Off late, there has been news of dengue striking the country. With an estimated 100 million cases of its occurrence every year worldwide, Dengue is a very common and life-threatening condition caused when Aedes aegypti mosquito bites. These mosquitoes breed in a warm and humid climate. So –India is very prone to dengue outbreaks! Being a mosquito-borne disease, dengue raises its ugly head during humid monsoons. It so happens that the Aedes aegypti mosquito bites an infected human, carries the dengue virus and now whoever it bites contracts dengue. Dengue does not pass from person to person.