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Table 2 Percent of European dog sample positive test results and 95% confidence intervals by year for individual vector-borne diseases

From: Seropositivity of main vector-borne pathogens in dogs across Europe

Year

Anaplasma spp.

Ehrlichia spp.

Borrelia burgdorferi

Dirofilaria immitis

Leishmania spp.

Positive % of tests (95% CI)

 2016

7.3% (7.1–7.6%)

4.3% (4.1–4.6%)

3.3% (3.1–3.5%)

2.7% (2.6–2.9%)

13.9% (13.5–14.4%)

 2017

7.5% (7.2–7.7%)

4.4% (4.2–4.6%)

2.9% (2.7–3.1%)

2.6% (2.4–2.7%)

12.9% (12.5–13.2%)

 2018

6.2% (5.9–6.4%)

3.9% (3.7–4.1%)

2.6% (2.5–2.8%)

1.8% (1.7–1.9%)

12.5% (12.2–12.9%)

 2019

5.5% (5.3–5.7%)

3.5% (3.3–3.7%)

2.6% (2.4–2.7%)

2.0% (1.8–2.1%)

11.0% (10.7–11.2%)

 2020

5.3% (5.1–5.5%)

3.4% (3.2–3.5%)

2.4% (2.2–2.5%)

1.9% (1.8–2.0%)

9.4% (9.2–9.6%)