viruses carried by ticks

KFD, referred to as Makad Taap in local language, is a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia. The virus is transmitted to human beings through parasitic ticks which latch on to monkeys. The disease was first detected in 1957 at the Kyasanur forest in Karnataka's Shimoga district, and was ...

Blacklegged ticks are commonly found in the northeastern and upper midwestern United States, and transmits certain tick-borne diseases. Although experts still don't know a lot about Bourbon virus, it is believed to be spread through tick or insect bites. ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ).

Meramec State Park Assistant Superintendent Tamela Wilson died last summer from complications of the rare Bourbon virus after being bitten by an infected tick. Lawmakers wanted to know whether others have tested positive for the virus, concerned that others could contract the disease at state parks.

"Instead, it means none of the ticks that might have been infected at the time of this investigation were trapped and tested." One group of ticks tested positive for Heartland virus, which has many of the same symptoms, the department said. It advised anyone who has been bitten by a tick to seek medical ...

"Powassan and West Nile virus are flaviviruses, in the same family as Zika virus," he said. These viruses are transmitted by infected ticks and mosquitoes. Miner and his colleagues decided to experiment on an assortment of four viruses plus Zika to "determine whether certain traits of these viruses may be ...

The researchers also included Long Island tick rhabdovirus, a novel virus they recently discovered in Amblyomma americanum ticks. As new tick-borne infectious agents are discovered, the TBD-Serochip will be modified to target them -- a process the researchers say can be done in less than four weeks.

The superintendent of Meramec State Park died in 2017 after being bitten by ticks and contracting the Bourbon virus. The park superintendent, 58-year-old Tamela Wilson, was the first person in Missouri publicly documented to have caught the rare tick-borne disease. Alferman noted that the eastern ...

... were fewer ticks overall in Germany in 2017, there were more tick-borne viruses, according to researchers. Last year 500 cases were recorded - the second highest number ever. And while infected areas, typically no larger than a football field, can remain full of ticks for years, the ticks transmitting the virus ...