Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an emerging public health problem, being one of the major neglected diseases in Brazil and the world, where 88 countries are affected with 500,000 new cases annually. In Brazil the prevalence in the last five years was 3,500 cases, and the region of Bauru, regarded as endemic, has increased cases every year. In the Old World is caused by the etiological agen…