A Rare and Deadly Tick Virus With No Cure Has Taken Hold in New York
A potentially deadly virus spread by ticks seems to have established a foothold in New York, recent research shows. Scientists at Stony Brook University and others studied the blood of New York residents with suspected tickborne illness. They identified at least one confirmed case of the Bourbon virus in a Long Island man, who ended up hospitalized but survived his ordeal.
- ▪A potentially deadly virus spread by ticks seems to have established a foothold in New York, recent research shows.
- ▪Scientists at Stony Brook University and others studied the blood of New York residents with suspected tickborne illness.
- ▪They identified at least one confirmed case of the Bourbon virus in a Long Island man, who ended up hospitalized but survived his ordeal.
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A potentially deadly virus spread by ticks seems to have established a foothold in New York, recent research shows. Scientists at Stony Brook University and others studied the blood of New York residents with suspected tickborne illness. They identified at least one confirmed case of the Bourbon virus in a Long Island man, who ended up hospitalized but survived his ordeal. Though human cases of Bourbon virus are rarely reported, it’s probably happening more often than assumed, the researchers…
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