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Dengue fever virus (serotypes 1-4) belong to the family of Flaviviridae, which is widely distributed in the epidemic and endemic areas throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Dengue virus infection is considered significant in terms of morbidity, mortality and economic cost associated with it an estimated 100 million cases of dengue fever occurring throughout the world yearly. Dengue virus is transmitted in nature principally by the day-biting Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. The mosquito vector is highly domesticated and an urban species. Dengue presents typically as a fever of sudden onset with headache, retroorbital pain, pain in the back and limbs (break-bone fever), lymphadenopathy and maculopapular rash. Patients diagnosed with dengue infection in endemic areas generally have secondary infection, whereas patients in non-endemic areas are usually diagnosed with primary infection. Specific antibody response to Dengue virus enables serodiagnosis and differentiation between primary and secondary dengue infections and detection of potentially life threatening conditions such as DHF and DSS. TM -WB is a new generation rapid Immunochromatographic test using highly purified and specific Dengue antigens. It is a simple test for the differential diagnosis of Dengue virus infection.