ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2008
Prevalence of feline haemotropic mycoplasmas in convenience samples of cats in Germany.
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- Vector-Borne Pathogens in Stray Cats in Eastern Germany (Thuringia).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Tissue Samples from Free-Roaming Domestic Cats in the South Atlantic USA.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Molecular detection of hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in domestic cats (Felis catus) in Romania.BMC veterinary research · 2020Article
- Comparison of Light Microscopy and Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Haemoparasites in Cattle in Nigeria.Acta parasitologica · 2020Article
- Molecular Characterization of Hemoparasites and Hemoplasmas Infecting Domestic Cats of Southern India.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Epidemiological study of hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in cats from central Spain.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Prevalence and molecular characterization of canine and feline hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in northern Italy.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
- Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of feline hemoplasmas in domestic cats in Iran.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2017Article
- Prevalence of feline haemoplasma in cats in Denmark.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2016Article
- Evaluation of biochemical and haematological parameters and prevalence of selected pathogens in feral cats from urban and rural habitats in South Korea.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2016Article
- Infection with haemoplasma species in 22 cats with anaemia.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 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
- 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
- Prevalence and co-infection of haemotropic mycoplasmas in Portuguese cats by real-time polymerase chain reaction.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the prevalence of feline haemotropic mycoplasmas in Germany, to determine probable risk factors for these infections and to compare the diagnostic value of microscopic examination of blood smears to polymerase chain reaction (PCR). For the prevalence study, convenience samples (Ethylene diamine-tetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood) from 262 (64.5% male and 35.5% female) cats were included. A PCR for the detection of Mycoplasma haemofelis (MHF) and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' (CMH) as well as a feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)/feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) enzyme-linked immunoassay was performed. Blood smears from 224 cats were examined and the sensitivity and specificity of the microscopic diagnosis were determined. The prevalence of CMH, MHF, and CMH/MHF co-infection was 22.5%, 4.5%, and 0.8%, respectively. CMH was significantly associated with male gender (P=0.047), older age (P=0.0015) and both FeLV (P=0.002) and FIV infections (P<0.0001). However, there was no association between the presence of anaemia and CMH/MHF infection. The respective sensitivity and specificity of the microscopic diagnosis were 10.3% and 87.1% for a CMH infection and 0.0% and 98.0% for MHF infection.
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