Links & References

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

• West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:901-906.
• West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases – United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:673–678.
• West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases – United States, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:1137-42.
• West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases – United States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:13-17.
• Tutolo JW, Staples JE, Sosa L, Bennett N. Notes from the field: Powassan virus disease in an infant—Connecticut, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:408-9. [PDF – 2 pages]
• Outbreak of Powassan Encephalitis — Maine and Vermont, 1999-2001. MMWR 2001; 50(35):761-764.

Recent Publications

• Campagnolo ER, Tewari D, Farone TS, Livengood JL, Mason KL. Evidence of Powassan/deer tick virus in black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) recovered from hunter-harvested white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Pennsylvania: a public health perspective. Zoonoses Public Health 2018;65:589-94.
• Corrin T, Greig J, Harding S, et al. Powassan virus, a scoping review of the global evidence. Zoonoses Public Health 2018;65:595-624.
• Ebel GD. Update on Powassan virus: emergence of a North American tick-borne flavivirus. Annu Rev Entomol. 2010;55:95-110.
• El Khoury MY, Camargo JF, White, JL, Backenson BP, Dupuis II AP, et al. Potential role of deer tick virus in Powassan encephalitis cases in Lyme disease-endemic areas of New York, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(12):1926.
• Hermance ME, Thangamani S. Powassan virus: an emerging arbovirus of public health concern in North America. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017;17:453-62.
• Johnson DK, Staples JE, Sotir MJ, Warshauer DM, Davis JP. Tickborne Powassan virus infections among Wisconsin residents. Wis Med J. 2010;109(2):91-7.
• Krow-Lucal ER, Lindsey NP, Fischer M, Hills SL. Powassan virus disease in the United States, 2006-2016. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis 2018;18:286-90.
• Neitzel DF, Lynfield R, Smith K. Powassan virus encephalitis, Minnesota, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;19(4):686.
• Piantadosi A, Rubin DB, McQuillen DP, Hsu L, et al. Emerging cases of Powassan virus encephalitis in New England: clinical presentation, imaging, and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;62(6):707-13.
• Taylor L, Condon T, Destrampe EM, Brown JA, et al. Powassan virus infection likely acquired through blood transfusion presenting as encephalitis in a kidney transplant recipient. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;72(6):1051-54.