Research Article

Hemoculture and Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Primers TCZ1/TCZ2 for the Diagnosis of Canine and Feline Trypanosomiasis

Table 1

Hemoculture and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), using primers TCZ1/TCZ2, in dogs and cats from Botucatu-SP, Brazil.

PCRHemoculture
Positive n (%)Negative n (%)Total n (%)
Male n (%)Female n (%)Male n (%)Female n (%)

Positive1 (1)0 (0)8 (8)11 (11)20 (20)
Negative3 (3)3 (3)29 (29)45 (45)80 (80)
4 (4)3 (3)37 (37)56 (56)
Total n (%)7 (7)93 (93)100 (100)