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. 2022 Jun 6;9(6):274. doi: 10.3390/vetsci9060274

Table 2.

Trend of CVBPs rates over a decade of blood bank activities (2012–2021).

Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2016 Year 2017 Year 2018 Year 2019 Year 2020 Year 2021
N. of dogs 118 208 211 152 143 119 91 88 77 55
Leishmania infantum
n, %
(95% CI)
14
11.86%
(6.03–17.70%)
36
17.30%
(12.17–22.45%)
32
15.17%
(10.33–20.01%)
23
15.13%
(9.43–20.83%)
19
13.28%
(7.72–18.85%)
12
10.08%
(4.67–15.49%)
8
8.79%
(2.97–14.61%)
4
4.55%
(0.19–8.90%)
4
5.20%
(0.24–10.15%)
2
3.64%
(0.00–8.58%)
Ehrlichia canis
n, %
(95% CI)
4
3.38%
(0.12–6.66%)
3
1.44%
(0.00–3.06%)
5
2.38%
(0.32–4.42%)
7
4.60%
(1,27–7.94%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
9
8.00%
(2.81–13.19%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
1
1.82%
(0.00–5.35%)
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
n, %
(95% CI)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
4
2.80%
(0.09–5.50%)
4
3.60%
(0.60–6.60%)
1
1.00%
(0.00–3.24%)
3
3.44%
(0.00–7.20%)
2
2.60%
(0.00–6.15%)
1
1.82%
(0.00–5.35%)
Babesia canis
n, %
(95% CI)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
1
0.60%
(0.00–1.94%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
1
1.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
Dirofilaria immitis
n,%
(95% CI)
1
0.84%
(0.00–2.50%)
1
0.48%
(0.00–1.42%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
1
0.70%
(0.00–2.07%)
1
0.90%
(0.00–2.48%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0,00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
Dirofilaria repens
n,%
(95% CI)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
2
1.00%
(0.00–2.29%)
4
1.90%
(0.06–3.74%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
2
1.70%
(0.00–3.99%)
2
2.20%
(0.00–5.21%)
1
1,14%
(0.00–3.35%)
1
1.30%
(0.00–3.83%)
0
0.00%
(0.00–0.00%)
Rickettsia conorii
n,%
(95% CI)
24
20.33%
(13.08–27.60%)
47
22.60%
(16.91–38.38%)
37
17.54%
(12.40–22.67%)
n.p. n.p. n.p. n.p. n.p. n.p. n.p.

n.p.: Not performed; CI: Confidence interval.