Table 1.
Location and results of molecular and serological tests performed on blood samples from 21 neighborhood dogs in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil, 2016.
| Neighborhood dog | Commercial real-time PCR panel of vector-borne diseases | Commercial rapid ELISA test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. haemocanis | ‘Ca. M. haematoparvum’ | Borrelia burgdorferi | |||||
| Location | Number | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) |
| BS 1 | 1 | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) |
| BS 2 | 5 | 1/5 (20) | 4/5 (80) | 1/5 (20) | 4/5 (80) | 0/5 (0) | 5/5 (100) |
| BS 3 | 1 | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) |
| BS 4 | 1 | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) |
| BS 5 | 2 | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 2/2 (100) | 0/2 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 2/2 (100) |
| BS 6 | 5 | 2/5 (40) | 3/5 (60) | 1/5 (20) | 4/5 (80) | 0/5 (0) | 5/5 (100) |
| BS 7 | 2 | 0/2 (0) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/2 (0) | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) |
| BS 8 | 1 | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (50) |
| BS 9 | 1 | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (50) |
| PP 1 | 1 | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (50) |
| PP 2 | 1 | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (50) |
| Total | 21 | 7/21 (33.3) | 14/21 (66.6) | 9/21 (42.8) | 12/21 (57.1) | 1/21 (4.8) | 20/21 (95.2) |
(BS): Bus station; (PP): Public park.