Table 2.

Results of PCR from both whole blood samples and after BAPGM enrichment and from isolates on blood agar for B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae in cats treated with the Seresto® collar (G1) or in untreated controls (G2) after being exposed to one transmission season in a highly endemic area (D360)

Group (n)	Bartonella spp., n (%)a	B. clarridgeiae, n (%)b	B. henselae, n (%)c	B. henselae isolates, n (%)d
G1 (78)	3/78 (3.85)	3/78 (3.85)	0	0/3
G2 (74)	10/74 (13.51)	4/74 (5.41)	6/74 (8.11)	3/10
Total (152)	13/152 (8.55)	7/152 (4.6)e	6/152 (3.9)f	3/13 (23)g

^aITS PCR from whole blood and enrichment BAPGM

^bITS sequence analysis

^cPap31 PCR

^dB. henselae isolated on agar blood culture after enrichment BAPGM step

^eSample IDs: G1_43, G1_56, G1_76, G2_132, G2_147, G2_172 and G2_173

^fSample IDs: G2_27, G2_60, G2_72, G2_90, G2_106 and G2_149

^gSample IDs: G2_60, G2_90 and G2_149