Table 1 Prevalence of Dirofilaria repens (molecular detection) in dogs by country, year of study and sled dog status.
Year of study | Country | Sled dogs versus other dogs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baltic countries | ||||||||||
Poland% infected (n/N) | Lithuania% infected (n/N) | Latvia% infected (n/N) | Estonia% infected (n/N) | Finland% infected (n/N) | Belarus% infected (n/N) | Russia% infected (n/N) | Ukraine% infected (n/N) | |||
Sled dogs | 2017 | 12.5% (2/16) | 58.1% (18/31) | 31.3% (5/16) | 0% (0/2) | 0% (0/1) | 60% (3/5) | nd | nd | 39.4% (28/71) |
2019 | 12% (6/50) | 23.9% (11/46) | 8.3% (2/24) | 5% (1/20) | 0% (0/5) | nd | 0% (0/11) | nd | 12.8% (20/156) | |
Total | 12.1% (8/66) | 37.7% (29/77) | 17.5% (7/40) | 4.5% (1/22) | 0% (0/6) | 60% (3/5) | 0% (0/11) | nd | 21.2% (48/227) | |
Other dogs | 2019 | 11.9% (5/42) | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 3.9% (6/155) | 5.6% (11/197) |
Total | Total | 12.0% (13/108) | 37.7% (29/77) | 17.5% (7/40) | 4.5% (1/22) | 0% (0/6) | 60% (3/5) | 0% (0/11) | 3.9% (6/155) | 13.9% (59/424) |
