West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness[1] in the continental U.S., with an average of 2,464 reported cases[2] per year.
Every August, West Nile season ramps up, primarily in parts of the Southern and Western United States.
The Conversation U.S. asked neurologist and medical epidemiologist Daniel Pastula[3] to explain what researchers know about West Nile and how to protect yourself from contracting the disease....