1. Powassan Virus: Investigations of Possible Natural Cycles of Infection
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Macpherson Lw, Mcqueen Ej, Scholten Th, Mclean Dm, Ronald K, Wyllie Jc, and Walker Sj
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Natural cycle ,Fauna ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne ,Infectious Diseases ,Virus Diseases ,Viruses ,parasitic diseases ,biology.protein ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Powassan virus ,Neutralizing antibody ,Index case - Abstract
rodents by the bite of arthropods, especially ticks. Inapparent infections may also occur in man since neutralizing antibody was detected in serums from 1 of 6 family contacts of the index case and 2 of 65 residents of the adjacent dis rict f North Bay. In order to investigate he possibility that ticks or other arthropods might act as vectors of Powassan virus in a cycle of infection involving forest fauna and to study the means by which man becomes infected from natural reservoirs, further collections of forest rodents and their ecto
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- 1961