Tick-borne disease — United States
Although Lyme disease gets the lion’s share of headlines when it comes to tick-borne illnesses, a more recently discovered disease has scientists digging for further information. The phlebovirus [_Bunyaviridae_], known widely as Heartland virus (HRTV), was first identified in 2 people in Missouri in 2009. Since then, HRTV has yielded 5 new cases in that state along with one additional case in Tennessee. Now, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US
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