Abstract
Abstract A total of 2,235 ticks were collected from 2,505 small mammals, representing nine mammal species in eight genera, captured from January to December 2009 in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Survey sites includedNightmare Range, a ROK-operated military training area, and Camp Humphreys, a US Army installation, in Gyeonggi Province. Apodemus agrarius (1,998, 79.8%) was the most frequently captured small mammal, followed by Microtus fortis (212, 8.5%), Crocidura lasiura (159, 6.3%), Myodes regulus (54, 2.2%), Mus musculus (49, 2.0%), Micromys minutus (26, 1.0%), Rattus norvegicus (3, 0.1%), Apodemus peninsulae (2, 0.08%), and Tamias sibiricus (2, 0.08%). While A. agrarius accounted for 91.1% of all small mammals at Nightmare Range, it only accounted for 68.0% at Camp Humphreys. Ixodes nipponensis (99.5%; 1,977 larvae, 247 nymphs) was the most frequently collected tick, having been found on 6/9 (66.7%) of the small mammal species, followed by Haemaphysalis flava (0.5%; 10 larvae, 1 nymph) from 3/9 (33.3%)...
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