Mycoplasma haemofelis infection and its correlation with feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in cats in Southern Brazil.
Anemia
Co-infection
Feline medicine
Mycoplasmosis
Retrovirus
Journal
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases
ISSN: 1878-1667
Titre abrégé: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808924
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
17
05
2022
revised:
18
12
2022
accepted:
30
12
2022
pubmed:
12
1
2023
medline:
31
1
2023
entrez:
11
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 274 cats in Southern Brazil to estimate the prevalence of Mycoplasma haemofelis PCR, associated factors, and its correlation with ELISA for FeLV and FIV. The apparent prevalence of M. haemofelis was 6.6% (18/274) (95% CI: 3.6-9.5%), of which 33.3% (6/18) had co-infection with FeLV, 5.6% (1/18) with FIV, and 5.6% (1/18) with both. Male cats were more likely to be positive for M. haemofelis [OR: 7.07 (1.97-25.34)]. Only three M. haemofelis-positive cats showed related clinical changes, such as mucosal pallor. A statistically significant difference was observed between M. haemofelis-positive cats and the negative control group for age, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, and rod neutrophil counts. Mycoplasma haemofelis is prevalent in southern Brazil, with a higher risk in male cats. Most cats could be classified as asymptomatic carriers since they were healthy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36630814
pii: S0147-9571(22)00198-9
doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101941
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101941Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.