Kathmandu, June 27 -- An expert team comprising entomologists was shocked to discover larvae of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, the primary carriers of the dengue virus, in government offices during the dengue search-and-destroy drive carried out about two years ago.

They not only found the larvae of the virus-spreading vector, but also several staffers infected with the deadly virus.

"We found mosquito larvae in the stagnant water in discarded tyres, plastic glasses, flower pots and other containers," said Professor Murari Lal Das, an entomologist at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan. "Not only in the government offices, breeding grounds of dengue-spreading mosquitoes were found in schools, hospitals, a...