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

  • Kim, Heung-Chul (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion) ;
  • Choi, Chang-Yong (Migratory Bird Research Center, Korea National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Soo (Migratory Bird Research Center, Korea National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service) ;
  • Yun, Seok-Min (Division of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention) ;
  • Lee, Won-Ja (Division of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention) ;
  • Chong, Sung-Tae (5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion) ;
  • Robbins, Richard G. (Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment) ;
  • Klein, Terry A. (Public Health Command District-Korea (Provisional))
  • Received : 2015.11.28
  • Accepted : 2016.02.14
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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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.

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