Seroprevalence of Heartland Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, Northwestern Missouri, USA.

Seroprevalence of Heartland Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, Northwestern Missouri, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 17;25(2): Authors: Lindsey NP, Menitove JE, Biggerstaff BJ, Turabelidze G, Parton P, Peck K, Basile AJ, Kosoy OI, Fischer M, Staples JE Abstract We estimated the seroprevalence of Heartland virus antibodies to be 0.9% (95% CI 0.4%-4.2%) in a convenience sample of blood donors from northwestern Missouri, USA, where human cases and infected ticks have been identified. Although these findings suggest that some past human infections were undetected, the estimated prevalence is low. PMID: 30511916 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research