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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.
Kuan Feng +6 more
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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 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 ...
Zygmunt F. Dembek +3 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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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 ...
Yamila Romer +8 more
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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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Heartland virus-associated death in tennessee. [PDF]
Clin Infect Dis, 2014 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.Here we report the first fatal case of HRTV disease in an 80-year-old Tennessee resident. He was hospitalized with fever, confusion, leukopenia,
Muehlenbachs A +10 more
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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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Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis due to Heartland virus. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2022 An older man from the mid-Southeastern USA presented with acute onset of fever, fatigue, and non-bloody diarrhoea. There was high suspicion for tick-borne illness given exposure history, clinical presentation and laboratory abnormalities. Despite prompt treatment with doxycycline, the patient clinically worsened.
Ahlers CG +3 more
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