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Table 3 Prevalence of feline heartworm antigen (Ag) and antibody (Ab) seropositivity in different cities in Taiwan

From: Prevalence and epidemiology of canine and feline heartworm infection in Taiwan

Area

Sample number

Ag(+)

Ab(+)

Mf(+)

(n)

(%)

(n)

(%)

(n)

(%)

Kaohsiung

84

8

9.5%

5

6.0%

2

2.4%

Taipei

152

7

4.6%

14

9.2%

1

0.7%

Taichung

68

2

2.9%

6

8.8%

0

0.0%

Tainan

60

1

1.7%

5

8.3%

0

0.0%

New Taipei

116

1

0.9%

5

4.3%

0

0.0%

Chiayi

29

0

0.0%

3

10.3%

1

3.4%

Yilan

13

0

0.0%

1

7.7%

0

0.0%

Hualien

21

0

0.0%

1

4.8%

0

0.0%

Taoyuan

41

0

0.0%

1

2.4%

0

0.0%

Changhua

11

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Hsinchu

8

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Pingtung

7

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Taitung

6

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Total

616

19

3.1%

41

6.7%

4

0.6%

  1. Ag Antigen test, Ab Antibody test, Mf Microfilaria test, (+) positive result