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Table 2 Factors associated with the magnitude of the canine anti-saliva antibody response. Effect estimates are from an adjusted mixed model analysis with dog included as a random effect. Full data were available for 295 samples from 58 dogs

From: Antibody response to sand fly saliva is a marker of transmission intensity but not disease progression in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum

 

Estimate (95% CL)

LRT χ2

df

P

Fixed effects

 Sampling round

–

119.8

12

< 0.0001

 Incidence (1/days)a

1.392 (0.952–1.832)

28.73

1

< 0.0001

 Village

–

46.94

21

0.001

 Sex

0.020 (-0.153–0.193)

0.05

1

0.82

 Origin

-0.093 (-0.339–0.153)

0.55

1

0.46

Random effect

 Dog

0.040 (0.024–0.066)b

60.44

1

< 0.0001

 Residual

0.066 (0.055–0.078)b

   
  1. alog-transformed
  2. bvariance (95% CL)