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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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 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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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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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 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: An Evolving Story of an Emerging Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease
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-Associated Death in Tennessee [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 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,
Christopher D Paddock +2 more
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Investigation of Heartland Virus Disease Throughout the United States, 2013–2017 [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 Abstract 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 distribution, epidemiology, and ...
Daniel M Pastula +2 more
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