A woman in Missouri recently died from a rare tick-borne illness called Bourbon virus disease, which was first identified only a few years ago. The woman, 58-year-old Tamela Wilson, began feeling unwell in late May, shortly after she'd spotted and removed two ticks from her body, CBS News reported. Soon, her health deteriorated further — she had severe headaches, pain and a light-red rash, and tests showed that she had a low white blood cell count.