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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