Seroepidemiological Survey of Canine Leishmania Infections from Peripheral Areas in Natal, Northeast Brazil

Table 2: Seroprevalence of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs related to gender, breed and presence of characteristic symptoms, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil.

	Factors	IFA/ELISA Reactive n (%)	No- Reactive n (%)	Odds Ratio (IC)	p-value
sex	Male	80 (54.4%)	716 (56%)	0.94[0.66;1.28]	0.78
Female	67 (45.6%)	563 (44%)
breed	Mongrel dogs	115 (78.2%)	1001 (78.2%)	1.0 [0.65;1.54]	0.92
Breed dogs	32 (21.8%)	278 (21.7)
characteristic symptoms	Presence^*	07 (4.7%)	61 (4.7%)	1.0 [0.41;2.32]	0.84
absence	140 (95.2%)	1218 (95.2%)

^* hair loss, weight loss, skin sores, apathy, nails grown, the occurrence of at least one of these symptoms already characterized as symptomatic dog.