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Table 2 Results of molecular analysis (positive samples from PCR and sequencing) and coproscopic examination of dog faeces

From: First report of Echinococcus multilocularis in cats in Poland: a monitoring study in cats and dogs from a rural area and animal shelter in a highly endemic region

Technique

Parasite

Privately owned dogs (N = 145)

Shelter dogs (N = 123)

Total (N = 268)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

PCR

Echinococcus multilocularis

2

1.4 (0.4–4.9)

2

1.6 (0.5–5.7)

4

1.5 (0.6–3.8)

Taenia spp.a

15

10.3 (6.4–16.4)

11

8.9 (5.1–15.3)

26

9.7 (6.7–13.8)

Mesocestoides litteratus

1

0.7 (0.1–3.8)

2

1.6 (0.5–5.7)

3

1.1 (0.4–3.2)

Coproscopy

Taeniidae

3

2.1 (0.7–5.9)

6

4.9 (2.3–10.2)

9

3.4 (1.8–6.3)

Capillaria/Trichuris

13

9.0 (5.3–14.7)

16

13.0 (8.2–20.1)

29

10.8 (7.6–15.1)

Toxocara canis

7

4.8 (2.4–9.6)

13

10.6 (6.3–17.3)

20

7.5 (4.9–11.2)

Toxascaris leonina

1

0.7 (0.1–3.8)

0

0.0 (0.0–3.0)

1

0.4 (0.1–2.1)

Hookworms

0

0.0 (0.0–2.6)

2

1.6 (0.5–5.7)

2

0.7 (0.2–2.7)

Total nematodes

18

12.4 (8.0–18.7)B

29

23.6 (17.0–31.8)b

47

17.5 (13.5–22.5)

Total helminths

19

13.1 (8.6–19.6)C

35

28.5 (21.2–36.9)c

54

20.1 (15.8–25.4)

PCR and coproscopy

Tptal tapeworms

18

12.4 (8.0–18.7)

14

11.4 (6.9–18.2)

32

11.9 (8.6–16.4)

Total helminths

33

22.8 (16.7–30.2)

40

32.5 (24.9–41.2)

73

27.2 (22.3–32.9)

  1. aTaenia hydatigena (11 privately-owned dogs and 3 shelter dogs), T. serialis (5 shelter dogs), T. taeniaeformis (2 privately-owned dogs and 1 shelter dog), T. crassiceps (2 privately-owned dogs), T. pisiformis (1 shelter dog), T. ovis (1 shelter dog)
  2. b, B χ2 = 9.75, df =1, P = 0.0018 (statistically significant difference between privately-owned and shelter dogs)
  3. c, C χ2 = 5.73, df =1, P = 0.0166 (statistically significant difference between privately-owned and shelter dogs)