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Table 3 Relationship between age of dogs and seropositivity

From: Seroepidemiology of canine leishmaniosis in Évora (southern Portugal): 20-year trends

DAT

Year 1990

 

Year 1999

 

Year 2010

 
 

Mean age (± SD) – years

No. dogs

Mean age (± SD) – years

No. dogs

Mean age (± SD) – years

No. dogs

Seropositive

7.04 (± 2.71)a

141

6.96 (± 2.98)b

335

6.57 (± 3.37)c

84

Seronegative

4.71 (± 2.40)a

3,473

↑5.26 (± 2.76)b

3,227

5.34 (± 2.81)c

1,411

Total

4.80 (± 2.46)

3,614

↑5.42 (± 2.82)

3,562*

5.41 (± 2.86)

1,495

  1. DAT: direct agglutination test; SD: standard deviation; a, b, c: statistical significant difference between seropositive and seronegative; ↑: statistical significant difference to the previous year; *: age was not determined for one dog.
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