Table 2.

Distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Ap), Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. (Bb), Ehrlichia canis (Ec) and Dirofilaria immitis (Di) positive samples per province (percentage and total numbers)

Province (number of veterinary clinics)	Percentage Ap positive (x/y)	Percentage Bb positive (x/y)	Percentage Ec positive (x/y)	Percentage Di positive (x/y)	Percentage Ap + Bb positive (x/y)	Percentage Ap + Bb + Ec positive (x/y)
Greater Poland (5)	12.72 % (43/338)	2.66 % (9/338)	0.30 % (1/338)	0.30 % (1/338)	0.89 % (3/338)
Kuyavia-Pomerania (1)	10.26 % (8/78)	6.41 % (5/78)			1.28%c (1/78)
Lesser Poland (4)	25.24 % (53/210)	3.81 % (8/210)			2.86 % (6/210)
Łódź (4)	20.28 % (43/212)	11.32 % (24/212)			8.49 % (18/212)
Lower Silesia (3)	13.39 % (15/112)	5.36 % (6/112)			1.79 % (2/112)
Lublin (5)	7.50 % (24/320)	2.19 % (7/320)	0.94 % (3/320)		0.94 % (3/320)
Lubusz (3)	16.49 % (32/194)	4.64 % (9/194)	0.52 % (1/194)		1.55 % (3/194)	0.52 % (1/194)
Masovia (2)	3.21 % (5/156)	0.64 % (1/156)	0.64 % (1/156)	0.64 % (1/156)/ 0.0 % (0/156)a
Opole (1)	15.00 % (18/120)	6.67 % (8/120)		0.83 % (1/120)	1.67 % (2/120)
Podlaskie (2)	9.68 % (12/124)	1.61 % (2/124)	0.81 % (1/124)
Pomerania (6)	8.23 % (20/243)	1.65 % (4/243)	0.41 % (1/243)	0.41 % (1/243)	0.82 % (2/243)
Silesia (3)	20.90 % (42/201)	5.97 % (12/201)			3.48 % (7/201)
Subcarpathia (2)	4.27 % (5/117)	2.56 % (3/117)
Świętokrzyskie (2)	4.80 % (6/125)	1.60 % (2/125)			0.80 % (1/125)
Warmia-Masuria (5)	8.73 % (20/229)	2.62 % (6/229)		0.44 % (1/229)	0.87 % (2/229)
West Pomerania (6)	11.11 % (35/315)	3.17 % (10/315)			0.95 % (3/315)
Total (54)	12.31 % (381/3,094)	3.75 % (116/3,094)	0.26 % (8/3,094)	0.16 % (5/3,094)/0.13 % (4/3,094)a	1.71 % (53/3,094)	0.03 % (1/3,094)

x samples positive for a specific pathogen, y total number of samples tested per province

^aCorrected data after discounting one potential A. vasorum cross-reacting dog in Masovia Province