Newly discovered tick-borne ‘Bourbon virus’ responsible for the death of Kansas man: CDC

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Newly discovered tick-borne ‘Bourbon virus’ responsible for the death of Kansas man: CDC

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the death of a Kansas man over the summer was caused by an incurable ailment called the “Bourbon virus,” KSHB reports.

John Seested of Fort Scott, Kansas died over the summer from organ failure after he was bitten by a tick. Tests performed on him, however, were negative for all known tick-borne illnesses and he did not respond to any of the conventional treatments for them.

“It was very frustrating,” Dana Hawkinson, the infectious diseases specialist who treated Seested told KSHB. “That’s one of the biggest problems with my job, which I love, when we can’t answer those questions, when we can’t help the patients or their families.”


His death certificate listed three causes of death, with tick-borne illness being third. His case remained a mystery until this week, when researchers with the CDC and the University of Kansas announced that Seested had died of what it was calling the “Bourbon virus,” named after the county in which he contracted the disease….more here

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