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Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Dispatch

Evidence of Human Bourbon Virus Infections, North Carolina, USA

Diana L. Zychowski1Comments to Author , Gayan Bamunuarachchi1, Scott P. Commins, Ross M. Boyce, and Adrianus C.M. Boon
Author affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (D.L. Zychowski, S.P. Commins, R.M. Boyce); Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (G. Bamunuarachchi, A.C.M. Boon).

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Figure 1

Distribution of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and evidence of Bourbon virus detection throughout North Carolina, USA. The map is adapted from a previous publication (8) and updated with locations of known bourbon virus carrying ticks (North Carolina Division of Public Health, pers. comm., email, 2022 Jul 13), white-tailed deer with positive bourbon virus–specific neutralizing antibodies (9), and persons with bourbon virus–specific neutralizing antibodies. Created by using http://www.mapchart.net.

Figure 1. Distribution of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and evidence of Bourbon virus detection throughout North Carolina, USA. The map is adapted from a previous publication (8) and updated with locations of known bourbon virus carrying ticks (North Carolina Division of Public Health, pers. comm., email, 2022 Jul 13), white-tailed deer with positive bourbon virus–specific neutralizing antibodies (9), and persons with bourbon virus–specific neutralizing antibodies. Created by using http://www.mapchart.net.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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