Deer tick virus

Deer tick virus
Black and white Feulgen stained microphotograph depicting intact tick salivary glands infected by deer tick virus. Hypotrophied salivary acinus filled with amorphous masses of pinkstaining (=Feulgen positive) material (arrows). Scale bar = 10 µm.
Black and white Feulgen stained microphotograph depicting intact tick salivary glands infected by deer tick virus. Hypotrophied salivary acinus filled with amorphous masses of pinkstaining (=Feulgen positive) material (arrows). Scale bar = 10 µm.
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Flasuviricetes
Order: Amarillovirales
Family: Flaviviridae
Genus: Flavivirus
Species:
Powassan virus
Virus:
Deer tick virus
Deer tick virus
PreventionAvoid possible tick-infested areas, such as the woodlands
Deaths2[1][2]

Deer tick virus (DTV) is a virus in the genus Flavivirus spread via ticks that causes encephalitis.[1]

  1. ^ a b Tavakoli NP, Wang H, Dupuis M, Hull R, Ebel GD, Gilmore EJ, Faust PL (2009). "Fatal case of deer tick virus encephalitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 360 (20): 2099–2107. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0806326. PMC 2847876. PMID 19439744.
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