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. 2022 Jun 21;15:222. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05348-x

Table 4.

Prevalence of tick-borne pathogen infection in dog serum samples and associated ticks by traditional and molecular techniques

Parasite Total examined samples Babesia canis Hepatozoon canis Anaplasmataceae Total
Method Infected samples % Infected samples % Infected samples % Infected samples %
Blood
 Blood smear 208 17 8.17 0 0 23 11.1 40 19.23
 PCR 124 8 6.45 0 0 24 19.35 32 25.81
Tick
 Hemolymph smear 546 44 8.1 196 35.89 11 2.01 55 10.07
 PCR 144 8 5.55 4 2.8 30 20.83 42 29.17