TOKYO HUNTS FOR DENGUE SOURCE「デング熱 代々木公園の監視強化」

Public health officials in Tokyo are working hard to identify the source of an outbreak of dengue fever. They've confirmed 12 more domestic cases of the virus, bringing the number of people infected to 36. And they've installed traps to catch the mosquitoes that are making people sick.
The officials are fighting the first outbreak of dengue fever in almost 70 years. Everyone infected was in or near a park in central Tokyo last month. The officials believe all of them were bitten by mosquitoes.
Authorities are draining ponds in Yoyogi Park to try to prevent mosquitoes from breeding, and they've installed traps at 10 locations. The traps contain dry ice that emit carbon dioxide to attract the mosquitoes. The officials will take a batch to a laboratory for testing.

◆outbreak 突発
◆dengue fever　 デング熱
◆bite　 蚊などが刺す
◆drain　　 排水する
◆breed　　　　 繁殖する
◆emit　　　 　放出する
◆batch　 １回分

Daily Vocabulary(2014/09/25）

15226.port town(港町）
Genoa is a port town and he loved to watch the sea.
15227.palace(宮殿）
He had so much fun palace of being a cowboy.
15228.experiment(実験）
Even when he wasn't doing experiment, he was thinking about them.
15229.lord(殿様）
He loved his mother, but he had to do what the lord said.
15230.pier(桟橋、埠頭）
He started to work at the pier when he was very young.
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