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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Heartland Virus in Lone Star Ticks, Alabama, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We detected Heartland virus (HRTV) in lone star nymphs collected in 2018 in northern Alabama, USA. Real-time reverse transcription PCR selective for the small segment of the HRTV genome and confirmatory sequencing of positive samples showed high identity
Brent C. Newman +7 more
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Heartland Virus and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Immunocompromised Patient, Missouri, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Heartland virus is a suspected tickborne pathogen in the United States. We describe a case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, then death, in an immunosuppressed elderly man in Missouri, USA, who was infected with Heartland virus.
Abigail L. Carlson +14 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 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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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: a novel and emerging tick-borne encephalitis [PDF]
Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2016 Heartland virus (HRTV) is a Bunyaviridae, phlebovirus that it has recently emerged as the causative agent of human disease characterized by thrombocytopenia and leukopenia in the United States and China.
Salim Mattar V., Marco González T.
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The Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum, salivary factors exacerbate the clinical outcome of Heartland virus disease in a small animal model [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Heartland virus was first isolated in 2009 from two patients in Missouri and is transmitted by the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum. To understand disease transmission and pathogenesis, it is necessary to develop an animal model which utilizes the ...
Erin S. Reynolds +3 more
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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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