{"id":76211,"date":"2024-09-11T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/138907d4e3e0dc87eb2c2811ea2d6f25"},"modified":"2024-09-11T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:00:11","slug":"tick-borne-wetland-virus-newly-discovered-in-china-could-cause-damage-to-brain-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/tick-borne-wetland-virus-newly-discovered-in-china-could-cause-damage-to-brain-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick-borne Wetland virus, newly discovered in China, could cause damage to brain, researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Scientists are warning of a new tick-borne disease called Wetland virus<\/span> (WELV) that was recently discovered in China.<\/p>\n A member of the orthonairovirus genus of viruses, WELV previously infected a man in Inner Mongolia, China<\/span>, in 2019, but it was not identified until this new study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week.<\/p>\n The 61-year-old man, who was bitten by a tick at a wetland park, sought medical attention for “persistent fever and multiple organ dysfunction,” according to the study.<\/p>\n FIRST CASE OF HUMAN BIRD FLU DIAGNOSED WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO INFECTED ANIMALS, CDC SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A team of researchers from the Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology isolated the virus from that patient and later identified it as WELV.<\/p>\n