These little guys keep finding their way onto unsuspecting passersby, and they might be carrying an incredibly dangerous virus...Get our free mobile appBourbon Virus Confirmed in NYRecently, researchers at Stony Brook Medical published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene that they found confirmation of Bourbon Virus in New York. According to Larkin, he was landscaping in his backyard, when he was pit on the leg by two ticks. He says he began to feel worse and worse, with symptoms like fever, fatigue, rashes, headaches, nausea and vomiting. What is Bourbon Virus? According to the Center for Disease Control, Bourbon Virus is apparently spread through infected ticks, specifically the Lone Star Tick.