Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019
Yamila Romer, Kayla Adcock, Zhuoran Wei, Daniel G. Mead, Oscar Kirstein, Steph Bellman, Anne Piantadosi, Uriel Kitron, and Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
Author affiliations: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Romer, Z. Wei, O. Kirstein, S. Bellman, U. Kitron, G.M. Vazquez-Prokopec); University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA (K. Adcock, D.G. Mead); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (A. Piantadosi)
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Table 2
HRTV-positive Amblyomma americanum tick pools from Putnam and Jones Counties, Georgia, 2019*
No. pools |
Collection date |
Site |
No. specimens in pool |
HRTV real-time PCR result for homogenate |
Vero E6 cells
|
P1
|
|
P2
|
|
P3
|
CPE |
PCR |
CPE |
PCR |
CPE |
PCR |
23 |
Apr 28 |
1 |
5 |
+ |
‒ |
‒ |
|
‒ |
‒ |
|
‒ |
‒ |
26 |
Apr 28 |
1 |
25 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
‒ |
+ |
|
‒ |
‒ |
504 |
Jun 14 |
2 |
5 |
+ |
‒ |
+ |
|
‒ |
+ |
|
‒ |
+ |
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