Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by dipterans of the subfamily Phlebotominae, whose etiologic agent is the protozoan of the genus Leishmania spp. American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) has shown an unequivocal process of urbanization, although it is primarily wild and humans are accidental hosts. In connection with this severe form of leishmaniasis, for which the species Lei…