa ia mai ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i nā makahiki i hala iho nei."
Mai ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai ka maʻi West Nile ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1999, ua lilo ia i maʻi maʻamau i lawe ʻia e nā makika ma ka ʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Staples he mau tausani ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻAʻole laha ʻo West Nile mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka launa pū ʻana. Hoʻolaha wale ʻia ka maʻi e nā makika Culex. Loaʻa kēia mau pepeke i ka maʻi ke nahu lākou i nā manu maʻi a laila hoʻoili i ka maʻi i nā kānaka ma o kekahi nahu ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole loaʻa i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe kekahi mea. Wahi a ka CDC, hoʻokahi o loko o ʻelima mau kānaka e ʻike i ke kuni, ka ʻeha poʻo, nā ʻeha kino, ka luaʻi a me ka maʻi kahe. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona ma hope o 3-14 mau lā ma hope o ka nahu ʻana.
Hoʻokahi i loko o 150 mau kānaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi West Nile e loaʻa i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, me ka make. Hiki i kekahi ke maʻi nui, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Staples ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka poʻe ma luna o 60 a me ka poʻe me nā maʻi olakino.
ʻElima mau makahiki ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana me West Nile, ua loaʻa hou iā Vandenberg kona mau hiki ma o ka hoʻōla kino koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomau ka mae ʻana o kona mau wāwae, e koi ana iā ia e hilinaʻi i nā koʻokoʻo.
I ka wā i hiolo ai ʻo Vandenberg i kēlā kakahiaka i Kepakemapa 2018, e hele ana ʻo ia i ka hoʻolewa o kahi hoaaloha i make i nā pilikia mai ka maʻi West Nile.
Hiki i ka maʻi ke "koʻikoʻi loa a pono e ʻike ka poʻe i kēlā. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i kou ola," wahi āna.
ʻOiai ke piʻi nei ke kūʻē ʻana i nā pesticides, ua ʻike ka hui a Connolly he pono mau nā mea hoʻolei maʻamau a ka poʻe e hoʻohana ai ma waho. Wahi a nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides i loaʻa nā mea hoʻohui e like me DEET a me picaridin.
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