Friday, 21 July 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Powassan virus encephalitis - USA (07): USA (NY)

Powassan virus -- United States
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is expanding their area of collection sites of ticks in Saratoga County after announcing that a 2nd confirmed case and a probable 3rd case of Powassan virus have been found in residents in Saratoga County on [Tue 18 Jul 2017].
[The 1st confirmed case died on 8 Jun [2017], and] the 2nd victim is currently hospitalized.
"It wasn't surprising but we want to investigate what's going on and see if it's a coincidence that these cases occurred in

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2uH33Vp

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