First identified in two Missouri farmers exhibiting low white-blood-cell and platelet counts in
2009, Heartland virus (HRTV) is genetically closely related to severe fever with …

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), caused by Dabie bandavirus
(SFTSV), is an emerging infectious disease first identified in China. Since its discovery …

We demonstrated experimental acquisition and transmission of Heartland bandavirus by
Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks. Virus was detected in tick salivary gland and midgut …

Tick-borne viral diseases have attracted much attention in recent years because of their
increasing incidence and threat to human health. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia …

In South Asia, Haemaphysalis spinigera tick transmits Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus
(KFDV), a flavivirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever with neurological manifestations …

Ticks are obligatory hematophagous arthropods that harbor and transmit infectious
pathogens to humans and animals. Tick species belonging to Amblyomma, Ixodes …

Emerging bio-contaminants such as viruses have affected health and environment settings
of every country. Viruses are the minuscule entities resulting in severe contagious diseases …

Report of a human death and exposure of white-tailed deer to Heartland virus (HRTV) in
Georgia, USA, prompted the sampling of questing ticks during 2018–2019 in 26 sites near …

Background Heartland virus (HRTV) was first described as a human pathogen in 2012. From
2013 to 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented a …

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, a tick-borne bunyavirus, causes
a severe/fatal disease termed SFTS; however, the viral virulence is not fully understood. The …