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Table 1 Number and percentage (in brackets) of dogs and ticks positive for Cercopithifilaria sp. divided according to the geographical site of collection and diagnostic method used (i.e., microscopical examination of skin sediment or molecular analysis of skin samples)

From: On a Cercopithifilaria sp. transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus: a neglected, but widespread filarioid of dogs

  

Dogs

 

Ticks

 

Country

Locality/Region

Microscopical examination

Molecular analysis

P

Microscopical examination

Molecular analysis

P

  

pos/tot (%)

pos/tot (%)

 

pos/tot (%)

pos/tot (%)

 

Italy

       
 

Bari (A)

-

38/280 (13.6%)

-

-

-

-

 

Ginosa (B)

-

17/320 (5.3%)

-

-

-

-

 

Putignano (C)

-

10/80 (12.5%)

-

-

10/257 (3.9%)

-

 

Basilicata (D)

6/50 (12%)

0/50 (0%)

0.026*

4/77 (5.2%)

2/77 (2.6%)

0.6812*

 

Sicilia (E)

15/113 (13.3%)

22/113 (19.5%)

0.2808

41/272 (15.1%)

7/272 (2.6%)

< 0.0001

Spain

       
 

La Vera (F)

11/51 (21.6%)

5/11 (45.4%)

0.132*

11/66 (16.7%)

0/66 (0%)

0.0016

Greece

       
 

Xanthi (G)

1/23 (4.3%)

0/23 (0%)

1*

14/218 (6.4%)

1/218 (0.5%)

0.0016

  1. P values indicate the statistical significance of differences between test frequencies as determined by Yates' corrected chi-square test or Fisher's exact test (*) when appropriate (α = 0.05).