PCR and Microscopic Identification of Isolated Leishmania tropica from Clinical Samples of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Human Population of Kohat Region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Table 1

Comparative detection of Leishmania in culture, direct microscopy, and PCR 𝑛=113.

Sample	Culture	Microscopy	PCR
Positive	53	61	99
Negative	60	52	14
Positive control	+	+	+
Negative control	−	−	−