Polio-Like Manifestation of Powassan Virus Infection with Anterior Horn Cell Involvement, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Picheca, Christopher ; Yogendrakumar, Vignan ; Brooks, James I. ; Torres, Carlos ; Pringle, Elizabeth ; Zwicker, Jocelyn
• Description:
  Evidence of spinal cord involvement in Powassan virus infection is largely limited to mouse models. We report a case of a polio-like illness caused by Powassan virus infection in a 62-year-old man in Canada. Magnetic resonance imaging showed T2 hyperintensities in the anterior horns of the cervical spinal cord.
• Subjects:
  Anterior Horn Cells Arboviruses Encephalitis Viruses Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meningitis/encephalitis Poliomyelitis Powassan Virus Research Letter Tick-borne Vector-borne Infections Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(8):1609-1611
• Pubmed ID:
  31158072
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6649312
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bc29c61dc4daa09b2cf61be74857620a4670df524470ef85636431c8f3f38b36
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80343/cdc_80343_DS1.pdf
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