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Table 2 Number and percentage of cats positive to L. infantum and retroviruses according to their geographical distribution and clinical status

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

Provenience or clinical status

(N; %)

Serology

Blood PCR

IFN-γ assay

Retroviruses

Total

ELISA

IFAT

LSA

ConA

FIV

FeLV

Sicily

 Messina City (N = 24; 36)

5 (21)

4 (17)

3 (12)

1 (4)

6 (25)

24 (100)

2 (8)

0 (0)

 Aeolian Islands (N = 42; 64)

9 (21)

7 (17)

6 (14)

2 (5)

5 (12)

39 (93)

4 (9)

0 (0)

 Total (N = 66; 37)

14 (21)

11 (17)

9 (14)

3 (4)

11 (17)

63 (95)

6 (9)

0 (0)

Catalonia

 Vilassar de Mar (N = 22;19)

1 (4)

0 (0)

1 (4)

1 (4)

2 (9)

22 (100)

1 (5)

0 (0)

 Cambrils (N = 45; 40)

8 (18)

2 (4)

6 (13)

1 (2)

5 (11)

40 (89)

4 (12)

1 (2)

 Bellaterra (N = 46; 41)

16 (35)

6 (13)

15 (33)

4 (9)

14 (30)

41 (89)

2 (6)

3 (7)

Total (N = 113; 63)

25 (22)

8 (7)

22 (19)

6 (5)

21 (19)

103 (91)

7 (8)

4 (4)

 Apparently healthy (N = 119; 66)

21 (18)

6 (5)

19 (16)

3 (2)

21 (18)

108 (91)

8 (7)

2 (2)

 Sick (N = 60, 34)

18 (30)

13 (22)

12 (20)

6 (10)

11 (18)

58 (97)

5 (8)

2 (3)

 All cats (N = 179; 100)

39 (22)

19 (11)

31 (17)

9 (5)

32 (18)

166 (93)

13 (9)

4 (2)

  1. Abbreviations: FIV, feline immunodeficiency virus; FeLV, feline leukemia virus; LSA, Leishmania soluble antigen; ConA, concanavalin A