Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus

Table 4 Prevalence of single infections and co-infections with feline vector-borne pathogens including Bartonella henselae, Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Hepatozoon spp. determined by PCR, as well as Leishmania infantum infection, among 174 cats from Cyprus

Infectious agent(s)	Positive cats
Infectious agent(s)	No.	%
Single infections	62	35.7
B. henselae	11	6.3
Hepatozoon spp.	49	28.2
L. infantum infection^a	2	1.2
Co-infections	17	9.8
Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Hepatozoon spp.	1	0.6
B. henselae and Hepatozoon spp.	8	4.6
L. infantum infection^a positive and Hepatozoon spp.	8	4.6
Total	79	45.5

^aPositive L. infantum infection status defined as cats that had positive DNA sequencing for L. infantum following confirmatory qPCR and/or positive L. infantum ELISA

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