Abstract
Powassan virus lineage II (POWV), also known as deer tick virus, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen, transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, the natural vector for the organisms that causes Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. POWV is the only tick-borne flavivirus in North America known to cause disease in humans. We present a suspected pediatric case of POWV infection in northern Wisconsin.
- Received June 17, 2019.
- Revision received October 13, 2019.
- Revision received December 20, 2020.
- Accepted January 2, 2020.
