Tick-borne disease — United States
J E Staples, D M Pastula, A J Panella, I B Rabe, O I Kosoy, W L Walker, J O Velez, A J Lambert, Investigation of Heartland virus disease throughout the United States, 2013-2017
Abstract
Background
Heartland virus (HRTV) was 1st described as a human pathogen in 2012. From 2013-2017, CDC implemented a national protocol to evaluate patients for HRTV disease, better define its geographic distribution, epidemiology and clinical characteristics, and develop diagnostic assays for this novel
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