Tick bites: Lone star tick bite can cause red meat allergy. Is it in NY? What the data tells us Among the keys to limiting West Nile and other mosquito-borne illnesses is to curb the mosquito ...

John Roehrig died March 8 after a battle with ALS. During his career, he was on the front lines of the U.S. response to West Nile virus.

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne ... the Mediterranean region and parts of Europe. It arrived in the New York City area in late 1999, probably from an infected bird or mosquito.

In the summer of 1999, the CDC — under Roehrig's leadership — was able to confirm that the mystery virus sweeping New York City was indeed West Nile virus, which had been discovered in Uganda ...