Table 5 Distribution of antibody titres for each pathogen in candidate blood donors and free-roaming dogs in northeast Italy, 2014–2015
From: Exposure to vector-borne pathogens in candidate blood donor and free-roaming dogs of northeast Italy
Pathogensa | Candidate blood donors | Free-roaming dogs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Pos 1st dilution | Pos 2nd dilution | Pos >Â 2nd dilution | Max. titre | Pos 1st dilution | Pos 2nd dilution | Pos >Â 2nd dilution | Max. titre |
Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1:160 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1:5120 |
Babesia canis | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1:16 |
Ehrlichia canis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1:100 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1:400 |
Leishmania infantum | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1:1280 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1:40 |
Rickettsia conorii | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1:8192 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 1:2048 |
Rickettsia rickettsii | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1:2048 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 1:2048 |