Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Dispatch
Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus via Ticks on Migratory Birds, Japan, 2020–2021
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![Migratory bird flyways and distribution of Ixodes persulcatus ticks in study of transboundary movement of Yezo virus via ticks on birds, Japan, 2020–2021. Distribution of I. persulcatus ticks (red rhombus), prefectures of Japan where black-faced buntings (Emberiza spodocephala) banded in Hokkaido were recaptured (light blue), and flyway of E. spodocephala passing through Hokkaido during autumn (orange dotted line). Distribution outside Japan is indicated at the country level. Black circle shows Lake Furen, Nemuro City, Hokkaido; white circle shows Lake Kutcharo, Hamatonbetsu Town, Hokkaido.](/eid/images/24-0539-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Migratory bird flyways and distribution of Ixodes persulcatus ticks in study of transboundary movement of Yezo virus via ticks on birds, Japan, 2020–2021. Distribution of I. persulcatus ticks (red rhombus), prefectures of Japan where black-faced buntings (Emberiza spodocephala) banded in Hokkaido were recaptured (light blue), and flyway of E. spodocephala passing through Hokkaido during autumn (orange dotted line). Distribution outside Japan is indicated at the country level. Black circle shows Lake Furen, Nemuro City, Hokkaido; white circle shows Lake Kutcharo, Hamatonbetsu Town, Hokkaido.
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