What do we know about Heartland virus disease? An interview with a CDC expert

With only eight known cases since 2009, Heartland virus disease is still a relative unknown.

Amblyomma americanum image/ CDC

I had the opportunity to talk with the author of a CDC-MMWR “Notes from the Field”  , EIS Officer & Neurologist with CDC’s Arboviral Diseases Branch, Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS on today’s airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show.

During the interview, Dr. Pastula discussed the following aspects of Heartland virus disease–classification, epidemiology, signs and symptoms, possible vector and transmission to humans, treatment and prevention.

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