Powassan viruses (POWVs) are neurovirulent tick-borne flaviviruses emerging in the
northeastern United States, with a 2% prevalence in Long Island (LI) deer ticks (Ixodes …

Powassan virus (POWV) is an encephalitic tick-borne flavivirus which can result in serious
neuroinvasive disease with up to a 10% case fatality rate. The study objective was to …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a flavivirus of the tick-borne encephalitis serogroup that causes a
rare and potentially life-threatening neuroinvasive disease. Viral transmission occurs during …

Background Powassan virus (POWV; genus Flavivirus) is the sole North American member
of the tick-borne encephalitis sero-complex and an increasing public health threat in the …

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 …

Powassan virus (POW)(Flaviviridae: Flavivirus) is the cause of rare but severe neuroinvasive
disease in North America and Russia. The virus is transmitted among small-and medium …

The tick-borne flavivirus, Powassan virus (POWV) causes life-threatening encephalitis in
humans in North America and Europe. POWV is transmitted by ixodid tick vectors that feed …

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 …

Abstract Background Powassan virus, a North American tick-borne flavivirus, can cause
severe neuroinvasive disease in humans. While Ixodes scapularis are the primary vectors of …

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 …