Ornithodoros sawaii (Ixodida: Argasidae) Larvae Collected from Hydrobates monorhis on Sogugul and Gaerin Islands, Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2016.54.2.233
- Author:
Heung Chul KIM
1
;
Chang Yong CHOI
;
Young Soo KWON
;
Seok Min YUN
;
Won Ja LEE
;
Sung Tae CHONG
;
Richard G ROBBINS
;
Terry A KLEIN
Author Information
1. 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA. hungchol.kim2.ln@mail.mil
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Argasidae;
Ornithodoros sawaii;
Hydrobates monorhis;
Republic of Korea
- MeSH:
Academies and Institutes;
Adult;
Argasidae;
Birds;
Breeding;
Cooperative Behavior;
DNA, Ribosomal;
Hand;
Humans;
Islands*;
Jeollanam-do*;
Larva*;
Ornithodoros*;
Public Health;
Republic of Korea*;
Seasons;
Ticks
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2016;54(2):233-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The 65th Medical Brigade and Public Health Command District-Korea, in collaboration with the Migratory Bird Research Center, National Park Research Institute, conducted migratory bird tick surveillance at Sogugul and Gaerin Islands (small rocky bird nesting sites), Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea (ROK), on 30 July and 1 August 2009. Breeding seabirds captured by hands in their nesting burrows were banded, identified to species, and carefully examined for ticks during the nesting season. A total of 9 Ornithodoros sawaii larvae were removed from 4 adult Hydrobates monorhis (Swinhoe's storm petrel). The identification of the larvae of O. sawaii collected from migratory seabirds were molecularly confirmed using mitochondrial 16S rDNA primer sets.
