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Genomic characterization of 99 viruses from the bunyavirus families Nairoviridae, Peribunyaviridae, and Phenuiviridae, including 35 previously unsequenced viruses by Kapuscinski, Marylee L, Bergren, Nicholas A, Russell, Brandy J, Lee, Justin S, Borland, Erin M, Hartman, Daniel A, King, David C, Hughes, Holly R, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Kading, Rebekah C, Stenglein, Mark D

“…Bunyaviruses (Negarnaviricota: Bunyavirales) are a large and diverse group of viruses that include important human, veterinary, and plant pathogens. The rapid…”
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Bourbon Virus in Field-Collected Ticks, Missouri, USA by Savage, Harry M, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Godsey, Jr, Marvin S, Panella, Nicholas A, Ashley, David C, Nicholson, William L, Lambert, Amy J

“…Bourbon virus (BRBV) was first isolated in 2014 from a resident of Bourbon County, Kansas, USA, who died of the infection. In 2015, an ill Payne County,…”
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First detection of heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) from field collected arthropods by Savage, Harry M, Godsey, Marvin S, Lambert, Amy, Panella, Nicholas A, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Harmon, Jessica R, Lash, R Ryan, Ashley, David C, Nicholson, William L

“…Heartland virus (HRTV), the first pathogenic Phlebovirus (Family: Bunyaviridae) discovered in the United States, was recently described from two Missouri…”
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Heartland Virus Infection in Elderly Patient Initially Suspected of Having Ehrlichiosis, North Carolina, USA by Barbarin, Alexis M., Fisher, Teresa G., Reiskind, Michael H., Williams, Carl, Ayres, Bryan N., Burkhalter, Kristen L., Nicholson, William L.

“…We report a patient in North Carolina, USA, with Heartland virus infection whose diagnosis was complicated by previous Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection. We…”
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Detection of Zika Virus in Desiccated Mosquitoes by Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR and Plaque Assay by Burkhalter, Kristen L, Savage, Harry M

“…We assayed Zika virus-infected mosquitoes stored at room temperature for <30 days for live virus by using plaque assay and virus RNA by using real-time reverse…”
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Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States by Liu, Sichen, Kannan, Suraj, Meeks, Monica, Sanchez, Sandra, Girone, Kyle W, Broyhill, James C, Martines, Roosecelis Brasil, Bernick, Joshua, Flammia, Lori, Murphy, Julia, Hills, Susan L, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Laven, Janeen J, Gaines, David, Hoffmann, Christopher J

“…Heartland virus (HRTV) disease is an emerging tickborne illness in the midwestern and southern United States. We describe a reported fatal case of HRTV…”
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Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018-2019 by Tuten, Holly C, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Noel, Kylee R, Hernandez, Erica J, Yates, Seth, Wojnowski, Keith, Hartleb, John, Debosik, Samantha, Holmes, April, Stone, Christopher M

“…In 2018, Heartland disease virus infected 2 persons in Illinois, USA. In 2019, ticks were collected at potential tick bite exposure locations and tested for…”
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Surveillance for Tick-Borne Viruses Near the Location of a Fatal Human Case of Bourbon Virus (Family Orthomyxoviridae: Genus Thogotovirus) in Eastern Kansas, 2015 by Savage, Harry M., Godsey, Marvin S., Panella, Nicholas A., Burkhalter, Kristen L., Manford, Justin, Trevino-Garrison, Ingrid C., Straily, Anne, Wilson, Savannah, Bowen, Jaden, Raghavan, Ram K.

“…Bourbon virus (Family Orthomyxoviridae: Genus Thogotovirus) was first isolated from a human case-patient residing in Bourbon County, Kansas, who subsequently…”
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Transmission Incompetence of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens pipiens from North America for Zika Virus by Kenney, Joan L, Romo, Hannah, Duggal, Nisha K, Tzeng, Wen-Pin, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Brault, Aaron C, Savage, Harry M

“…AbstractIn late 2014, Zika virus (ZIKV; , ) emerged as a significant arboviral disease threat in the Western hemisphere. and have been considered the principal…”
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Transmission of Heartland Virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) by Experimentally Infected Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) by Godsey, Marvin S., Savage, Harry M., Burkhalter, Kristen L., Bosco-Lauth, Angela M., Delorey, Mark J.

“…Heartland virus (HRTV; Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) is a recently described cause of human illness in the United States. After field studies conducted in 2012…”
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Powassan Virus Infection Likely Acquired Through Blood Transfusion Presenting as Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Taylor, Lindsay, Condon, Taryn, Destrampe, Eric M, Brown, Jennifer A, McGavic, Jeanette, Gould, Carolyn V, Chambers, Trudy V, Kosoy, Olga I, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Groves, Jamel, Osborn, Rebecca A, Weiss, John, Stramer, Susan L, Misch, Elizabeth A

“…A kidney transplant patient without known tick exposure developed encephalitis 3 weeks after transplantation. During the transplant hospitalization, the…”
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Zika Virus MB16-23 in Mosquitoes, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, 2016 by Mutebi, John-Paul, Hughes, Holly R, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Kothera, Linda, Vasquez, Chalmers, Kenney, Joan L

“…We isolated a strain of Zika virus, MB16-23, from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on September 2, 2016. Phylogenetic analysis…”
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Field-Collected Ticks From Benton County, Arkansas, and Prevalence of Associated Pathogens by Panella, Nicholas A., Nicholson, William L., Komar, Nicholas, Burkhalter, Kristen L., Hughes, Holly R., Theuret, David P., Blocher, Bessie H., Sexton, Christopher, Connelly, Roxanne, Rothfeldt, Laura, Kenney, Joan L.

“…The recovery of a Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) tick from a dog in Benton County, Arkansas, in 2018 triggered a significant environmental…”
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Susceptibility and Vectorial Capacity of American Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to American Zika Virus Strains by Lozano-Fuentes, Saul, Kenney, Joan L., Varnado, Wendy, Byrd, Brian D., Burkhalter, Kristen L., Savage, Harry M.

“…The rapid expansion of Zika virus (ZIKV), following the recent outbreaks of Chikungunya virus, overwhelmed the public health infrastructure in many countries…”
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Laboratory Evaluation of Commercially Available Platforms to Detect West Nile and Zika Viruses From Honey Cards by Burkhalter, Kristen L., Wiggins, Keenan, Burkett-Cadena, Nathan, Alto, Barry W.

“…Commercially available assays utilizing antigen or nucleic acid detection chemistries provide options for mosquito control districts to screen their mosquito…”
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Serological investigation of heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) exposure in wild and domestic animals adjacent to human case sites in Missouri 2012-2013 by Bosco-Lauth, Angela M, Panella, Nicholas A, Root, J Jeffrey, Gidlewski, Tom, Lash, R Ryan, Harmon, Jessica R, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Godsey, Marvin S, Savage, Harry M, Nicholson, William L, Komar, Nicholas, Brault, Aaron C

“…Heartland virus (HRTV; Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) has recently emerged as a causative agent of human disease characterized by thrombocytopenia and leukopenia…”
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Laboratory and Field Evaluations of a Commercially Available Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of West Nile Virus in Mosquito Pools by Burkhalter, Kristen L, O'Keefe, Michael, Holbert-Watson, Zachary, Green, Theodore, Savage, Harry M, Markowski, Daniel M

“…Although the specific cDNA amplification mechanisms of reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and RT loop-mediated isothermal amplification…”
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Focal amplification and suppression of West Nile virus transmission associated with communal bird roosts in northern Colorado by Komar, Nicholas, Panella, Nicholas A, Burkhalter, Kristen L

“…To explain the patchy distribution of West Nile virus (WNV), we propose that avian immunity encountered by Culex vectors regulates WNV transmission,…”
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Incrimination of Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli Farner as an epidemic vector of Chikungunya virus on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia, 2013 by Savage, Harry M, Ledermann, Jeremy P, Yug, Laurence, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Marfel, Maria, Hancock, W Thane

“…Two species of Aedes (Stegomyia) were collected in response to the first chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak on Yap Island: the native species Ae. hensilli…”
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Surveillance for Heartland and Bourbon Viruses in Eastern Kansas, June 2016 by Savage, Harry M., Jr, Marvin S. Godsey, Tatman, Jayden, Burkhalter, Kristen L., Hamm, Alexandra, Panella, Nicholas A., Ghosh, Anuradha, Raghavan, Ram K.

“…In June 2016, we continued surveillance for tick-borne viruses in eastern Kansas following upon a larger surveillance program initiated in 2015 in response to…”
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