Table 1. Tick species infected with tick-borne encephalitis virus in regions of Japan, Republic of Korea and China.

Country	Tick species	Sampling region
Japan11	Ixodes ovatus	Southern part of Hokkaido
The Republic of Korea	I. nipponensis	Yangpyeong and Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do; Pyeongchang and Jeongseon, Gangwon-do
2005–2006 study14, 15	Haemaphysalis flava	Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do; Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do
	H. japonica	Jeongseon, Gangwon-do
	H. longicornis	Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do; Pyeongchang and Jeongseon, Gangwon-do
2007 study16	H. flava	Jeju Island
	H. longicornis	Jeju Island
2011–2012 study17	I. niponensis, H. flava, and H. longicornis	Chuncheon and Sokcho, Gangwon-do; Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do; Jeju Island
2014 study18	I. nipponensis	Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do
	H. flava	Andong and Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Dong-gu, Daegu metropolitan area
	H. longicornis	Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do
China5, 6, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28	I. persulcatus, H. concinna, H. japonica, and Dermacentor silvarum	Changbaishan, Daxing'anling, and Xiaoxing'anling in Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northeast; Tianshan and Altay Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest
	I. ovatus	Hengduan Mountain Range and Gaoligongshan in Yunnan in the southwest