Ticks~

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Well as we're rounding the corner coming into spring,our day light hours are gaining 3minutes/day and soon the snow will be gone and now we have another tick born virus! I hate ticks! can't figure out what purpose they have on earth other than chickens like them...Now this~


New details on mystery virus that killed Kansas man



 Steve Lenz

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An otherwise healthy man in Kansas became infected with a newly discovered type of virus after he was bitten by ticks, and he died of a related illness 11 days later, U.S. health officials reported Friday.

The virus -- dubbed "Bourbon virus" after the name of the Kansas county where the man lived -- has never been spotted in the United States before, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency noted that more cases may have occurred but gone unidentified.

The CDC said it's now collaborating with researchers in Kansas "to identify additional cases of Bourbon virus disease, determine who gets sick and with what symptoms, and how people are getting infected."