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

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...

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Published inMedical Entomology and Zoology Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 135 - 137
Main Authors YAMAUCHI, Takeo, SHIMAZU, Yukie, MIZUTA, Hideo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology 15.06.2009
Subjects
infestation
nymph
Okinawa Prefecture
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0424-7086
2185-5609
DOI:10.7601/mez.60.135