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. 2012 Jan 3;5:1. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-1

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).

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