Table 1. Incidence density rate (IDR) of positive animal-month at risk for Cercopithifilaria bainae-infected dogs throughout the study period.
Sampling time | Number of dogs* | Number of new cases | Dog-months of follow-up | IDR |
Baseline (March-May 2011) | 58 | 0 | – | – |
July 2011 | 58 | 2 | 174 | 1.1 |
September 2011 | 53 | 0 | 106 | 0 |
November 2011 | 52 | 4 | 104 | 3.8 |
April 2012 | 51 | 4 | 255 | 1.5 |
October 2012 | 48 | 5 | 288 | 1.7 |
These numbers represent the negative dogs that have been included in the cohort for calculating the IDR at each sampling time.