Man’s death leads to discovery of new virus in Kansas, CDC reports

A 50-year-old man suffered multiple tick bites in the spring of 2014 while working outside on his property, the CDC said in an article published in the agency’s “Infectious Diseases” journal.

This is the first time a virus in this group, known as thogotoviruses, has been known to cause illness in the United States, the CDC said.

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