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Ticks found to be source of new virus

The Rock Doc: Ticks found to be source of new virus

 
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/16/the-rock-doc-ticks-found-to-be-source-of-new-virus/

 
"Federal researchers have now figured out how the virus was transmitted to the men. In 2012 they collected some 50,000 ticks (what a job!), including taking some ticks off dogs and horses at the farms of the men who had become ill. Analyzing the ticks, they have found the Heartland virus. 'It’s the first time anyone has found (the virus) in the wild, in the environment,” researcher Harry Savage said to Shots.' It means the virus is yet another tick-borne disease in the U.S."