Scientists Prove Ticks Harbor Heartland Virus

[cave76]

This was in Missouri. Ticks and birds don't respect state lines.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722202920.htm

" July 22, 2013 — Scientists have for the first time traced a novel virus that infected two men from northwestern Missouri in 2009 to populations of ticks in the region, providing confirmation that lone star ticks are carrying the recently discovered virus and humans in the area are likely at risk of infection. The findings were published online today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene."

[JackieCalifornia]

WELL SAID!!!

[mojogal]

Misdiagnosis is so much easier than thinking outside the box!

[nutrinut_bob]

And then there are so many of us that have been infected with SV40, after that, anything small enough to internally infect a cell is given a free pass to do so.  C'mon in, make yourself at home!  I think there is yet much more that science and the medical community doesn't yet know about.  It's so much easier to misdiagnose than to question or say you don't know.

[JackieCalifornia]

There's always the possibility of co-infection with bacteria, on top of the virus the tick is carrying.  Docs and scientists sometimes seem to get single focus on one bug and don't take into account that Mother Nature doesn't run by those rules.

[LazyMoose]

This was on the yahoo or msn homepage yesterday.........so it was out there for many people to read. I believe they were treated with antibiotics, one farmer did better than the other.

[cave76]

" Researchers are now working to develop a test that can identify the virus in infected people."

http://www.kmbz.com/Heartland-Virus-A-New-Tick-Borne-Threat-/16879627


" There is no treatment available for HRTV. Unlike other tick-borne diseases like Lyme, ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, HRTV is a virus and thus does not respond to antibiotics."

[from ScienceDaily]

One reporter said (!!!)
" Dr. Ericka Hayes, an infectious disease specialist at Washington University, said it's not surprising that the Heartland virus was discovered in Missouri because Missouri leads the nation in tick-related diseases."

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/23/4361643/cdc-says-ticks-carry-new-virus.html
WHAT???? More than CT and New York? Perhaps the CDC might like to know that. As strange as that seems to me----- I'm sure there are more tick borne illness in MO than are 'reported'.

I haven't read if the two men reported were treated with an antiviral med. But they may have just gotten better over time, as the papers said.

[MeganY24]

Holy moly! I wonder what (if anything) this virus shows up as on blood test....