The emergence of human Powassan virus infection in North America

O Campbell, PJ Krause - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Powassan virus (POWV) is a tickborne flavivirus discovered in Ontario, Canada in 1958 that
causes long-term neurological sequelae in about half the reported cases and death in a little …

Powassan virus disease in the United States, 2006–2016

ER Krow-Lucal, NP Lindsey, M Fischer… - Vector-Borne and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Background: Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne flavivirus that causes rare, but often
severe, disease in humans. POWV neuroinvasive disease was added to the US nationally …

Powassan virus: an emerging arbovirus of public health concern in North America

ME Hermance, S Thangamani - Vector-Borne and Zoonotic …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
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 …

Powassan virus infection: case series and literature review from a single institution

M Raval, M Singhal, D Guerrero, A Alonto - BMC research notes, 2012 - Springer
Background Powassan virus is a flavivirus related to eastern hemisphere's tick-borne
encephalitis viruses. It can cause a rare but potentially life-threatening disease including …

Powassan virus, a scoping review of the global evidence

T Corrin, J Greig, S Harding, I Young… - Zoonoses and public …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Powassan virus (POWV), a flavivirus discovered in 1958, causes sporadic but
severe cases of encephalitis in humans. Since 2007, the number of human Powassan cases …

Increased recognition of Powassan encephalitis in the United States, 1999–2005

SR Hinten, GA Beckett, KF Gensheimer… - Vector-Borne and …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Powassan virus (POWV) disease is a rare human disease caused by a tick-borne
encephalitis group flavivirus maintained in a transmission cycle between Ixodes cookei and …

[HTML][HTML] Powassan meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA

S Sung, AG Wurcel, S Whittier, K Kulas… - Emerging infectious …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from
asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV …

[PDF][PDF] Tickborne Powassan virus infections among Wisconsin residents

DK Johnson, JE Staples, MJ Sotir, DM Warshauer… - Wmj, 2010 - wmjonline.org
Conclusions: These are the first diagnosed human POWV infections in Wisconsin. Because
all 3 patients were initially identified as having other arboviral infections using commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Powassan virus encephalitis, Minnesota, USA

J Birge, S Sonnesyn - Emerging infectious diseases, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Powassan virus (POWV) is a rare tick-borne agent of encephalitis in North America.
Historically, confirmed cases occurred mainly in the northeastern United States. Since 2008 …

[HTML][HTML] Stable prevalence of Powassan virus in Ixodes scapularis in a northern Wisconsin focus

DE Brackney, RA Nofchissey… - The American journal …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Deer tick virus (DTV), a variant of Powassan virus (POWV), appears to be maintained in
nature in an enzootic cycle between Ixodes scapularis ticks and small mammals. Although …