Powassan encephalitis and Colorado tick fever

José R Romero; Kari A Simonsen

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.001

Powassan encephalitis and Colorado tick fever

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Sep;22(3):545-59, x. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.001.

Authors

José R Romero¹, Kari A Simonsen

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982162 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2162, USA. jrromero@unmc.edu

PMID: 18755390
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.001

Abstract

This article discusses two tick-borne illnesses: Powassan encephalitis, a rare cause of central nervous system infection caused by the Powassan virus, and Colorado tick fever, an acute febrile illness caused by the Colorado tick fever virus common to the Rocky Mountain region of North America.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Arachnid Vectors / virology*
Colorado / epidemiology
Colorado Tick Fever / epidemiology*
Colorado Tick Fever / pathology
Colorado tick fever virus / immunology
Colorado tick fever virus / pathogenicity
Diagnosis, Differential
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / immunology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / pathogenicity
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology*
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / pathology
Humans
Ixodes / virology*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral