Korean J Parasitol.  2016 Apr;54(2):233-238. 10.3347/kjp.2016.54.2.233.

Ornithodoros sawaii (Ixodida: Argasidae) Larvae Collected from Hydrobates monorhis on Sogugul and Gaerin Islands, Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea

Affiliations
  • 15th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA. hungchol.kim2.ln@mail.mil
  • 2Migratory Bird Research Center, Korea National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service, Shinan, Jeollanam-do (Province) 58863, Korea.
  • 3Division of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do (Province) 28159, Korea.
  • 4Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Building 172, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen, Silver Spring, MD 20910-1230, USA.
  • 5Public Health Command District-Korea (Provisional), 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, USA.
  • 6Current Address: Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.

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.

Keyword

Argasidae; Ornithodoros sawaii; Hydrobates monorhis; Republic of Korea

MeSH Terms

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
DNA, Ribosomal
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