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1 October 1979 POWASSAN VIRUS IN Ixodes cookei AND MUSTELIDAE IN NEW ENGLAND
A. J. MAIN, A. B. CAREY, W. G. DOWNS
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Abstract

Powassan virus was recovered from a pool of 3 nymphal and 1 adult female Ixodes cookei removed from a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) trapped in Massachusetts during 1967 and from a pool of 9 nymphal I. cookei from a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) captured in Connecticut during 1978. Virus was detected in the blood of both mammals. Hemagglutination-inhibiting (HI) antibody to Powassan virus was demonstrated in 16.0% of the skunks sampled in Connecticut, and neutralizing antibody was detected in 83.3% of the skunks tested from Massachusetts. HI antibody was found in 1 of 6 long-tailed weasels from Connecticut and 1 of 6 short-tailed weasels (Mustela erminea) from Maine.

MAIN, CAREY, and DOWNS: POWASSAN VIRUS IN Ixodes cookei AND MUSTELIDAE IN NEW ENGLAND1
A. J. MAIN, A. B. CAREY, and W. G. DOWNS "POWASSAN VIRUS IN Ixodes cookei AND MUSTELIDAE IN NEW ENGLAND," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15(4), 585-591, (1 October 1979). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.4.585
Received: 13 March 1979; Published: 1 October 1979
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