Surveillance and Molecular Identification of Borrelia Species in Ticks Collected at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea, 2018–2019

Tick-borne pathogens are contributing factors for the increased incidence of vector-borne diseases throughout the world, including Lyme borreliosis, one of the most prevalent spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group. The present study focused on the detection of Borrelia sp...

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Published in:Journal of medical entomology 2022-01, Vol.59 (1), p.363-371
Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Ho, Chong, Sung-Tae, Kim, Heung-Chul, Klein, Terry A, Park, Kyungmin, Lee, Jingyeong, Kim, Jeong-Ah, Kim, Won-Keun, Song, Jin-Won
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Arachnids
Borrelia
Borrelia - genetics
Borrelia - isolation & purification
Borrelia afzelii
Borrelia burgdorferi Group - genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi Group - isolation & purification
Borrelia miyamotoi
Borreliosis
Deer - parasitology
Disease
DNA, Protozoan
Drag
Gene sequencing
Haemaphysalis
Health risks
Infectious diseases
Ixodes - parasitology
Ixodes nipponensis
Ixodidae - parasitology
Korean water deer
Lyme disease
Lyme Disease - epidemiology
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Military
OspA gene
OspA protein
Parasitic diseases
Relapsing fever
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Risk analysis
Risk factors
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
rRNA 16S
Species
Spirochetes
tick
Tick Infestations - veterinary
Tick-borne diseases
Tick-Borne Diseases - epidemiology
Ticks
Vector-borne diseases
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES, SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION
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Summary:Tick-borne pathogens are contributing factors for the increased incidence of vector-borne diseases throughout the world, including Lyme borreliosis, one of the most prevalent spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group. The present study focused on the detection of Borrelia species from hard ticks collected at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea (ROK), using molecular and genotypic analyses. Tick-borne disease surveillance was conducted from January to December, 2018–2019. A total of 24,281 ticks (2 genera and 5 species) were collected from road-killed Korean Water deer (KWD) and by tick drag. Haemaphysalis longicornis (92.0%) was the most commonly collected species, followed by Haemaphysalis flava (4.9%), Ixodes nipponensis (3.1%), Haemaphysalis phasiana (0.07%), and Haemaphysalis japonica (
ISSN:0022-2585
1938-2928
DOI:10.1093/jme/tjab170