@article{6daa1061050b4968bae59c8c392b5521,
title = "Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018-2019",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Amblyomma americanum, Heartland virus, HRTV, Illinois, Ixodidae, Phlebovirus, tick-borne diseases, ticks, United States, vector-borne infections, viruses",
author = "Tuten, {Holly C.} and Burkhalter, {Kristen L.} and Noel, {Kylee R.} and Hernandez, {Erica J.} and Seth Yates and Keith Wojnowski and John Hartleb and Samantha Debosik and April Holmes and Stone, {Christopher M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported through an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the Illinois Department of Public Health or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The INHS Medical Entomology Lab is additionally supported through the State of Illinois Used Tire Management and Emergency Public Health Funds.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
doi = "10.3201/eid2607.200110",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "1548--1552",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "7",
}