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10 cases of Heartland virus reviewed
This past week, Illinois health officials reported the first case of Heartland virus in their state.
The disease, believed to be spread by the lone star tick, is relatively new. Although it was first identified in 2009 in Missouri, it wasn’t described in the medical literature until 2012, when researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the virus could be “a more common cause of human illness than is currently recognized.” [1]
