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SUBMITTER: Savage HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3771279 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20130722 3
Heartland virus (HRTV), the first pathogenic Phlebovirus (Family: Bunyaviridae) discovered in the United States, was recently described from two Missouri farmers. In 2012, we collected 56,428 ticks representing three species at 12 sites including both patients' farms. Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis accounted for nearly all ticks collected. Ten pools composed of deplete nymphs of A. americanum collected at a patient farm and a nearby conservation area were reverse transcription-p ...[more]