Abstract
The protozoa of the genus Leishmania are mandatory intracellular parasites responsible for leishmaniasis, zoonoses of great relevance to Public Health in several countries, including Brazil. The parasite has a heteroxene cycle and has the sandfly as an vector (Order: Diptera, Family: Psychodidae, Sub-Family: Phlebotominae). The clinical forms of this zoonosis are visceral, cutaneous and m…