Table 2. Number of dogs infected with single or multiple vector- borne pathogens.
Nature of infection | Pathogen species detected in dogs | |||||||
E. canis | A. platys | B. rossi | B. vogeli | Theileria sp. | H. canis | Rickettsia sp. | Total (%) | |
Single infection | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 73 (40.3) |
Co infection with | ||||||||
E. canis | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 (6.6) |
A. platys | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 (4.4) |
B. rossi | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 (3.9) |
B. vogeli | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 2 (1.1) |
Theileria sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) |
H. canis | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 26 (14.4) |
Rickettsia sp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | 12 (6.6) |
Total | 23 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 16 | 140 (77) |
E. canis = Ehrlichia canis; A. platys = Anaplasma platys; B. rossi = Babesia rossi; B. vogeli = Babesia vogeli; H. canis = Hepatozoon canis.