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. 2020 Jun;26(6):1221–1233. doi: 10.3201/eid2606.191832

Table 3. Frequency of mite detection on 1,229 dogs and 1,152 cats in study of ectoparasites and vectorborne zoonotic pathogens of dogs and cats, Asia, 2017–2018.

Country (no. dogs, no. cats) Detection frequency, % (95% CI)
Scabies mites
Lynxacarus radovskyi, cats
Sarcoptes scabiei, dogs Notoedres cati, cats Demodex spp.
Otodectes cynotis
Dogs Cats Dogs Cats
China (481, 490) 0.6 (0.2–1.8) 0.2 (0−1.1) 0.6
(0.2–1.8) 0.2
(0−1.1) 1.3
(0.6–2.7) 5.1
(3.5–7.4) 0
Indonesia (95, 78) 3.2 (1.1–8.9) 34.6 (25.0–45.7) 1.1
(0.2–5.7) 0 0 12.8
(7.1–22.0) 5.1 (2.0–12.5)
Malaysia (45, 46) 0 0 0 0 0 17.4
(9.09–30.72) 4.4 (1.2–1.45)
Philippines (120, 115) 0 0.9 (0.1–4.7) 3.3
(1.3–8.3) 0.9
(0.1–4.7) 0 2.6
(0.9–7.4) 0
Singapore (116, 129) 2.7 (0.5–6.1) 0 4.3
(1.8–9.7) 0 0.9
(0.1–4.7) 19.4
(13.5–27.0) 34.9 (27.2–43.4)
Taiwan (132, 54) 0 0 0.2
(0.04–5.4) 0 2.3
(0.8–6.5) 7.4
(2.9–17.5) 0
Thailand (120, 120) 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
(0.0–5.8) 0
Vietnam (120, 120) 0.8 (0.1–4.6) 0 2.5
(0.8–7.1) 0 0.8
(0.1–4.6) 10
(5.8–16.7) 0
All (1,229, 1,152) 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 2.5 (1.7–3.4) 1.5
(0.9–2.3) 0.2
(0−0.6) 0.9
(0.5–1.6) 7.7
(6.3–9.4) 4.4 (3.4–5.6)