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Table 1 Seroreactivity to D. repens and D. immitis antigens detected in examinees (percent of positives and negatives)

From: Seroreactivity to Dirofilariaantigens in people from different areas of Serbia

  

D. repensantigens

D. immitisantigens

Overall seroreactivity

  

Positive

Negative

p

Positive

Negative

p

Positive

Negative

p

  

n=29

n=268

 

n=24

n=273

 

n=46

n=251

 

A#

 

48.3±19.66

53.3±15.6

0.344

55.8±17.2

52.5±15.9

0.226

51.6±19.3

53.0±15.4

0.658

B

M

31.0

40.7

0.314

41.7

39.6

0.840

37.0

40.2

0.676

F

69.0

59.3

58.3

60.4

63.0

59.8

C

U

34.5

35.1

0.949

37.5

34.8

0.790

34.8

35.0

0.971

R

65.5

64.9

62.5

65.2

65.2

65.0

D

A

72.4

83.6

0.133

70.8

83.5

0.117

71.7

84.5

0.037

H

27.6

16.4

29.2

16.5

28.3

15.5

E

1

44.8

48.9

0.492

54.2

48.0

0.824

50.0

48.2

0.676

2

41.4

43.6

37.5

44.0

39.1

44.2

3

13.8

7.5

8.3

8.0

10.9

7.6

F

0

34.5

44.8

0.289

58.3

42.5

0.134

45.6

43.4

0.780

1

65.5

55.5

41.7

57.5

54.4

56.6

G

0

17.2

27.6

0.230

24.9

45.8

0.026

25.9

30.4

0.522

1

82.8

72.4

75.1

54.2

74.1

69.6

  1. # age (A), gender (B: M = male, F = female), place of habitation (C: U = urban, R = rural), and residence (D: A = apartment, H = house), education level (E: 1-elementary school, 2-high school, 3- college or university), dog keeping (F: 0 = not, 1 = yes), cat keeping (G: 0 = not, 1 = yes).