| Heartland bandavirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Phenuiviridae |
| Genus: | Bandavirus |
| Species: | Heartland bandavirus
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Heartland bandavirus, sometimes called Heartland virus (HRTV), is a tick-borne phlebovirus of the Bhanja virus serocomplex discovered in 2009. The lone star tick transmits the virus to people when feeding on blood. As of 2017, only five states in the Central United States have reported 20 human infections, namely Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; symptoms resemble those of two other tick-borne infections ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis. The reservoir host is unknown, but deer, raccoon, coyotes, and moose in 13 different states have antibody titers against the virus. By 2023 over 50 human infections were reported in at least eleven states.[2][3]
- ^ Maes, Piet; Kuhn, Jens H. (31 August 2018). "Expansion of the order Bunyavirales" (docx). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
Heartland banyangvirus: derived from Heartland virus (and genus Banyangvirus)
- ^ Ed Cara (24 Feb 2023) U.S. Man's Death Suggests Deadly Tick Virus Is Spreading to New Regions
- ^ Sichen Liu, et. al. (May 2023) Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States