Fig 1.
Flow chart of overview of methods.
Fig 2.
Flow diagram of participants.
Fig 3.
Sensitivity of Microscopy and PCR with Confidence interval (CI).
Fig 4.
Agarose gel image of the M. leprae PCR products.
M; Molecular markers. Lanes 1–5; Patient samples. L6; Negative control. L7; Positive control.
Table 1.
Correlation of results of PCR with skin-smears.
(n = 50).
Table 2.
Correlation of RJ clinical types, results of skin smear for AFB and PCR.
Table 3.
Correlation of WHO clinical types, results of skin smears for AFB and PCR.
Fig 5.
ROC curve of PCR diagnosis with RJ classification.