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SUBMITTER: Clarke LL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221220 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20181101 5
Heartland virus (HRTV) is a North American <i>phlebovirus</i> suspected to be transmitted by the lone star tick <i>Amblyomma americanum</i>. White-tailed deer (WTD) have been shown to develop HRTV-neutralizing antibodies following experimental infection. To further define the geographic distribution of HRTV through retrospective sampling of WTD, sera from the WTD herd health serum archive at the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study between 2001 and 2015 were analyzed using serum neutr ...[more]