CT: 2022 Powassan cases

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Source: https://www.middletownpress.com/har...atal-tick-borne-disease-found-in-17147323.php

Potentially fatal tick-borne disease found in Connecticut
Jordan Fenster
May 4, 2022
Updated: May 4, 2022 2:47 p.m.

The first case this year of a potentially fatal tick-borne disease has been identified in Connecticut, officials say.

A male patient in his 50s, a resident of Windham County, was confirmed to have the Powassan virus after being hospitalized with a central nervous system illness, officials said.

The unidentified patient was initially hospitalized but has since been discharged to recover at home, according to the state Department of Public Health...

 

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Source: https://www.yahoo.com/now/woman-dies-rare-powassan-virus-152850163.html

Woman dies from rare Powassan virus in Connecticut, health department says
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
Wed, June 8, 2022 at 1:32 PM·2 min read

A Connecticut resident has died from a rare but potentially dangerous tick-borne illness.

The state's Department of Public Health announced Tuesday a fatal case of Powassan virus, which is transmitted through the bite of an infected woodchuck tick.

The person was a New London County woman in her 90s, health officials reported. She became ill in early May and was admitted to a local hospital with fever, altered mental status, headache, chills, rigors, chest pain and nausea.

As her condition worsened, she became unresponsive and died May 17, officials said...