Table 1.

Monthly parasitological monitoring

Name	DOI	Date	26Oct12	27Nov12	20Dec12	18Jan13	18Feb13	15Mar13	19Apr13	17May13	14Jun13	12Jul13	14Aug13	13Sep13	7Nov13	9Dec13	10Jan14
LSU10a	23-Mar-12	Occult	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
		DS	0	3	7	1	12	8	21	12	10	14	1	ND	6	7	ND
		Knotts	7	36	345	516	869	684	130	1438	615	1342	8	ND	ND	ND	2
LSU10b	23-Mar-12	Occult	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
		DS	6	9	100	26	74	33	443	ND	631	640	621	ND	317	79	ND
		Knotts	526	848	2610	196	374	1723	9460	9020	8294	16082	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
		DPI	218	250	273	302	333	358	393	421	449	477	510	540	595	627	659
LSU13a	15-Jun-12	Occult	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
		DS	0	0	0	1	27	22	307	ND	543	562	767	ND	315	145	ND
		Knotts	0	0	2	104	1222	1723	6878	7810	8767	12254	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
LSU13b	15-Jun-12	Occult	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
		DS	0	0	0	1	52	26	263	ND	817	89	1047	ND	536	300	ND
		Knotts	0	0	5	76	3480	1672	5222	11770	19019	21516	3256	ND	ND	ND	ND
		DPI	134	166	189	218	249	274	309	337	365	393	426	456	511	543	575
LSU10-II	22-Feb-13	Occult						-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
		DS						0	0	0	0	0	0	ND	5	13	ND
		Knotts						0	0	0	0	0	0	ND	ND	ND	1019
		DPI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	57	85	113	141	174	204	259	291	323

Bold, italicized values indicate first detection of circulating Mf DOI, Date of Infection; Occult, Adult Heartworm Antigen Test; DS, Direct Smear using 20 μL of whole blood; Knotts, Modified Knott’s Technique; DPI, Days Post-Infection; ND, No Data.