Powassan Virus Infection Likely Acquired Through Blood Transfusion Presenting as Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A kidney transplant patient without known tick exposure developed encephalitis 3 weeks after transplantation. During the transplant hospitalization, the patient had received a blood transfusion from an asymptomatic donor later discovered to have been infected with Powassan virus. Here, we describe a probable instance of transfusion-transmitted Powassan virus infection.
Medical subject headings
- Encephalitis
- Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne
- Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
- Kidney Transplantation
- Virus Diseases