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Review on the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs and wild-living carnivores in Bulgaria_
| Study year(s) | Host species (n) | Locality | Detection method | Prevalence % (ex/pos) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 – 1996 | Dogs (341) | various regions | Knott´s test | 5.3 | Kanev et al. (1996) |
| 1998 | Dogs (20) | Stara Zagora | Necropsy | 10.0 | Gerogieva et al. (1999) |
| Dogs (258) | Knott´s test | 7.4 | |||
| HW antigen test | 7.4 | ||||
| Dogs (40) | Stara Zagora | Necropsy | 12.0 | ||
| 1997 – 1999 | Red foxes (78) | Necropsy | 5.2 | Georgieva et al. (2001) | |
| Golden jackals (45) | Necropsy | 4.4 | |||
| Wolves (18) | Necropsy | 5.5 | |||
| Dogs (487) | Knott´s test | 8.6 | |||
| 2001 – 2006 | Red foxes (113) | various regions | HW Necropsy antigen test | 9.2 3.0 | Kirkova et al. (2007) |
| Golden jackals (56) | Necropsy | 8.9 | |||
| Sofia | Knott´s test | 8.7 | |||
| 2011 | Dogs (240) | HW antigen test | 8.7 | Kostadinov (2012) | |
| Ruse | Knott´s test | 15.7 | |||
| HW antigen test | 15.7 | ||||
| 2012 – 2013 | Red foxes (87) | various regions | Necropsy | 27.6 | Mirchev et al. (2013) |
| 2015 | Dogs (167) | Stara Zagora | HW antigen test | 16.2 | Pantchev et al. (2015) |
| Dogs (27) | Burgas | (8/4) | |||
| Pazardzhik | (5/3) | ||||
| Silistra | (1/1) | ||||
| Sofia | (2/1) | ||||
| Red foxes (113) | Burgas | 26.7 | |||
| Pazardzhik | 44.4 | ||||
| Plovdiv | 40.9 | ||||
| Silistra | (5/2) | ||||
| Sliven | (9/3) | ||||
| 2012 – 2013 | Stara Zagora Haskovo | Necropsy | (8/2) (1/1) | Panayotova-Pencheva et al. (2016) | |
| Golden jackals (56) | Burgas | 29.1 | |||
| Pazardzhik | 58.7 | ||||
| Pleven | 27.8 | ||||
| Plovdiv | 48.1 | ||||
| Silistra | 44.4 | ||||
| Sliven | 18.2 | ||||
| Stara Zagora | (5/3) | ||||
| Haskovo | (4/4) | ||||
| Yambol | 14.3 | ||||
| 2013 – 2014 | Dogs (33) | Sofia | Knott´s test HW antigen test | 15.2 15.2 | Radev et al. (2016) |
| 2012 – 2017 | Dogs (367) | Stara Zagora | HW antigen test | 34.3 | Iliev et al. (2017) |
| 2017 – 2018 | Dogs (80) | Sofia | HW antigen test | 31.3 | Stoyanova et al. (2019) |