Increases in tick-borne disease prevalence and transmission are important public health
issues. Efforts to control these emerging diseases are frustrated by the struggle to control tick …

Powassan virus (POWV, Flaviviridae) is the only North American member of the tick-borne
encephalitis serogroup of flaviviruses. It is transmitted to small-and medium-sized mammals …

Ticks, as a group, are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of pathogens to humans and
are the primary vector for pathogens of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife. The role …

The tick-borne pathogen Powassan virus is a rare cause of encephalitis in North America
and the Russian Far East. The number of documented cases described since the discovery …

ABSTRACT A wide range of bacterial pathogens have been identified in ticks, yet the
diversity of viruses in ticks is largely unexplored. In the United States, Amblyomma …

Powassan virus is an emerging tick-borne virus of concern for public health, but very little is
known about its transmission patterns and ecology. Here, we expanded the genomic dataset …

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tickborne flavivirus discovered in Ontario, Canada in 1958 that
causes long-term neurological sequelae in about half the reported cases and death in a little …

Powassan virus is a neurovirulent flavivirus consisting of two lineages causing
meningoencephalitis. It is the only member of the tick-borne encephalitis serogroup which is …

Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have become a significant public health concern in the United
States over the past few decades. The increasing incidence and geographical spread of …

Tick-borne flaviviruses (TBF) are widely dispersed across Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and
North America, and some present a significant threat to human health. Seminal studies on …