The southernmost foci of Dermacentor reticulatus in Italy and associated Babesia canis infection in dogs

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Results of Babesia canis tests on dog samples and ticks from two surveyed areas in northeastern Italy

Samples	Site A				Site B				Both sites
	IFAT	PCR		Total	IFAT	PCR		Total
	IFAT	Positive	B. canis confirmatory sequencing	Total	IFAT	Positive	B. canis confirmatory sequencing	Total
	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)	N/tested^a (%)
Dogs^b	6/57 (10.5)	1/57 (1.7)	1/1 (100)	7/57 (12.3)	1/23 (4.3)	2/23 (8.7)	–	3/23 (13.1)	10/80 (8.0)
Ticks	–	3/3 (100)	1/3 (33.0)	3/3 (100)	–	1/3 (33.0)	–	1/3 (33.0)	4/6 (66.7)

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