- Powassan encephalitis virus
- Pow·as·san encephalitis, virus (po-wahґsən) [Powassan, Ontario, Canada, where the disease was first observed in 1958] see under encephalitis and virus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Powassan encephalitis virus
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