Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA

During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion. Tick surveillance and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurveys showed widespread distribution in Suffolk County, emp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2021-12, Vol.27 (12), p.3128-3132
Hauptverfasser: Dupuis, Alan P., Prusinski, Melissa A., O'Connor, Collin, Maffei, Joseph G., Ngo, Kiet A., Koetzner, Cheri A., Santoriello, Michael P., Romano, Christopher L., Xu, Guang, Ribbe, Fumiko, Campbell, Scott R., Rich, Stephen M., Backenson, P. Bryon, Kramer, Laura D., Ciota, Alexander T.
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Zusammenfassung:During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion. Tick surveillance and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurveys showed widespread distribution in Suffolk County, emphasizing a need for disease surveillance anywhere A. americanum ticks are established or emerging.
ISSN:1080-6040
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DOI:10.3201/eid2712.211426