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Prevalence of Chlamydophila felis and feline herpesvirus 1 in cats with conjunctivitis in northern Italy.
Rampazzo, A; Appino, S; Pregel, P; Tarducci, A; Zini, E; Biolatti, B.
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  • Rampazzo A; College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. rampella@tiscali.it
J Vet Intern Med ; 17(6): 799-807, 2003.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14658715
The prevalence of Chlamydophila felis and feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV-1) infection in cats with conjunctivitis in northern Italy was investigated by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. In cats with conjunctivitis, C felis and FHV-1 were detected in 14 of 70 (20%) and in 23 of 70 (33%) animals, respectively. None of the 35 control cats were positive for C felis, whereas 7 (20%) of these cats were positive for FHV-1. Mixed infections were present in 5 of 70 cats (7%). Cats positive for C felis were significantly younger than control animals (P = .02), whereas no significant age differences were observed between FHV-1-positive cats and control cats (P = .41) or between FHV-1-positive animals and C felis-positive animals (P = .16). Cats sampled during acute-phase conjunctivitis were also investigated for the presence of C felis by conjunctival scrapings. In this acute phase, substantial agreement was found when comparing the results of the 2 methods (K = .80). The association between PCR results and conjunctivitis was evaluated for the 2 pathogens. The presence of C felis was significantly associated with conjunctivitis (P = .004), whereas the detection of FHV-1 did not significantly correlate with the clinical sign (P = .25), suggesting that, by itself. PCR is not suitable for the diagnosis of FHV-1-related conjunctivitis.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Enfermedades de los Gatos / Infecciones por Herpesviridae / Conjuntivitis / Chlamydophila / Infecciones por Chlamydophila / Herpesviridae Tipo de estudio: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: J Vet Intern Med Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA INTERNA / MEDICINA VETERINARIA Año: 2003 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Enfermedades de los Gatos / Infecciones por Herpesviridae / Conjuntivitis / Chlamydophila / Infecciones por Chlamydophila / Herpesviridae Tipo de estudio: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: J Vet Intern Med Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA INTERNA / MEDICINA VETERINARIA Año: 2003 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos