Missouri Woman's Dies from Tick Bite: What Is Bourbon Virus?
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | July 14, 2017 06:44pm ET
A woman in Missouri recently died from a rare tick-borne illness called Bourbon virus disease, which was first identified only a few years ago.
The woman, 58-year-old Tamela Wilson, began feeling unwell in late May, shortly after she'd spotted and removed two ticks from her body, CBS Newsreported. Soon, her health deteriorated further — she had severe headaches, pain and a light red rash, and tests showed that she had a low white blood cell count. After she was admitted to the hospital, doctors tested her for several tick-borne diseases, but the tests came back negative, CBS reported.
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