Seroprevalence of Heartland Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, Northwestern Missouri, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We estimated the seroprevalence of Heartland virus antibodies to be 0.9% (95% CI 0.4%–4.2%) in a convenience sample of blood donors from northwestern Missouri, USA, where human cases and infected ticks have been identified.
Nicole P. Lindsey +9 more
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Heartland Virus Infection in Elderly Patient Initially Suspected of Having Ehrlichiosis, North Carolina, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe report a patient in North Carolina, USA, with Heartland virus infection whose diagnosis was complicated by previous Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection. We identified E.
Alexis M. Barbarin +6 more
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Vertebrate Host Susceptibility to Heartland Virus [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Heartland virus (HRTV) is a recently described phlebovirus initially isolated in 2009 from 2 humans who had leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Serologic assessment of domestic and wild animal populations near the residence of 1 of these persons showed high
Angela M. Bosco-Lauth +8 more
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A novel tick-borne phlebovirus, closely related to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and Heartland virus, is a potential pathogen [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018 Tick-borne viral diseases have attracted much attention in recent years because of their increasing incidence and threat to human health. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus (SFTSV) and Heartland virus (HRTV) were recently identified ...
Shu Shen, Dan Liu, Hualin Wang
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Heartland Virus-Associated Death in Tennessee [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014 BACKGROUND Heartland virus (HRTV) is a tick-borne phlebovirus recently described in Missouri that is associated with fever, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia. The virus has also been detected in Ambylomma americanum ticks.
Christopher D Paddock, Sherif R Zaki
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Heartland Virus: An Evolving Story of an Emerging Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease [PDF]
Zoonotic Diseases, 2023 Heartland virus (HRTV) is an emerging tick-borne bandavirus that is capable of causing severe disease characterized by acute thrombocytopenia and lymphopenia.
Emily K. Mantlo, Nicholas J. Haley
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Heartland Virus Neutralizing Antibodies in Vertebrate Wildlife, United States, 2009–2014 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Since its discovery in 2009, the tickborne Heartland virus (HRTV) has caused human illness in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee USA. To better assess the geographic distribution of HRTV, we used wildlife serology as an indicator.
Kasen K. Riemersma, Nicholas Komar
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Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of a Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vectored Vaccine Against Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Heartland Bandavirus [PDF]
VaccinesBackground: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a recently emerged tickborne virus in east Asia with over 18,000 confirmed cases.
Philip Hicks +6 more
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Pathological and virological findings of type I interferon receptor knockout mice upon experimental infection with Heartland virus [PDF]
Virus Research, 2023 Heartland 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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Investigation of Heartland Virus Disease Throughout the United States, 2013-2017. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2020 Background Heartland virus (HRTV) was first described as a human pathogen in 2012. From 2013 to 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented a national protocol to evaluate patients for HRTV disease, better define its geographic
Staples JE +8 more
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