Mumbai starts tackling dengue fever epidemic

MUMBAI, India - A city worker in Mumbai, western India, sprays insecticide to disinfect a private house on Nov. 21, 2014, as part of a move to head off the breeding of mosquitoes that transmit the dengue virus.

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