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[h=1]Payne County Resident Diagnosed With Rare Tick Disease[/h]
05/27/2015
STILLWATER ? Health officials say an Oklahoma resident has been diagnosed with a rare tick borne disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that a Payne County resident tested positive for Bourbon virus.
This case is the first detected in Oklahoma and only the second case in the United States.
Officials with the Oklahoma State Department of Health say that since the disease is so new, more research is needed to understand the severity of Bourbon virus.
Symptoms include fever, severe muscle, join pain, fatigue, disorientation, diarrhea and a rash.
At this time, there is no treatment for Bourbon virus infections.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma patient reported symptoms earlier this month and has since made a full recovery.
Tick borne diseases, like Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis and tularemia, are relatively common in Oklahoma.
Symptoms of those illnesses include fever, chills, headache, vomiting, rash or painful swelling of lymph nodes near the tick bite.
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05/27/2015
STILLWATER ? Health officials say an Oklahoma resident has been diagnosed with a rare tick borne disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that a Payne County resident tested positive for Bourbon virus.
This case is the first detected in Oklahoma and only the second case in the United States.
Officials with the Oklahoma State Department of Health say that since the disease is so new, more research is needed to understand the severity of Bourbon virus.
Symptoms include fever, severe muscle, join pain, fatigue, disorientation, diarrhea and a rash.
At this time, there is no treatment for Bourbon virus infections.
Fortunately, the Oklahoma patient reported symptoms earlier this month and has since made a full recovery.
Tick borne diseases, like Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis and tularemia, are relatively common in Oklahoma.
Symptoms of those illnesses include fever, chills, headache, vomiting, rash or painful swelling of lymph nodes near the tick bite.
More: