Two men hospitalized with mosquito-borne viruses in northeast Australia

SYDNEY, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Two men in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland have been hospitalized with rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne viruses.

An elderly man from the city of Townsville, over 1,000 km northwest of Brisbane, has been admitted to hospital with dengue fever despite being vaccinated against it, marking the region's first breakthrough in five years, Australian Broadcasting Cor