https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00712-23
6/20/23
Survivors of Powassan encephalitis often have persistent neurological disease. A new mouse model replicates some elements of the human disease and demonstrates the presence of viral RNA in the brain as well as myelitis more than 2 mo after the acute infection. The related tick-borne encephalitis and West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND) also have common neurological sequelae, and models for these better-studied diseases provide evidence for prolonged virus, RNA, and inflammation in some cases, in addition to damage from the acute encephalitic disease. A better understanding of the biological basis for persistent signs and symptoms after Powassan encephalitis, currently a rare disease, could benefit from further studies of the more prevalent flaviviral encephalitides.
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**Comment**
Unfortunately, the acknowledgment of this will be for a future lucrative vaccine – not treatments or things that will actually help patients.
Please note that Wisconsin is a hot-spot for Powassan. Read this article on how Powassan IS NOT RARE, yet the CDC continues to state it is.
- Coppe Labs, a specialized CLIA-certified lab, right in Waukesha, Wisconsin tests for Powassan, West Nile, Anaplasma, Babesia, Human Herpes Viruses 6 & 7, COVID, and Lyme disease.
For more:
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/05/30/maines-first-powassan-2023-death/ Excerpt: The patient’s wife was “frustrated at how little the doctors around her husband seemed to know about the illness. He was in the hospital for weeks before the medical team determined he had the virus.”
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/02/21/powassan-virus/
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 