Mosquitoes tested for dengue fever in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Nishinomiya city office worker captures mosquitoes for testing at a park in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 7, 2014, following a report that a woman is suspected of having been infected with dengue fever in the western Japan city in what could be the first case of the fever outside the Tokyo metropolitan area since its outbreak there.

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