Powassan virus is transmitted by the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis. 1 Ticks harbouring
POWV have been detected in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Manitoba, with expansion of the tick …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne zoonosis maintained in natural enzootic cycles
between ixodid ticks and wild mammals. Reported human cases have increased in recent …

Background Powassan virus (POWV), a flavivirus discovered in 1958, causes sporadic but
severe cases of encephalitis in humans. Since 2007, the number of human Powassan cases …

Powassan virus (POWV, Flaviviridae) is the only North American member of the tick-borne
encephalitis serogroup of flaviviruses. It is transmitted to small-and medium-sized mammals …

Background: Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne flavivirus that causes rare, but often
severe, disease in humans. POWV neuroinvasive disease was added to the US nationally …

Discussion Powassan encephalitis is a known, but rare, consequence of infection by
Powassan virus, an arbovirus within the genus Flavivirus, closely related to West Nile …

Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick‐borne arbovirus that is found widely in Canada,
the Northeastern and Northcentral United States, and the Russian Far East. While still rare …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tickborne flavivirus discovered in Ontario, Canada in 1958 that
causes long-term neurological sequelae in about half the reported cases and death in a little …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne virus maintained in sylvatic cycles between
mammalian wildlife hosts and ticks (primarily Ixodes spp.). There are two currently …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne Flavivirus primarily transmitted through ticks in North
America which is a significant public health threat in the northeastern United States. POWV …