Former NIAID director, Anthony Fauci, was hospitalized for 6 days due to West Nile virus transmitted by mosquitoes from infected birds. The disease causes neurological issues with no known cures, and it can lead to major outbreaks globally.
Apart from mosquitoes, it can also spread through infected animals. The virus belongs to the flavivirus group within the Japanese encephalitis complex.
Fauci, a highly paid federal employee earning $480,654 annually, is now recovering at home after the recent incident.
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