Fatal Deer Tick Virus Infection in Maine | Zendy

Catherine E. Cavanaugh | Zendy; Paul L Muscat | Zendy; Sam R. Telford | Zendy; Heidi K. Goethert | Zendy; William W. Pendlebury | Zendy; Susan P. Elias | Zendy; Rebecca M. Robich | Zendy; Margret Welch | Zendy; Charles B. Lubelczyk | Zendy; Robert P. Smith | Zendy

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Fatal Deer Tick Virus Infection in Maine

Author(s) -

Catherine E. Cavanaugh,

Paul L Muscat,

Sam R. Telford,

Heidi K. Goethert,

William W. Pendlebury,

Susan P. Elias,

Rebecca M. Robich,

Margret Welch,

Charles B. Lubelczyk,

Robert P. Smith

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix435

Subject(s) - ixodes scapularis , tick , encephalitis , virology , lyme disease , medicine , rash , erythema migrans , virus , tick borne encephalitis virus , biology , immunology , dermatology , ixodidae , borrelia burgdorferi , lyme borreliosis , antibody

Deer tick virus (DTV), a genetic variant (lineage II) of Powassan virus, is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America. We report a fatal case of DTV encephalitis following a documented bite from an Ixodes scapularis tick and the erythema migrans rash associated with Lyme disease.

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