1. Heartland virus infection in a heart transplant recipient from the Heartland
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Olga I. Kosoy, Jennie H. Kwon, Brett W. Jagger, Jennifer E. Staples, George Turabelidze, Jane A. O’Halloran, Gregory A. Ewald, Amy J. Lambert, Matthew A. Hevey, Amanda J. Panella, and David S. Raymer
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Transplantation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Severe disease ,030230 surgery ,Heart transplant recipient ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Heartland virus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Infectious Diseases ,Phlebovirus ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Health risk ,business ,Solid organ transplantation - Abstract
Tick-borne infections represent a significant health risk each year in the United States. Immunocompromised patients are typically at risk of more severe disease manifestations than their immunocompetent counterparts. Here we report a case of a newly emerging phlebovirus, Heartland virus, in a heart transplant recipient. more...
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- 2019
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