Development of a rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for diagnosis and assessment of cure of Leishmania infection

Table 1 Sensitivity of the LAMP assay for diagnosis of VL, PKDL and CL

Sample	Cases tested for LAMP (confirmed by Q-PCR^ab)	Cases positive for LAMP	LAMP Sensitivity (95% Confidence Interval)
VL (Blood)	66^a	64	96.9% (89.6 - 99.2%)
VL (BMA)	15^a	15	100% (79.6 - 100%)
PKDL (Tissue)	67^a	65	97% (89.7 - 99.2%)
CL (Tissue)	10^b	8	80% (49 - 94.3%)

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