Child deaths soar as mosquito-borne viruses plague India


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061026/hl_afp/indiahealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061026/capt.sge.fot52.261006093552.photo00.photo.default-374x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=MHyqQuxDos7sfIzGYjZeyw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="An indian family waits to have its children tested at a dengue screening ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, October 20. Forty children died from encephalitis in the past fortnight in India, taking the overall toll to 262 in two months amid nationwide outbreaks of other mosquito-borne viruses, health officials have said.(AFP/File/Raveendran )" border="0" /></a>AFP - Forty children died from encephalitis in the past fortnight in India, taking the overall toll to 262 in two months amid nationwide outbreaks of other mosquito-borne viruses, health officials have said.</p><br clear="all"/>