Infections following monsoon rains have led to a fever outbreak in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state which has killed at least 114 people in the past three weeks, health officials said Wednesday. The state’s Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh told The Associated Press that most cases were caused by dengue, a seasonal viral infection spread by mosquitoes, followed by leptospirosis, scrub typhus, and malaria. Leptospirosis and scrub typhus are bacterial infections, while malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. They typically spike after the rainy season in India. Singh said the dengue cases were due to a virulent strain called “D2,” which has been detected in some of the state’s districts in a sample survey carried out by a team of the Indian Council of Medical Research. Dengue, also called the “breakbone fever” for the severe pain it causes, isn’t always fatal, but severe cases may require hospitalization. …