Tick-Borne Powassan Virus Is Being Transmitted in Concentrated Clusters in New England, Yale Study Says
April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 13 (TNSjou) -- Yale University School of Public Health issued the following news:
For New Englanders, tick-borne infections are a fact of life. Lyme disease, a bacterial infection carried by the deer tick, was first described in Connecticut in the 1970s and remains a major problem.
But deer ticks transmit other diseases to humans as well, including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and an emerging virus called Powassan. Cases of Powassan virus have . . .
For New Englanders, tick-borne infections are a fact of life. Lyme disease, a bacterial infection carried by the deer tick, was first described in Connecticut in the 1970s and remains a major problem.
But deer ticks transmit other diseases to humans as well, including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and an emerging virus called Powassan. Cases of Powassan virus have . . .