US’s former longtime top public health official describes ‘terrifying’ disorientation from the virus

The US’s former longtime top public health official Anthony Fauci says his recent bout with West Nile virus “nearly took [him] down”.

In an opinion piece published Monday by the New York Times, Fauci explained how he likely contracted the virus – which spreads through mosquito bites – outside his home in Washington before he was hospitalized in August.