Powassan Virus Encephalitis

Anne Piantadosi; Isaac H Solomon

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2022.03.003

Powassan Virus Encephalitis

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2022 Sep;36(3):671-688. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.03.003.

Authors

Anne Piantadosi¹, Isaac H Solomon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: anne.piantadosi@emory.edu.
² Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, AL360U.2, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Abstract

Powassan virus is an increasingly recognized cause of severe encephalitis that is transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Given the nonspecific clinical, laboratory, and imaging features of Powassan virus disease, providers should consider it in patients with compatible exposures and request appropriate testing.

Keywords: Deer tick virus; Encephalitis; Neuropathology; Powassan virus.

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Review
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne*
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne* / diagnosis
Humans

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