ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2004
Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection in Australian cats using a real-time PCR assay.
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- Assessing cross-species transmission of hemoplasmas at the wild-domestic felid interface in Chile using genetic and landscape variables analysis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Detection and molecular characterization of feline hemoplasmas in wild felid species in Iran in the Middle East.Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Prevalence of feline haemoplasma in cats in Denmark.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2016Article
- Molecular detection of haemotropic Mycoplasma species in urban and rural cats from Portugal.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2015Article
- Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of haemoplasmas from cats infected with multiple species.Journal of microbiological methods · 2014Article
- Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum, haemotropic mycoplasmas and other arthropod-borne pathogens in cats from Albania.Parasites & vectors · 2014Article
- Prevalence of haemoplasma infections in stray cats in northern Italy.ISRN microbiology · 2014Article
- Prevalence and risk factor analysis of feline haemoplasma infection in New Zealand domestic cats using a real-time PCR assay.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2013Article
- Rapid detection of haemotropic mycoplasma infection of feline erythrocytes using a novel flow cytometric approach.Parasites & vectors · 2013Article
- Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Bartonella species and haemoplasma infection in cats in South Africa.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2012Article
- A comparison of real-time PCR and reverse line blot hybridization in detecting feline haemoplasmas of domestic cats and an analysis of risk factors associated with haemoplasma infections.BMC veterinary research · 2012Article
- Molecular detection of hemoplasma infection among cats from São Luís island, Maranhão, Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2012Article
- Polymerase chain reaction survey of feline haemoplasma infections in Greece.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2010Article
- Prevalence of selected infectious agents in cats in Ireland.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2010Article
- Use of combined conventional and real-time PCR to determine the epidemiology of feline haemoplasma infections in northern Italy.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2009Article
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Abstract
A total of 147 cats from the Sydney area of Australia that had blood samples submitted to veterinary laboratories were tested using a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay able to detect and distinguish the two feline haemoplasma species. This sample number included two cats diagnosed with feline haemoplasma infection by routine blood smear examination. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate associations between haemoplasma infection, age, sex, breed, haematocrit (HCT) values and anaemia status. One hundred and six cats (72.1%) were negative. Thirty-four cats (23.1%) were positive for 'Candidatus M. haemominutum', six cats (4.1%) were positive for M. haemofelis and one cat (0.7%) was positive for both species. Older, male, non-pedigree cats, with lower HCT values were more likely to be infected with 'Candidatus M. haemominutum'. Significant inverse correlation was found between the amount of M. haemofelis DNA present in the blood and the HCT value. This report documents the existence of, and prevalence of, both haemoplasma species in a sample of cats in Australia and is the first to use quantitative real-time PCR in a prevalence study for haemoplasma infection.
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