Heartland Virus Disease—An Underreported Emerging Infection [PDF]
MicroorganismsFirst recognized 15 years ago, Heartland virus disease (Heartland) is a tickborne infection contracted from the transmission of Heartland virus (HRTV) through tick bites from the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and potentially other tick species ...
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Heartland Virus Epidemiology, Vector Association, and Disease Potential [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 First identified in two Missouri farmers exhibiting low white-blood-cell and platelet counts in 2009, Heartland virus (HRTV) is genetically closely related to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne phlebovirus producing ...
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Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus [PDF]
VirulenceHeartland virus (HRTV), an emerging tick-borne pathogenic bunyavirus, has been a concern since 2012, with an increasing incidence, expanding geographical distribution, and high pathogenicity in the United States.
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A bibliometric and visualized analysis of heartland virus [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyBackgroundHeartland virus (HRTV) is an emerging tick-borne bunyavirus first detected in 2009. The purpose of this study was to utilize bibliometric analysis to assess the research trends, key foci, and progress of HRTV.
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Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018–2019 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In 2018, Heartland disease virus infected 2 persons in Illinois, USA. In 2019, ticks were collected at potential tick bite exposure locations and tested for Heartland and Bourbon viruses. A Heartland virus–positive pool of adult male Amblyomma americanum
Holly C. Tuten +9 more
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Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion.
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Transovarial Transmission of Heartland Virus by Invasive Asian Longhorned Ticks under Laboratory Conditions [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 We demonstrated experimental acquisition and transmission of Heartland bandavirus by Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks. Virus was detected in tick salivary gland and midgut tissues.
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Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Heartland virus (HRTV) disease is an emerging tickborne illness in the midwestern and southern United States. We describe a reported fatal case of HRTV infection in the Maryland and Virginia region, states not widely recognized to have human HRTV ...
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Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Report of a human death and exposure of white-tailed deer to Heartland virus (HRTV) in Georgia, USA, prompted the sampling of questing ticks during 2018–2019 in 26 sites near where seropositive deer were captured and the residence of the human case ...
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Pathological and virological findings of type I interferon receptor knockout mice upon experimental infection with Heartland virus [PDF]
Virus ResearchHeartland virus (HRTV) causes generalized symptoms, severe shock, and multiple organ failure. We previously reported that interferon-α/β receptor knockout (IFNAR-/-) mice infected intraperitoneally with 1 × 107 tissue culture-infective dose (TCID50) of ...
Hikaru Fujii +18 more
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