Development and Validation of a Serologic Test Panel for Detection of Powassan Virus Infection in U.S. Patients Residing in Regions Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic

Development and Validation of a Serologic Test Panel for Detection of Powassan Virus Infection in U.S. Patients Residing in Regions Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic

ABSTRACT Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne arbovirus presenting a public health threat in North America. POWV lineage II, also known as deer tick virus, is the strain of the virus most frequently found in Ixodes scapularis ticks and is implicated in most cases of POWV encephalitis in t...

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Main Authors: Angela M. Thomm, Anna M. Schotthoefer, Alan P. Dupuis, Laura D. Kramer, Holly M. Frost, Thomas R. Fritsche, Yvette A. Harrington, Konstance K. Knox, Sue C. Kehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-02-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Powassan virus
deer tick virus
enzyme immunoassay
flavivirus
immunofluorescence
serology
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00467-17

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00467-17

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