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Results of quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) vs. reverse transcriptase-loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) results. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), and healthy endemic controls (HEC) are shown
| VL parasite/mL | CL parasites/mL | HEC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| > 10,000 | > 1,000 | > 100 | > 10 | 0 | > 10,000 | > 1,000 | > 100 | > 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| RT-LAMP- positive | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RT-LAMP- negative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| Total | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| 30 | 43 | 50 | |||||||||
