Table 2 Dirofilaria spp. screening results of the four sampling sites in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania) with information on the number of screened mosquitoes (2014) and dogs (2016)
Trapping site | No. of tested mosquito specimens | No. of tested mosquito pools | No. of mosquito pools positive for Dirofilaria spp. (% of tested pools) | No. of mosquito pools positive for D. immitis (% of tested pools) | No. of mosquito pools positive for D. repens (% of tested pools) | No. of mosquito pools positive for D. immitis and D. repens (% of tested pools) | No. of tested dogs | No. of dogs positive for Dirofilaria spp. (% of tested dogs) | No. of dogs positive for D. immitis (% of tested dogs) | No. of dogs positive for D. repens (% of tested dogs) | No. of dogs positive for D. immitis and D. repens (% of tested dogs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunarea Veche | 48,423 | 386 | 11 (2.85) | 8 (2.07) | 5 (1.30) | 2 (0.52) | 7 | 3 (42.86) | 3 (42.86) | 1 (14.29) | 1 (14.29) |
Lake Rosulet | 121,314 | 948 | 52 (5.49) | 50 (5.27) | 8 (0.84) | 6 (0.63) | 2 | 1 (50.00) | 1 (50.00) | 1 (50.00) | 1 (50.00) |
Letea | 34,103 | 383 | 15 (3.92) | 11 (2.87) | 6 (1.57) | 2 (0.52) | 12 | 4 (33.33) | 2 (16.67) | 3 (25.00) | 1 (8.33) |
Sulina | 36,732 | 401 | 18 (4.49) | 14 (3.49) | 4 (1.00) | 0 (0.00) | 15 | 3 (20.00) | 1 (6.67) | 3 (20.00) | 1 (6.67) |
Sum (% of tested mosquito pools or dogs) | 240,572 | 2118 | 96 (4.53) | 83 (3.92) | 23 (1.09) | 10 (0.47) | 36 | 11 (30.56) | 7 (19.44) | 8 (22.22) | 4 (11.11) |