Rapid Detection of Powassan Virus in a Patient With Encephalitis by Metagenomic Sequencing.

ABSTRACT: We describe a patient with severe and progressive encephalitis of unknown etiology. We performed rapid metagenomic sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid and identified Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne flavivirus that has been increasingly detected in the United States.

SUBMITTER: Piantadosi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5850433 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature