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 …

Arboviruses are transmitted in nature exclusively or to a major extend by arthropods. They
belong to the most important viruses invading new areas in the world and their occurrence is …

Ticks, as a group, are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of pathogens to humans and
are the primary vector for pathogens of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife. The role …

The tick-borne pathogen Powassan virus is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America
and the Russian Far East. The number of documented cases described since the discovery …

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 …

To generate the most diverse phylogenetic dataset for the flaviviruses to date, we
determined the genomic sequences and phylogenetic relationships of 14 flaviviruses, of …

Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-transmitted flavivirus that circulates in North
America and Russia. Up to 5% of deer ticks now test positive for POWV in certain regions of …

Zoonotic Viruses of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomy and Ecology provides a review of modern
data of the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of zoonotic viruses in the ecosystems of …

Ticks are important vector hosts of pathogens which cause human and animal diseases
worldwide. Diverse viruses have been discovered in ticks; however, little is known about the …

Powassan virus is an increasingly-recognized cause of severe encephalitis that is
transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Given the nonspecific clinical, laboratory, and imaging features …