Table 1.
Number and percentage (in brackets) of dogs and ticks positive for Cercopithifilaria sp. divided according to the geographical site of collection and diagnostic method used (i.e., microscopical examination of skin sediment or molecular analysis of skin samples)
| Dogs | Ticks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Locality/Region | Microscopical examination | Molecular analysis | P | Microscopical examination | Molecular analysis | P |
| pos/tot (%) | pos/tot (%) | pos/tot (%) | pos/tot (%) | ||||
| Italy | |||||||
| Bari (A) | - | 38/280 (13.6%) | - | - | - | - | |
| Ginosa (B) | - | 17/320 (5.3%) | - | - | - | - | |
| Putignano (C) | - | 10/80 (12.5%) | - | - | 10/257 (3.9%) | - | |
| Basilicata (D) | 6/50 (12%) | 0/50 (0%) | 0.026* | 4/77 (5.2%) | 2/77 (2.6%) | 0.6812* | |
| Sicilia (E) | 15/113 (13.3%) | 22/113 (19.5%) | 0.2808 | 41/272 (15.1%) | 7/272 (2.6%) | < 0.0001 | |
| Spain | |||||||
| La Vera (F) | 11/51 (21.6%) | 5/11 (45.4%) | 0.132* | 11/66 (16.7%) | 0/66 (0%) | 0.0016 | |
| Greece | |||||||
| Xanthi (G) | 1/23 (4.3%) | 0/23 (0%) | 1* | 14/218 (6.4%) | 1/218 (0.5%) | 0.0016 | |
P values indicate the statistical significance of differences between test frequencies as determined by Yates' corrected chi-square test or Fisher's exact test (*) when appropriate (α = 0.05).