Seroprevalence of Powassan Virus Infection in an Area Experiencing a Cluster of Disease Cases: Sussex County, New Jersey, 2019
Grace M. Vahey, Nicolette Wilson, Emily G. McDonald, Kelly A. Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Lehman, Sandhya Clark, Kristine Lindell, Daniel M. Pastula, Stephen Perez, Heather Rhodes, Carolyn V. Gould, J. Erin Staples, Kim Cervantes, Stacey W. Martin
Abstract
In 2019, a geographically focal cluster of 3 Powassan virus neuroinvasive disease cases occurred in New Jersey. We conducted a serosurvey of 273 adult area residents and estimated that immunoglobulin M seroprevalence was 0.31% (95% confidence interval [CI], .04%-1.00%) and 23% (95% CI, 7%-100%) of infections result in neuroinvasive disease.
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SeroprevalenceMedicineConfidence intervalCluster (spacecraft)DiseaseVirologyPediatricsAntibodyImmunologySerologyInternal medicineProgramming languageComputer scienceViral Infections and VectorsMosquito-borne diseases and controlVector-borne infectious diseases