Vector-borne diseases in client-owned and stray cats from Madrid, Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Ayllón, Tania ^a   Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward Bealmear ^c   Villaescusa, Alejandra ^a   Rodríguez Franco, Fernando ^a   Sainz, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; PCR; Serology; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NEORICKETTSIA; NEORICKETTSIA INFECTION; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEORICKETTSIA; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII;

EID: 84856843554     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0729     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Aguirre, E, Sainz, A, Dunner, S, Amusategui, I, et al. First isolation and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia canis in Spain. Vet Parasitol 2004a; 125:365-372. (Pubitemid 39346407)
2. Aguirre, E, Tesouro, MA, Amusategui, I, Rodríguez-Franco, F, et al. Assessment of feline ehrlichiosis in central Spain using serology and a polymerase chain reaction technique. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004b; 1026:103-105. (Pubitemid 39636307)
3. Aguirre, E, Tesouro, MA, Ruiz, L, Amusategui, I, et al. Genetic characterization of Anaplasma (Ehrlichia) platys in dogs in Spain. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 2006; 53:197-200.
4. Amusategui, I, Sainz, A, Aguirre, E, Tesouro, MA. Seropre-valence of Leishmania infantum in northwestern Spain, an area traditionally considered free of leishmaniasis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004; 1026:154-157. (Pubitemid 39636316)
5. Amusategui, I, Sainz, A, Rodríguez, F, Tesouro, MA. Distribution and relationships between clinical and biopathological parameters in canine leishmaniasis. Eur J Epidemiol 2003; 18:147-156. (Pubitemid 36460115)
6. Amusategui, I, Tesouro, MA, Kakoma, I, Sainz, A. Serological reactivity to Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Neor-ickettsia risticii, Borrelia burgdorferi and Rickettsia conorii in dogs from Northwestern Spain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2008; 8:797-803.
7. Ayllón, T, Tesouro, MA, Amusategui, I, Villaescusa, A, et al. Serologic and molecular evaluation of Leishmania infantum in cats from Central Spain. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008; 1149:361-364.
8. Barber, R, Li, Q, Diniz, PP, Porter, BF, et al. Evaluation of brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid with broadly reactive polymerase chain reaction for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia Species in Canine Neurological Diseases (109 Cases). J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24:372-378.
9. Barlough, JE, Madigan, JE, DeRock, E, Bigornia, L. Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Ehrlichia equi ge-nomic DNA in horses and ticks (Ixodes pacificus). Vet Parasitol 1996; 63:319-329. (Pubitemid 26198259)
10. Beaufils, JP, Breitschwerd, EB, Hancock, SI, Hegarty, B, et al. Ehrlichiose feline: identification genetique de l'agent chez deux chats. Pract Med Chir Anim Comp 2002; 37:235-238. (Pubitemid 38010778)
11. Beugnet, F, Marié, JL. Emerging arthropod-borne diseases of companion animals in Europe. Vet Parasitol 2009; 163:298-305.
12. Birkenheuer, AJ, Levy, MG, Breitschwerdt, EB. Development and evaluation of a seminested PCR for detection and differentiation of Babesia gibsoni (Asian genotype) and B. canis DNA in canine blood samples. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4172-4177. (Pubitemid 37099682)
13. Blanco, J, Oteo, JA, Mart́inez, V, Ramalle, E, et al. [Seroepide-miology of Bartonella henselae infection in HIV-infected patients]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 1999; 17:434-438.
14. Bradbury, CA, Lappin, MR. Evaluation of topical application of 10% imidacloprid-1% moxidectin to prevent Bartonella hense-lae transmission from cat fleas. J Am Vet Med. Assoc 2010; 236:869-873.
15. Breitschwerdt, EB. Feline bartonellosis and cat scratch disease. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2008a; 123:167-171.
16. Breitschwerdt, EB, Abrams-Ogg, AC, Lappin, MR, Bienzle D, et al. Molecular evidence supporting Ehrlichia canis-like infection in cats. J Vet Intern Med 2002; 16:642-649. (Pubitemid 135748356)
17. Breitschwerdt, EB, Maggi, RG, Duncan, AW, Nicholson, WL, et al. Bartonella species in blood of Immunocompetent persons with animal and arthropod contact. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13:938-941. (Pubitemid 46890149)
18. Breitschwerdt, EB, Maggi, RG, Lantos, PM, et al. Bartonella vin-sonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae bacteremia in a father and daughter with neurological disease. Parasit Vectors 2010; 3:29.
19. Breitschwerdt, EB, Maggi, RG, Nicholson, WL, Cherry, NA, et al. Bartonella sp. bacteremia in patients with neurological and neurocognitive dysfunction. J Clin Microbiol 2008b; 46:2856-2861.
20. Carrade, D, Foley, J, Borjesson, D, Sykes, JE. Canine granulocytic anaplasmosis: a review. J Vet Intern Med 2009; 23:1129-1141.
21. Chen, SM, Dumler, JS, Bakken, JS, Walker, DH. Identification of a granulocytotropic Ehrlichia species as the etiologic agent of human disease. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:589-595. (Pubitemid 24062927)
22. Chomel, BB, Kasten, RW, Floyd-Hawkins, K, Chi, B, et al. Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1952-1956. (Pubitemid 26239231)
23. Ciaramella, P, Oliva, G, Luna, RD, Gradoni, L. A retrospective clinical study of canine leishmaniasis in 150 dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum. Vet Parasitol 2001; 98:247-261.
24. Dawson, JE, Abeygunawardena, I, Holland, CJ, Buese, MM, et al. Susceptibility of cats to infection with Ehrlichia risticii, causative agent of equine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Am J Vet Res 1988; 49:2096-2100.
25. de Caprariis, D, Dantas-Torres, F, Capelli, G, et al. Evolution of clinical, haematological and biochemical findings in young dogs naturally infected by vector-borne pathogens. Vet Mi-crobiol 2011; 149:206-212.
26. de la Fuente, J, Naranjo, V, Ruiz-Fons, F, Höfle, U, et al. Potential vertebrate reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors of Ana-plasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in central Spain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2005; 5:390-401. (Pubitemid 43203202)
27. Diniz, PP, Beall, MJ, Omark, K, et al. High prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from an Indian reservation in northeastern Arizona. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2010; 2:117-123.
28. Diniz, PP, Maggi, RG, Schwartz, DS, Cadenas, MB, et al. Canine bartonellosis: serological and molecular prevalence in Brazil and evidence of co-infection with Bartonella henselae and Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. Vet Res 2007; 38: 697-710. (Pubitemid 350043445)
29. Eddelstone, SM, Diniz, PP, Neer, TM, Grant, SD, et al. Doxyci-cline clearance of experimentally induced chronic Ehrlichia canis infection in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2007; 21:1237-1242. (Pubitemid 350303628)
30. Estrada-Peña, A. Las Garrapatas en España: Introducción. Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León, 1994.
31. Fabbi, M, de Giuli, L, Tranquillo, M, Bragoni, R, et al. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in Italian stray cats: evaluation of serol-ogy to assess the risk of transmission of Bartonella to humans. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:264-268. (Pubitemid 38082730)
32. Fernandez-Bellon, H, Solano-Gallego, L, Rodŕiguez-Cortés, A, Ferrer, L, et al. Little evidence of seasonal variation of natural infection by Leishmania infantum in dogs in Spain. Vet Parasitol 2008; 155:32-36.
33. Glaus, T, Hofmann-Lehmann, R, Greene, C, Glaus, B, et al. Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae infection and correlation with disease status in cats in Switzerland. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:2883-2885. (Pubitemid 27452428)
34. Greig, B, Asanovich, KM, Armstrong, PJ, Dumler, JS. Geographic, clinical, serologic, and molecular evidence of granu-locytic ehrlichiosis, a likely zoonotic disease, in Minnesota and Wisconsin dogs. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:44-48. (Pubitemid 126506890)
35. Harrus, S, Waner, T, Keysary, A, Aroch, I, et al. Investigation of splenic functions in canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1998; 62:15-27. (Pubitemid 28234235)
36. Herrero, JI, Beltrán, RR. La Fiebre Exantemática Mediterránea: A Propósito de un Estudio en la Provincia de Salamanca. Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, 1994.
37. Hibler, SC, Hoskins, JD, Greene, CE. Rickettsial infections in dogs: part II. Ehrlichiosis and infectious cyclic thrombocyto-penia. Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 1986; 8:106-114.
38. Holland, CJ, Weiss, E, Burgdorfer, W, Cole, AI, et al. Ehrlichia risticii sp. nov.: etiological agent of equine monocytic ehrli-chiosis (synonym Potomac horse fever). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:524-526. (Pubitemid 16214479)
39. Kakoma, I, Hansen, RD, Anderson, BE, Hanley, TA, et al. Cultural, molecular, and immunological characterization of the etiologic agent for atypical canine ehrlichiosis. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:170-175. (Pubitemid 24016803)
40. Lachaud, L, Marchergui-Hammami, S, Chabbert, E, Dereure, J, et al. Comparison of six PCR methods using peripheral blood for detection of canine visceral leishmaniasis. J Clin Microbiol 2002;40:210-215. (Pubitemid 34027626)
41. Lappin, MR, Breitschwerdt, EB, Jensen, WA, Dunnigan, B, et al. Molecular and serologic evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophi-lum infection in cats in North America. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 225: 893-896, 879.
42. Leiva, M, Lloret, A, Peñ a, T, Roura, X. Therapy of ocular and visceral leishmaniasis in a cat. Vet Ophthalmol 2005; 8:71-75. (Pubitemid 40223049)
43. Luria, BJ, Levy, JK, Lappin, MR, Breitschwerdt, EB, et al. Prevalence of infectious diseases in feral cats in Northern Florida. J Feline Med Surg 2004; 6:287-296. (Pubitemid 40036593)
44. Maggi, RG, Breitschwerdt, EB. Potential limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic region for molecular detection of Barto-nella species. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:1171-1176. (Pubitemid 40364934)
45. Magnarelli, LA, Bushmich, SL, Ijdo, JW, Fikrig, E. Ser-oprevalence of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in cats. Am J Vet Res 2005; 66: 1895-1899. (Pubitemid 43091709)
46. Maia, C, Nunes, M, Campino, L. Importance of cats in zoonotic leishmaniasis in Portugal. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2008; 46:555-559.
47. Márquez, FJ, Rodŕiguez-Liébana, JJ, Pachón-Ibáñez, ME, Doc-obo-Pérez, F, et al. Molecular screening of Bartonella species in rodents from south western Spain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2008; 8:695-700.
48. Mart́inez-Osorio, H, Calonge, M, Torres, J González, F. Cat-scratch disease (ocular bartonellosis) presenting as bilateral recurrent iridocyclitis. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40:43-45.
49. Mart́in-Sánchez, J, Acedo, C, Muñ oz-Pérez, M, Pesson, B, et al. Infection by Leishmania infantum in cats: epidemiological study in Spain. Vet Parasitol 2007; 145:267-273. (Pubitemid 46442772)
50. Miró, G, Montoya, A, Mateo, M, Alonso, A, et al. A leishma-niosis surveillance system among stray dogs in the region of Madrid: ten years of serodiagnosis (1996-2006). Parasitol Res 2007; 101:253-257. (Pubitemid 46980542)
51. Ortuño, A, Gauss, CB, Garćia, F, Gutiérrez, JF. Serological evidence of Ehrlichia spp. exposure in cats from northeastern Spain. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 2005; 52:246-248. (Pubitemid 41595307)
52. Oteo, JA, Blanco, JR, Mart́inez de Artola, V, Ibarra, V. First report of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis from southern Europe (Spain). Emerg Infect Dis 2000; 6:430-432. (Pubitemid 30643675)
53. Ozon, C, Marty, P, Pratlong, F, Breton, C, et al. Disseminated feline leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum in Southern France. Vet Parasitol 1998; 75:273-277. (Pubitemid 28241655)
54. Pennisi, MG. A high prevalence of feline leishmaniasis in southern Italy. In: Killick-Kendrick, R, eds. Canine Leishmaniasis: Moving Towards a Solution. Intervet International, Boxmeer, 2002: 39-48.
55. Pérez, M, Rikihisa, Y, Wen, B. Ehrlichia canis-like agent isolated from a man in Venezuela: antigenic and genetic characterization. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34: 2133-2139. (Pubitemid 26272191)
56. Pons, I, Sanfeliu, I, Quesada, M, Anton, E, et al. Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in cats in Catalonia, Spain. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005; 72:453-457. (Pubitemid 41278857)
57. Sainz, A, Amusategui, I, Tesouro, MA. Ehrlichia platys infection and disease in dogs in Spain. J Vet Diagn Invest 1999; 11:382-384. (Pubitemid 129693455)
58. Sainz, A, Tesouro, MA, Rodriguez, F, Mayoral, I, et al. Ser-oprevalence of Ehrlichia canis infection in police dogs in Spain. Prev Vet Med 1995; 23:179-182.
59. Santos, AS, Alexandre, N, Sousa, R, Nuncio, MS, et al. Ser-ological and molecular survey of Anaplasma species infection in dogs with suspected tickborne disease in Portugal. Vet Rec 2009; 164:168-171.
60. Solano-Gallego, L, Hegarty, B, Espada, Y, Llull, J, et al. Serological and molecular evidence of exposure to arthropod-borne organisms in cats from northeastern Spain. Vet Micro-biol 2006a; 118:274-277. (Pubitemid 44781157)
61. Solano-Gallego, L, Llull, J, Osso, M, Hegarty, B, et al. A sero-logical study of exposure to arthropod-borne pathogens in dogs from northeastern Spain. Vet Res 2006b; 37:231-244.
62. Solano-Gallego, L, Rodriguez-Cortes, A, Iniesta, L, Quintana, J, et al. Cross-sectional serosurvey of feline leishmaniasis in ecoregions around the Northwestern Mediterranean. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007; 76:676-680. (Pubitemid 351627706)
63. Stubbs, CJ, Holland, CJ, Reif, JS, Bruns, C, et al. Feline ehrli-chiosis. Compend Cont Educ Pract Vet 2000; 22:307-317.
64. Tabar, MD, Altet, L, Francino, O, Sánchez, A, et al. Vector-borne infections in cats: molecular study in Barcelona area (Spain). Vet Parasitol 2008; 151:332-336.
65. Tarello, W. Microscopic and clinical evidence for Anaplasma (Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum infection in Italian cats. Vet Rec 2005; 156:772-774. (Pubitemid 40903055)
66. Valcárcel, Y, Bastero, R, Anegón, M, González, S, et al. [The epidemiology of hospital admissions due to leishmaniasis in Spain (1999-2003)]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2008; 26:278-281. (Pubitemid 351716796)
67. Vita, S, Santori, D, Aguzzi, I, Petrotta, E, et al. Feline leish-maniasis and ehrlichiosis: serological investigation in Abruzzo region. Vet Res 2005; 29:319-321. (Pubitemid 41631422)
68. Woody, BJ, Hoskins, JD. Ehrlichial diseases of dogs. Vet Clin N Am 1991; 21:75-98.