Table 3 Percent of positive test results, total number of dog samples tested, and 95% confidence intervals for each country and respective vector-borne disease for the 2016–2020 study period

Positive % of tests (95% CI)

 Andorra

2.7% (187; 0.9–6.1%)

2.1% (187; 0.6–5.4%)

0.0% (187; 0.0–2.0%)

2.1% (187; 0.6–5.4%)

–

 Austria

17.3% (4572; 16.2–18.4%)

2.5% (4572; 2.0–3.0%)

6.1% (4572; 5.4–6.9%)

1.9% (4578; 1.6–2.4%)

–

 Belgium

4.5% (772; 3.2–6.2%)

2.8% (772; 1.8–4.3%)

3.0% (772; 1.9–4.4%)

1.5% (843; 0.8–2.6%)

–

 Bosnia and

21.4% (3671;

1.1% (3671;

2.2% (3671;

1.0% (3698;

11.0% (172;

 Herzegovina

20.1–22.7%)

0.8–1.5%)

1.7–2.7%)

0.7–1.4%)

6.8–16.7%)

 Croatia

7.4% (2417; 6.4–8.5%)

1.4% (2417; 0.9–1.9%)

0.4% (2417; 0.2–0.7%)

2.6% (2417; 2.0–3.3%)

7.0% (1761; 5.9–8.3%)

 Czech Republic

19.3% (6238; 18.3–20.3%)

1.5% (6238; 1.2–1.8%)

7.6% (6238; 7.0–8.3%)

0.2% (6244; 0.1–0.4%)

–

 Denmark

7.7% (7784; 7.1–8.3%)

0.3% (7784; 0.2–0.5%)

4.4% (7784; 4.0–4.9%)

0.4% (8978; 0.2–0.5%)

–

 Estonia

9.1% (451; 6.6–12.1%)

0.4% (451; 0.1–1.6%)

8.6% (451; 6.2–11.6%)

0.2% (451; 0.0–1.2%)

–

 Finland

3.5% (6084; 3.0–3.9%)

0.6% (6084; 0.4–0.8%)

5.6% (6084; 5.0–6.2%)

0.4% (6084; 0.2–0.5%)

–

 France

2.7% (18,070; 2.5–3.0%)

2.8% (18,070; 2.6–3.1%)

2.7% (18,074; 2.5–3.0%)

0.8% (18,356; 0.7–1.0%)

8.7% (5307; 8.0–9.5%)

 Germany

14.2% (20,582; 13.7–14.7%)

1.4% (20,582; 1.2–1.5%)

6.0% (20,583; 5.7–6.3%)

0.8% (20,632; 0.7–1.0%)

11.8% (686; 9.5–14.5%)

 Greece

9.9% (6488; 9.1–10.6%)

19.6% (6488; 18.6–20.6%)

0.0% (6488; 0.0–0.1%)

2.4% (6497; 2.1–2.8%)

18.5% (9568; 17.7–19.3%)

 Hungary

3.9% (593; 2.5–5.8%)

0.2% (593; 0.0–0.9%)

0.8% (593; 0.3–2.0%)

11.5% (724; 9.2–14.0%)

–

 Italy

2.6% (64,879; 2.5–2.7%)

5.1% (64,879; 5.0–5.3%)

0.4% (64,879; 0.4–0.5%)

1.9% (84,105; 1.8–2.0%)

11.9% (90,532; 11.7–12.1%)

 Lithuania

8.9% (203; 5.3–13.7%)

5.4% (203; 2.7–9.5%)

11.8% (203; 7.7–17.1%)

5.4% (203; 2.7–9.5%)

–

 Malta

0.0% (161; 0.0–2.3%)

11.8% (161; 7.3–17.8%)

0.0% (161; 0.0–2.3%)

0.0% (161; 0.0–2.3%)

15.9% (289; 11.9–20.7%)

 The Netherlands

9.1% (1154; 7.5–10.9%)

4.7% (1154; 3.5–6.1%)

9.7% (1154; 8.1–11.6%)

1.8% (1170; 1.1–2.7%)

32.4% (136; 24.6–0.9%)

 Norway

3.5% (3051; 2.9–4.2%)

0.7% (3051; 0.4–1.0%)

10.2% (3051; 9.1–11.3%)

0.0% (3051; 0.0–0.2%)

–

 Poland

10.5% (3812; 9.6–11.5%)

1.2% (3812; 0.9–1.6%)

5.4% (3812; 4.7–6.1%)

0.8% (3816; 0.6–1.2%)

–

 Portugal

4.7% (1285; 3.7–6.1%)

8.2% (1285; 6.7–9.8%)

0.2% (1285; 0.0–0.7%)

3.1% (1690; 2.3–4.0%)

13.8% (1329; 12.0–15.7%)

 Romania

5.9% (13,995; 5.6–6.3%)

7.0% (13,995; 6.5–7.4%)

0.6% (13,995; 0.5–0.8%)

11.5% (14,169; 11.0–12.1%)

0.6% (2546; 0.3–1.0%)

 Russia

4.7% (1819; 3.7–5.7%)

10.9% (1819; 9.5–12.4%)

2.1% (1819; 1.5–2.9%)

9.2% (2004; 8.0–10.5%)

–

 Slovakia

13.5% (1584; 11.9–15.3%)

0.8% (1584; 0.4–1.4%)

3.3% (1584; 2.5–4.4%)

0.4% (1585; 0.2–0.9%)

–

 Slovenia

13.1% (731; 10.8–15.8%)

0.4% (731; 0.1–1.2%)

7.4% (731; 5.6–9.5%)

0.1% (732; 0.0–0.8%)

–

 Spain

2.4% (39,526; 2.3–2.6%)

3.1% (39,526; 3.0–3.3%)

0.2% (39,526; 0.2–0.3%)

1.9% (44,559; 1.8–2.1%)

10.7% (98,737; 10.5–10.9%)

 Sweden

12.7% (10,046; 12.1–13.4%)

0.6% (10,047; 0.5–0.8%)

13.3% (10,050; 12.7–14.0%)

0.1% (10,050; 0.1–0.2%)

–

 Switzerland

4.7% (1006; 3.5–6.2%)

3.1% (1006; 2.1–4.3%)

7.5% (1006; 5.9–9.3%)

2.0% (1013; 1.2–3.0%)

12.2% (221; 8.2–17.3%)

 United Kingdom

1.2% (2631; 0.8–1.7%)

1.4% (2631; 1.0–1.9%)

1.1% (2631; 0.8–1.6%)

1.1% (2774; 0.8–1.6%)

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