Department of Pathology, Columbia University, 830 West 168th St, New York City , NY 10032, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(9):1549-51. doi: 10.3201/eid1909.121846.
Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV meningoencephalitis in New York, USA, highlight diagnostic techniques, neurologic outcomes, and the effect of POWV on communities to which it is endemic.
由蜱传黄病毒(Powassan 病毒,POWV)引起的疾病从无症状到严重的神经功能障碍和死亡不等。美国纽约的两例 POWV 脑膜脑炎病例突出了诊断技术、神经学结果以及 POWV 对其流行地区社区的影响。