Table 6.
Species characterization vs. known endemic focus
| Origin of infection (known foci of)* | Total of true positives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. tropica | L. major | L. tropicaand L. major | L. tropicaand/or L. infantum | Risk area non identified | Free CL area | |||
| Species characterization | L. tropica | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| L. major | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 44 | |
*According to the national data from the ministry of health.
NB: one clinical sample identified as L. infantum by ITS1 PCR but negative by the other techniques is not included in this table.