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. 1979 Oct;15(4):585-91.
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-15.4.585.

Powassan virus in Ixodes cookei and Mustelidae in New England

A J Main, A B Carey, W G Downs

Powassan virus in Ixodes cookei and Mustelidae in New England

A J Main et al. J Wildl Dis. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

Powassan virus was recovered from a pool of 3 nymphal and 1 adult female Ixodes cookei removed from a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) trapped in Massachusetts during 1967 and from a pool of 9 nymphal I. cookei from a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) captured in Connecticut during 1978. Virus was detected in the blood of both mammals. Hemagglutination-inhibiting (HI) antibody to Powassan virus was demonstrated in 16.0% of the skunks sampled in Connecticut, and neutralizing antibody was detected in 83.3% of the skunks tested from Massachusetts. HI antibody was found in 1 of 6 long-tailed weasels from Connecticut and 1 of 6 short-tailed weasels (Mustela erminea) from Maine.

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