Wednesday, July 19, 2017

2nd Case of Tick-Borne Powassan Virus in Saratoga County, 3rd Suspected

 
By Claire Hughes

Following the death last month of a Gansevoort man who contracted Powassan virus from a tick, a second Saratoga County resident has been hospitalized with the rare disease and a third is suspected of being infected, according to the state Health Department.

The patient with the suspected case has been released from medical treatment, health officials said. Both new cases are adult patients exposed to the virus in June. Health officials would not release further details, citing privacy rules.

The three patients who contracted Powassan virus were from different towns, according to Bryon Backenson, director of the State Health Department's Vector Surveillance Unit.

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Source: timesunion.com (via The Empire Report) 

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