Countrywide serological evaluation of canine prevalence for Anaplasma spp., Borrelia burgdorferi ( sensu lato ), Dirofilaria immitis and Ehrlichia canis in Mexico

Rebeca Movilla; Carlos García; Susanne Siebert; Xavier Roura

doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1686-z

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Geographical distribution of seroprevalence to CVBD agents among dogs with clinical signs

From: Countrywide serological evaluation of canine prevalence for Anaplasma spp., Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), Dirofilaria immitis and Ehrlichia canis in Mexico

CVBD-suspect dogs
Region	Dogs	Dogs infected (%) [95 % CI]	Positivity (%) [95 % CI]				Dogs co-infected (%) [95 % CI]
Region	Dogs	Dogs infected (%) [95 % CI]	A	Bb	Di	Ec	Dogs co-infected (%) [95 % CI]
Northwestern	203	149 (73.39)^**	41 (20.19)^*	1 (0.49)	14 (6.89)	140 (68.96)^**	43 (21.18)^*
Northwestern	203	[66.5–78.8]	[14.8–25.6]	[0.0–01.5]	[0.0–0.0]	[62.6–74.9]	[14.8–26.3]
Northeastern	113	59 (52.21)	14 (12.39)	1 (0.88)	16 (14.16)^*	43 (38.05)	13 (11.50)
Northeastern	113	[42.5–61.1]	[6.2–19.5]	[0.0–2.7]	[8.0–20.4]	[29.2–47.8]	[5.3–17.7]
Northcentral	55	4 (7.27)^**	1 (1.81)^*	0 (0)	0 (0)^*	4 (7.27)^**	1 (1.81)^*
Northcentral	55	[1.8–14.5]	[0.0–5.5]	[0.0–0.0]	[0.0–0.0]	[1.8–14.5]	[0.0–5.5]
Western	82	35 (42.68)^*	10 (12.19)	0 (0)	1 (1.22)^*	35 (42.68)	11 (13.41)
Western	82	[32.9–53.7]	[6.1–19.5]	[0.0–0.0]	[0.0–3.7]	[31.7–52.4]	[6.1–20.7]
Eastern	70	28 (40.0)^*	11 (15.71)	1 (1.43)	5 (7.14)	20 (28.57)^*	9 (12.86)
Eastern	70	[28.6–51.4]	[7.1–24.3]	[0.0–4.3]	[1.4–12.9]	[18.6–40.0]	[5.7–21.4]
Southcentral	39	12 (30.77)^*	2 (5.13)	0 (0)	2 (5.13)	9 (23.08)^*	1 (2.56)^*
Southcentral	39	[17.1–46.2]	[0.0–12.8]	[0.0–0.0]	[0.0–12.8]	[10.3–35.9]	[0.0–7.7]
Southwestern	53	27 (50.94)	12 (22.64)	0 (0)	2 (3.77)	25 (47.17)	11 (20.75)
Southwestern	53	[37.7–64.2]	[11.3–35.8]	[0.0–0.0]	[0.0–9.4]	[34.0–60.4]	[11.3–32.1]
Southeastern	107	70 (65.42)^*	15 (14.01)	1 (0.93)	17 (15.89)^*	57 (53.27)	19 (17.76)
Southeastern	107	[56.1–73.8]	[7.5–20.6]	[0.0–3.1]	[9.3–23.4]	[43.0–62.6]	[10.9–25.2]
Mexican states	722	384 (53.18)	106 (14.68)	4 (0.56)	57 (7.89)	333 (46.12)	108 (14.96)
Mexican states	722	[49.5–56.9]	[12.3–17.3]	[0.1–1.1]	[6.0–10.0]	[42.4–49.7]	[12.3–17.6]

Abbreviations: A Anaplasma spp., Bb Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), Di Dirofilaria immitis, Ec Ehrlichia canis
* Statistically significant difference (P < 0.05); ** Statistically significant difference (P < 0.0001) to the corresponding national average value of prevalence

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