We monitored the population of Haemaphysalis longicornis, in Andong, Gyungbuk from April to November, 2018. Among total 2,994 ticks collected for 8 months, H. longicornis 1,677(56%), H. spp Larva 1,074(35.9%), H. flava 213(7.1%), Ixodes nipponensis 30(1.0%) were identified. In addition, considering the environment, 1,727(57.7%), 907(30.3%), 192(6.4%) and 168(5.6%) ticks were collected in the grassland, graves, copse, mountain path, respectively. In the pathogen diagnosis with PCR using SFTS virus specific primers, positive viruses were detected in H. longicornis, H. flava and H. spp from June to October. The minimum field infection rate of June, July, August, September and October were 0.4%, 0.8%, 1.2%, 0.8% and 2.3%. respectively.

• JaeSeok Lee(Department of Ecological Science)
• Myeonghwan Kim(Department of Ecological Science)
• Jong Bong Choi(Department of Ecological Science)
• HyunJi Lee(Department of Ecological Science)
• KyungHwan Moon(Department of Ecological Science)
• YeongHo Kim(Department of Applied Biology, kyungpook National University)
• Changhoe Jeong(Department of Applied Biology, kyungpook National University)
• Wook-Gyo Lee(Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centert for Laboratory Control of Infectious Disease, KCDC)
• Jongkyun Park(Department of Ecological Science/Department of Applied Biology, kyungpook National University)
• Young Ho Kim(Department of Ecological Science/Department of Applied Biology, kyungpook National University)