Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Bourbon virus – USA (02): (MO)

PRO/AH/EDR> Bourbon virus – USA (02): (MO)

Tick-borne disease -- United StatesThe daughter of a 58-year-old woman from Sullivan has confirmed that her mother died from complications relating to the Bourbon virus [infection] contracted by a tick bite.The woman was the assistant park superintendent at Meramec State Park in Sullivan. She had lived and worked in the park for 10 years.Her daughter, who is a registered nurse, said the cause of death is listed as respiratory failure, but she feels it was brought on by the tick-borne virus. She died Read more [...]