缅因州致命鹿蜱病毒感染。

Fatal Deer Tick Virus Infection in Maine.

机构信息

Lincoln Medical Partners Internal Medicine, Damariscotta.

Division of Neurology, Maine Medical Center, Portland.

出版信息

Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Sep 15;65(6):1043-1046. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix435.

DOI:10.1093/cid/cix435

PMID:28903511

Abstract

Deer tick virus (DTV), a genetic variant (lineage II) of Powassan virus, is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America. We report a fatal case of DTV encephalitis following a documented bite from an Ixodes scapularis tick and the erythema migrans rash associated with Lyme disease.

摘要

鹿蜱病毒（DTV）是一种罕见的北美的脑炎病因，是一种波瓦桑病毒的遗传变异体（谱系 II）。我们报告了一例经证实由 Ixodes scapularis 蜱虫叮咬引起的、并伴有莱姆病相关游走性红斑的 DTV 脑炎致死病例。