Table 5.
Comparison of dissection and copro-PCR as diagnostic means for the detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis in foxes: total number (percentage) [95% confidence interval]
| A. vasorum | C. vulpis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copro-PCR | Total | Copro-PCR | Total | |||
| + | – | + | – | |||
| Dissection | ||||||
| + | 37 (6.6) [4.7–8.9] | 43 (7.6) [5.6–10.1] | 80 | 82 (14.5) [11.7–17.7] | 102 (18.1) [15.0–21.5] | 184 |
| – | 28 (5.0) [3.3–7.1] | 457 (80.9) [77.4–84.0] | 485 | 13 (2.3) [1.2–3.9] | 368 (65.1) [61.0–69.1] | 381 |
| Total | 65 (11.5) [9.0–14.4] | 500 (88.5) [85.6–91.0] | 565 | 95 (16.8) [13.8–20.2] | 470 (83.2) [79.8–86.2] | 565 |