Development and Clinical Evaluation of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for the Diagnosis of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

Table 2

Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of K26-LAMP and kDNA PCR for detection of L. donovani complex DNA from blood samples. Comparison with parasitological diagnosis.

Participants	No of samples	K26-LAMP			kDNA-PCR
		No of positives	Se %; (95% CI)	Sp. %; (95% CI)	No of positives	Se %; (95% CI)	Sp %; (95% CI)
Confirmed cases	114	112	98.2 (93.8-99.8)	-	114	100 (96.8-100)	-
Non-VL cases	105	02	-	98.1 (93.2-99.8)	0	-	100 (96.5-100)