Pereira Maria Aires, Nóbrega Carmen, Mateus Teresa L, Almeida Daniela, Oliveira Andreia, Coelho Catarina, Cruz Rita, Oliveira Paula, Faustino-Rocha Ana, Pires Maria J, Mesquita João R, Vala Helena
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), R. da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Jul 17;13(14):2327. doi: 10.3390/ani13142327.
and are obligate intracellular protozoan parasites infecting a wide range of hosts worldwide. However, information on the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis and neosporosis in cats from Portugal is limited. Thus, this study aims to evaluate anti- and anti- seroprevalence in client-owned cats from Portugal and to identify risk factors using a panel of well-characterized sera. A total of 183 domestic cats were sampled and screened for antibodies against and using commercial ELISA assays, and their owners answered an online questionnaire designed to obtain background information. The overall anti- and anti- seroprevalences were 13.1% (CI: 8.97-18.77) and 3.8% (CI: 1.87-7.68), respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that living strictly indoors was a significant protection factor (cOR: 0.053; CI: 0.005-0.627), and the presence of a chronic disease a significant risk factor (cOR: 3.106; CI: 1.062-9.082) to seroprevalence. When performing multivariate analysis, only chronic disease (aOR: 57.527; CI: 1.7-1976.7) and seropositivity to (aOR: 7.929; CI:0.8-82.9) were found to be a significant risk factor to anti- antibodies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of seropositivity in cats from Portugal.
[具体寄生虫名称1]和[具体寄生虫名称2]是专性细胞内原生动物寄生虫，在全球范围内感染广泛的宿主。然而，关于葡萄牙猫弓形虫病和新孢子虫病流行病学的信息有限。因此，本研究旨在评估葡萄牙宠物猫中抗[具体寄生虫名称1]和抗[具体寄生虫名称2]的血清阳性率，并使用一组特征明确的血清来识别风险因素。总共对183只家猫进行了采样，并使用商业ELISA检测法筛选其抗[具体寄生虫名称1]和抗[具体寄生虫名称2]抗体，它们的主人回答了一份旨在获取背景信息的在线问卷。总体抗[具体寄生虫名称1]和抗[具体寄生虫名称2]血清阳性率分别为13.1%（置信区间：8.97 - 18.77）和3.8%（置信区间：1.87 - 7.68）。单因素分析显示，严格室内生活是一个显著的保护因素（校正比值比：0.053；置信区间：0.005 - 0.627），而存在慢性病是抗[具体寄生虫名称1]血清阳性率的一个显著风险因素（校正比值比：3.106；置信区间：1.062 - 9.082）。在进行多因素分析时，仅发现慢性病（调整后比值比：57.527；置信区间：1.7 - 1976.7）和抗[具体寄生虫名称2]血清阳性（调整后比值比：7.929；置信区间：0.8 - 82.9）是抗[具体寄生虫名称1]抗体的显著风险因素。据我们所知，这是葡萄牙猫中抗[具体寄生虫名称2]血清阳性的首次报告。
