The Powassan Beer Store will close its doors effective August. 24. The Powassan store, located at 760 Main Street, was among ...

With summer season on, tick season begins—ushering in a new wave of concern for emerging infectious diseases. Among them is the Powassan virus (POWV), a rare but deadly tick-borne illness that ...

The virus is named for the municipality of Powassan in Ontario, Canada, where it was discovered in 1958. By Lisa L. Colangelo. [email protected] @lisalcolangelo.

Although rare, Powassan virus is serious, with a death rate of 10–15% in people with encephalitis, ... and headache that developed one week after a camping trip in northern Ontario. ...

With tick-borne viruses such as Powassan virus increasing in Canada, clinicians should consider these infections in patients with encephalitis, as a case study shows in CMAJ.

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Discussion. Arboviruses are spread via the bites of infected mosquitoes, sandflies, and ticks.1 Arboviruses can be subdivided into the families Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, and ...

The operator of the Service Ontario office in Powassan believes the provincial government could have handled the upcoming closure of the office differently. Teresa Miller says the office will ...