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Table 2 Results of L. infantum PCR in male and female ticks removed from dogs belonging to group 1 and 2

From: Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA mainly in Rhipicephalus sanguineus male ticks removed from dogs living in endemic areas of canine leishmaniosis

 

L. infantum PCR in ticks

  
 

Females

Males

Total

Group 1

1/17 (5.8%)

10/41 (24.3%)

11/58 (18.9%)

Group 2

0/32 (0%)

2/38 (5.2%)

2/70 (2.8%)

Total

1/49 (2.0%)

12/79 (15.2%)*

13/128 (10.1%)

  1. *Fisher’s exact test; P = 0.0166.
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