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Saratoga County resident with Powassan virus dies
The tick-borne disease is rare but deadly
By Emily Masters and Claire Hughes Updated 10:35 am, Thursday, July 13, 2017
A Saratoga County resident who was recently diagnosed with Powassan virus ? a rare but often fatal tick-borne disease ? has died, the state Department of Health said Wednesday.
State health officials would not say whether the person died of Powassan virus or had some other underlying illness or complication. Bryon Backenson, director of the State Health Department's Vector Surveillance Unit, cited patient confidentiality reasons.
The patient was likely exposed to Powassan virus in May and died in June, Backenson said. The state will report the case to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later this week...
Saratoga County resident with Powassan virus dies
The tick-borne disease is rare but deadly
By Emily Masters and Claire Hughes Updated 10:35 am, Thursday, July 13, 2017
A Saratoga County resident who was recently diagnosed with Powassan virus ? a rare but often fatal tick-borne disease ? has died, the state Department of Health said Wednesday.
State health officials would not say whether the person died of Powassan virus or had some other underlying illness or complication. Bryon Backenson, director of the State Health Department's Vector Surveillance Unit, cited patient confidentiality reasons.
The patient was likely exposed to Powassan virus in May and died in June, Backenson said. The state will report the case to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later this week...