Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2712.211426
• Publication Date: 2021-11-23T17:39:43Z
• Authors: Alan P. Dupuis; Melissa A. Prusinski; Collin O’Connor; Joseph G. Maffei; Kiet A. Ngo; Cheri A. Koetzner; Michael P. Santor...; Christopher L. Ro...; Guang Xu; Fumiko Ribbe; Scott R. Campbell; Stephen M. Rich; P. Bryon Backenson; Laura D. Kramer; Alexander T. Ciota
• Keywords: Amblyomma americanum; Odocoileus; Seroconversion; White (mutation); Tick-borne disease

During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion. Tick surveillance and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurveys widespread distribution emphasizing need for disease anywhere A. ticks are established or emerging.