Table 2.
Comparison of prevalence of infectious agents detected by PCR in cats from Cyprus per categorical variable
| Variable/category | No. of cats (%) | No. of PCR positive cats (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhf | CMhm | CMt | Any hp | Hepatozoon spp. | B. henselae | L. infantum | ||
| Gender | 174 | |||||||
| Male | 96 (55.2) | 7 (7.3) | 21 (21.9) | 6 (6.3) | 25 (26.0) | 34 (35.4) | 10 (10.4) | 2 (2.1) |
| Female | 78 (44.8) | 6 (7.7) | 15 (19.2) | 6 (7.7) | 21 (26.9) | 32 (41.0) | 9 (11.5) | 2 (2.6) |
| Breed | 174 | |||||||
| Non-Pedigree | 159 (91.4) | 13 (8.2) | 35 (22.0) | 12 (7.6) | 45 (28.3) | 65 (40.9) | 19 (12.0) | 4 (3.8) |
| Pedigree | 15 (8.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Housing | 174 | |||||||
| Access to outdoors | 134 (77.0) | 13 (9.7) | 35 (26.1) | 10 (7.5) | 44 (32.8) | 55 (41.1) | 17 (12.7) | 4 (3.0) |
| Indoors only | 40 (23.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.5) | 2 (5.0) | 2 (5.0) | 11 (27.5) | 2 (5.0) | 0 (0) |
| Lifestyle | 174 | |||||||
| Shelter-feral | 36 (20.7) | 5 (13.9) | 24 (66.6) | 6 (16.7) | 14 (38.9) | 20 (55.6) | 6 (16.7) | 1 (2.8) |
| Owned | 138 (79.3) | 8 (5.8) | 12 (8.7) | 6 (4.3) | 32 (23.2) | 46 (33.3) | 13 (9.4) | 3 (2.2) |
| District | 174 | |||||||
| Paphos | 59 (33.9) | 4 (6.8) | 14 (23.7) | 4 (6.8) | 16 (27.1) | 23 (39.0) | 10 (17.0) | 4 (6.8) |
| Nicosia | 51 (29.4) | 3 (5.9) | 7 (13.7) | 2 (3.9) | 10 (19.6) | 21 (41.2) | 4 (7.8) | 0 (0) |
| Larnaca | 28 (16.1) | 2 (7.1) | 5 (17.9) | 1 (3.6) | 6 (21.4) | 8 (28.6) | 2 (7.1) | 0 (0) |
| Limassol | 22 (12.6) | 2 (9.1) | 8 (36.4) | 3 (13.6) | 9 (40.9) | 7 (31.8) | 3 (13.6) | 0 (0) |
| Famagousta | 7 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (57.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Kyrenia | 7 (4.0) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Habitat | 174 | |||||||
| Rural | 65 (37.4) | 7 (10.8) | 17 (26.2) | 6 (9.2) | 21 (32.3) | 33 (50.8) | 8 (12.3) | 2 (3.1) |
| Urban | 109 (62.6) | 6 (5.5) | 19 (17.4) | 6 (5.5) | 25 (22.9) | 33 (30.3) | 11 (10.1) | 2 (1.8) |
| Travel history | 174 | |||||||
| Never travelled abroad | 159 (91.4) | 13 (8.2) | 32 (20.1) | 11 (6.9) | 42 (26.4) | 65 (40.9) | 17 (10.7) | 4 (2.5) |
| Travelled abroad | 15 (8.6) | 0 (0) | 4 (26.7) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (26.7) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0) |
| Health status | 174 | |||||||
| Non-healthy | 131 (75.3) | 12 (9.2) | 33 (25.2) | 9 (6.9) | 41 (31.3) | 58 (44.3) | 14 (10.7) | 4 (3.1) |
| Healthy | 43 (24.7) | 1 (2.3) | 3 (6.9) | 3 (7.0) | 5 (11.6) | 8 (18.6) | 5 (11.6) | 0 (0) |
| Vaccination status | 165 | |||||||
| Never vaccinated | 47 (28.5) | 8 (17.0) | 9 (19.2) | 7 (14.9) | 14 (29.8) | 25 (53.2) | 4 (8.5) | 1 (2.1) |
| Vaccinated | 118 (71.5) | 5 (4.2) | 23 (19.5) | 5 (4.2) | 28 (23.7) | 36 (30.5) | 15 (12.7) | 3 (2.5) |
| Ectoparasitic prevention status | 165 | |||||||
| Never used | 62 (37.6) | 8 (12.9) | 15 (24.2) | 7 (11.3) | 21 (33.9) | 31 (50.0) | 9 (14.5) | 2 (3.2) |
| Used | 103 (62.4) | 5 (4.9) | 17 (16.5) | 5 (4.9) | 21 (20.4) | 30 (29.1) | 10 (9.7) | 2 (1.9) |
| Anaemia | 132 | |||||||
| Anaemic | 29 (22.0) | 3 (10.4) | 9 (31.0) | 3 (10.3) | 9 (31.0) | 13 (44.8) | 3 (10.4) | 1 (3.5) |
| Non-anaemic | 103 (78.0) | 6 (5.8) | 18 (17.5) | 5 (4.9) | 23 (22.3) | 33 (32.0) | 16 (15.5) | 3 (2.9) |
| FeLV | 164 | |||||||
| Positive | 10 (6.1) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (20.0) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Negative | 154 (93.9) | 10 (6.5) | 30 (19.5) | 9 (5.8) | 39 (25.3) | 59 (38.3) | 18 (11.7) | 3 (2.0) |
| FIV | 164 | |||||||
| Positive | 31 (18.9) | 4 (12.9) | 17 (54.8) | 7 (22.6) | 19 (61.3) | 17 (54.8) | 5 (16.1) | 1 (3.2) |
| Negative | 133 (81.1) | 7 (5.3) | 16 (12.0) | 4 (3.0) | 23 (17.3) | 47 (35.3) | 13 (9.8) | 3 (2.3) |
| Total | 174 | 13 (7.5) | 36 (20.7) | 12 (6.9) | 46 (26.4) | 66 (37.9) | 19 (10.9) | 4 (2.3) |
Abbreviations: Mhf Mycoplasma haemofelis, CMhm “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum”, CMt “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis”, Any hp positivity in at least one of the following haemoplasma PCR; Mhf, CMhm and CMt, B. henselae Bartonella henselae, L. infantum Leishmania infantum confirmed by DNA sequencing following confirmatory quantitative PCR, FeLV feline leukaemia virus, FIV feline immunodeficiency virus
Note: Only one cat was positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. PCR and information regarding this case is reported in the results section of the main text