Molecular xenomonitoring of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from north-eastern Italy by real-time PCR coupled with melting curve analysis

Table 1 Provinces and number of sites monitored (positive and total of mosquitoes and of pools is also reported along with the estimated rate of infection (ERI) for Dirofilaria spp. and their statistical significance ()).**

Provinces	No. positive/ tested sites	No. mosquitoes	No. pools positive/ tested (%)	Mean no. mosquitoes per pool	ERI (%)
Padova	3/3	4652	7*/119 (5.9)	39.09	0.155
Rovigo	4/5	14478	7*/323 (2.1)	44.82	0.049^A
Treviso	1/2	2788	1/67 (1.5)	41.61	0.036 ^b
Venezia	2/3	6383	2/148 (1.3)	43.13	0.032 ^C
Vicenza	2/2	1007	4/36 (11.1)	27.97	0.420 ^AbCD
Verona	1/5	11584	2/262 (0.7)	44.21	0.017^D
Total	13/20	40892	23/955 (2.4)	0.057	0.04-0.08

* including one positive pool for Dirofilaria repens.
** equal letter corresponds to significant difference (lower case = p < 0.05; upper case = p < 0.01).

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