Histological staining of tick bite skin biopsies for spirochetes and Powassan virus RNA

ABSTRACT Ixodes scapularis is a vector of several human pathogens in the United States, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease, and Powassan virus (POWV), an emerging cause of severe encephalitis. Skin biopsies from tick bite sites are frequently collected and tested for the prese...

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Glavni autori: Jihane Oufattole, Anne Piantadosi, Sam R. Telford, Alvaro C. Laga, Isaac H. Solomon
Format: Članak
Jezik:English
Izdano: American Society for Microbiology 2025-02-01
Serija:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online pristup:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00902-24