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CT Town Issues Alert After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Area CT Town Issues Alert After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Area
CT Town Issues Alert After Tick Species Found To Be Established In Area A Fairfield County town is urging residents to take precautions following the discovery that Asian longhorned ticks have become well-established in the area. The Town of Fairfield announced on Tuesday, June 21, that researchers at Western Connecticut State University’s Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory discovered a week earlier that the ticks were found on a resident's dog. WCSU conducted sampling on Monday, June 20, in the overflow grass parking areas of Penfield Beach and other areas at Jennings Beach and found "a significant number" of the ticks, officials said.  Officia…

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First Case Of Rare 'POW' Virus In CT Confirmed In Windham County First Case Of Rare 'POW' Virus In CT Confirmed In Windham County
First Case Of Rare 'POW' Virus In CT Confirmed In Windham County The Connecticut Department of Public Health is reporting the first confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan (POW) virus infection in the state. State health officials issued an alert on Wednesday, May 4 advising that a Windham County man between the ages of 50 and 59 has contracted the virus after becoming ill in the fourth week of March. Related story - Maine Man Dies After Contracting Rare 'POW' Virus From Tick Bite, CDC Says Tests performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, confirmed the presence of antibodies to the POW virus…

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by Zak Failla