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ArticleTicks and tick-borne diseases2023

Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.

Ishmael D Aziati, Derek McFarland Jnr, Avan Antia, Astha Joshi, Anahi Aviles-Gamboa, Preston Lee, Houda Harastani, David Wang, Solny A Adalsteinsson, Adrianus C M Boon

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Ishmael D AziatiDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Derek McFarland JnrTyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Avan AntiaDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Astha JoshiDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Anahi Aviles-GamboaTyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Preston LeeDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Houda HarastaniDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
David WangDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Solny A AdalsteinssonTyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Adrianus C M BoonDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Electronic address: jboon@wustl.edu.

Funding

Emerging infections: surveillance, epidemiology and pathogenesisU01AI151810 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Adrianus CM Boon, DAVID WANG · 2020 to 2026
$10.0M
Bourbon virus: Therapy development and SerologyR21AI151170 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BOON, ADRIANUS CM · 2020 to 2021
$433k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI151170NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI151810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heartland and Bourbon viruses are pathogenic tick-borne viruses putatively transmitted by Amblyomma americanum, an abundant tick species in Missouri. To assess the prevalence of these viruses in ticks, we collected 2778 ticks from eight sampling sites at Tyson Research Center, an environmental field station within St. Louis County and close to the City of St. Louis, from May - July in 2019 and 2021. Ticks were pooled according to life stage and sex, grouped by year and sampling site to create 355 pools and screened by RT-qPCR for Bourbon and Heartland viruses. Overall, 14 (3.9%) and 27 (7.6%) of the pools were positive for Bourbon virus and Heartland virus respectively. In 2019, 11 and 23 pools were positive for Bourbon and Heartland viruses respectively. These positives pools were of males, females and nymphs. In 2021, there were 4 virus positive pools out of which 3 were positive for both viruses and were comprised of females and nymphs. Five out of the 8 sampling sites were positive for at least one virus. This included a site that was positive for both viruses in both years. Detection of these viruses in an area close to a relatively large metropolis presents a greater public health threat than previously thought.

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TicksVirusesAnimalsBunyaviridaeMissouriThogotovirusAmblyomma americanumBourbon virusEmerging tick-borne diseasesHeartland virusRT-qPCR

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PMID36375268
PMCPMC9729426

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