Doctors issue warning about new tick virus found in several counties of Connecticut.
Ticks in the area have been found to carry a rare, potentially life-threatening, virus, even worse than Lyme disease.
Doctors have warned that the “Powassan Virus” is a rare tick-borne illness and could be serious, and has no treatment or cure. "The doctor just has to support you during that acute illness and hope that you survive," said Dr. Daniel Cameron of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. "You can get seizures, high fevers, and stiff neck. It comes on so suddenly," he said.
The doctor said that if someone is bitten by an infected tick, they can get the virus within a matter of minutes.
While the symptoms are similar to Lyme disease, they are far more severe.
Researchers with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said the virus is starting to show up in Bridgeport and
Branford.
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