TY - JOUR AU - Tuten, Holly AU - Burkhalter, Kristen AU - Noel, Kylee AU - Hernandez, Erica AU - Yates, Seth AU - Wojnowski, Keith AU - Hartleb, John AU - Debosik, Samantha AU - Holmes, April AU - Stone, Christopher T1 - Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018–2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 7 SP - 1548 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2018, Heartland disease virus infected 2 persons in Illinois, USA. In 2019, ticks were collected at potential tick bite exposure locations and tested for Heartland and Bourbon viruses. A Heartland virus–positive pool of adult male Amblyomma americanum ticks was found at 2 locations, 439 km apart, suggesting widespread distribution in Illinois. KW - Phlebovirus KW - Heartland virus KW - HRTV KW - tick-borne diseases KW - tick KW - Ixodidae KW - Amblyomma americanum KW - Illinois KW - United States KW - parasites KW - vector-borne illness KW - ticks KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2607.200110 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0110_article ER - End of Reference