Table 9.

Publications found in the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (NCBI-PubMed) reporting the standardisation of the LAMP technique as a useful tool for diagnosing leishmaniasis in the vector.

Parasite	Gene	Extracted/Spiked/Natural DNA	Sample	Sample Size	Sensitivity	Reference
Leishmania spp.	18S rRNA	Extracted/natural DNA	Sand flies	50	1 × 10−2 equivalent parasites	[100]
L. martiniquensis	18S rRNA	Extracted/natural DNA	Sand flies	Sand flies: 380	0.13 parasites/µL or 10 promastigotes in one sand fly	[104]
L. major	18S rRNA	Natural DNA	Sand flies	-	101–106 Promastigotes/100 μL–0.1 parasites	[118]
Leishmania spp.	18S ribosomal RNA	Extracted/natural DNA	Sand flies	397	0.01 parasites	[15]