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 disÂtribution in Illinois.
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Tuten, H. C., Burkhalter, K. L., Noel, K. R., Hernandez, E. J., Yates, S., Wojnowski, K., … Stone, C. M. (2020, July 1). Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018-2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200110
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