Table 2.

Relationships between microbiopsy type 2 (MB2) samples taken from the face and neck. The first study was in southern Ethiopia and the second study in northern Ethiopia. In both studies, individuals with any level of Leishmania parasitemia detected in MBs from the face tended to also have parasitemia in the neck (positive level of agreement – 1st study: P = 1·041e-12, Fisher’s Exact Tests (FET) and 2nd study: P = 1·257e−06, FET).

	MB Neck +No. (%)	MB Neck −No. (%)
1st study
MB Face +	58 (32)	27 (14. 9)
MB Face −	16 (8.8)	80 (44.1)
2nd study
MB Face +	10 (14.5)	7 (10)
MB Face −	3 (4.3)	49 (71)