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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Principais autores: Jihane Oufattole, Anne Piantadosi, Sam R. Telford, Alvaro C. Laga, Isaac H. Solomon
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology 2025-02-01
coleção:Microbiology Spectrum
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Acesso em linha:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00902-24