Heartland Virus and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Immunocompromised Patient, Missouri, USA

Heartland Virus and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Immunocompromised Patient, Missouri, USA

Heartland virus is a suspected tickborne pathogen in the United States. We describe a case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, then death, in an immunosuppressed elderly man in Missouri, USA, who was infected with Heartland virus.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abigail L. Carlson, Daniel M. Pastula, Amy J. Lambert, J. Erin Staples, Atis Muehlenbachs, George Turabelidze, Charles S. Eby, Jesse Keller, Brian Hess, Richard S. Buller, Gregory A. Storch, Kathleen Byrnes, Louis Dehner, Nigar Kirmani, F. Matthew Kuhlmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
heartland virus
arbovirus
Bunyaviridae
Phlebovirus
Phenuiviridae
Hantaviridae Missouri
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-1802_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-1802_article

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