Abstract
This study aimed to characterize the seasonal abundance of hard ticks that transmit severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus from April to November 2019 and 2020 on Ganghwa-do, Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea. The ticks were collected at grassland, grave site, copse and mountain road using a collection trap method. The ixodid hard ticks comprising three species (Haemaphysalis longicornis, H. flava, and Ixodes nipponensis) collected were 6,622 in 2019 and 3,811 in 2020. H. longicornis was the most frequent (97.9% in 2019 and 96.0% in 2020), followed by H. flava (2.0% and 3.0% in 2019 and 2020, respectively) and I. nipponensis (less than 0.1%). Our study demonstrated that seasonal patterns of the tick populations examined for two years were totally unsimilar. The hard ticks tested using RT-qPCR were all negative for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus.
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Key words: Monitoring, hard tick, SFTS, Ganghwa-do, Korea
INTRODUCTION
After the mosquitoes, the ticks are the second most common vectors. They damage directly the skin by biting and transmit a variety of pathogens to humans. The ticks are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of mammals, birds, and reptiles [
1,
2]. Ticks and their associated pathogens including bacteria, parasites, or viruses are among the most significant public health burdens worldwide. Their occurrence is known to expand, contract, and shift. Members of both the Argasidae (soft ticks) and Ixodidae (hard ticks) families are known to transmit viruses. The hard ticks are the primary vectors of viruses of medical and veterinary importance [
3].
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a emerging viral hemorrhagic fever and tick-borne infectious disease. The SFTS virus belongs to, newly characterized, genus
Phlebovirus in family
Bunyaviridae. STFS virus was first identified in the rural areas of Hubei and Henan provinces, China in 2009. SFTS is endemic in Korea and Japan as well as in China [
4,
5]. Among patients with a history of insect bites, SFTS is indistinguishable from other diseases such as tsutsugamushi, murine typhus, or anaplasmosis [
6,
7]. In Korea, the first SFTS patient was identified in 2012 [
4]. Up to 2020, 1,330 SFTS patients were reported, thus this disease is recognized as a significant public health issue [
8]. In Korea, the STFS occurrence was highest in October, followed by July and September. Of 17 provinces in Korea, Gyeonggi province had the largest number of patients (78 cases) of SFTS cases in 2019–2020, followed by Gangwon (59 cases) and Gyeongbuk (58 cases) provinces (
Supplementary Fig. S1). In addition, depending on the recent cases of nosocomial infection in Korea, the possibility of transmission of SFTS caused by respiratory secretions could not be ruled out [
9,
10]. However, detailed transmission data for nosocomial infections of SFTS are limited in terms of attack rates and risk factors. This disease is nationally classified and managed as a group 3 infectious disease in Korea according to the Korean Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.
Ixodid hard ticks and
Haemaphysalis longicornis are widespread in Korea and have been reported to be the main vectors of the pathogenic SFTS virus [
11]. In order to establish strategies to control and prevent tick-borne diseases, it is pivotal to determine which species act as pathogen reservoirs, and which factors could promote the occurrence of hard tick vectors [
12,
13].
Therefore, this study aimed to survey hard ticks on Ganghwa-do (Ganghwa County, Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea). Particularly, we characterized the species composition, diversity, abundance, and distribution of hard ticks and their pathogens to monitor and prevent the potential autochthonous transmission of tick-borne pathogens (e.g., especially SFTS virus), which may be related to the probable effects of climate change in Korea. The results of this study could provide the basis for future epidemiological studies and risk assessment of tick-borne pathogens in relation to climate change in Korea. The global environment is drastically and rapidly changing as a result of human activities, including population growth, urbanization, economic growth, natural resource use, energy production, and others. Notably, climate change has accelerated ecosystem changes, thereby influencing human life. Therefore, reliable monitoring data are needed to ensure timely warnings to safeguard public health. Our study could provide the basis for future epidemiological studies and risk assessment of increasing vector-borne pathogen occurrence associated with climate change in Korea.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Tick collection and sites
Ganghwa-do is an island in Korea located in the Han River estuary. Specifically, this island is located in the Yellow Sea off Korea’s west coast, separated from Gimpo on the South Korean mainland by a narrow channel spanned by two bridges and from Gaeseong City in North Korea by the main Han River channel. Ganghwa-do covers a 302.4 km
2 area, measuring 28 km long and 22 km wide, making it the 4th largest island in Korea. The average yearly temperature and precipitation in this region are 16.2°C and 1,346 mm, respectively. Ganghwa-do exhibits a humid continental climate (Dwa) [
14].
Surveys of hard tick surveys were conducted in a grassland, a grave site, a copse, and a mountain road with the collection trap method from April to November of 2019 using three collection traps per site (i.e., 12 traps in total) on Ganghwa-do. The geographic indices (longitute/latitude) for each of the four surveillance sites are 37.733344/126.395645, 37.734496/ 126.397436, 37.732803/126.398165, and 37.733885/126.396880. Hard ticks were collected at each site on the same day to determine SFTS virus infection. Any specific permissions were not required for tick collection at these sites, since this study did not involve endangered species. The collected specimens were transported alive to a laboratory in the Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University. The hard ticks were identified to species level with taxonomic keys and classified according to their developmental stage based on morphological features [
15,
16]. However, larvae could not be classified to the species level due to difficulties in their identification.
The collected hard ticks were pooled (pools of 1–5 adults and 1–30 larvae and nymphs) according to species, collection site, and collection time and quickly transferred to microcentrifuge tubes on ice. To improve and achieve maximal efficiency and reduce variability in the total RNA yields, the extraction was performed using bead beaters with 2.8 mm stainless steel beads (Precellys
TM CK28-R Hard tissue homogenizing kit, Bertin Technologies, SAS, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France) and TRIzolTM reagent (InVitrogen, Carlsbad, California, USA). The pooled hard ticks were homogenized in 500 μl TRIzol
TM reagent. After the hard tick homogenates were centrifuged at 15,000×g for 10 min, the supernatant was collected and RNA was extracted using the Direct Zol
TM RNA extraction kit (Zym Research, Irvine, California, USA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The extracted total RNA was resuspended in RNase-free distilled water containing RNAsinTM Plus RNase inhibitor (Promega Co., Madison, Wisconsin, USA) and stored at −80°C until further analysis. RT-qPCR assays were performed using the DiaStarTM 2x OneStep RT-PCR Pre-mix (SolGent Co., Daejeon, Korea) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The MF3 (forward) 5′GATGAAGATGG-TCCATGCTGATTCT-3 and MF2 (reverse) 5′-CTCATGGGGTGGAATGTCCTCAC-3′ primers were used to detect the medium (M) segment of the SFTS virus [
11,
17,
18], whereas the actin L (forward) 5′-AGATC ATGTTCGAGACCTTC-3′ and actin R (reverse) 5′-TCAGGAT CTTCATCAGGTAA-3′ primers were used to identify β-actin. RT-qPCR assays were carried out using 15 μl of 2x OneStep RT-PCR Pre-mix, each with 10 pmole of primers, and 1 pg to 100 ng of total RNA in a 30 μl total reaction volume. The RT-qPCR conditions for each reaction were as follows: 30 min at 50°C, followed by 15 min at 95°C, and 20 sec at 95°C, 40 sec at 58°C and 30 sec at 72.5°C for 35 cycles, with a final annealing step for 10 min at 70°C. Samples were determined to be positive for the SFTS virus if a virus-specific 560 bp DNA fragment band was observed after 1.3% agarose gel electrophoresis stained with 0.1 μl/ml SYBR
TM Safe DNA Gel Stain (InVitrogen).
RESULTS
Hard ticks collected
The highest number of sampled specimens was obtained from short wild grass at the grassland site [4,939/10,433, 47.3% with a hard tick index (HTI; i.e., the total number of hard ticks divided by the total number of used traps) of 102.9 (3,727/6,622, 56.3%, HTI of 155.3 in 2019; 1,212/3,811, 31.8%, HTI of 50.5 in 2020)], followed by the grave site [2,391/10,433, 22.9%, HTI of 49.8 (1,124/6,622, 17.0%, HTI of 4.6.8 in 2019; 1,267/3,811, 33.2%, HTI of 52.8 in 2020)], the copse [1,886/10,622, 18.1%, HTI of 39.3 (1,033/6,622, 15.6%, HTI of 40.0 in 2019; 853/3,811, 22.4%, HTI of 35.5 in 2020)], and the mountain road [1,217/10,433, 11.7%, HTI of 25.4 (738/6,622, 11.1%, HTI of 30.8 in 2019; 479/3,811, 12.6%, HTI of 20.0)] (
Table 1;
Fig. 1A, B). A total of 10,433 ixodid hard ticks consisting of 3,206 larvae (30.7%), 2,199 females (21.1%), 1,039 males (10.1%), and 3,989 nymphs (38.2%) [3,167 larvae (47.8%), 1,073 females (16.2%), 441 males (6.7%), and 1,941 nymphs (29.3%) in 2019; 39 larvae (1.0%), 1,126 females (29.5%), 598 males (15.7%), and 2,048 nymphs (53.7%) in 2020] comprising three species (
H. longicornis,
H. flava, and
Ixodes nipponensis) were collected from four sites (grassland, grave site, copse, and mountain road) using collection traps from April to November during 2019–2020 in Ganghwa-do (
Supplementary Tables S1,
S2). The collection months with the highest number of sampled hard ticks from the grassland were August in 2019 and May in 2020; however, the number of specimens was comparable from September to November among the collection sites (
Fig. 1A, B). Given the similar temperature and relative humidity throughout the island, hard tick density was mainly affected by inter-site differences. Based on the results, short wild grass was a more favorable habitat than the copse environment. Although the grave site was covered with grass, the density of hard ticks at this site was relatively low compared with that at the grassland; this was expected considering that grave sites are generally sprayed with artificial insect or tick repellents. Of the taxonomically identified hard ticks,
H. longicornis, a widespread species in Korea, was the most frequently collected specimen excluding larval ticks (7,352/7,540 including nymphs and adults, 97.5%), followed by
H. flava (182/7,540, 2.4%) and
I. nipponensis (6/7,540, less than 0.1%) (
Supplementary Tables S1,
S2). Moreover, all three species collected in this survey were found to bite humans, as reported in other studies [
19].
H. longicornis is a known mammal ectoparasite, whereas
H. flava is a bird and mammal parasite [
20]. However, the density of
I. nipponensis, was too low for this species to be considered as a relevant SFTS vector at our surveillance sites. The collection traps were set at each of the collection site as well as our previous surveillance studies from 2015 to 2018 [
11,
17,
18,
21,
22]: the grassland (37.733344/126.395645), the grave site (37.734496/ 126.397436), the copse (37.732803/126.398165) and the mountain road (37.733885/126.396880). This study collected a total of 2,199 female hard ticks (21.1%), 1,039 male hard ticks (10.0%), 3,989 nymphs (38.2%), and 3,206 larvae (30.7%) (
Supplementary Tables S1,
S2) in 2019–2020; the results are consistent with the expected ratio of larvae, nymphs, and adults. In general,
H. longicornis population densities started to increase in May, peaked in June and decreased rapidly thereafter (
Fig. 2). In addition,
H. flava population densities appeared to peak in September; however, sample sizes were too low to be representative of the general population density. The population densities of larvae showed a bimodal trend in 2019, with the highest number of specimens collected in August, followed by the second highest number in October (
Fig. 3A). However, in 2020, the collected number of hard ticks in this study was greatly reduced in August, which, may be attributed to frequent typhoons in the Ganghwa-do region (
Fig. 3B). This climate phenomenon seems to have had a large effect on the distribution of hard ticks in this study.
All of the examined hard tick pools tested (327 in 2019, 263 in 2020,
Table 2) was negative for the SFTS virus (560 bp DNA fragment of the viral M segment) [
11,
17,
18].
DISCUSSION
Climate change effects have accelerated in Korea since its rapid urban and industrial development from the 1960s to 1990s [
23]. Rapid increases in population and industrialization have accelerated the emission of various pollutants and greenhouse gases, which are major anthropogenic factors. Korea has been largely affected by climate parameters, including temperature and precipitation [
24]. The most distinct climate change in Korea is an increase in temperature fluctuations throughout the four seasons. The number of record minimum temperature days has greatly decreased, and the maximum precipitation during the summer season has increased. Ongoing worldwide climate change has contributed to nationwide climate change effects and extreme weather events [
25]. Notably, hard tick populations are closely associated with climate change, as their survival largely depends on environmental factors.
Ixodid ticks belong to 4 species from two genera:
H. longicornis,
H. flava,
I. nipponensis, and
I. pesulcatus [
22]. The SFTS virus has previously been identified in ticks belonging to three genera and four species (
H. longicornis,
H. flava,
I. nipponensis, and
Amblyomma testudinarium) [
26]. Recently, the SFTS virus has been identified in all
H. longicornis developmental stages (eggs, adults, nymphs, and larvae) in China [
27]. In Korea,
H. longicornis is the most identified and reported hard tick species, and almost all hard tick-borne diseases in Korea have been attributed to this species [
15,
26,
28,
29].
A. testudinarium and
I. nipponensis may also act as additional vectors of the SFTS virus in Korea [
11]. In this study, we demonstrated that
H. longicornis was widely distributed on Ganghwa-do as the dominant hard tick species (97.89% with the collection trap method) and that it did not carry the SFTS virus in the studied locations. However, the number of specimens was small for
H. flava and
I. nipponensis [182/7,540 (2.4%) and 6/7,540 (0.1%), respectively], compared with
H. longicornis; thus, an accurate judgment could not be made on whether these species were disease carriers. These results are consistent with those of our previous 4-year surveillance study (from 2015 to 2018) in the same locations [
18]. Moreover, there might be other tick species in addition to those identified at the study sites [
30]. Previously, it was reported that
H. longicornis was the most frequently collected hard ticks in northern Gyeonggi province (75.8%) [
31], as well as in the southern province and Jeju Island (73.4%) [
32]. However, in contrast to our results,
H. flava and
I. nipponensis accounted for 19.6% and 4.6% in northern Gyeonggi province and 22.4% and 0.4% of the collected hard ticks, respectively, in the southern province. In 2020, the collected number of hard ticks in this study dramatically reduced in August, which may be attributed to frequent typhoons in the Ganghwa-do region. This climate phenomenon seems to have had a huge effect on the distribution of the collection of hard ticks in this study.
In Taiwan, the RNA and antibodies of the SFTS virus have been detected in 20.5%, 37.7%, and 41.7% of the sheep, dog, and bovine samples that were analyzed, indicating the presence of the SFTS virus in Taiwan [
33]. In addition, based on the detection of SFTS virus-specific antibodies by ELISA, 3.6% and 47.4% of human and animal serum samples, respectively, were positive for SFTS virus antibodies, indicating that the SFTS virus is distributed widely among domestic animals and birds, as well as wild animals in China [
34–
36]. However, the whole cohort did not show any specific clinical signs of illness, and all of the animals survived infection. These results suggest that domestic animals and wild animals may be reservoir animal hosts during SFTS virus amplification in the endemic area. Thus far, our country has not actively examined antibodies and RNA in SFTS tests for domestic animals; however, at this rate, it may be desirable to perform tests for antibody or RNA detection in these animals in the future.
Our survey could provide a useful mean to promote awareness of STFS occurrence to establish public health guideline accordingly. Since STFS began to be managed as a state-recognized epidemic in 2013, 1,330 STFS cases including 6 suspected cases have been reported by 2020 [
8]. Between 2013 and 2020, an average of 166.3 people became infected with this virus in Korea and there is an increasing trend in infections (36 cases in 2013, 55 cases in 2014, 79 cases in 2015, 165 cases in 2016, 272 cases in 2017, 259 cases in 2018, 223 cases in 2019, and 241 cases in 2020). SFTS is a prevalent endemic disease in Korea with a high fatality ratio. The fatality rates of this disease were reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency as 7.2% in 2013 [
37] and 32.6% from 2013 to 2015 [
38]. SFTS occurs throughout Korea; the occurrence rate is relatively high in mountainous and hilly areas, such as Gangwon, northern Gyeonggi and Jeju Island, and relatively low in the western and southwestern plains. Nevertheless, the SFTS outbreak incidence has been increasing every year [
39]. The prevalence of the SFTS virus in hard ticks collected from vegetation in Korea is around 0–0.46% [
11,
40,
41]. A study on the prevalence of the SFTS virus in five Korean National Parks demonstrated that the infection rate of this virus in adult and nymph hard ticks was 3.61% and that in larval hard ticks was 0.31% [
42]. In general, several factors may contribute to SFTS occurrence, including climate change, outdoor activities, hard tick population levels, and hard tick developmental stages. Different hard tick collection methods have yielded complementary information on the hard ticks at different sites according to vegetation and collection time, thereby reflecting the habitat preference and biology of the studied hard ticks. In this study, none of the examined pools tested positive for the SFTS virus after RT-qPCR analysis (
Table 2). The prevalence of target pathogens is among the most important information in the study of hard tick and tick-borne parasite epidemiology. Moreover, the role of hard ticks as vectors and infection prevalence are important considerations for the development of adequate hard tick control strategies, especially in the context of climate change. The results of our small-scale study were comparable with those of a previous study, in which the hard ticks were collected by the same researchers over the 6-year period (2015–2020) [
15]. Our study demonstrated that the seasonal patterns determined using the collection trap method were largely similar, and an overall slight decrease in the collected ticks was observed.
SFTS is a prevalent endemic hard-tick-borne disease in Korea with steadily increasing fatality and incidence rates over the past years. In conclusion of this study, none of the collected hard tick pools tested positive for SFTS. Nevertheless, this study provides an important methodological basis for the detection of the SFTS virus in tick vectors using Ganghwa-do as a case study, which is important for a more comprehensive characterization of the disease. The results could facilitate the establishment of more effective STFS control and prevention strategies. Additionally, our long-term survey provides baseline data for future studies to further investigate changes in hard tick composition, abundance, and distribution in response to future environmental conditions. A better understanding of the potential impact of climate change and vector ecology is critical for understanding the epidemiology of infectious diseases, including SFTS and their potential burden on public health. Therefore, future studies should examine the spread of vector-borne diseases and long-term surveillance data on infectious disease pathogens and vectors to effectively address their associated public health effects.
Supplementary Information
Supplementary Table S1.
Monthly distribution of hard ticks obtained at each collection sites on Ganghwa-do in 2019 using collection traps
Supplementary Table S2.
Monthly distribution of hard ticks obtained at each collection site on Ganghwa-do in 2020 using collection traps
Supplementary Fig. S1.
Overall distribution of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) incidence from January to December (2019 and 2020) reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) in Korea
Notes
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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This study was supported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (4851-304-320), the Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation funded by the Ministry of Education (2020R1A6A1A03041954) and the Inha University Research Fund (65321-1) in Korea.
Fig. 1Distribution of the collected hard tick density at each collection site from April to November. (A) 2019. (B) 2020.
Fig. 2Monthly distribution of a hard tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in 2019 and 2020.
Fig. 3Monthly distribution of the developmental hard ticks by (adult, nymph and larva). (A) 2019. (B) 2020.
Table 1Collection rate and hard tick indices in Ganghwa-do, 2019–2020
Table 1
|
Collection site |
Collection month |
No. of collection traps |
No. of collected hard ticks |
Hard tick index |
|
|
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2019 |
2020 |
Subtotal |
2019 |
2020 |
Subtotal |
|
Grassland |
April |
3 |
3 |
261 |
46 |
307 |
87.0 |
15.3 |
51.2 |
|
May |
3 |
3 |
553 |
641 |
1,194 |
184.3 |
213.7 |
199.0 |
|
June |
3 |
3 |
368 |
485 |
853 |
122.7 |
161.7 |
142.2 |
|
July |
3 |
3 |
102 |
22 |
124 |
34.0 |
7.3 |
20.7 |
|
August |
3 |
3 |
2,086 |
3 |
2,089 |
695.3 |
1.0 |
348.2 |
|
September |
3 |
3 |
118 |
15 |
133 |
39.3 |
5.0 |
22.2 |
|
October |
3 |
3 |
239 |
0 |
239 |
79.7 |
0 |
39.8 |
|
November |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Subtotal |
24 |
24 |
3,727 |
1,212 |
4,939 |
155.3 |
50.5 |
102.9 |
|
|
Grave |
April |
3 |
3 |
33 |
146 |
179 |
11.0 |
48.7 |
29.8 |
|
May |
3 |
3 |
153 |
739 |
892 |
51.0 |
246.3 |
148.7 |
|
June |
3 |
3 |
387 |
219 |
606 |
129.0 |
73.0 |
36.5 |
|
July |
3 |
3 |
181 |
66 |
247 |
60.3 |
22.0 |
41.2 |
|
August |
3 |
3 |
194 |
24 |
218 |
64.7 |
8.0 |
36.3 |
|
September |
3 |
3 |
126 |
52 |
178 |
42.0 |
17.3 |
29.7 |
|
October |
3 |
3 |
48 |
20 |
68 |
16.0 |
6.7 |
11.3 |
|
November |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
|
Subtotal |
24 |
24 |
1,124 |
1,267 |
2,391 |
46.8 |
52.8 |
49.8 |
|
|
Copse |
April |
3 |
3 |
163 |
27 |
190 |
54.3 |
9.0 |
31.7 |
|
May |
3 |
3 |
37 |
400 |
437 |
2.3 |
133.3 |
72.8 |
|
June |
3 |
3 |
332 |
99 |
431 |
110.7 |
33.0 |
71.8 |
|
July |
3 |
3 |
242 |
272 |
514 |
80.7 |
90.7 |
85.7 |
|
August |
3 |
3 |
240 |
16 |
256 |
80.0 |
5.3 |
42.7 |
|
September |
3 |
3 |
10 |
29 |
39 |
3.3 |
9.7 |
6.5 |
|
October |
3 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
3.0 |
1.3 |
7.8 |
|
November |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
24 |
24 |
1,033 |
853 |
1,886 |
40.0 |
35.5 |
39.3 |
|
|
Mountain road |
April |
3 |
3 |
167 |
27 |
194 |
55.7 |
9.0 |
32.3 |
|
May |
3 |
3 |
131 |
128 |
159 |
43.7 |
42.7 |
26.5 |
|
June |
3 |
3 |
213 |
162 |
375 |
71.0 |
54.0 |
62.5 |
|
July |
3 |
3 |
124 |
132 |
256 |
41.3 |
44.0 |
42.7 |
|
August |
3 |
3 |
38 |
8 |
46 |
12.7 |
2.7 |
7.7 |
|
September |
3 |
3 |
26 |
19 |
45 |
8.7 |
6.3 |
7.5 |
|
October |
3 |
3 |
39 |
3 |
42 |
13.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
|
November |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Subtotal |
24 |
24 |
738 |
479 |
1,217 |
30.8 |
20.0 |
25.4 |
|
|
Total |
|
96 |
96 |
6,622 |
3,811 |
10,433 |
69.0 |
39.7 |
54.3 |
Table 2Collection and pools of hard ticks tested for SFTS virus in 2019 and 2020
Table 2
|
Collection site |
Collection month |
No. of collected hard ticks |
No. of analyzed hard ticksa
|
No. of pools |
|
|
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
|
Ganghwa Island |
April |
624 |
246 |
870 |
303 |
127 |
430 |
32 |
20 |
52 |
|
May |
874 |
1,908 |
2,782 |
434 |
958 |
1,392 |
37 |
89 |
126 |
|
June |
1,300 |
965 |
2,265 |
646 |
485 |
1,131 |
79 |
57 |
136 |
|
July |
649 |
492 |
1,141 |
320 |
250 |
570 |
65 |
51 |
116 |
|
August |
2,558 |
51 |
2,609 |
1,275 |
30 |
1,305 |
78 |
16 |
94 |
|
September |
280 |
115 |
395 |
135 |
62 |
197 |
19 |
20 |
39 |
|
October |
335 |
27 |
362 |
163 |
160 |
323 |
16 |
7 |
23 |
|
November |
2 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Total |
|
6,622 |
3,811 |
10,433 |
3,277 |
2,079 |
5,356 |
327 |
263 |
590 |
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