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Table 4 Percent positive test results (canine seroprevalence) for states with decreasing trend (P < 0.0001) in antibodies to Anaplasma phagocytophilum

From: Trends in canine seroprevalence to Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma spp. in the eastern USA, 2010–2017

State (n)a

Percent positive tests

Change (%)

Gamma (95% CI)b

2010

2017

Midwest

 Minnesota (n = 823,260)

9.6

7.0

− 27.1

− 0.0944 (− 0.1001–− 0.0888)

 Wisconsin (n = 999,400)

11.6

6.5

− 44.0

− 0.1457 (− 0.1505–− 0.1409)

Northeast

 Connecticut (n = 741,964)

21.8

17.8

− 18.3

− 0.0545 (− 0.0587–− 0.0503)

 Maryland (n = 937,104)

1.6

1.6

0

− 0.0240 (− 0.0361–− 0.0119)

 New Jersey (n = 918,355)

9.5

7.3

− 23.2

− 0.0751 (− 0.0807–− 0.0696)

 Rhode Island (n = 144,637)

13.8

11.9

− 13.8

− 0.0622 (− 0.0732–− 0.0512)

Southeast

 Virginia (n = 1,466,464)

1.6

1.1

− 31.2

− 0.0851 (− 0.0961–− 0.0741)

  1. aTotal number of test results
  2. bGamma calculated for annual results for each state from 2010 through 2017, inclusive