Table 2.

Detection of Leishmania parasites from rodent skin samples by direct examination, first-round PCR and nested PCR.

Diagnosis	No. of positive samples/no. of examined samples	% Positive
Clinical examination
Direct examination	21/95	22.1
First-round PCR for samples positive by direct examination	12/21	57.1
First-round PCR for samples negative by direct examination	7/74	9.5
First-round PCR for all samples	19/95	20
Nested PCR for samples positive by direct examination	21/21	100
Nested PCR for samples negative by direct examination	27/74	36.5
Nested PCR for all samples	48/95	50.5