Table 2.

The numbers of dogs surveyed for leishmaniosis in each village, dogs with clinical signs suspected of the disease (clinical suspects), seropositive, PCR positive in blood or tissues, and positive by culture.

Village	No. of dogs sampled	Clinical suspects	Serology Positive	PCR positive of total number tested by PCR	Culture
Chodak	89	23	30 (33.7%)	24/77 (31.2%)	6
Oltinkan	26	7	5 (19.2%)	7/22 (31.8%)	2
Gulistan	40	8	13 (32.5%)	7/30 (23.3%)	1
Chorkesar	7	4	3 (42.9%)	2/6 (33.3%)	1
Total	162	42 (25.9%)	51 (31.48%)	40/135 (29. 6%)	10