Four Year Surveillance of the Vector Hard Ticks for SFTS, Ganghwa-do, Republic of Korea
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.691
- Author:
Myung Deok KIM-JEON
1
;
Seung JEGAL
;
Hojong JUN
;
Haneul JUNG
;
Seo Hye PARK
;
Seong Kyu AHN
;
Jinyoung LEE
;
Young Woo GONG
;
Kwangsig JOO
;
Mun Ju KWON
;
Jong Yul ROH
;
Wook Gyo LEE
;
Young Yil BAHK
;
Tong Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Infectious Diseases Diagnosis, Incheon Metropolitan City Institute of Public Health and Environment, Incheon 22320, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hard tick;
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS);
SFTS virus;
Ganghwa-do;
climate change
- MeSH:
Climate Change;
Coniferophyta;
Female;
Fever;
Forests;
Humans;
Incheon;
Ixodes;
Ixodidae;
Larva;
Methods;
Nymph;
Poaceae;
Prevalence;
Republic of Korea;
Seasons;
Thrombocytopenia;
Ticks
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2019;57(6):691-698
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The seasonal abundance of hard ticks that transmit severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus was monitored with a collection trap method every April to November during 2015–2018 and with a flagging method every July and August during 2015–2018 in Ganghwa-do (island) of Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea. This monitoring was performed in a copse, a short grass field, coniferous forest and broad-leaved forest. A total of 17,457 ticks (8,277 larvae, 4,137 nymphs, 3,389 females, and 1,654 males) of the ixodid ticks comprising 3 species (Haemaphysalis longicornis, H. flava, and Ixodes nipponensis) were collected with collection traps. Of the identified ticks, H. longicornis was the most frequently collected ticks (except larval ticks) (94.26%, 8,653/9,180 ticks (nymphs and adults)), followed by H. flava (5.71%, 524/9,180) and Ix. nipponensis (less than 0.04%, 3/9,180). The ticks collected with collecting traps were pooled and assayed for the presence of SFTS virus with negative results. In addition, for monitoring the prevalence of hard ticks, a total of 7,461 ticks (5,529 larvae, 1,272 nymphs, 469 females, and 191 males) of the ixodid ticks comprising 3 species (H. longicornis, H. flava, and Ix. nipponensis) were collected with flagging method. H. longicornis was the highest collected ticks (except larval ticks) (99.53%, 1,908/1,917 ticks (nymphs and adults)), followed by H. flava (1.15%, 22/1,917).
