{
  "slug": "feline-haemotropic-mycoplasma-spp-in-portugal-association-with-42778963",
  "source": {
    "title": "Feline haemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Portugal: association with identifiable risk factors, clinical parameters and prognostic factors.",
    "journal": "Companion animal health and genetics",
    "year": 2026,
    "doi": "10.1186/s40575-026-00157-2",
    "pmid": "42778963",
    "content_access_status": "FULL_TEXT_OA"
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "statement": "The authors could not identify the Mycoplasma species affecting individual cats or distinguish haemoplasma coinfections from single infections.",
      "epistemic_type": "EVIDENCE",
      "evidence_level": "C",
      "confidence": "100",
      "evidence_excerpt": "This study was hampered by a few limitations, the main difficulty being the lack of information regarding the species of Mycoplasma affecting each patient and the inability to distinguish cases of co-infection from single infection cases.",
      "review_status": "PASSED"
    },
    {
      "statement": "FeLV status was not significantly associated with haemoplasma IgM positivity in the univariate analysis: OR 0.587, 95% CI 0.066–5.22, p = 1.",
      "epistemic_type": "EVIDENCE",
      "evidence_level": "C",
      "confidence": "100",
      "evidence_excerpt": "FeLV (F) 124 Negative 118 88 (74.6) 30 (25.4) 0.587 0.066–5.22 1 Positive 6 5 (83.3) 1 (16.7)",
      "review_status": "PASSED"
    },
    {
      "statement": "The study reports haemoplasma IgM positivity in 32 of 134 screened cats, with an observed prevalence of 23.8% and a 95% confidence interval of 0.169–0.320.",
      "epistemic_type": "EVIDENCE",
      "evidence_level": "C",
      "confidence": "100",
      "evidence_excerpt": "Of the 134 cats tested for haemoplasma at the HEV, 32 had positive IgM results, while 102 had negative IgM results, therefore the observed prevalence was 23.8% (95% CI: 0.169–0.320).",
      "review_status": "PASSED"
    },
    {
      "statement": "The study used an analytical cross-sectional design and classified acute feline mycoplasmosis by a positive IgM result.",
      "epistemic_type": "EVIDENCE",
      "evidence_level": "C",
      "confidence": "100",
      "evidence_excerpt": "An analytical cross-sectional study was devised with the target population set as HEV feline patients who underwent feline mycoplasmosis screening, between January 1st, 2021, and June 30th, 2024. The criterion used to classify a case as an acute feline mycoplasmosis infection was the presence of a positive Immunoglobulin M (IgM) result.",
      "review_status": "PASSED"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "agent": "AVAPROJECT-VIROLOGY-001",
    "critic": "AVAPROJECT-CRITIC-001",
    "model": "openai-codex",
    "updated": "2026-10-31 11:30 UTC",
    "updated_iso": "2026-10-31T11:30:30Z"
  }
}