Feline vector-borne pathogens in the north and centre of Portugal
Vilhena, Hugo (Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama. Department of Veterinary Medicine (Coimbra, Portugal))
Martinez Díaz, Verónica L. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Cardoso, Luís (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal))
Vieira, Lisete (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal))
Altet Sanahujes, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Francino, Olga (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Pastor Milán, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Silvestre-Ferreira, Ana C. (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal))

Data:	2013
Resum:	Background: In recent years, several clinical cases and epidemiological studies of feline vector-borne diseases (FVBD) have been reported worldwide. Nonetheless, information on FVBD agents and their prevalence in Portugal is scarce. Methods: Three-hundred and twenty domestic cats presented to 30 veterinary medical centres in the north and centre regions of Portugal were randomly sampled. Blood was assayed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genera Anaplasma/Ehrlichia, genus Babesia, Hepatozoon canis, Hepatozoon felis, Leishmania infantum and the genus Rickettsia. Babesia-positive samples were further tested for Babesia canis and Babesia vogeli. Results: Eighty (25. 0%) out of the 320 cats were positive to at least one vector-borne agent, including seven (2. 2%) cats co-infected with two agents. Two cats (0. 6%) were infected with Anaplasma/Ehrlichia spp. , four (1. 3%) with B. canis, 26 (8. 1%) with B. vogeli, 50 (15. 6%) with H. felis, one (0. 3%) with L. infantum and four (1. 3%) with Rickettsia spp. No cat tested positive for H. canis. One cat (0. 3%) was co-infected with B. canis and B. vogeli, three (0. 9%) with B. vogeli and H. felis, one (0. 3%) with H. felis and L. infantum, and two (0. 6%) with H. felis and Rickettsia spp. Conclusions: A considerable prevalence of infection with vector-borne pathogens among the domestic feline population of the north and centre of Portugal has been revealed by the present study. Additionally, this is the first detection of B. vogeli in cats from Europe and of H. felis in cats from Portugal.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Cats ; Feline vector-borne diseases ; Polymerase chain reaction ; PCR ; Portugal
Publicat a:	Parasites & vectors, Vol. 6, N. 99 (April 2013) , p. 1-6, ISSN 1756-3305

DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-99
PMID: 23587366

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