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Rare but dangerous viruses carried by ticks no bigger than a sesame seed are being detected on and around U.S. military installations. The MilTICK SURE Path program, a national surveillance effort short for Surveillance for Understudied, Rare, and Emerging Pathogens, recently identified ticks carrying Powassan virus in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and, for the first time, Maryland. The program also confirmed the first Heartland virus–positive tick at Fort Knox, Kentucky. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health graphic illustration by Rachel Stershic)
| Date Taken: | 05.13.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.26.2026 11:42 |
| Photo ID: | 9706855 |
| VIRIN: | 260513-D-D0514-4984 |
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| Location: | US |
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