Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018–2019

  • Holly C. Tuten,
  • Kristen L. Burkhalter,
  • Kylee R. Noel,
  • Erica J. Hernandez,
  • Seth Yates,
  • Keith Wojnowski,
  • John Hartleb,
  • Samantha Debosik,
  • April Holmes,
  • Christopher M. Stone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200110
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1548 – 1552

Abstract

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In 2018, Heartland disease virus infected 2 persons in Illinois, USA. In 2019, ticks were collected at potential tick bite exposure locations and tested for Heartland and Bourbon viruses. A Heartland virus–positive pool of adult male Amblyomma americanum ticks was found at 2 locations, 439 km apart, suggesting widespread distribution in Illinois.

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