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Table 1 L . infantum infected cats according to sex, age, capture site and clinical signs compatible with leishmaniosis

From: Current status of L. infantum infection in stray cats in the Madrid region (Spain): implications for the recent outbreak of human leishmaniosis?

Variables

Total

L. infantum IFAT

p-value

  

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

 

Sex

   

0.14

Male

146

7 (4.8)

137 (95.2)

Female

200

4 (2)

196 (98)

Age

   

0.52

< 6 months

22

0 (0)

22 (100)

6 months- 1 year

89

2 (2.2)

87 (97.8)

> 1 year

235

9 (3.8)

226 (96.2)

Clinical signs

   

0.63

Absence

326

10 (3.1)

316 (96.9)

Presence

20

1 (5)

19 (95)

Capture site

   

0.13

Toledo

37

0 (0)

37 (100)

Guadalajara

25

2 (8)

23 (92)

Madrid

   

City

123

2 (1.6)

121 (98.4)

Northeast

20

1(5)

19 (95)

East

57

5 (8.8)

52 (91.2)

Southeast

26

0 (0)

26 (100)

Southwest

30

1 (3.3)

29 (96.7)

Northwest

16

0 (0)

16 (100)

Unknown

11

0 (0)

11(100)

Total

346

11 (3.2)

335(96.8)

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