Encephalitis -- United States
Reference: Hermance Meghan E. and Thangamani Saravanan. Powassan Virus: An Emerging Arbovirus of Public Health Concern in North America
Abstract
Powassan virus (POWV, Flaviviridae) is the only North American member of the tick-borne encephalitis serogroup of flaviviruses. It is transmitted to small - and medium-sized mammals by _Ixodes scapularis_, _Ixodes cookei_, and several other _Ixodes_ tick species. Humans become infected with POWV during spillover transmission from the natural
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