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Table 2 Agreement between diagnostic tests: number of positive and negative samples examined in parallel by microscopical examination of skin sediment and molecular analysis of skin for Cercopithifilaria sp. infection in Sicily (Site E) and Spain (Site F)

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

 

Microscopical examination

Molecular examination

Total

  

Positive

Negative

 

Sicily (E)

Positive

6

9

15

 

Negative

16

82

98

 

Total

22

91

113

 

Microscopical examination

Molecular examination

Total

  

Positive

Negative

 

Spain (F)

Positive

2

1

3

 

Negative

3

5

8

 

Total

5

6

11