A baby with a shrunken, misshapen head is surely a heartbreaking sight. But reproductive health experts are warning that microcephaly may be only the most obvious consequence of the spread of the Zika virus.
生出一个头部萎缩、畸形的婴儿肯定是让人伤心的情景。但生育卫生专家警告称,小头畸形症可能只是兹卡(Zika)病毒蔓延最为明显的一个后果。
Even infants who appear normal at birth may be at higher risk for mental illnesses later in life if their mothers were infected during pregnancy, many researchers fear.
许多研究人员担心,即使是出生时看来正常的婴儿,如果他们的母亲在妊娠期间感染了兹卡病毒,他们一生中患上精神疾病的风险也更高。
The Zika virus, they say, closely resembles some infectious agents that have been linked to the development of autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
他们表示,兹卡病毒与一些经研究与自闭症、双相情感障碍、精神分裂症的发展有关的致病因子,存在紧密的相似性。
Schizophrenia and other debilitating mental illnesses have no single cause, experts emphasized in interviews. The conditions are thought to arise from a combination of factors, including genetic predisposition and traumas later in life, such as sexual or physical abuse, abandonment or heavy drug use.
专家在采访中强调,精神分裂症及其他严重影响生活的精神疾病,并非只有单一的原因。这些病情被认为是由一系列因素引发的,包括遗传特质和生活中的创伤,例如性虐待、生理虐待、遭到遗弃或大量用药。
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