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Table 1 Age class, sex, breed, lifestyle and clinical status of cats studied according to their geographical distribution

From: Leishmania infantum-specific IFN-γ production in stimulated blood from cats living in areas where canine leishmaniosis is endemic

Provenience

(N; %)

Age class

Sex

Breed

Categorya

Clinical status

Young

n (%)

Adult

n (%)

Old

n (%)

Male

n (%)

Female

n (%)

DSH

n (%)

Pure breed

n (%)

Indoor

n (%)

Outdoor

n (%)

Stray

n (%)

Apparently healthy

n (%)

Sick

n (%)

Sicily

 Messina City (N = 24; 36)

6 (25)

18 (75)

0 (0)

9 (38)

15 (62)

24 (100)

3 (12)

3 (12)

5 (21)

16 (67)

11 (46)

13 (54)

 Aeolian Islands (N = 42; 64)

9 (21)

26 (62)

7 (17)

19 (45)

23 (55)

41 (98)

1 (2)

1 (2)

40 (96)

1 (2)

19 (45)

23 (55)

 Total (N = 66; 37)

15 (23)

44 (67)

7 (10)

28 (42)

38 (58)

65 (99)

1 (1)

4 (6)

45 (68)

17 (26)

30 (46)

36 (54)

Catalonia

Vilassar de Mar (N = 22;19)

11 (50)

7 (32)

4 (18)

13 (59)

9 (41)

17 (77)

5 (23)

7 (32)

11 (50)

4 (18)

17 (77)

5 (23)

 Cambrils (N = 45; 40)

3 (7)

40 (89)

2 (4)

18 (40)

27 (60)

42 (93)

3 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

45 (100)

40 (89)

5 (11)

 Bellaterra (N = 46; 41)

6 (13)

39 (85)

1 (2)

25 (54)

21 (46)

44 (96)

2 (4)

0 (0)

15 (33)

31 (67)

32 (70)

14 (30)

 Total (N = 113; 63)

20 (18)

86 (76)

7 (6)

56 (49)

57 (51)

103 (91)

10 (9)

7 (6)

26 (23)

80 (71)

89 (79)

24 (21)

 All cats (N = 179; 100)

35 (19)

130 (73)

14 (8)

84 (47)

95 (53)

168 (94)

11 (6)

11 (6)

71 (40)

97 (54)

119 (66)

60 (34)

  1. aIndoor and outdoor columns concern the lifestyle of pet cats
  2. Abbreviation: DSH, domestic short-hair