Powassan Virus Encephalitis
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Powassan virus is an increasingly recognized cause of severe encephalitis that is transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Given the nonspecific clinical, laboratory, and imaging features of Powassan virus disease, providers should consider it in patients with compatible exposures and request appropriate testing.
Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of Bacterial Communities of Ticks from Broome County, New York.
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PMID: 40005625 PMC: 11857480. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms13020258.
Flaviviruses-Induced Neurological Sequelae.
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PMID: 39860983 PMC: 11768111. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14010022.
Histological staining of tick bite skin biopsies for spirochetes and Powassan virus RNA.
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PMID: 39792004 PMC: 11792453. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00902-24.
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PMID: 39599768 PMC: 11599074. DOI: 10.3390/v16111653.
Wang J, Li M, Zhu J, Cheng L, Kong P Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024; 14:1361119.
PMID: 39469454 PMC: 11513340. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1361119.