infectious diseases
Other Arbovirus Infections
Other tick borne viruses
Other tick-borne viruses in the United States are Bourbon virus: This virus was isolated from a single patient who died with multiorgan failure in Bourbon County, Kansas. A limited number of cases have been reported in the southern and midwestern United States. Heartland virus: As of 2022, there have been more than 60 cases of Heartland virus disease reported from states in the midwestern, northeastern, and southern United States ( Arbovirus references ). Infection with this virus usually causes a self-limited, nonspecific febrile illness, which may be accompanied by leukopenia. Thrombocytopenia may be present, and liver transferases may be elevated. One patient died. The CDC found signs that the Heartland virus is circulating in deer, raccoons, coyotes, and moose in 13 states, from Texas to North Carolina and Florida to Maine. is located. In the United States, a total of 59 cases were reported to CDC from 2010 through 2019 ( Arbovirus references ). It causes a nonspecific febrile illness that is rarely complicated by meningitis or encephalitis. Rarely, it is transmitted by blood transfusion. 