Table 1.

Comparison of the results obtained from the four diagnostic methods

Diagnostic test results				No. of cases (%)
Microscopy	RDT	Nested PCR	α-tubulin LAMP
+	+	+	+	96 (54.2)
–	+	+	+	23 (13.0)
–	–	+	+	5 (2.8)
–	–	+	+	4 (2.3)
–	+	–	+	8 (3.4)
–	+	–	–	10 (5.6)
–	–	–	+	1 (0.6)
–	–	–	–	30 (16.9)
Total				177