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A case of human tick bite by a nymphal tick, Haemaphysalis hystricis (Acari: Ixodidae), in Japan

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We describe a case of human tick bite by a nymphal tick, Haemaphysalis hystricis. The tick was found on the skin at the inner side of the right brachium in a 35-year-old Japanese woman, who had gone to a Yaeyama palm tree Satakentia liukiuensis forest on Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The tick was identified as a nymph of H. hystricis based on its morphological characteristics. This is the fourth case of a tick bite by H. hystricis and the second case by a nymph in Japan.

Source: Medical Entomology and Zoology

DOI: 10.7601/mez.60.135

Authors: Takeo YAMAUCHI, Yukie SHIMAZU, Hideo MIZUTA

Institutions: Toyama Institute of Health, Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute, Public Health and Environment Center, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, Kobe Quarantine Station

Language: English

Topic: Vector-borne infectious diseases

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

OpenAlex ID: W217909425

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Cites: 3

Cited by: 5

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