The performance of the recombinase polymerase amplification test for detecting Leishmania deoxyribonucleic acid from skin lesions of patients with clinical or epidemiological suspicion of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Luz Estella MesaRubén ManriqueSara M RobledoJessica TabaresTatiana PinedaCarlos MuskusPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)
The higher sensitivity and specificity shown by RPA in the EC, but also its ease and speed of use, justify performing RPA in the health centres of rural endemic sites. In addition, RPA eliminates the subjectivity inherent in the traditional DE.