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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Dispatch

Heartland Virus Infection in Elderly Patient Initially Suspected of Having Ehrlichiosis, North Carolina, USA

Alexis M. BarbarinComments to Author , Teresa G. Fisher, Michael H. Reiskind, Carl Williams, Bryan N. Ayres, Kristen L. Burkhalter, and William L. Nicholson
Author affiliation: North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (A.M. Barbarin, T.G. Fisher, C. Williams); North Carolina State University, Raleigh (M.H. Reiskind); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.N. Ayres, W.L. Nicholson); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (K.L. Burkhalter)

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Table 2

Entomologic surveillance at patient’s residence in case study of Heartland virus infection in elderly patient initially suspected of having ehrlichiosis, North Carolina, USA

Surveillance data May 2022 June 2022
Collection time 11 AM–2 PM 11 AM–1 PM
Mean air temperature, °F/°C 69/21 87/31
Area covered, m2
 3,760
 3,250
No. ticks collected, by species
Amblyomma americanum, male 58 43
A. americanum, female 49 64
A. americanum, nymph 480 549
A. maculatum, nymph 1 0
Dermacentor variabilis, male 4 0
D. variabilis, female 2 0
Ixodes scapularis, male 9 0
I. scapularis, female
 5
 0
Total no. ticks collected 608 656

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