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

Carlson, Abigail L.; Pastula, Daniel M.; Lambert, Amy J.; Staples, J. Erin; Muehlenbachs, Atis; Turabelidze, George; Eby, Charles S.; Keller, Jesse; Hess, Brian; Buller, Richard S.; Storch, Gregory A.; Byrnes, Kathleen; Dehner, Louis; Kirmani, Nigar; Kuhlmann, F. Matthew

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

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May 2018
By Carlson, Abigail L. ; Pastula, Daniel M. ; Lambert, Amy J. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Carlson, Abigail L. ; Pastula, Daniel M. ; Lambert, Amy J. ; Staples, J. Erin ; Muehlenbachs, Atis ; Turabelidze, George ; Eby, Charles S. ; Keller, Jesse ; Hess, Brian ; Buller, Richard S. ; Storch, Gregory A. ; Byrnes, Kathleen ; Dehner, Louis ; Kirmani, Nigar ; Kuhlmann, F. Matthew
Description:

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.
Subjects:

Aged Antibodies, Viral Bunyaviridae Infections Dispatch Fatal Outcome Humans Immunocompromised Host Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic Male
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(5):893-897
Pubmed ID:

29664369
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5938783
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Missouri
Location:

North America
Volume:

24
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:647091454e8dda84679c0209238ab0d034e05b5bd9f7d0859b8079a3ed7a00f9
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