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Table 1 Dirofilaria immitis antigen percent positive test results (number positive/number tested) by region and state from dogs tested in the US from 2001 to 2007 [1], 2010 to 2012 [2], and 2013 to 2019

From: Canine infection with Dirofilaria immitis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma spp., and Ehrlichia spp. in the United States, 2013–2019

State

2001–2007 [1]

2010–2012 [2]

2013–2019

Northeast

 Connecticut

0.6% (236/37,650)

0.6% (1334/234,840)

0.6% (6016/1,043,798)

 Delaware

1.6% (79/4986)

0.9% (449/51,497)

0.5% (905/191,348)

 District of Columbia

NR

0.8% (54/7065)

0.7% (509/71,237)

 Maine

0.6% (173/27,247)

0.3% (699/222,119)

0.5% (3235/639,514)

 Maryland

0.8% (221.28,770)

0.4% (1159/286,989)

0.4% (5169/1,215,646)

 Massachusetts

0.7% (1657/252,281)

0.5% (2570/512,302)

0.6% (10,680/1,863,965)

 New Hampshire

0.8% (168/21,056)

0.4% (556/131,724)

0.6% (3268/559,139)

 New Jersey

0.3% (384/111,245)

0.3% (1094/356,617)

0.4% (5056/1,205,338)

 New York

0.5% (780/158,926)

0.4% (2281/620,933)

0.4% (10,486/2,564,677)

 Pennsylvania

0.4% (191/45,815)

0.2% (946/623,058)

0.4% (8818/2,334,505)

 Rhode Island

0.8% (123/16,199)

0.4% (274/67,811)

0.7% (1097/158,349)

 Vermont

0.7% (24/3682)

0.4% (259/60,125)

0.7% (1429/217,697)

 Region

0.6% (4036/707,857)

0.4% (11,675/3,175,080)

0.5% (56,668/12,065,213)

Midwest

 Illinois

0.9% (2915/337,434)

0.7% (4367/614,303)

1.0% (23,338/2,414,323)

 Indiana

1.8% (428/24,290)

1.4% (2834/207,125)

1.3% (13,158/980,336)

 Iowa

0.9% (164/19,097)

0.3% (401/125,196)

0.4% (2466/559,015)

 Kansas

2.7% (170/6264)

1.0% (845/80,174)

0.9% (3150/361,642)

 Michigan

0.7% (2031/292,171)

0.8% (4129/490,541)

0.7% (17,232/2,361,699)

 Minnesota

0.4% (332/80,810)

0.3% (693/279,699)

0.4% (4406/1,097,589)

 Missouri

2.0% (457/22,673)

1.5% (2615/173,842)

1.6% (14,505/898,730)

 Nebraska

0.8% (34/4387)

0.7% (126/17,613)

0.5% (801/149,756)

 North Dakota

0.5% (25/4914)

0.1% (16/17,100)

0.3% (303/99,478)

 Ohio

0.9% (1242/136,548)

0.6% (2717/448,847)

0.6% (11,706/2,107,379)

 South Dakota

0.1% (1/962)

0.3% (45/13,831)

0.4% (277/79,978)

 Wisconsin

0.6% (616/109,745)

0.4% (1226/349,644)

0.4% (5940/1,331,056)

 Region

0.8% (8415/1,039,295)

0.7% (20,014/2,817,915)

0.8% (97,282/12,440,981)

Southeast

 Alabama

3.4% (622/18,388)

3.6% (4479/125,156)

3.9% (24,240/629,814)

 Arkansas

6.8% (578/8526)

4.6% (3402/74,386)

4.0% (17,793/442,206)

 Florida

1.8% (1408/80,280)

1.6% (11,189/696,358)

1.4% (41,922/3,058,920)

 Georgia

2.7% (1373/51,494)

3.2% (10,142/317,138)

2.6% (39,669/1,550,488)

 Kentucky

1.1% (227/20,092)

1.8% (1383/75,835)

1.4% (7069/518,778)

 Louisiana

6.0% (871/14,468)

7.4% (7133/96,223)

7.2% (46,444/641,766)

 Mississippi

7.4% (183/2459)

10.5% (2835/26,988)

8.1% (21,499/265,613)

 North Carolina

3.0% (663/22,005)

2.4% (8772/373,078)

2.2% (50,390/2,326,822)

 Oklahoma

2.1% (254/11,913)

3.4% (2657/79,056)

2.2% (9737/439,331)

 South Carolina

5.7% (860/15,019)

2.9% (4640/160,252)

2.6% (23,949/906,389)

 Tennessee

3.6% (498/13,787)

3.4% (6937/204,231)

2.6% (23,956/936,084)

 Texas

5.5% (12,160/220,829)

3.9% (34,066/872,096)

3.5% (140,198/3,990,180)

 Virginia

1.1% (331/29,766)

1.0% (3827/384,074)

0.9% (17,702/2,038,858)

 West Virginia

0.8% (51/6131)

0.5% (388/77,319)

0.4% (1205/274,360)

 Region

3.9% (20,079/515,157)

2.9% (101,850/3,562,190)

2.6% (465,773/18,019,609)

West

 Alaska

NR

2.3% (13/566)

1.4% (54/3,768)

 Arizona

1.2% (620/53,809)

0.6% (1005/156,152)

0.5% (3577/657,405)

 California

1.6% (8478/530,788)

0.8% (4850/649,681)

0.6% (15,265/2,446,653)

 Colorado

0.4% (1028/261,358)

0.7% (1182/171,057)

0.9% (5961/690,515)

 Hawaii

NR

1.5% (240/16,548)

0.7% (816/124,893)

 Idaho

0.6% (32/5748)

0.5% (68/14,253)

0.4% (210/48,509)

 Montana

0.6% (16/2801)

0.5% (23/4950)

0.7% (165/23,827)

 Nevada

1.2% (74/6180)

0.5% (165/32,951)

0.6% (688/119,315)

 New Mexico

1.8% (427/23,429)

1.5% (761/49,628)

1.4% (2077/149,284)

 Oregon

0.8% (235/29,176)

0.7% (344/51,964)

0.6% (1355/237,911)

 Utah

0.6% (11/1,904)

0.7% (73/10,886)

0.5% (248/50,016)

 Washington

1.0% (39/4,099)

0.9% (136/16,026)

0.6% (986/157,038)

 Wyoming

1.2% (10/700)

0.6% (27/4285)

1.1% (222/19,882)

 Region

1.2% (10,970/919,992)

0.8% (8887/1,178,947)

0.7% (31,624/4,729,016)

Overall

1.4% (43,500/3,182,301)

1.3% (142,426/10,734,132)

1.4% (651,347/47,254,819)