In July 2019, Bourbon virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Long Island, New York, USA. Tick infection and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurvey results demonstrate active transmission in New York, especially Suffolk County, emphasizing a need for surveillance anywhere A. americanum ticks are reported.
Keywords: Amblyomma americanum; BRBV; Bourbon virus; Koetzner CA; Maffei JG; New York; O’Connor C; Prusinski MA; Suffolk County; Suggested citation for this article: Dupuis II AP; USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jan [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.220283; United States; Zembsch TE; arbovirus; et al. Bourbon virus transmission; lone star tick; surveillance; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses; white-tailed deer; zoonoses.