Modeling Powassan virus infection in Peromyscus leucopus, a natural host.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Luwanika Mlera (लेखक), Kimberly Meade-White (लेखक), Greg Saturday (लेखक), Dana Scott (लेखक), Marshall E Bloom (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The tick-borne flavivirus, Powassan virus (POWV) causes life-threatening encephalitis in humans in North America and Europe. POWV is transmitted by ixodid tick vectors that feed on small to medium-sized mammals, such as Peromyscus leucopus mice, which may serve as either reservoir, bridge or amplifi...