Table 1 Area and provinces of Greece surveyed, along with information of infested dogs according to sampling site (A-F) and tick developmental stages
Area | Province | Dogs | Ticks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural areas | Indoors | Temporary kennel | Municipal shelter | Private clinics | Infested dogs (%) | Larvae | Nymphs | Adults | Total specimens collected | Intensity | |||
Male | Female | ||||||||||||
Southern | Corinth (A) | 8/12 | 10/18 | 12/12 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 30/50 (60) | – | 33 | 50 | 60 | 143 | 4.77 |
|  | Athens (B) | 0/2 | 10/30 | – | 10/25 | 0/23 | 20/80 (25) | – | 16 | 26 | 30 | 72 | 3.5 |
Central | Larisa (C) | 5/10 | 5/12 | 10/10 | 0/2 | 0/6 | 20/40 (50) | – | 19 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 2.6 |
Northern | Xanthi (D) | 24/28 | – | – | 0/2 | 6/10 | 30/40 (75) | 3 | 224 | 11 | 23 | 261 | 8.8 |
| Â | Thessaloniki (E) | 4/6 | 5/21 | 17/17 | 14/22 | 0/14 | 40/80 (50) | 23 | 57 | 28 | 93 | 201 | 5.0 |
|  | Alexandroùpolis (F) | 0/1 | 2/3 | – | 8/14 | 0/2 | 10/20 (50) | 2 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 2.8 |
Total (%) | Â | 41/59 (69.5%) | 32/84 (38.1%) | 39/39 (100%) | 32/69 (46.4%) | 6/59 (10.2%) | 150/310 (48.4%) | 28 (3.7%) | 355 (46.9%) | 144 (19%) | 230 (30.4%) | 757 | Â |