Table 1.

Sensitivity and specificity of the tools using polymerase chain reaction as a reference

Tools	Diagnostic performance (%)	95%CI
Microscopy	Se = 78.97	73.74–84.20
	Sp = 77.27	57.49–97.06
RDT	Se = 66.27	60.23–72.31
	Sp = 95.45	84.48–100
LAMP	Se = 89.68	85.73–93.64
	Sp = 63.64	41.26–86.01

CI confidence interval, LAMP Loopamp™ Leishmania Detection Kit, RDT CL Detect™ Rapid Test, Se sensitivity, Sp specificity

Source: [29]