Group Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Genus Flavivirus Rank Species | Family Flaviviridae Higher classification Powassan virus | |
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Similar Powassan virus, Flaviviridae, Alkhurma virus, Borrelia miyamotoi, Nairovirus | ||
Deer tick virus is a virus causing tick-borne encephalitis.
Deer tick virus is a flavivirus closely resembling Powassan virus (to which it has 94% amino acid sequence identity). Because they are so related, deer tick virus is thought to be a genotype of Powassan virus, and also called Powassan virus lineage II.
In 1997, it was isolated from Ixodes scapularis (the deer tick, formerly Ixodes dammini) collected in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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