Table 2.

Summary of results of vector‐borne disease testing

Testing Modality	Ehrlichia spp	Anaplasma phagocytophilum	Borrelia burgdorferi	Rickettsia rickettsii	Babesia spp	Bartonella spp	Mycoplasma spp
Acute Serology n = 42	2 E. canis b (1 dog IFA+ and ELISA −)	1	1	0	0	1 B. vinsonii ssp. berkhoffi a	N/A
Acute PCR n = 42	2 E. canis b	0	N/A	0	1 B. vogeli	0	1 M. hematoparvum a 1 M. hemocanis a
Retest Acute PCR n = 27 for Ehrlichia spp n = 40 for Babesia spp	2 E. canis b	0	N/A	0	3 B. vogeli c 1 B. conradae a	0	N/A
Convalescent Serology n = 27	2 E. canis b (Both dogs IFA + and ELISA +)	0	0	2	0	0	N/A
Convalescent PCR n = 27	2 E. canis b 3 E. spp.	0	N/A	0	1 B. gibsoni	0	N/A

ELISA, Enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay; IFA, indirect immunofluorescent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

^a1 dog coinfected with multiple agents.

^bThe 2 E. canis positive results were detected in samples taken from the same 2 dogs.

^c1 of the 3 positive B. vogeli results was from the same dog PCR positive for B. vogeli on initial testing of an acute sample.