Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA.

Authors :: Dupuis II, Alan P.
Prusinski, Melissa A.
O’Connor, Collin
Maffei, Joseph G.
Ngo, Kiet A.
Koetzner, Cheri A.
Santoriello, Michael P.
Romano, Christopher L.
Guang Xu
Ribbe, Fumiko
Campbell, Scott R.
Rich, Stephen M.
Backenson, P. Bryon
Kramer, Laura D.
Ciota, Alexander T.
Dupuis, Alan P 2nd
O'Connor, Collin
Xu, Guang
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec2021, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p3128-3132. 5p.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion. Tick surveillance and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurveys showed widespread distribution in Suffolk County, emphasizing a need for disease surveillance anywhere A. americanum ticks are established or emerging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]