Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.
Clin Med Res. 2020 Aug;18(2-3):95-98. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2020.1512. Epub 2020 Feb 14.
Powassan virus lineage II (POWV), also known as deer tick virus, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen transmitted by , the natural vector for the organisms that causes Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. POWV is the only tick-borne flavivirus in North America known to cause disease in humans. We present a suspected pediatric case of POWV infection in northern Wisconsin.
波瓦桑病毒谱系 II(POWV),又称鹿蜱病毒,是一种新兴的蜱传病原体,由硬蜱传播,硬蜱是引起莱姆病、巴贝斯虫病和无形体病的病原体的天然载体。POWV 是北美人感染的唯一一种已知能引起人类疾病的蜱传黄病毒。我们报告了威斯康星州北部一起疑似小儿波瓦桑病毒感染病例。