The skinny on the West Nile virus, and what to expect from it: ‘…the current frenzied focus on

West Nile will ebb eventually, and it will be added to the

growing list of diseases on the fringe – never as familiar as

flu or rabies or even meningitis, but something always to

consider when a bird dies, or an old man spikes a fever in

the summertime.

“It will become one of the diseases in America that we have

to watch for. And we should be getting

ready for the next one.” ‘ New York Times