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Medical Xpress
February 17, 2018
And for other tick-borne agents, specific blood tests are not yet available, or in the case of the potentially deadly Powassan virus or Heartland virus, are only performed in specialized laboratories. "The number of Americans diagnosed with tick-borne disease is steadily increasing as tick populations haveÃÂ ...
MilTech
January 6, 2018
... Arthritis; Pediatric Lyme Disease; Diagnostics of Lyme Disease; Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome; Chronic Lyme Disease; Co-infection: Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis; Co-infection: Babesiosis; and Emerging Tick-borne infections: Borrelia miyamotoi, Powassan/Deer Tick virus, Heartland virus,ÃÂ ...
Outbreak News Today
December 17, 2017
Testing for Bourbon virus and Heartland virus (another cause of tick-borne illness in Missouri) was conducted on more than 7,000 ticks collected in the state park. Bourbon virus was not detected in any of the ticks collected. This does not mean the virus is not present in some ticks in the park. InsteadÃÂ ...
The Missourian
December 16, 2017
Patients diagnosed with Bourbon virus have shown signs similar to infection with Heartland virus and ehrlichiosis (the latter is a type of bacteria transmitted by ticks), including ... Like Heartland virus and ehrlichiosis, Bourbon virus can affect blood cells that help the body fight infection and prevent bleeding.
Journal of Virology
December 14, 2017
Heartland virus (HRTV) is an emerging human pathogen that belongs to the newly defined family Phenuiviridae, order Bunyavirales. Gn and Gc are two viral surface glycoproteins encoded by the M segment and are required for early events during infection. HRTV delivers its genome into the cytoplasm byÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
December 13, 2017
Tests on one group of ticks were positive for Heartland virus, a similar tick-borne disease discovered in Missouri in 2009. There have only been a handful of confirmed cases of Bourbon virus, which was discovered in 2014 after a man living in Bourbon County in eastern Kansas came down with flu-likeÃÂ ...
Live Science
July 30, 2017
The Heartland virus is also a tick-borne disease, and studies have found that the two viruses are genetically related, Adalja said. In fact, animals infected with the Heartland virus may make antibodies for SFTSV, he said. A 2013 study, for example, found SFTSV antibodies in animals including sheep, goatsÃÂ ...
Today.com
July 13, 2017
Because she worked in a park, doctors suspected she might have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a bacterial disease, or Heartland virus, two tick-borne illnesses that occur in the lower Midwest. After tests came back negative for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Heartland virus, doctors sent Wilson'sÃÂ ...
WTHR
July 13, 2017
CLARK COUNTY, IN (WAVE-TV) - A new virus transmitted by ticks is making its way through the Hoosier state. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed two southern Indiana residents have tested positive for Heartland virus; one in 2015 and one this year. “Heartland virus was first described in 2012 andÃÂ ...
WNDU-TV
July 11, 2017
Two cases of Heartland virus infection have been confirmed in Indiana over the last two years. State health officials announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the cases. Both patients resided in southern Indiana and survived the infections. The HeartlandÃÂ ...
Outbreak News Today
July 10, 2017
People become infected with Heartland virus through the bite of the Lone Star tick. Patients are most likely to be diagnosed with Heartland virus from May to September. Heartland virus causes a flu-like illness, including fever, headache, muscle aches, diarrhea, appetite loss, and feeling very tired.
Wide Open Country
July 10, 2017
A new tick-borne disease has made its way to a new Southern state. Health officials in Arkansas have just confirmed a case of the Heartland virus for the first time. Although the Heartland virus has been in the United States for about eight years, this new case has Southern outdoor lovers on high alert.
THV 11
July 7, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 7, 2017) -- Arkansas has identified its first case of Heartland virus, a relatively new tick-borne disease, in an individual living in the northwest part of the state. People become infected with Heartland virus through the bite of the Lone Star tick. Patients are most likely to be diagnosedÃÂ ...
Pulse Headlines
March 12, 2017
Some of these are Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia mayonii, Bourbon virus, Rickettsia parkeri, Southern tick-associated rash illness, Heartland virus, Rickettiosis species 364D, Powassan virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Ehrilichiosis. Ticks, Lyme Disease Lyme disease, forÃÂ ...
Live Science
October 27, 2016
NEW ORLEANS — The death of a 68-year-old Tennessee man in 2015 sheds light on a rare tick-borne pathogen known as the Heartland virus, according to a new report of the man's case. When doctors analyzed tissue samples from the man's body after his death, they found signs of the virus in nearlyÃÂ ...
Science /AAAS
September 18, 2015
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Fort Collins, Colorado, found evidence of the so-called Heartland virus in deer, raccoons, coyotes, and moose in 13 states. Doctors should be on the lookout for human patients, the researchers say, because they might go undetected.
NPR (blog)
August 29, 2012
And here's another twist: Heartland virus appears to be a cousin of another new human virus called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, ... are also analyzing thousands of samples from Missouri ticks, other crawling insects, and animals wild and domestic to see if any harbor Heartland virus.
PA home page
July 14, 2017
The CDC confirmed two new cases of the Heartland Virus in Indiana this week. While Pennsylvania health officials say there have not been any ...
Today.com
July 13, 2017
Because she worked in a park, doctors suspected she might have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a bacterial disease, or Heartland virus, two ...
WTHR
July 13, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control confirmed two southern Indiana residents have tested positive for Heartland virus; one in 2015 and one this ...
The Courier-Journal
July 11, 2017
“Tick bites can cause serious illness and even death, and the discovery of Heartland virus gives Hoosiers another important reason to take ...
Wide Open Country
July 10, 2017
Although the Heartland virus has been in the United States for about eight years, this new case has Southern outdoor lovers on high alert.
THV 11
July 7, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 7, 2017) -- Arkansas has identified its first case of Heartland virus, a relatively new tick-borne disease, in an individual ...
Tech Times
March 13, 2017
The Midwest has its own set of concerns, including the Lyme-like Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, also proposed to be spread by ticks.
Live Science
October 27, 2016
NEW ORLEANS — The death of a 68-year-old Tennessee man in 2015 sheds light on a rare tick-borne pathogen known as the Heartland virus ...
Science /AAAS
September 18, 2015
The first known human cases of the Heartland virus were two farmers in northwestern Missouri. Both became very sick in 2009, with symptoms ...
NPR
September 16, 2015
It's called the Heartland virus disease. Since it was first detected in 2009, there have been only nine reported cases in the Midwest, including ...
Pharmacy Times
August 9, 2017
Bourbon virus is named after Bourbon County, Kansas and the Heartland virus (as its name suggests) is present in the south-central US.
KCUR
August 9, 2017
Since the discovery of the Heartland virus in a patient from Saint Joseph, Missouri, in 2009, there have been more than 20 confirmed cases.
Live Science
July 30, 2017
The Heartland virus is also a tick-borne disease, and studies have found that the two viruses are genetically related, Adalja said. In factÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 24, 2017
Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, which can prove fatal, were discovered in just the last five years. Powassan virus, a rare but dangerousÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
July 19, 2017
... although it is highly likely because of the patients' histories of tick bites and the virus' similarity to the Heartland virus, discovered in MissouriÃÂ ...
PA home page
July 14, 2017
The CDC confirmed two new cases of the Heartland Virus in Indiana this week. While Pennsylvania health officials say there have not been anyÃÂ ...
Today.com
July 13, 2017
Because she worked in a park, doctors suspected she might have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a bacterial disease, or Heartland virus, twoÃÂ ...
Today.com
July 13, 2017
Because she worked in a park, doctors suspected she might have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a bacterial disease, or Heartland virus, twoÃÂ ...
WTHR
July 13, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control confirmed two southern Indiana residents have tested positive for Heartland virus; one in 2015 and one thisÃÂ ...
The Courier-Journal
July 11, 2017
“Tick bites can cause serious illness and even death, and the discovery of Heartland virus gives Hoosiers another important reason to takeÃÂ ...
CIDRAP
July 10, 2017
Heartland virus is a newer illness transmitted via the bite of the Lone Star tick. The Arkansas Department of Health said late last week that aÃÂ ...
Wide Open Country
July 10, 2017
Although the Heartland virus has been in the United States for about eight years, this new case has Southern outdoor lovers on high alert.
KUAR
July 9, 2017
And this summer a new disease has been confirmed by state health officials: the Heartland virus, so-named because it's spreading acrossÃÂ ...
THV 11
July 7, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 7, 2017) -- Arkansas has identified its first case of Heartland virus, a relatively new tick-borne disease, in an individualÃÂ ...
Invisiverse
July 5, 2017
A new case of the still-mysterious Bourbon virus was confirmed in Missouri, likely originating within the state, local authorities said in a June 30ÃÂ ...
Pulse Headlines
March 12, 2017
Some of these are Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia mayonii, Bourbon virus, Rickettsia parkeri, Southern tick-associated rash illness, Heartland virusÃÂ ...
Reader's Digest
March 23, 2017
Some tick-borne diseases are location-specific: Anaplasmosis and babesiosis are found in the Northeast; Heartland virus and Bourbon virus in the Midwest; Southern tick-associated rash illness in the South; and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the West.
NPR
March 11, 2017
In the Midwest, you can find Heartland virus, a new Lyme-like disease and Bourbon virus - which is thought to be spread by ticks but hasn't been proven yet.
Contagionlive.com
December 8, 2016
Although Lyme disease gets the lion's share of headlines when it comes to tick-borne illnesses, a more recently discovered disease has scientists digging for further information.
KRDO
August 12, 2016
Ticks, tiny as they are, carry some pretty big threats for humans. These blood-sucking parasites can infect people with a number of diseases, like tularemia, Heartland virus and Lyme disease. While these illnesses are unpleasant for anyone who catches ...
Dallas Morning News
July 15, 2016
Infectious diseases that used to be unknown in Oklahoma are now a threat to the health of its residents as maladies such as the West Nile virus, chikungunya virus and Heartland virus spread around the globe. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) 08152015xPUBÃÂ ...
KUAR
July 13, 2016
In the South ticks have also been found carrying deadly viruses like the recently identified Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, associated with killing several residents in Missouri and Oklahoma.
Dallas Morning News
July 15, 2016
Infectious diseases that used to be unknown in Oklahoma are now a threat to the health of its residents as maladies such as the West Nile virus, chikungunya virus and Heartland virus spread around the globe. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) 08152015xPUBÃÂ ...
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