Title |
Bourbon Virus in Field-Collected Ticks, Missouri, USA - Volume 23, Number 12—December 2017 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2017
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DOI | 10.3201/eid2312.170532 |
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Authors |
Harry M. Savage, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Marvin S. Godsey, Nicholas A. Panella, David C. Ashley, William L. Nicholson, Amy J. Lambert |
Abstract |
Bourbon virus (BRBV) was first isolated in 2014 from a resident of Bourbon County, Kansas, USA, who died of the infection. In 2015, an ill Payne County, Oklahoma, resident tested positive for antibodies to BRBV, before fully recovering. We retrospectively tested for BRBV in 39,096 ticks from northwestern Missouri, located 240 km from Bourbon County, Kansas. We detected BRBV in 3 pools of Amblyomma americanum (L.) ticks: 1 pool of male adults and 2 pools of nymphs. Detection of BRBV in A. americanum, a species that is aggressive, feeds on humans, and is abundant in Kansas and Oklahoma, supports the premise that A. americanum is a vector of BRBV to humans. BRBV has not been detected in nonhuman vertebrates, and its natural history remains largely unknown. |
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Germany | 1 | 3% |
Mexico | 1 | 3% |
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Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 9% |
Student > Master | 4 | 7% |
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Unknown | 15 | 27% |
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Environmental Science | 3 | 5% |
Other | 8 | 14% |
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