Mosquito viruses claim 223 Indian lives

Mosquito-borne viruses dengue fever and encephalitis have killed 223 people in India’s largest state in three months.

Dr Awdhesh Srivastava, head of epidemiology at the Health Directorate in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, said that 926 cases of encephalitis and 384 cases of dengue fever had been reported since August.