Photo: Dengue Fever: Growing Threat Rivals Malaria, Ebola, Experts Say

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A woman covers her face from the fumes of an insecticide sprayer in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri on October 5, 2006. An outbreak of dengue fever, which is carried by mosquitoes, has swept across five Indian states, infecting more than 5,700 people and killing 103 in the past seven weeks.

Photograph by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

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