Table 2.
Characteristics of patients seropositive to vector-borne disease
| Number (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All agents | Borrelia only | Anaplasma only | Dirofilaria only | Ehrlichia only | Borrelia and Anaplasma | Borrelia and Dirofilaria | |
| Positives | 913 (100) | 558 (61.1) | 123 (13.56) | 147 (16.1) | 34 (3.7) | 37 (4.1) | 10 (1.1) |
| Travel history | |||||||
| Yes | 94 (10.3) | 45 (8.1) | 9 (7.3) | 21 (14.3) | 10 (29.4) | 7 (18.9) | 0 (0) |
| No | 724 (79.3) | 454 (81.2) | 99 (80.5) | 114 (77.6) | 23 (67.6) | 26 (70.3) | 6 (60.0) |
| Unknown | 95 (10.4) | 59 (10.6) | 15 (12.2) | 12 (8.2) | 1 (2.9) | 4 (10.8) | 4 (40.0) |
| Tick contact | |||||||
| Yes | 395 (43.3) | 262 (47.0) | 51 (41.5) | NAa | 8 (23.5) | 26 (70.3) | 3 (30.0) |
| No | 435 (47.6) | 249 (44.65) | 61 (49.6) | NA | 22 (64.7) | 10 (27.0) | 4 (40.0) |
| Unknown | 83 (9.1) | 47 (8.4) | 11 (8.9) | NA | 4 (11.8) | 1 (2.7) | 3 (30.0) |
| Health status | |||||||
| Sick | 125 (13.7) | 80 (14.3) | 11 (8.9) | 18 (12.2) | 4 (11.8) | 7 (18.9) | 2 (20.0) |
| Not sick | 752 (82.4) | 460 (82.4) | 105 (85.4) | 124 (84.4) | 28 (82.4) | 28 (75.7) | 6 (60.0) |
| Unknown | 29 (3.2) | 15 (2.7) | 3 (2.4) | 5 (3.4) | 2 (5.9) | 2 (5.4) | 2 (20.0) |
| Deceased | 7 (0.77) | 3 (0.54) | 4 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
a
NA — not applicable.