Ohio resident has been in the hospital for 3 months due to a very rare virus carried by ticks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) laboratory has confirmed that the first case of Powassan Virus (POW) was detected in County of Columbia, Ohio. Writes about it WFMJ.

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A resident of Lisbon, Ohio, was suspected of having the virus. The man was hospitalized back in October.

Healthcare providers worked in partnership with the local health department and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to confirm the diagnosis.

POW is a tick-borne disease that cannot be transmitted directly from person to person. The virus can be transmitted to people most often through the black-legged tick.

Symptoms range from almost none to life-threatening neurological disorders. These symptoms can include headache, fever, vomiting, weakness, confusion, loss of coordination, difficulty speaking, seizures, and death.

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The onset of the disease from the moment of a tick bite can range from a week to a month. There is currently no approved treatment or vaccine for Powassan virus.

There have been about 10 cases in the United States over the past 100 years, according to the CDC.

The ODH Zoonotic Disease Program plans to conduct surveillance of tick vectors in the District of Columbia in the coming weeks.

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The Ohio Department of Health has suggested guidelines on how residents can avoid POW and other tick-borne diseases:

• walk in the middle of the trail, avoid tall grass, bushes and fallen leaves;
• Use EPA registered tick repellents.
• Treat clothing and equipment, such as tents, with a permethrin-containing product, or wear clothing and equipment that have been treated with permethrin.
• wear long pants, long sleeves and long socks; tuck your trousers into your socks;
• wear light-colored clothing to make it easier to see the ticks.

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