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Table 2 Clinically healthy and sick seropositive dogs with confirmed Leishmania infantum infection in various tissues

From: Comparative study of in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and parasitological culture for the diagnosis of canine leishmaniosis

 

Healthy (n = 17)

Sick (n = 48)

Total (N = 65)

p value

Skin

8 (47.1 %)

39 (81.3 %)

47 (72.3 %)

0.011

Spleen

14 (82.4 %)

42 (87.5 %)

56 (86.2 %)

0.687

Lymph node

14 (82.4 %)

43 (89.6 %)

57 (87.7 %)

0.421

Bone marrow

14 (82.4 %)

40 (83.3 %)

54 (83.1 %)

1.000

Confirmed infectiona

14 (82.4 %)

46 (95.8 %)

60 (92.3 %)

0.107

  1. aDetection of Leishmania in at least one type of tissue
  2. p <0.05