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Heartbroken to hear former US Senator Kay Hagan, of North Carolina, has died, following a three-year struggle with encephalitis caused by tick-borne Powassan virus. lymedisease.org/tick-borne-pow…
Heartbroken to hear former US Senator Kay Hagan, of North Carolina, has died, following a three-year struggle with encephalitis caused by tick-borne Powassan virus. lymedisease.org/tick-borne-pow…
Powassan is a Flavivirus (related to Zika, Dengue, West Nile, and tick-borne encephalitis virus) carried by the same black-legged tick that transmits Lyme disease. Flaviviridae are a deadly family of viruses known to cause brain swelling. /2 lymedisease.org/lyme-sci-powas…
Black-legged ticks are especially dangerous as they are found in 1/2 of all U.S. counties and can transmit more than one pathogen at a time--including Powassan virus. #POWV 
