How to Use Powassan virus in a Sentence
Powassan virus
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The first case of Powassan virus in Connecticut came in late March.
—Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2022
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Powassan virus infection Three tick species carry the Powassan virus: the groundhog tick, the squirrel tick, and the deer tick.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
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From Alpha-gal syndrome to Powassan virus, your body could have a scary reaction to that tick bite.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
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Maine confirmed the first case of Powassan virus this year in a midcoastal resident who was hospitalized due to the illness.
—Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 30 June 2021
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The first type, often called lineage 1 Powassan virus is associated with Ixodes cookei or the woodchuck tick.
—Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 30 June 2021
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Ticks that prefer cooler, wetter areas—like black-legged ticks (a.k.a. deer ticks), which can transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis, and Powassan virus—have been pushed north to new locations (hello, Canada).
—Julia Ries, SELF, 14 June 2023
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Also on the rise, though still exceedingly rare, is the fearsome Powassan virus, which can cause encephalitis, meningitis and other serious conditions; with no vaccine or treatment, roughly 10 percent of patients who become symptomatic die.
—New York Times, 26 June 2022
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