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Tick-borne Heartland Virus More Common Than Thought

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Chico, California–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015

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By: Michaeleen Doucleff

It’s called the Heartland virus disease. Since it was first detected in 2009, there have been only nine reported cases in the Midwest, including two deaths.

So scientists thought the Heartland virus was limited to a small region.

That assumption was wrong.

A team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now found signs that Heartland virus is circulating in deer, raccoons, coyotes and moose in…

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