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To manage this disease, it is necessary to understand the diversity of the tick species and factors influencing the distribution, abundance and prevalence of infected ticks in Wayanad district.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Surveys were conducted from November 2016 to May 2018 in four forest ranges of Wayanad district. Ticks were collected by the dragging method and were identified to species level and assayed for virus detection using real-time polymerase chain reaction.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 25,169 ticks were collected from 64 sites. Of the identified species,\n Haemaphysalis spinigera<\/jats:italic>\n was the most abundant (56.64%), followed by\n H. turturis<\/jats:italic>\n 9047 (35.94%),\n H. bispinosa<\/jats:italic>\n 999 (3.96%),\n Amblyomma integrum<\/jats:italic>\n 691 (2.74%),\n H. kyasanurensis<\/jats:italic>\n (0.55%),\n Rhipicephalus sanguineus<\/jats:italic>\n (0.08%),\n Hyalomma marginatum<\/jats:italic>\n (0.02%),\n H. cuspidata<\/jats:italic>\n (0.01%),\n R.microplus<\/jats:italic>\n (0.01%) and\n Dermacentor auratus<\/jats:italic>\n (0.003%). The nymphal stage was predominant from December to February having peak activity in January. A total of 572 pools were screened for the presence of KFDV, of which 21 pools were positive. The infection rates in\n H. spinigera<\/jats:italic>\n and\n H. turturis<\/jats:italic>\n tick were 2.62 and 1.04 per cent, respectively.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interpretation & conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n The circulation of KFDV was detected and its correlation with the prevalence in ticks near the fragmented forest and teak plantation areas of Wayanad district. 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