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Powassan Virus Testing, IgG/IgM with Confirmation by Coppe Laboratories

Coppe Laboratories March 9, 2022

Confirmation of Powassan Virus (POWV) can be determined through Coppe Laboratories’ IgG/IgM Powassan Virus Testing. It is the only commercially available Powassan Virus test on the market today. While the CDC and a few state laboratories provide Powassan IgM testing, Coppe Laboratories’ IgG/IgM testing is available to healthcare providers looking for answers when suspected past tick involvement causes neurologic disability and sometimes permanent cognitive impairment.

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Tagged: chronic neurologic disability, commercially available Powassan Virus test, Confirmation of Powassan Virus, Deer Tick Virus, neuroinvasive disease, neurologic disability, permanent cognitive impairment, Powassan Virus Testing

Approved Waiver No Longer Required For New York Physicians

Coppe Laboratories July 6, 2021

In December of 2020, Coppe Laboratories was granted a license by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to offer Powassan Virus (POWV) and West Nile Virus (WNV) antibody testing as well as Immunohistochemistry (IHC) for HHV-6.

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Tagged: HHV-6 IHC, HHV-6 IHC testing, Immunohistochemistry, Powassan virus, POWV, West Nile Virus, WNV

Why is Powassan Virus Infection Still Described as “Rare” and “Mysterious”?

Coppe Laboratories March 22, 2018

For the last two years, Coppe Laboratories has dedicated a significant amount of time and resources to dispelling the myth that infection with Powassan virus, a virus transmitted by tick bite, is rare.

Categorized: Science Corner

Coppe Laboratories Offers Testing for Viral Infections Recently Implicated in Women’s Health Complications

Coppe Laboratories February 6, 2018

New study suggests that Zika may not be the only virus capable of causing abnormalities Waukesha, Wisconsin — Recent studies highlighted in The Scientist, News Medical and DoctorsLounge have implicated an understudied and underappreciated family of viruses as playing a potential role in women’s health complications. During the 2015 outbreak of Zika virus infections in Brazil, it was discovered that Zika virus infection during pregnancy places the fetus at risk of developing neurologic birth defects. This new study suggests that…

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Questions and Answers about Tick-Borne Illness Testing

Coppe Laboratories December 13, 2017

Dr. Konstance Knox discusses benefits of tick-borne disease testing Question: What benefit is it to patients to test for multiple genospecies of borrelia? Dr. Knox: While B burgdorferi is the dominant borrelia species found in US patients, infections with other genospecies of borrelia have been seen (B. afzelii, B. garinii) and other strains of the bacteria have been identified in ticks in the US (B. miyamotoi). Standard FDA approved Lyme testing will not detect these infections and patients will remain…

Categorized: Science Corner

Tagged: Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi

Brain Teaser

Coppe Laboratories November 29, 2017

A 57-year-old woman from Minnesota was admitted to the hospital after having a fever of 102 degrees for four days. Her family said she hadn’t been feeling well for a week. In addition to the fever, she presented with fatigue, confusion, and difficulty walking and speaking.

Categorized: Science Corner

Tagged: Borrelia burgdorferi, Powassan virus

Coppe Labs Reports Powassan Virus in Deer Ticks Across the State of Wisconsin

Coppe Laboratories June 1, 2017

A new research study conducted by Coppe Laboratories indicates ticks are carrying both Lyme and Powassan simultaneously.

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Tagged: Lyme Disease, Powassan virus, Ticks

Coppe Labs Offers the Only Commercially Available Test for Powassan Virus

Coppe Laboratories May 31, 2017

Concern over Powassan virus is rapidly expanding across many U.S states, and for good reason: Powassan virus is carried by the same ticks that transmit the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

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Tagged: Disease, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Lyme symptoms, Powassan, Powassan virus, Symptoms of Lyme disease, Tick borne, Ticks

The serious risks of Powassan Virus

Coppe Laboratories March 15, 2017

Coppe Labs offers Powassan Virus testing Here is yet another article that discusses the serious risks of Powassan Virus, Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases On The Rise In U.S. Coppe Laboratories performs both direct (PCR) and indirect (serology) testing for POWV. A blood test is all that is required. Test results are available within 14 days. Learn more Getting the best treatment possible often depends upon determining the type of infection and reporting those results in a timely fashion. Better…

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Tagged: Powassan virus

Ticks transmit more than just Lyme disease

Coppe Laboratories February 20, 2017

Powassan Virus symptoms can be serious Ticks transmit more than just Lyme disease. This was evidenced again by a recent news story depicting the difficult journey of recovery for former North Carolina senator Kay Hagan after she contracted Powassan encephalitis from a tick bite. Serious neurologic complications of Powassan Virus infection include headache, confusion, memory loss, disorientation and sometimes even death. Coppe Laboratories is the only commercial reference lab in the US that provides testing for Powassan virus (POWV). Tick…

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