Table 1 |
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Number of fleas tested and positive for Rickettsia felis and number of animals on which fleas were collected from different geographical areas of Italy. |
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Species |
Province (area of Italy) |
Examined fleas/animalsa |
Positive fleas/animals |
R. felis prevalence in fleas, % |
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Cat |
Belluno (ne) |
1/1 |
0 |
- |
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Padova (ne) |
9/9 |
2/2 |
22.2 |
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Venezia (ne) |
39/13 |
5/3 |
12.8 |
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Verona (ne) |
17/15 |
6/6 |
35.3 |
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Napoli (sw) |
8/6 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Total fleas/cats |
74/44 |
13/11 |
17.6 |
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Dog |
Belluno (ne) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
- |
|
Padova (ne) |
34/9 |
10/2 |
29.4 |
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Venezia (ne) |
6/3 |
1/1 |
16.7 |
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Verona (ne) |
5/2 |
1/1 |
20.0 |
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Napoli (sw) |
97b/29 |
7/5 |
7.2 |
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Caserta (sw) |
62c/8 |
5/4 |
8.0 |
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Avellino (sw) |
2/1 |
0 |
- |
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Bari (se) |
39/20 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Total fleas/dogs |
246/73 |
25/14 |
10.2 |
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Total |
320/117 |
38/25 |
11.9 |
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a fleas/animals = number of fleas examined and collected from a number of animals. b Including 62 Ctenocephalides canis fleas. c Including one Ctenocephalides canis flea. se, south-eastern Italy; ne, north-eastern Italy; sw, south-western Italy. |
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Capelli et al. Parasites & Vectors 2009 2(Suppl 1):S8 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-S1-S8 |
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