Korean J Parasitol.
2011 Sep;49(3):331-335. 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.331.
Ticks Collected from Selected Mammalian Hosts Surveyed in the Republic of Korea During 2008-2009
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- 15th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA.
- 2Division of Vertebrates Research, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 404-708, Korea.
- 3Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, 65th Medical Brigade/U.S. Army MEDDAC-Korea, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, USA.
- 4Migratory Birds Center, National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service, Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do 535-917, Korea.
- 5Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
- 6Research Institute for Veterinary Science and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science,College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. jschae@snu.ac.kr
- KMID: 1715663
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.331
Abstract
- A tick survey was conducted to determine the relative abundance and distribution of ticks associated with selected mammals in the Republic of Korea (ROK) during 2008-2009. A total of 918 ticks were collected from 76 mammals (6 families, 9 species) captured at 6 provinces and 3 Metropolitan Cities in ROK. Haemaphysalis longicornis (54.4%) was the most frequently collected tick, followed by Haemaphysalis flava (28.5%), Ixodes nipponensis (7.6%), Ixodes pomerantzevi (4.8%), Ixodes persulcatus (4.6%), and Haemaphysalis japonica (0.1%). Adults (57.0%) and nymphs (28.7%) of Ixodes and Haemaphysalis spp. were collected most frequently from medium or large mammals in this survey, while few larvae (14.3%) were collected. Hydropotes inermis was the most frequently captured mammal (52.6%), with a 16.4 tick index and 5 of 6 species of ticks collected during this survey. H. longicornis (69.7%) was the predominant tick collected from H. inermis, followed by H. flava (22.2%), I. persulcatus (6.1%), I. nipponensis (1.8%), and H. japonica (0.2%).
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