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30 March 2019 Seasonal Occurrence of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Haemaphysalis flava, Vectors of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea
Minhyung Jung, Jung-Wook Kho, Wook-Gyo Lee, Jong Yul Roh, Doo-Hyung Lee
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Abstract

The seasonal abundance of Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann and H. flava Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) was monitored from 2015 through 2017 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The hard ticks were surveyed monthly using CO2 bait traps from April to November and flagging from July to September in a coniferous forest, a deciduous forest, shrubs, and a grassland vegetation types. Haemaphysalis longicornis and H. flava were most abundant in the grassland and shrubs, which yielded over 50% of the total number of ticks in all 3 yr. Furthermore, H. longicornis comprised up to 90% of the ticks collected. Generally, peaks of nymph, adult, and larva numbers were observed from April to June, from June to July, and from August to September, respectively. Half of the ticks were pooled and tested for the presence of the SFTS virus with negative results.

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Minhyung Jung, Jung-Wook Kho, Wook-Gyo Lee, Jong Yul Roh, and Doo-Hyung Lee "Seasonal Occurrence of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Haemaphysalis flava, Vectors of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea," Journal of Medical Entomology 56(4), 1139-1144, (30 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz033
Received: 25 June 2018; Accepted: 25 February 2019; Published: 30 March 2019
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KEYWORDS
distribution
ixodid tick
monitoring
seasonal abundance
vector
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