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Blood, urine, conjunctival swabs and hair were collected from all randomly selected cats.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      species infection was evaluated using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), setting a cut-off value of 1:80, and using real-time PCR on blood, conjunctival and hair samples. A complete blood count, serum chemistry profile, serum electrophoresis and urinalysis were also carried out. The cats were grouped on the basis of the results of the diagnostic criteria adopted in positive, negative and unconfirmed\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      cases. Non-parametric variables and continuous data were compared among the study groups using the \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      test and the Mann\u2013Whitney U-test, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      One hundred and fifty-two cats were included. Nineteen of the 152 (12.5%) cats were positive (18\/152 [11.8%] showed an IFAT titre of \u2a7e1:80 and 1\/152 [0.7%] was real-time PCR-positive from a hair sample); 106\/152 (69.7%) cats were negative; and 27\/152 (17.8%) cats were unconfirmed for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      species. Total proteins, beta\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      -globulin and gamma-globulin were significantly increased in the positive\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      group compared with the negative group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results of the present study demonstrated the spread of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania infantum<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection in cats in Northern Italy. 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