Fatal Deer Tick Virus Infection in Maine

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 31 Jul 2017 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Clinical Infectious Diseases, volume 65, pages 1,043-1,046 (issn: 1058-4838, eissn: 1537-6591,

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Authors: Catherine E, Cavanaugh; Paul L, Muscat; Sam R, Telford; Heidi, Goethert; William, Pendlebury; Susan P, Elias; Rebecca, Robich; +3 Authors

doi: 10.1093/cid/cix435

pmid: 28903511

Fatal Deer Tick Virus Infection in Maine

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Abstract

Deer tick virus (DTV), a genetic variant (lineage II) of Powassan virus, is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America. We report a fatal case of DTV encephalitis following a documented bite from an Ixodes scapularis tick and the erythema migrans rash associated with Lyme disease.

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Maine Medical Center Research Institute
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Tufts University
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University of Vermont
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Maine Medical Center
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Keywords

Fatal Outcome, Ixodes, Animals, Humans, Female, Bites and Stings, Maine, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne, Aged, Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne

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