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2 Cases Of Potentially Fatal Powassan Virus Reported In Litchfield County 2 Cases Of Potentially Fatal Powassan Virus Reported In Litchfield County
2 Cases Of Potentially Fatal Powassan Virus Reported In Litchfield County Four Connecticut residents have tested positive for the Powassan virus infection, the first to be detected in the state this year.  The virus is a sometimes fatal tick-borne infection that attacks a person's central nervous system, said officials with the Connecticut of Public Health (DPH). DPH officials said on Monday, Aug. 21 that two men aged 60 years and older, residents of Middlesex County and Litchfield County, became ill during early July.  Two women aged 50 years and older, residents of Windham and Litchfield County, became ill in late July, DPH said. All patients r…

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