Anthony Fauci: US Covid chief hospitalised with West Nile virus

The former chief medical adviser is now recovering at home after suffering fever and chills.

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The immunologist and former chief medical adviser to the president was hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease around 11 days ago and had fever, chills and fatigue.

He left hospital earlier in the week and is expected to make a full recovery, the BBC's US media partner CBS reports.

Dr Fauci, 83, told CBS that he likely contracted the virus from a mosquito bite in his garden.

Most people infected with West Nile virus do not feel sick, but around one in five develop symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US public health agency.

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