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24 January 2017 Tick surveillance in two southeastern provinces, including three metropolitan areas, of the Republic of Korea during 2014
Jaree L. Johnson, Heung-chul Kim, Jordan M. Coburn, Sung-tae Chong, Nicholas W. Chang, Richard G. Robbins, Terry A. Klein
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Abstract

Tick-borne disease surveillance was conducted from March–October 2014 in two southeastern provinces, including three metropolitan areas, in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Three general habitats were surveyed: Grasses (grasses and herbaceous and crawling vegetation), Forests (pine, larch, deciduous, and mixed), and Forests Grasses. A total of 40,048 ticks (1,480 adults; 24,201 nymphs; 14,367 larvae) belonging to three genera and six species were collected. Haemaphysalis longicornis (84.25%; 33,741) was the most commonly collected tick, followed by Haemaphysalis flava (14.52%; 5,816), Ixodes nipponensis (1.09%; 436), Amblyomma testudinarium (0.07%; 27), Haemaphysalis phasiana (0.06%; 23), and Ixodes turdus (0.01%; 5). Overall, adult ticks accounted for only 3.70% of all ticks collected, while nymphs and larvae accounted for 60.43% and 35.87%, respectively. The proportion of H. longicornis nymphs was highest beginning in March (99.51%), slowly declined through July (82.01%) and then rapidly declined to a low in October (6.45%). Large increases in the proportion of H. longicornis larvae were observed in August (42.05%), September (84.19%) and October (93.55%) following increased numbers of adults collected in June (4.20%), July (17.99%) and August (9.79%). Haemaphysalis flava adults and nymphs were commonly collected from April–May and October, while larvae were first collected from July, with peak numbers collected in August and low numbers collected during September–October. The proportion of I. nipponensis adults was highest in March (75.34%), declined to a low in July (0%), and then increased in September (60.00%) and October (90.32%). Larvae were collected only in August–September and accounted for 64.29% and 20.00% of all I. nipponensis collected during those months. Similar proportions of males and females of H. flava (51.47% and 48.53%, respectively) were collected from all habitats, while significantly more I. nipponensis males (62.20%) were collected than females (37.80%). Conversely, the proportion of H. longicornis females (80.00%) collected was significantly higher than for males (20.00%). Overall, the mean number of ticks collected/hr of collection for all habitats was 156.06/hr of collection. Similar numbers were collected/hr for Forests (172.61) and Grasses (168.64), while lower numbers were collected/hr for Forests Grasses (128.12).

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Jaree L. Johnson, Heung-chul Kim, Jordan M. Coburn, Sung-tae Chong, Nicholas W. Chang, Richard G. Robbins, and Terry A. Klein "Tick surveillance in two southeastern provinces, including three metropolitan areas, of the Republic of Korea during 2014," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(2), 271-288, (24 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.2.10
Received: 26 September 2016; Accepted: 1 December 2016; Published: 24 January 2017
KEYWORDS
Haemaphysalis flava
Haemaphysalis longicornis
Ixodes nipponensis
Korea
tick surveillance
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