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Table 6 Regional distribution: number (%) of dogs and parks with a positive test (coproantigen immunoassay or centrifugal flotation) for intestinal parasites

From: Detection of gastrointestinal parasitism at recreational canine sites in the USA: the DOGPARCS study

Positive tests

Nematodes/Giardia

Nematodes

Hookworms

Whipworms

Ascarids

Giardia

From dogs

 Southeast (n = 989)

270 (27.3)

169 (17.1)

151 (15.3)

27 (2.7)

5 (0.5)

129 (13.0)

 95% CI

24.6–30.2

14.9–19.6

13.2–17.7

1.9–4.0

0.2–1.2

11.1–15.3

 Northeast (n = 400)

72 (18.0)

25 (6.3)

21 (5.3)

8 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

48 (12.0)

 95% CI

14.5–22.1

4.2–9.1

3.4–7.9

1.0–4.0

0–1.6

9.2–15.6

 Midwest (n = 708)

131 (18.5)

44 (6.2)

28 (4.0)

15 (2.1)

6 (0.9)

98 (13.8)

 95% CI

15.8–21.5

4.7–8.3

2.7–5.7

1.3–3.5

0.3–1.9

11.5–16.6

 West (n = 909)

136 (15.0)

25 (2.8)

14 (1.5)

8 (0.9)

5 (0.6)

116 (12.8)

 95% CI

12.8–17.4

1.9–4.1

0.9–2.6

0.4–1.8

0.2–1.3

10.7–15.1

From parks

 Southeast (n = 96)

86 (89.6)

73 (76.0)

69 (71.9)

25 (26.0)

5 (5.2)

70 (72.9)

 95% CI

81.7–94.4

66.6–83.5

62.1–79.9

18.3–35.7

2.0–11.9

63.2–80.8

 Northeast (n = 39)

31 (79.5)

17 (43.6)

16 (41.0)

7 (18.0)

1 (2.6)

28 (71.8)

 95% CI

64.2–89.5

29.3–59.0

27.1–56.6

8.7–33.0

0–14.4

56.1–83.6

 Midwest (n = 68)

59 (86.8)

33 (48.5)

26 (38.2)

12 (17.7)

5 (7.4)

50 (73.5)

 95% CI

76.5–93.1

37.1–60.2

27.6–50.1

10.2–28.5

2.8–16.5

61.9–82.6

 West (n = 85)

67 (78.8)

20 (23.5)

14 (16.5)

8 (9.4)

5 (5.9)

65 (76.5)

 95% CI

68.9–86.3

15.7–33.6

10.0–25.9

4.6–17.7

2.2–13.4

66.4–84.3

  1. Note: See Additional file 1: Table S1 and Additional file 2: Table S2 for detailed numbers by metropolitan region
  2. Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval