Heartland Virus in lone star ticks, Alabama, USA
Abstract
We detected Heartland virus (HRTV) in lone star nymphs collected in 2018 in northern Alabama, USA.
Real-time reverse transcription PCR selective for the small seg- ment of the HRTV genome and
confirmatory sequenc- ing of positive samples showed high identity with HRTV
strains sequenced from Tennessee and Missouri.