Surveillance of the vectors were conducted at a total of 7 locations from March to November, 2018 in Gyeongnam province. In the surveillance, a total of 13 species belonging to seven genera were collected in a total of 15,935 females and 126.5/trap/night (TI; Trap Index) in 2018. Among the collection sites, a bird refuge in Busan, Eulsukdo recorded the highest TI 230.4 (Species Ratio; SR 60.1%) for Cx. tritaeniorhynchus females in 2018. A Cx. tritaeniorhynchus female collected firstly for 2018 in the nation at the pigsty of Busan at 1st April. In the results of isolation of viral RNA from 12 mosquito species including Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. pipiens, Ae. vexans, Ae. albopictus, and Oc. togoi. Chaoyang virus was positive at a pool of Ar. subalbatus collected at a bird refuge but negative in the other 543 pools (14,295 individuals) in 2018.

• Gi-Seok Kang(Department of Health & Environment, Kosin University)
• Hyo-Bin Jeong(Department of Health & Environment, Kosin University)
• Sun Ho Jung(Department of Health & Environment, Kosin University)
• Wook-Gyo Lee(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Chang-Won Jang(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Shin-Hyeong Cho(Division of Medical Entomology, Korea National Institute of Health)
• Dong-Kyu Lee(Department of Health & Environment, Kosin University)