Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Cats in Europe and Associated Risk Factors
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Population
3.2. Submissions to the Laboratory
3.3. Anaplasma Phagocytophilum-Infected Cats
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Risk Factor | A. phagocytophilum-Infected/Number of Tested Cats (%) | Constrasts | Multivariable Analyses | ||
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OR | 95% CI | p-Value | |||
Age (n = 781) | Years | 0.92 | 0.86–0.98 | 0.019 | |
Sex (n = 864) | M: 48/562 (8.5) | F/M | 0.85 | 0.47–1.53 | 0.600 |
F: 21/302 (6.9) | |||||
Period of submission of the sample (n = 1015) | 2017–2019: 22/184 (12.0) | (2017–2019)/(2020–2022) | 2.09 | 0.26–0.88 | 0.017 |
2020–2022: 54/831 (6.5) | |||||
Seasonality | Summer/spring | 4.10 | 1.00–16.9 | 0.051 | |
spring: 4/178 (2.3) | Autumn/summer | 0.80 | 0.36–1.78 | 0.900 | |
summer: 37/315 (11.8) | Winter/summer | 0.32 | 0.10–0.99 | 0.047 | |
autumn: 27/286 (9.4) | Autumn/spring | 3.30 | 0.78–13.9 | 0.140 | |
winter: 8/236 (3.4) | Winter/autumn | 0.40 | 0.12–1.27 | 0.200 | |
Winter/spring | 1.31 | 0.25–6.78 | >0.900 | ||
Univariable analysis | |||||
Origin | NE: 49/195 (25.1) | NE/CE | 8.70 | 4.74–16.00 | <0.001 |
CE: 26/702 (3.70) | NE/SE | 39.94 | 3.68–433.70 | <0.001 | |
SE: 1/118 (0.85) | CE/SE | 4.59 | 0.42–50.60 | 0.296 |
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Geisen, V.; Pantchev, N.; Zablotski, Y.; Kim, O.; Globokar Vrhovec, M.; Hartmann, K.; Bergmann, M. Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Cats in Europe and Associated Risk Factors. Animals 2024, 14, 2368. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14162368
Geisen V, Pantchev N, Zablotski Y, Kim O, Globokar Vrhovec M, Hartmann K, Bergmann M. Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Cats in Europe and Associated Risk Factors. Animals. 2024; 14(16):2368. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14162368
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeisen, Vera, Nikola Pantchev, Yury Zablotski, Olga Kim, Majda Globokar Vrhovec, Katrin Hartmann, and Michéle Bergmann. 2024. "Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Cats in Europe and Associated Risk Factors" Animals 14, no. 16: 2368. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14162368