Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a worldwide disease of zoonotic potential, which affects humans and a variety of domestic and wild animals, with different clinical presentations. Caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania spp., And has as an etiologic agent in Brazil, Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. In the Brazilian federation, the importance of visceral leishmaniasis, is its high incidence and geog…