Heartland Virus Epidemiology, Vector Association, and Disease Potential

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 10; no. 9; p. 498
• Main Authors: Brault, Aaron C., Savage, Harry M., Duggal, Nisha K., Eisen, Rebecca J., Staples, J. Erin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.09.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Amblyomma americanum; Animal models; Arachnids; Disease control; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; Feeding; Fever; Genomes; Heartland virus; Hospitalization; Illnesses; Infections; Larvae; lone star tick; Nymphs; Pathogenesis; Procyonidae; Proteins; Review; RNA polymerase; Thrombocytopenia; transmission; Viremia; Virology; Viruses; United States > US; Missouri; Heartland virus; Amblyomma americanum; transmission; thrombocytopenia; lone star tick

First identified in two Missouri farmers exhibiting low white-blood-cell and platelet counts in 2009, Heartland virus (HRTV) is genetically closely related to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne phlebovirus producing similar symptoms in China, Korea, and Japan. Fi...