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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.3.319

Seasonal Distribution of Ticks in Four Habitats near the Demilitarized Zone, Gyeonggi-do (Province), Republic of Korea  

Chong, Sung Tae (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247)
Kim, Heung Chul (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247)
Lee, In-Yong (Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kollars, Thomas M. Jr. (Medical Section, 415th Chemical Brigade)
Sancho, Alfredo R. (U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps)
Sames, William J. (Armed Forces Pest Management Board, WRAMC-Forest Glen Annex)
Chae, Joon-Seok (Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University)
Klein, Terry A. (U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Pacific)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.51, no.3, 2013 , pp. 319-325 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study describes the seasonal distribution of larvae, nymph, and adult life stages for 3 species of ixodid ticks collected by tick drag and sweep methods from various habitats in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Grasses less than 0.5 m in height, including herbaceous and crawling vegetation, and deciduous, conifer, and mixed forests with abundant leaf/needle litter were surveyed at United States (US) and ROK operated military training sites and privately owned lands near the demilitarized zone from April-October, 2004 and 2005. Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann adults and nymphs were more frequently collected from April-August, while those of Haemaphysalis flava Neumann and Ixodes nipponensis Kitaoka and Saito were collected more frequently from April-July and again during October. H. longicornis was the most frequently collected tick in grass habitats (98.9%), while H. flava was more frequently collected in deciduous (60.2%) and conifer (57.4%) forest habitats. While more H. flava (54.1%) were collected in mixed forest habitats than H. longicornis (35.2%), the differences were not significant. I. nipponensis was more frequently collected from conifer (mean 8.8) compared to deciduous (3.2) and mixed (2.4) forests.
Keywords
Haemaphysalis; Ixodes; tick; seasonal distribution; habitats; Korea;
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