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This study aimed to detect\n                    <jats:italic>Anaplasma platys<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Bartonella henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and hemotropic mycoplasmas (\n                    <jats:italic>Mycoplasma haemofelis<\/jats:italic>\n                    [\n                    <jats:italic>Mhf<\/jats:italic>\n                    ] and \u2018\n                    <jats:italic>Candidatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mycoplasma haemominutum\u2019 [\n                    <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mhm]) in clinically healthy cats from Pelotas, southern Brazil, using molecular assays. A total of 151 blood samples collected between 2022 and 2024 were analyzed by conventional and nested PCR. Detection rates were 21.9% (33\/151) for\n                    <jats:italic>(A) platys<\/jats:italic>\n                    , 15.2% (23\/151) for\n                    <jats:italic>(B) henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and 21.9% (33\/151) for hemoplasmas, with a higher occurrence of\n                    <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mhm (17.2%; 26\/151) than\n                    <jats:italic>Mhf<\/jats:italic>\n                    (4.0%; 6\/151). Coinfections occurred in 10.7% (16\/151) of cats, including dual infections and one triple infection (0.7%; 1\/151) involving\n                    <jats:italic>(A) platys<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>(B) henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mhm. Statistical analyses showed that\n                    <jats:italic>(A) platys<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection was significantly associated with adult age (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.01),\n                    <jats:italic>(B) henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    was more frequent in kittens (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.04), and hemoplasma infection occurred more often in males (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.03). To our knowledge, this is the first molecular evidence of concurrent infection\n                    <jats:italic>by (A) platys<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>(B) henselae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and \u2018\n                    <jats:italic>Candidatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mycoplasma haemominutum\u2019 in a cat from Brazil. These findings highlight the influence of host factors on pathogen dynamics and reinforce the need for molecular surveillance and integrated vector control under a One Health perspective.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11259-026-11107-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,14]],"date-time":"2026-03-14T04:17:58Z","timestamp":1773461878000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["First report of multiple infection by Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae, and hemoplasmas in clinically healthy domestic cats from Southern Brazil"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"50","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8590-066X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paola Renata Joanol","family":"Dallmann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diago Dutra","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Camila Xavier","family":"Silveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vict\u00f3ria da Rosa Leite","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pedro Machado Medeiros","family":"de Alburquerque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luiz Filipe Dam\u00e9","family":"Schuch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodrigo Casquero","family":"Cunha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"11107_CR1","first-page":"36","volume":"29","author":"JCF Almeida","year":"2022","unstructured":"Almeida JCF, Souza CCN, Barrozo PHM et al (2022) Epidemiological aspects of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, and Mycoplasma spp. Infection in domestic cats. 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