Table 2 Presence of Leishmania confirmed by cytology, parasite culture, Leishmania RT-PCR on single or multiple skin lesions from the dogs studied
Case number | Cytology | Culture | PCR ( l/s) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | + | NP | NP |
2 | + (a;b;c) | + (a;c); − (b); | + (a 60000); + (b 20000); + (c 50000); |
3 | + (a; b) | - (a; b) | + (a 8000); + (b 20000); |
4 | + (a; b; c) | NP | NP |
5 | - | - | + (200) |
6 | - | - | + (600) |
7 | - | - | + (a 5120); + (b 10) |
8 | + | - | - |
9 | - | + | + (9500) |
10 | + (a; b) | +(a; b) | + (a 10000); + (b 6500); |
11 | NP | - | + (950) |
12 | NP | NP | + (4000) |
13 | NP | NP | + (8700) |
14 | + | NP | + (1350) |
15 | + | NP | + (2000) |
16 | NP | NP | + (20) |
17 | - | NP | + (800) |