Clinical status of the disease | Cases confirmed by AFB In SSS(Slit skin smear) | Cases confirmed by Multiplex-PCR | Percent of positivity by AFB test | Percent of positivity of M-PCR test | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BI | No of case |  |  |  |
Patients without treatment (New Cases)(n = 128) | 0 | 85 | 62 (72.9%) | 50.58% | 82% |
 | 1 | 43 | 43 |  |  |
Patients on treatment not more than 2 months (n = 7) | 0 | 6 | 3 (50%) | 14.28% | 57.14% |
 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |
Patients released from treatment (RFT)(a)/later developed a new active lesion/relapsed cases(b) (n = 3) | 0 | 3a | 1a (33.3%) | 0% | 33.33% |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |  |
Patients complaining of hypoesthesia but showing no clinical symptoms of leprosy - considered as Indeterminate type(n = 2) | 0 | 2 | 1 (50%) | 0% | 50% |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |  |
Total n = 140 | Â | Â | Â | 31.4% (44/140) | 79.2% (111/140) |
BT n = 94 | |||||
Clinical status of the disease | Cases confirmed by AFB In SSS(Slit skin smear) | Cases confirmed by Multiplex-PCR | Percent of positivity by AFB test | Percent of positivity of M-PCR test | |
 | BI | No of case |  |  |  |
Patients without treatment (New Cases)(n = 85) | 0 | 68 | 55 (80.8%) | 20% | 84.70% |
 | 1 | 17 | 17 |  |  |
Patients on treatment not more than 2 months (n = 6) | 0 | 5 | 2(40%) | 16.6% | 50% |
 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |
Patients released from treatment (RFT)(a)/later developed a new active lesion/relapsed cases(b) (n = 3) | 0 | 2a, 1b | 1a,1b (33.33%) | 0% | 66.6% |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |  |
Total n = 94 | Â | Â | Â | 19.14% (18/94) | 81.9% (77/94) |