Table 2. Demographic information from cats with positive results by molecular detection.
Sample | 32 | 39 | 44 | 170 | 281 |
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Month of collection | March | April | April | March | December |
Sex | Female | Female | Male | Male | Male |
Age | 2 years | 2 years | 6 months | > 1 year | 8 years |
Living place | Apartment | Apartment | Apartment | Street (Stray cat) | Apartment |
Demographic area | Urban | Urban | Urban | Urban | Urban |
Ectoparasites | No | No | No | Fleas | No |
Illness | No | No | No |
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No |
Contact with animals | Cats | Dogs | No | Cats | No |
Titres | 1/128 | 1/64 | 1/64 | 1/64 | 1/64 |
Real-time PCR (blood): | |||||
ompB | + | + | + | + | + |
gltA | + | neg1 | Neg | Neg | neg |
Real-time PCR (culture): | NP2 | NP | NP | ||
ompB | + | neg |
1 neg: negative
2 NP: not performed