Table 1 Rate of infection with L. serrata in road-killed and stray dogs based on age and sex using different diagnostic methods
Method | Age (number positive; %) | Sex (number positive; %) | Total (n = 100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 6 month (n = 20) | 6 to > 24 month (n = 35) | 2 to 4 years (n = 45) | P-value | Male (n = 64) | Female (n = 34) | P-value | |||
Road killed dogs (n = 100) | Micro fecal | 2; 10.0 | 9; 25.7 | 18; 40 | 0.042 | 24; 37.5 | 5; 13.9 | 0.010 | 29; 29.0 |
Micro NS | 1; 5.0 | 3; 8.6 | 10; 22.2 | 0.094 | 11; 17.2 | 3; 8.3 | 0.179 | 14; 14.0 | |
Necropsy | 3; 15.0 | 25; 71.4 | 18; 40.0 | 0.000 | 35; 54.7 | 11; 30.6 | 0.017 | 46; 46.0 | |
PCR fecal | 8; 40.0 | 19; 54.3 | 32; 71.1 | 0.049 | 43; 67.2 | 16; 44.4 | 0.023 | 59; 59.0 | |
PCR NS | 3; 15.0 | 17; 48.6 | 24; 53.3 | 0.013 | 34; 53.1 | 10; 27.8 | 0.012 | 44; 44.0 | |
Total | 7; 35.0 | 28; 80.0 | 37; 82.2 | 50; 78.1 | 22; 64.7 | 72; 72.0 | |||
Method | < 6 month (n = 39) | 6 to > 24 month (n = 50) | 2–4 years (n = 61) | P-value | Male (n = 93) | Female (n = 57) | P-value | Total (n = 150) | |
Stray dogs (n = 150) | Micro fecal | 14; 35.9 | 30; 60.0 | 26; 42.6 | 0.055 | 53; 57.0 | 17; 29.8 | 0.001 | 70; 46.7 |
Micro NS | 3; 7.7 | 19; 30.0 | 17; 27.9 | 0.005 | 30; 32.3 | 9; 15.8 | 0.019 | 39; 26.0 | |
PCR fecal | 10; 25.6 | 25; 50.0 | 38; 62.3 | 0.002 | 59; 63.4 | 14; 24.6 | 0.000 | 73; 48.7 | |
PCR NS | 6; 15.4 | 17; 34.0 | 42; 68.9 | 0.000 | 47; 50.5 | 18; 31.6 | 0.017 | 65; 43.3 | |
Total | 21; 53.8 | 32; 64.0 | 49; 80.3 | 73; 78.4 | 29; 50.8 | 102; 68.0 | |||