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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;18(2-3):95-98.
doi: 10.3121/cmr.2020.1512. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Suspected Neuro-invasive Powassan Virus Infection in a Pediatric Patient

Trever M Koester  1 , Priyanka Timothy  2 , Jennifer K Meece  3 , Rebecca A Osborn  4 , Holly M Frost  5   6
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Suspected Neuro-invasive Powassan Virus Infection in a Pediatric Patient

Trever M Koester et al. Clin Med Res. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Powassan virus lineage II (POWV), also known as deer tick virus, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, the natural vector for the organisms that causes Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. POWV is the only tick-borne flavivirus in North America known to cause disease in humans. We present a suspected pediatric case of POWV infection in northern Wisconsin.

Keywords: Arbovirus; Encephalitis; Pediatric; Powassan virus; Tick-borne disease.

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