Lyme Isn’t the Only Disease Ticks Are Spreading This Summer
Lyme Isn’t the Only Disease Ticks Are Spreading This Summer
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
June 5, 20178m 55s
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Show Notes
It started with vomiting and a fever. But a few days later, five-month old Liam was in the emergency room, his tiny body gripped by hourly waves of seizures. X-rays and MRIs showed deep swelling in his brain. When an infectious disease specialist at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center diagnosed Liam with Powassan virus in November, he became the first recorded case in state history.
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