Clinical and diagnostic aspects of feline cutaneous leishmaniosis in Venezuela

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Antibody recognition of L. braziliensis and L. infantum antigens by WB in seropositive and sick cats from Venezuela and Catalonia (Spain)

WB band (kDa)	Leishmania braziliensis antigen						Leishmania infantum antigen
	Total no. of cats (n = 10)		Endemic area Catalonia (n = 5)		Endemic area Venezuela (n = 5)		Total no. of cats (n = 10)		Endemic area Catalonia (n = 5)		Endemic area Venezuela (n = 5)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
70	5	9	2	10	3	8	3	8	1	0	2	13
68	3	5	2	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	4	7	2	10	2	6	3	8	1	0	2	13
58	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	0
50	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	3	5	1	5	2	6	3	8	1	0	2	13
44	2	4	2	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	7
42	2	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	3	5	1	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	3	5	1	5	2	6	3	8	3	1	0	0
30	3	5	1	5	2	6	4	11	3	1	1	7
28	4	7	1	5	3	8	4	11	1	0	3	20
24	3	5	1	5	2	6	3	8	2	0	1	7
22	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	1	2	0	0	1	3	3	8	2	0	1	7
18	4	7	1	5	3	8	3	8	2	0	1	7
16	4	7	2	10	2	6	5	13	4	1	1	7
14	4	7	2	10	2	6	2	5	2	0	0	0
Total no. of bands	56		20		36		38		23		15
Mean no. of bands	2		1		2		2		1		1	2

Note: Statistical results: L. braziliensis-specific bands: Venezuelan sick cats > Catalonian sick cats (Mann-Whitney U-test: Z = -2.55, P = 0.011). Venezuelan sick cats: L. braziliensis > L. infantum (Wilcoxon signed-rank test: Z = -3.58, P =0.0001)

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