Rapid Detection of Powassan Virus in a Patient With Encephalitis by Metagenomic Sequencing. (13th September 2017) - Piantadosi, Anne
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.