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

Table 7 Variables for the positivity of infectious agents or groups of infectious agents in cats in Cyprus: multivariable logistic regression models

	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
1. CMhm PCR positive
Retroviral serology status
Positive	5.8 (2.4–14.0)	0.001
Negative	Ref.
Age	1.1 (1.1–1.2)	0.017
Lifestyle
Shelter-feral	2.8 (1.1–7.4)	0.043
Owned	Ref.
2. CMt PCR positive
L. infantum infection status
Positive	7.3 (1.4–37.5)	0.018
Negative	Ref.
Retroviral serology status
Positive	5.0 (1.3–219.7)	0.021
Negative	Ref.
3. Any haemoplasma PCR positive
Retroviral serology status
Positive	4.6 (2.1–10.4)	0.001
Negative	Ref.
Housing
Access to outdoors	8.7 (1.9–39.1)	0.005
Indoors only	Ref.
4. L. infantum infection positive
Hepatozoon spp. PCR status
Positive	13.5 (1.6-111.1)	0.016
Negative	Ref.
CMt PCR status
Positive	5.6 (1.1–29.1)	0.041
Negative	Ref.
5. FIV serology positive
Any haemoplasma PCR status
Positive	6.6 (2.7–15.9)	0.001
Negative	Ref.
Lifestyle
Shelter-feral	4.0 (1.6–10.2)	0.004
Owned	Ref.
6. Retroviral serology positive
Any haemoplasma PCR status
Positive	5.3 (2.1–13.4)	0.001
Negative	Ref.
Anaemia
Anaemic	3.6 (1.4–9.5)	0.008
Non-anaemic	Ref.
7. Hepatozoon spp. PCR positive
Health status
Non-healthy	3.2 (1.3–7.8)	0.010
Healthy	Ref.
L. infantum infection status
Positive	12.0 (1.4–106.0)	0.025
Negative	Ref.
Vaccination status
Never vaccinated	2.2 (1.1–4.7)	0.048
Vaccinated	Ref.
8. FVBP positive
Habitat status
Rural	2.6 (1.3–5.2)	0.006
Urban	Ref.
CMt PCR status
Positive	22.5 (2.3–221.2)	0.008
Negative	Ref.
Health status
Non-healthy	2.4 (1.1–5.4)	0.042
Healthy	Ref.
Travel history
Never travelled abroad	4.3 (1.1–18.0)	0.045
Travelled abroad	Ref.

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, Ref. reference category, CMhm “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum”, CMt “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis”, L. infantum infection positive DNA sequencing for Leishmania infantum following confirmatory qPCR and/or positive L. infantum ELISA, Any haemoplasma positivity in at least one of the following haemoplasma PCRs; Mhf, CMhm and CMt, 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)

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