During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The persons showed seroconversion. Tick surveillance and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurveys showed widespread distribution in Suffolk County, emphasizing a need for disease surveillance anywhere A. americanum ticks are established or emerging.

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Heartland Virus Transmission，美国纽约州萨福克郡

2018 年期间，在从美国纽约州萨福克郡一名居民身上取出的美洲钝眼蜱中检测到了 Heartland 病毒 RNA 。这些人表现出血清转化。蜱虫监测和白尾鹿 ( Odocoileus virginianus ) 血清学调查显示萨福克县广泛分布，强调在美洲蜱已建立或出现的任何地方都需要进行疾病监测。