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Potentially Deadly Tick-borne Virus Detected on Cape Cod
July 21, 2016
BARNSTABLE ? A new, and potentially deadly deer tick virus has been found across Cape Cod.
A spring study by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass-Amherst conducted surveillance for Powassan virus at six locations on Cape Cod.
The virus was detected in Falmouth, Brewster, Orleans and Truro.
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Powassan is a rare disease that is transmitted by the bite of a black legged tick, which is also known as a deer tick.
Since the beginning of 2013 the Massahcusetts Department of Public Health has received just nine reported cases of the virus in the state, occurring in Barnstable, Middlesex, Essex and Norfolk Counties...
Potentially Deadly Tick-borne Virus Detected on Cape Cod
July 21, 2016
BARNSTABLE ? A new, and potentially deadly deer tick virus has been found across Cape Cod.
A spring study by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass-Amherst conducted surveillance for Powassan virus at six locations on Cape Cod.
The virus was detected in Falmouth, Brewster, Orleans and Truro.
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Powassan is a rare disease that is transmitted by the bite of a black legged tick, which is also known as a deer tick.
Since the beginning of 2013 the Massahcusetts Department of Public Health has received just nine reported cases of the virus in the state, occurring in Barnstable, Middlesex, Essex and Norfolk Counties...