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Powassan virus: Field investigations in Northern Ontario, 1959-1961.

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Publication Details

Canad. med. Ass. J., 86, 971-974. 1962 CE.

The authors isolated a virus from the brain of a child who died of encephalitis in Powassan, Ontario, and named it the Powassan virus. They posited a tick vector and possible rodent natural hosts.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Canada INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Encephalitis INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tick-Borne Diseases › Powassan Virus VIROLOGY WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999

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Entry Number	#10920
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