Tick-borne Encephalitis — United States
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting the state’s 1st case of the tick-borne Powassan virus since 2017. The Powassan virus — which is rare but can cause severe illness — is much less common than other tick-borne diseases such as Lyme or anaplasmosis. Nationally, about 7 cases are reported each year, and this is just the 11th case of Powassan virus in Maine since 2000, the CDC said in a statement Wednesday [24 Jul 2019].
So far this year [2019], Maine has
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