A Connecticut woman has died from the rare tickborne disease Powassan virus, the state’s Department of Public Health announced.
June 10, 2022, 2:18 PMThe Powassan virus, spread by deer ticks, currently has no vaccines to prevent nor medicines to treat the disease.A Connecticut woman has died from the rare tick-borne disease Powassan virus, the state's Department of Public HealthThis is the first fatality recorded in the state and the second in the U.S. this year after a Maine resident died from POWV in April.
The woman, who was in her 90s, first exhibited symptoms in early May including fever, chills, headache, altered mental state, chest pain and nausea, the department said.STOCK PHOTO/Getty ImagesAfter the patient's death, tests performed by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, confirmed she had antibodies to POWV.
DPH Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani wrote in the release that the virus can be transmitted from tick to human in as little as 15 minutes after the bite, but it can take anywhere from one week to one month before symptoms emerge.Most patients experience either no symptoms or mild flu-like symptoms, the press release said. But, in severe cases, POWV can cause encephalitis, which is inflammation of brain tissue, or meningitis, which is swelling of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord.
There are currently no specific treatments for POWV -- aside from helping relieve symptoms -- and no vaccines to prevent the disease.
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