Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2023)

Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States

  • Sichen Liu,
  • Suraj Kannan,
  • Monica Meeks,
  • Sandra Sanchez,
  • Kyle W. Girone,
  • James C. Broyhill,
  • Roosecelis Brasil Martines,
  • Joshua Bernick,
  • Lori Flammia,
  • Julia Murphy,
  • Susan L. Hills,
  • Kristen L. Burkhalter,
  • Janeen J. Laven,
  • David Gaines,
  • Christopher J. Hoffmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.221488
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 5
pp. 992 – 996

Abstract

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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 disease cases. The range of HRTV could be expanding in the United States.

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