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Table 1 Results of prevalence (%) and 95% confidence of interval (95% CI) for hookworm infections in owned and stray dogs included in the study-period from 2011 until 2021

From: Epidemiological and molecular updates on hookworm species in dogs from southern Italy

Year of testing

Owned dogs

Stray dogs

Overall

 

Positive /total samples

Prevalence % (95% CI)

Positive /total samples

Prevalence % (95% CI)

Positive /total samples

Prevalence % (95% CI)

2011

13/171

7.60 (4.28–12.92)

104/848

12.26 (10.17–14.71)

117/1019

11.48 (9.62–13.64)

2012

9/270

3.33 (1.64–6.45)

88/624

14.10 (11.52–17.14)

97/894

10.85 (8.93–13.12)

2013

15/378

3.97 (2.32–6.60)

78/604

12.91 (10.40–15.91)

93/982

9.47 (7.75–11.52)

2014

13/472

2.75 (1.54–4.79)

96/630

15.24 (12.57–18.34)

109/1102

9.89 (8.22–11.84)

2015

22/707

3.11 (2.01–4.75)

40/266

15.04 (11.08- 20.04)

62/973

6.37 (4.96–8.14)

2016

41/583

7.01 (5.15–9.50)

38/214

17.76 (13.02–23.69)

79/797

9.91 (7.97–12.25)

2017

130/1001

12.99 (11–15.26)

42/220

19.09 (14.25–25.04)

172/1221

14.09 (12.21–16.19)

2018

10/930

1.08 (0.55–2.04)

54/332

16.27 (12.55–20.78)

64/1262

5.07 (3.96–6.47)

2019

21/815

2.58 (1.64–3.98)

21/184

11.41 (7.37–17-13)

42/999

4.20 (3.08–5.69)

2020

36/522

6.90 (4.94–9.51)

118/817

14.44 (12.14–17.09)

154/1339

11.50 (9.87–13.36)

2021

45/1159

3.88 (2.88–5.20)

125/903

13.84 (11.69–16.31)

170/2062

8.24 (7.11–9.54)

Total

355/7008

5.1 (4.57–5.61)

804/5642

14.2 (13.35–15.20)

1159/12650

9.16 (8.67–9.68)