All about toxoplasmosis in cats: the last decade

JP Dubey, CK Cerqueira-Cézar, FHA Murata… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide.
Toxoplasmosis continues to be of public health concern. Cats (domestic and wild felids) are …

[HTML][HTML] The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005–2020

C Maia, C Conceição, A Pereira, R Rocha… - PLoS neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background This study describes the spatial and temporal distribution between 2005 and
2020 of human and animal leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in European countries …

[HTML][HTML] Bartonella infections in cats and dogs including zoonotic aspects

A Álvarez-Fernández, EB Breitschwerdt… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Bartonellosis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution that can infect
humans and a large number of mammals including small companion animals (cats and …

[HTML][HTML] New epidemiological aspects of animal leishmaniosis in Europe: The role of vertebrate hosts other than dogs

L Cardoso, H Schallig, MF Persichetti, MG Pennisi - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infection with Leishmania parasites can lead to severe disease in humans and dogs, which
act as a reservoir in zoonotic transmission. An increasing number of reports suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Feline leishmaniosis: is the cat a small dog?

MG Pennisi, MF Persichetti - Veterinary Parasitology, 2018 - Elsevier
Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne zoonotic disease transmitted by phlebotomine sand
flies and dogs are considered the main reservoir of the parasite. Feline leishmaniosis (FeL) …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-European study on the prevalence of the feline leukaemia virus infection–reported by the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD Europe)

N Studer, H Lutz, C Saegerman, E Gönczi, ML Meli… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus associated with fatal disease in progressively
infected cats. While testing/removal and vaccination led to a decreased prevalence of FeLV …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-sectional study of Leishmania infantum infection in stray cats in the city of Zaragoza (Spain) using serology and PCR

MM Alcover, A Basurco, A Fernandez, C Riera… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Feline leishmaniosis is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Leishmania
spp. Leishmania infection in dogs is prevalent in the Mediterranean basin, but in other …

Feline leukemia virus infection

K Hartmann, R Hofmann-Lehmann, JE Sykes - … Infectious Diseases of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cause: FeLV, a gammaretrovirus of domestic cats, is a member of the Oncornavirus
subfamily of retroviruses. It contains a protein core with single-stranded RNA protected by an …

[HTML][HTML] A nationwide survey of Leishmania infantum infection in cats and associated risk factors in Italy

R Iatta, T Furlanello, V Colella, VD Tarallo… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Though scantly investigated, Leishmania infantum infection and clinical cases of
leishmaniasis in cats have been recently reported in several countries of the Mediterranean …

[HTML][HTML] A retrospective study of viral molecular prevalences in cats in southern Italy (Campania region)

MG Amoroso, F Serra, G Miletti, L Cardillo… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
From 2019 to 2021, a retrospective molecular study was conducted in the Campania region
(southern Italy) to determine the prevalence of viral diseases in domestic cats. A total of 328 …