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Table 3 Number of field collected samples from dogs living in the Wudu and Zhang Xian district shown to be positive (+) or negative (−) by LAMP, PCR, ELISA and microscopy (LM)

From: Development of a LAMP assay for detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs using conjunctival swab samples

Region

Number of samples

Assay outcomes

  

LAMP

PCR

ELISA

LM

Wudu

12a

+

+

+

+

 

31

+

+

+

−

 

22

+

+

−

−

 

3

+

−

−

−

 

2

−

−

+

−

 

41

−

−

−

−

 

Total 111 (+/−)

68/43

65/46

45/66

12/99

Zhang Xian

1

+

+

−

n.d.b

 

32

−

−

−

n.d.

 

Total 33 (+/−)

1/32

1/32

0/33

n.d.

  1. a10 out of the 12 samples were from symptomatic dogs
  2. bnot determined