Title |
Co-infection with arthropod-borne pathogens in domestic cats
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Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, November 2017
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DOI | 10.1590/s1984-29612017064 |
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Authors |
Marcos Rogério André, Kilder Dantas Filgueira, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa, Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves, Vitor Brasil Medeiros, Poliana Araújo Ximenes, Ivana Cristina Nunes Gadelha Lelis, Maria Vanuza Nunes de Meireles, Rosangela Zacarias Machado |
Abstract |
The role of several feline vector-borne pathogens (FVBP) as a cause of disease in cats has not been clearly determined. In fact, with the exception of Bartonella spp. and hemoplasmas, FVBP in cats has not been clearly determined in Brazil yet. The present study aimed at identifying, by using molecular methods, the presence of FVBP in three cats showing non-specific clinical signs and inclusions suggestive of hemoparasites in blood smears. Cytauxzoon felis, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', Ehrlichia sp. closely related to Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma sp. closely related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected in blood samples from two out of three sampled cats. Both cats positive for multiple FVBP did not show hematological and biochemical abnormalities. The present work emphasizes the need for molecular confirmation of co-infection by multiple FVBP in cats presenting non-specific clinical signs and inclusions resembling hemoparasites in blood smears. |
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Spain | 1 | 25% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
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Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 9% |
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Unknown | 13 | 28% |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
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