<P> Though the primary bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, has occasionally been isolated from lone star ticks, numerous vector competency tests have demonstrated that this tick is extremely unlikely to be capable of transmitting Lyme disease . Some evidence indicates A. americanum saliva inactivates B. burgdorferi more quickly than the saliva of Ixodes scapularis . Recently the bacteria Borrelia andersonii and Borrelia americana have been linked to Amblyomma americanum . </P> <P> In response to two cases of severe febrile illness occurring in two farmers in northwestern Missouri, researchers determined the lone star tick can transmit the heartland virus in 2013 . Six more cases were identified in 2012--2013 in Missouri and Tennessee . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources . Please review the contents of the section and add the appropriate references if you can . Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2016) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources . Please review the contents of the section and add the appropriate references if you can . Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2016) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

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