Encephalitis -- United States
The New York state Department of Health has confirmed a case of Powasssan virus [infection] in Dutchess County. The rare tick-borne disease is the county's 1st case this year [2017].
The state Health Department confirmed the case this week [week of Sun 15 Oct 2017] and was reporting it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Fri 20 Oct 2017]. The case in Dutchess is the 4th in the state in 2017; the 3 other cases were in Saratoga County over the summer. Bryon Backenson is Deputy
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2xVuUOV
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