Abstract
The Visceral Leishmaniasis (AVL), in São Paulo until 1998 was known by the detection of cases from other endemic regions of the country, but in the same year in the city of Araçatuba, west of the state, was identified through techniques molecular, the occurrence of Leishmania chagasi being the first recorded case of canine visceral leishmaniasis in this region. The municipality of Guarara…