Table 1.
Reported FeMV molecular prevalence of cats in relation to population sampled, type of sample, and geography.
| Reference | Population | Total | Sample | FeMV RNA-Positive Tissues | Prevalence per Type of Sample | Prevalence c | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woo et al., 2012 | Stray cats | 457 | Urine | 11.6% | 12.3% | Hong Kong | |
| Blood | 0.2% | ||||||
| Feces | 0.8% | ||||||
| 16 | Oral swab | 6.2% | 6.2% | Mainland China | |||
| Rectal swab | 6.2% | ||||||
| Furuya et al., 2014 | Household cats | 82 | Urine | 6.1% | 9.8% | Japan | |
| 10 | Blood | 10% | |||||
| 10 | Tissues | Kidney | 40% | ||||
| Sakaguchi et al., 2014 | Household cats | 13 | Urine | 23% | 23% | Japan | |
| Furuya et al., 2016 | Household cats | 166 | Urine | 15.1% | 15.1% | Japan | |
| Sharp et al., 2016 | Household cats | 327 | Urine | 3% | 3% | USA | |
| Park et al., 2016 | Stray/household cats | 100 | Urine | 17% | 22% | Japan | |
| Tissues | Kidney | 18% | |||||
| Darold et al., 2017 | Colony cats a | 17 | Urine | 52.9% | 23% | Brazil | |
| Household cats | 35 | 8.6% | |||||
| Yilmaz et al., 2017 | Household cats | 96 | Urine | 3.1% | 5.4% | Turkey | |
| 15 | Tissues | Kidney | 26% | ||||
| Lymph nodes | 13% | ||||||
| Lung | 6% | ||||||
| Spleen | 6% | ||||||
| Intestine | 6% | ||||||
| Liver | 6% | ||||||
| McCallum et al., 2017 | Household cats | 40 | Urine | 12.5% | 12.5% | United Kingdom | |
| Stranieri et al., 2019 | Stray cats | 6 | Urine | 16.6% | 3.2% | Italy | |
| Household cats | 59 | 0% | |||||
| Stray/household cats | 27 | Tissues | Kidney | 7.4% | |||
| Mohd et al., 2019 | Stray/household cats | 124 | Urine | 50.8% | 39.4% | Malaysia | |
| 25 | Tissues | Kidney | 80% | ||||
| Sieg et al., 2019 | na | 723 | Urine | 0.8% | 0.83% | Germany | |
| De Luca et al., 2020 | Colony cats b | 69 | Urine | 31.8% | 16.8% | Italy | |
| Household cats | 127 | 8.6% | |||||
| Colony cats b | 7 | Tissues | Kidney | 57.1% | 22.8% | ||
| Bladder | 14.2% | ||||||
| Spleen | 28.5% | ||||||
| Lymph nodes | 14.2% | ||||||
| Household cats | 28 | Tissues | Kidney | 10.7% | |||
| Bladder | 10.7% | ||||||
| Spleen | 3.5% | ||||||
| Brain | 3.5% | ||||||
| Muratore et al., 2020 | Household cats | 127 | Urine | 3.9% | 7.3% | ||
| Colony cats b | 40 | Tissues | Kidney | 7.5% | |||
| Household cats | 23 | Urine | 26% | 8% | |||
| Colony cats b | 10 | Tissues | Kidney | 10% | |||
| Ou et al., 2020 | n.a. | 64 | Urine | 9.3% | 9.37% | Mainland China | |
| Chaiyasak et al., 2020 | Colony cats b | 31 | Urine | 19.3% | 11.9% | Thailand | |
| Household cats | 100 | Urine | 13% | ||||
| Colony cats b | 61 | Blood | 19.6% | ||||
| Household cats | 200 | Blood | 0% | ||||
n.a., information about the origin of the cats was not available; a cats living in a multi-cat house; b stray cats; c cats with positive results in multiple tissues and/or samples were counted once