Powassan Virus Lineage I in Field-Collected Dermacentor variabilis Ticks, New York, USA

Powassan virus is a tickborne flavivirus that can cause lethal or debilitating neurologic illness. It is canonically transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks but might spill over to sympatric Dermacentor species. We detected Powassan virus lineage I from a pool of field-collected D. variabilis ticks in New...

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Autores principales: Hart, Charles, Hassett, Erin, Vogels, Chantal B.F., Shapley, Daniel, Grubaugh, Nathan D., Thangamani, Saravanan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692472
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.220410
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Sumario:Powassan virus is a tickborne flavivirus that can cause lethal or debilitating neurologic illness. It is canonically transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks but might spill over to sympatric Dermacentor species. We detected Powassan virus lineage I from a pool of field-collected D. variabilis ticks in New York, USA.

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