• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 1998

36세된 서을 거주 남성이 등에 혹을 주소로 내원하였다. 환자는 내원 1주전에 설악산 여행에서 콘도미니엄 바닥에 취침 중 등에 따끔함을 느꼈고. 그 후 그 부위에 소양감이 있었다고 한다. 이 충체를 핀셋으로 떼어내어 Hoyer'smountingmedia로 초자표본을 제작하여 현미경 하에서 관찰한 결과 구부 (gnathosoma)는 소실되었으나 제1기절 (coxa I)의 내측돌기 (internal spine)의 형태 등으로 일본참진드기 (Iodes nipponensis) 자성충으로 동정하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.67-69
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• 1989

진드기(Ixodes nipponensisi Ixodidae)에 의한 인체 두피 감염 1례를 확인하였다. 환자는 63세된 여자로 야외 작업 후 이 진드기에 감염되었고, 흡혈이 진행됨에 따라 충체가 점점 커지자 이를 종양으로 생각하고 내원하였다. 내원 당시 환자는 얼굴의 부종, 전신무력감 등을 호소하였으나 교상으로 인한 피부 병소의 출혈과 변색 이외에 특기할 만한 소견은 관찰할 수 없었다. 적출한 충체를 형태학적으로 관찰한 결과 국내에는 보고된 바 없는 I. nipponensis로 동정할 수 있었다. 이 증례는 진드기 (tick)에 의한 인체 감염의 국내 기록 중 제 4례에 해당된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.239-242
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• 1995

일본참진드기(Ixodes nipponensis)에 의한 참진드기 교상 1례를 보고한다 환자는 경기도 안양시 거주 58세 가정주부이며 우측 상복부에서 서서히 커지는 종괴를 발견하였다. 환자는 환부를 만지작거리다가 탈락한 충체를 가지고 내원하였으며 충체는 해부현미경 및 주사전자현미경 검사결과 $7{\;}{\times}{\;}6.5{\;}mm$ 크기의 일본참진드기(hdesnipponenis) 자성충(자성충, 암놈)으로 동정하였다. 환자는 이 일이 있기 9일 전에 강원도 횡성군 야산에 나물캐러 하루 다녀온 일이 있었다. 국내문헌에 보고 된 14례의 참진드기 교상에 대하여 간략히 소개하였다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.23-26
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• 2018

Because of the potential negative influence on their hosts, ecto-parasites are of prime importance to numerous species. Ticks are among these, distributed worldwide, and potentially transmitting diseases while sucking blood of diverse hosts. The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura Elliot, 1871) is the only felid left in the Republic of Korea following widespread anthropogenic disturbances that have resulted in the extinction of both Panthera species: the Siberian tiger(Panthera tigris altaica Temminck, 1844) and Amur leopard (P. pardus orientalis(Schlegel, 1857)). This study identifies ticks collected from a roadkill leopard cat retrieved in Seosan area in the Republic of Korea. Two ticks attached to the facial area of the carcass were identified as Japanese hard ticks, Ixodes nipponensis, based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I. The matching sample was from Japan with 99.7% similarities, and the only available sequence on GenBank. This study reconfirms that I. nipponensis parasitizes the endangered leopard cat P. bengalensis euptilura.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2011

Although lizards are important hosts for hard ticks (Ixodidae), very few studies have been conducted in South Korea. To determine whether or not hard ticks can infest lizards endemic to South Korea, we examined 77 lizards of four species (Eremias argus, Sincella vandenburghi, Takydromus amurensis, and Takydromus wolteri) that were collected at 22 different sites between April and October 2010. We confirmed that all four lizard species can be infested by Ixodes nipponensis larvae or nymphs. Of the 62 E. argus examined, we found an average of 12.5 larvae on two lizards and an average of one nymph on one lizard. We found seven nymphs on one S. vandenburghi. We found an average of two nymphs on two of the five T. amurensis and an average of one nymph on four of the nine T. wolteri. Ixodes nipponensis larvae and nymphs were found most frequently on the foreleg axillae (87.8%), followed by the forelegs (7.3%), the eyelids (2.4%), and the ears (2.4%) of the lizards. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of I. nipponensis infestations of lizards endemic to South Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2017

Tick is one of the most important arthropods in the transmission of vector-borne diseases. In this study, we investigated the abundance and species of ticks associated with swine and their habitats to assess the risk of spread of tick-borne diseases in host species, such as wild boars. Ticks were collected from 24 grazing or traditionally reared domestic pig farms and 8 habitats of wild boars in 8 provinces and 1 city in the Republic of Korea, by using the dragging and flagging methods. Ticks were also collected directly from 49 wild boars by using fine forceps. A total of 9,846 hard ticks were collected, including 4,977 Haemaphysalis longicornis, 4,313 Haemaphysalis flava, 508 Ixodes nipponensis, 1 Ixodes turdus, and 47 Amblyomma testudinarium. A total of 240 hard ticks were collected from 49 wild boars, including 109 H. flava, 84 H. longicornis, and 47 A. testudinarium. A total of 578 hard ticks were collected from areas around domestic pig farms. Only 2 hard tick species, 546 H. longicornis and 32 H. flava, were collected from these areas. A total of 9,028 hard ticks were collected from wild boars of 8 habitats, including 4,347 H. longicornis, 4,172 H. flava, 508 I. nipponensis, and 1 I. turdus. A. testudinarium was collected only from wild boars, and I. nipponensis and I. turdus were collected only from the habitats of wild boars.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.331-335
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• 2011

A tick survey was conducted to determine the relative abundance and distribution of ticks associated with selected mammals in the Republic of Korea (ROK) during 2008-2009. A total of 918 ticks were collected from 76 mammals (6 families, 9 species) captured at 6 provinces and 3 Metropolitan Cities in ROK. Haemaphysalis longicornis (54.4%) was the most frequently collected tick, followed by Haemaphysalis flava (28.5%), Ixodes nipponensis (7.6%), Ixodes pomerantzevi (4.8%), Ixodes persulcatus (4.6%), and Haemaphysalis japonica (0.1%). Adults (57.0%) and nymphs (28.7%) of Ixodes and Haemaphysalis spp. were collected most frequently from medium or large mammals in this survey, while few larvae (14.3%) were collected. Hydropotes inermis was the most frequently captured mammal (52.6%), with a 16.4 tick index and 5 of 6 species of ticks collected during this survey. H. longicornis (69.7%) was the predominant tick collected from H. inermis, followed by H. flava (22.2%), I. persulcatus (6.1%), I. nipponensis (1.8%), and H. japonica (0.2%).

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.199-203
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• 2002

We report two human cases of tick bite. A 63-year-old male had a pruritic pea-sized brownish nodule on the left popliteal area. Another 41-year-old male had an asymptomatic bean-sized black nodule in the pubic area. The ticks were identified as Ixodes nipponenis, which are the 18th and the 19th cases in Korea.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2021

본 연구는 2016년부터 2020년까지 충북 보은지역의 참진드기류의 시기별 분포를 조사하였다. 참진드기류는 다양한 환경(매년 4지점)에서 채집하였고, 5년 동안 충북 보은지역에서 채집된 참진드기류는 2속 3종으로 작은소피참진드기(Haemaphysalis longicornis), 개피참진드기(Haemaphysalis flava), 일본참진드기(Ixodes nipponensis)로 총 17,704개체의 참진드기가 채집되었다. 작은소피참진드기는 가장 많은 28.83 T.I. (68.40%) 값을 보였고, 개피참진드기 1.49 T.I. (3.53%), 일본참진드기 0.02 T.I. (0.06%)순으로 채집되었고 종 동정이 되지 않는 유충은 11.81 T.I. (28.01%)로 조사되었다. 우점을 차지하는 작은소피참진드기는 봄철 (5-6월)에, 유충은 8월과 9월에 가장 많은 수가 채집되었다. 대부분의 채집지에서 작은소피참진드기가 가장 많이 채집되었고 무덤과 초지에서만 유충이 많이 채집되었다. 개피참진드기는 충북 보은지역에서 채집된 개체수는 적지만 모든 채집지에서 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 5년간 채집된 3종의 참진드기류에 대하여 총 828 pools의 SFTS 감염률을 조사한 결과 모두 음성으로 병원체 감염이 확인되지 않았다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.319-325
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• 2013

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.