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Bourbon virus
Epidemiology:
- transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes
- named after Bourbon County, where a Kansas farmer who died from the virus in 2014 had lived
Clinical manifestations:
- fever
- myalgias
- anorexia
Laboratory:
- elevated serum transaminases
- completed blood count
- lymphopenia*
* based on 1 case
Complications:
- respiratory failure
- renal failure
- death*
* based on 1 case
Management:
- no treatment available
- prophylaxis: insect repellant
General
thogotovirus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
NEGATIVE-STRAND
GENOME-SIZE: 14 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL
References
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE News Release. Dec 22, 2014
http://www.kdheks.gov/news/web_archives/2014/12222014.htm