Impact of way of life and environment on the prevalence of Chlamydia felis in cats as potentional sources of infection for humans
| Autor: | Tatiana Weissova, Alexandra Trbolova, Lenka Petrová, Monika Halánová, Miloš Halán, Ingrid Babinská |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
030303 biophysics
Population Physiology cat Environment Cat Diseases Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 030308 mycology & parasitology lcsh:Agriculture 03 medical and health sciences Zoonoses medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Chlamydia Chlamydia felis education Waste Management and Disposal Phylogeny Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics lcsh:Environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study CATS biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Felis Zoonosis public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:S Chlamydia Infections zoonosis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Breed medicine.anatomical_structure PCR Cats business Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 222-226 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1898-2263 1232-1966 |
| Popis: | Introduction and objectives Chlamydia (C.) felis can cause infection which may be associated with conjunctivitis and/or respiratory tract disease, particularly in kittens, but could also be the cause of the disease in adult cats. Infection is more common in multi-cat environments. The zoonotic potential of C. felis appears low, but exposure to this microorganism is possible by handling the affected cats, by contact with their aerosol, and also via fomites. Material and methods In the study, 140 cats of various breeds from Košice region in Slovakia were studied. Conjunctival samples were obtained from 71 clinically healthy cats (50.7%) and 69 cats with clinical signs of conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract impairment (49.3%). Cats were divided into 4 groups according to breed and type of environment in which they lived. In the 1 st group were cats kept inside only (n=33), in the 2 nd group, free-roaming cats (n=50), the 3 rd group comprised stray cats, taken from the streets (n=28), and the 4 th group included cats kept in shelters or deposit devices (n=29). Molecular method PCR and DNA sequencing was used as the diagnostic method. Results Overall positivity was 17.1%. Of the 24 positive cats, the highest positivity was detected in the population of stray cats (35.7%) and shelter cats (31%). In the group of free-roaming cats, 10% had positivity. No positive animals were detected in the group of cats kept inside only. It was also found that the risk of C. felis in cats with clinical signs of disease was more than 7-fold higher than in cats without clinical signs of conjunctivitis and respiratory tract. Conclusions The obtained results show that cats, especially stray and shelter cats, can be important sources of feline chlamydiosis, and due to their close contact with people they can present a risk for transmission. |
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