Table 3. Species identification from 2 sets of specimens out of 16 PCR-positive lesions subsequently tested with PCR-based assays targeting the mannose phosphate isomerase, cysteine proteinase B, heat shock protein 70, and gp63 genes.
Leishmania Species | Number (% of those tested) |
L. (V.) braziliensis | 4 (25%) |
L. (V.) guyanensis | 0 |
L. (V.) peruviana | 3 (19%) |
Not identifiable | 9 (56%) |
Not tested* | 12 |
*Only specimens with sufficient amplifiable DNA from the kDNA PCR of cytology brushes were selected for direct clinical specimen PCR.