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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Second American dies from rare tick-borne Powassan virus

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A Connecticut woman has become the second American to die from a rare tick-borne virus, according to the state's department of public health.

The woman who died was in her 90s and died on 17 May after becoming infected with the Powassan virus due to a tick bite. She began showing symptoms including fever, headaches, chills, cognitive aberrations, nausea and chest pains two weeks after the tick was removed.

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