He said there was no evidence yet that mosquitoes carrying the disease had moved to areas where these people live.
Last year the first mosquitoes carrying it were tested in early July.
"By following my own way I have discovered that a special mosquito carried human malaria!"
The health department will conduct a study next spring and summer to determine whether other mosquitoes are carrying malaria.
He is scarcely in any shape to move anywhere, thanks to whatever fever the mosquitoes carried.
They said this was not surprising given that mosquitoes carrying the virus were found two counties to the east last year.
He said the chickens, even if bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, would not die from the disease.
It is caused by a bite from mosquitoes carrying dengue virus.
It wasn't until after the turn of the century that they discovered that mosquitoes carried the disease.
But he said the dead bird found in the Bronx provided fresh evidence that mosquitoes carrying the virus pose a threat across the city.