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

Table 6 P-values derived from Chi-square analysis for variables in relation to infectious agent or group of infectious agents’ positivity. P-values < 0.2 but > 0.05 are shown in italics. Significant P-values ≤ 0.05 are shown in bold

Variable	Mhf PCR	CMhm PCR	CMt PCR	Any hp PCR	Bh PCR	Li PCR	Li serology	Li infection	FeLV serology	FIV serology	Retroviral serology	Hepatozoon spp. PCR	FVBP
Mhf PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	na	na	na	na	0.596	0.177	0.369	0.064	0.682	0.129	0.338	0.219	0.073
CMhm PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	na	na	na	na	0.962	0.143	0.137	0.201	0.421	0.001	0.001	0.094	0.169
CMt PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	na	na	na	na	0.768	0.148	0.013	0.001	0.744	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.001
Any hp PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	na	na	na	na	0.990	0.280	0.510	0.044	0.743	0.001	0.001	0.107	0.035
Li infection status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	0.064	0.201	0.001	0.044	0.231	na	na	na	0.770	0.152	0.216	0.001	na
Bh PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	0.596	0.962	0.768	0.990	na	0.479	0.367	0.231	0.252	0.315	0.732	0.691	na
Retroviral serology status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	0.338	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.732	0.977	0.234	0.216	na	na	na	0.045	0.202
Hepatozoon spp. PCR status Positive/Negative (Ref.)	0.219	0.094	0.006	0.107	0.691	0.010	0.010	0.001	0.461	0.048	0.045	na	na

Abbreviations: Mhf Mycoplasma haemofelis, CMhm “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum”, CMt “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis”, Any hp positivity in at least one of the following haemoplasma PCRs; Mhf, CMhm and CMt, Bh Bartonella henselae, Li Leishmania infantum confirmed by DNA sequencing following confirmatory quantitative PCR, Li infection positive DNA sequencing for L. infantum following confirmatory qPCR and/or positive L. infantum ELISA, FeLV feline leukaemia virus, FIV feline immunodeficiency virus, Retroviral serology positive for FeLV and/or FIV serology, FVBP positive for at least one of the PCRs for B. henselae, Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and/or Hepatozoon spp., and/or L. infantum infection (i.e. positive DNA sequencing for L. infantum following confirmatory qPCR and/or positive L. infantum ELISA), Ref. reference category, na not applicable
Note: The P-values, χ ² and degrees of freedom from Chi-square analysis are reported in the Additional file 2: Table S1

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