Table 1.
Prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in different developmental stages of ticks collected from Deogyusan National Park, Korea
| Tick species | Developmental stage | No. of tested ticks | No. of SFTSV-positive ticks | Infection rate (%) |
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| Haemaphysalis longicornis | Male | 54 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Female | 173 | 11 | 6.4 | |
| Nymph | 3,444 | 206 | 6.0 | |
| Subtotal | 3,671 | 218 | 5.9 | |
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| Haemaphysalis flava | Male | 23 | 2 | 8.7 |
| Female | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| Nymph | 159 | 12 | 7.6 | |
| Subtotal | 194 | 15 | 7.7 | |
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| Ixodes nipponensis | Male | 16 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Female | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Nymph | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Subtotal | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | |
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| Ixodes ovatus | Male | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Total | 3,898 | 233 | 6.0 | |