New York reports first Bourbon virus case
The first confirmed case of the rare Borpaon virus, transmitted by the lone star tick in New York State, has been reported. A 67-year-old man from Suffolk County was infected while working outdoors in 2021. Currently, there is no commercial vaccine or testing available to detect the virus, and its symptoms resemble those of other tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease, making diagnosis difficult. Confirming the infection took five years of specialized testing, with only a few cases recorded so far, some of which resulted in death, indicating that the virus may be lethal.
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