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Powassan Virus Lineage I in Field-Collected Dermacentor variabilis Ticks, New York, USA

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Powassan virus is a tickborne flavivirus that can cause lethal or debilitating neurologic illness. It is canonically transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks but might spill over to sympatric Dermacentor species.… Click to show full abstract

Powassan virus is a tickborne flavivirus that can cause lethal or debilitating neurologic illness. It is canonically transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks but might spill over to sympatric Dermacentor species. We detected Powassan virus lineage I from a pool of field-collected D. variabilis ticks in New York, USA.

Keywords: field collected; new york; ticks new; virus lineage; powassan virus; variabilis ticks

Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2023

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