Table 4A and B.

Analysis of the relationship of laboratory and clinical dog's parameters with sand flies' parameters.

(A)
Dog variable	Sand fly variable
Laboratory parameters*	Feeding rate	Promastigote detection	Promastigote burden
IFAT	p = 0.308	p = 0.139	p = 0.139
Hematological disorders	p = 0.308	p = 0.543	p = 0.456
Elevated liver enzymes	p = 0.654	p = 0.765	p = 0.323
Elevated creatinine	p = 0.541	p = 0.478	p = 0.487
Abnormal protidogram	p = 0.534	p = 0.898	p = 0.952
Clinical/lab parameters**
Absence of cutaneous signs	ND	ND	ND
Cutaneous signs	p = 0.024	p = 0.179	p = 0.152
Disease severity	p = 0.009	p = 0.058	p = 0.044
PCR	p = 0.363	p = 0.323	p = 0.172
Morphometric parameters**
Age	p = 0.981	p = 0.368	p = 0.539
	rs = −0.006	rs = −0.233	rs= −0.160
Weight	p = 0.670	p = 0.485	p = 0.641
	rs = −0.112	rs = −0.182	rs= −0.122
Body surface area	p = 0.687	p = 0.466	p = 0.637
	rs = −0.106	rs = −0.190	rs = −0.123
(B)
Dog variable Laboratory parameters*	Sand fly variable Transmissibility potential
IFAT	p = 0.043
	Cramér's V = 0.553
Hematological disorders	p = 0.284
	Cramér's V = 0.274
Elevated liver enzymes	p = 0.165
	Cramér's V = 0.540
Elevated creatinine	p = 0.585
	Cramér's V = 0.299
Abnormal protidogram	p = 0.856
	Cramér's V = 0.369
Clinical/lab parameters*
Absence of cutaneous signs	ND
Cutaneous signs	p = 0.032
	Cramér's V = 0.758
Disease severity	p = 0.014
	Cramér's V = 0.761
PCR	p = 0.190
	Cramér's V = 0.268
Morphometric parameters**
Age	p = 0.433
	rs = 0.245
Weight	p = 0.383
	rs = 0.235
Body surface area	p = 0.365
	rs = 0.236

^*Kruskal-Wallis test in (A), ^*Chi-square test in (B).

^**Spearman's rho correlation coefficient.

ND, not detected.

Bold values represent the significant values.