New virus found in Missouri; ticks suspected

Posted by: billstephenson

New virus found in Missouri; ticks suspected - 08/31/12 10:31 PM

Well this sure bites... sick

""It's brand new to the world," said William Nicholson with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"It's unique in that it's never been found elsewhere and it is the first phlebovirus found to cause illness in humans in the Western Hemisphere."