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. 2011 Sep;49(3):331-5.
doi: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.331. Epub 2011 Sep 30.

Ticks collected from selected mammalian hosts surveyed in the Republic of Korea during 2008-2009

Heung Chul Kim  1 , Sang Hoon Han, Sung Tae Chong, Terry A Klein, Chang-Yong Choi, Hyun-Young Nam, Hee-Young Chae, Hang Lee, Sungjin Ko, Jun-Gu Kang, Joon-Seok Chae
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Ticks collected from selected mammalian hosts surveyed in the Republic of Korea during 2008-2009

Heung Chul Kim et al. Korean J Parasitol. 2011 Sep.

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%).

Keywords: Haemaphysalis flava; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Ixodes nipponensis; distribution; host; mammal.

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