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

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  • YAMAUCHI Takeo
    Toyama Institute of Health
  • SHIMAZU Yukie
    Center for Public Health and Environment, Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute
  • MIZUTA Hideo
    Kobe Quarantine Station, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

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  • ヤマアラシチマダニ若虫による人体刺咬例

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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.

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