Polio-Like Manifestation of Powassan Virus Infection with Anterior Horn Cell Involvement, Canada.

Author:

Picheca, C, Yogendrakumar, V, Brooks, J, Torres, C, Pringle, E, and Zwicker, J

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2019-08

Journal/Series title:

Emerg Infect Dis.

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649312/

Abstract:

Evidence of spinal cord involvement in Powassan virus infection is largely limited to mouse models. We report a case of a polio-like illness caused by Powassan virus infection in a 62-year-old man in Canada. Magnetic resonance imaging showed T2 hyperintensities in the anterior horns of the cervical spinal cord.