Table 2.
Prevalence of positivity to vector-borne agents in 628 CVBD-suspect dogs by Portuguese NUTS region
| Region (n) |
D. immitis (95% CI) |
E. canis (95% CI) |
B. burgdorferi s.l. (95% CI) |
Anaplasma spp. (95% CI) |
L. infantum (95% CI) |
One or more agents (95% CI) |
Mixed agents (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North (145) | 3.4%* (1.1-7.9) | 7.6%* (3.8-13.2) | 0.7% (0.0-3.8) | 5.5% (2.4-10.6) | 18.6% (12.6-25.9) | 30.3%* (23.0-38.5) | 4.1%* (1.5-8.8) |
| Centre (122) | 7.4% (3.4-13.5) | 9.0%* (4.6-15.6) | 0.8% (0.0-4.5) | 3.3%* (0.9-8.2) | 25.4% (18.0-34.1) | 37.7% (29.1-46.9) | 7.4% (3.4-13.5) |
| Alentejo (114) | 14.0% (8.2-21.8) | 25.4%* (17.7-34.4) | 0.0% (0.0-3.2) | 9.6% (4.9-16.6) | 27.2% (19.3-36.3) | 61.4%* (51.8-70.4) | 13.2% (7.6-20.8) |
| Lisbon (139) | 5.8% (2.5-11.0) | 19.4% (13.2-27.0) | 0.7% (0.0-3.9) | 11.5% (6.7-18.0) | 30.2% (22.7-38.6) | 48.9% (40.3-57.5) | 15.8% (10.2-23.0) |
| Algarve (105) | 17.1%* (10.5-25.7) | 23.8% (16.0-31.1) | 0.0% (0.0-3.4) | 17.1%* (10.5-25.7) | 25.7% (17.7-35.2) | 59.0%* (49.0-68.5) | 20.0%* (12.8-28.9) |
| Azores (3) | 0.0% (0.0-70.8) | 0.0% (0.0-70.8) | 0.0% (0.0-70.8) | 33.3% (0.8-90.6) | 0.0% (0.0-70.8) | 33.3% (0.8-90.6) | 0.0% (0.0-70.8) |
| Total (628) | 8.9% (6.8-11.4) | 16.4% (13.6-19.5) | 0.5% (0.1-1.4) | 9.2% (7.1-11.8) | 25.2% (21.8-28.7) | 46.3% (42.4-50.3) | 11.6% (9.2-14.4) |
* Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) to the corresponding national average value of prevalence.