title: A new phlebovirus associated with severe febrile illness in Missouri.
abstract: Two men from northwestern Missouri independently presented to a medical facility with fever, fatigue, diarrhea, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia, and both had been bitten by ticks 5 to 7 days before the onset of illness. Ehrlichia chaffeensis was suspected as the causal agent but was not found on serologic analysis, polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assay, or cell culture. Electron microscopy revealed viruses consistent with members of the Bunyaviridae family. Next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic analysis identified the viruses as novel members of the phlebovirus genus. Although Koch's postulates have not been completely fulfilled, we believe that this phlebovirus, which is novel in the Americas, is the cause of this clinical syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Laura K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: McMullan
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Folk
authors.forename: Aubree J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: MacNeil
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: Maureen G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.forename: Brigid C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Batten
authors.forename: César G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Albariño
authors.forename: Sherif R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: Pierre E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000821:virology; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D012367:RNA, Viral