Table 2 The prevalence of filarial detection in domestic cats in Narathiwat Province, Thailand by microfluidic device compared with the Giemsa staining method, showing species of the detected filariae
Method | No. of samples (%) | Species of mf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giemsa stain | Microfluidic chip | B. malayi | D. immitis | D. repens | |
+ | + | 28 (7.3) | 9 | 13 | 6 |
− | + | 6 (1.6) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
+ | − | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
− | − | 349 (91.1) | – | – | – |