Mendoza-Roldan, Jairo Alfonso
Carbonara, Mariaelisa
Louzada-Flores, Viviane Noll
Alves, Mario H.
Pugliese, Nicola
Decaro, Nicola
Uva, Annamaria
Gernone, Floriana
Cavalera, Maria Alfonsa
Zatelli, Andrea
Otranto, Domenico
Article History
Received: 13 June 2025
Accepted: 24 July 2025
First Online: 26 August 2025
Declarations
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: Protocols for animal handling and sampling were performed under the agreement of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” (Bari, Italy) (authorization D.R. n. 4229 of 18/11/2022, art. 2 and 11). For the cat PBMC preparation and infection assays, the study protocol was approved by the ethical committee of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bari, Italy (Prot. Uniba 56/2024). The methods were carried out in accordance with international, national, and/or institutional guidelines and regulations for handling animal cells.
: Not applicable.
: Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan is an Associate Editor for Parasites & Vectors and was not involved in the peer review of this paper. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.