CV Lattes
ORCID
Abstract
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an anthropozoonosis, widely distributed around the world, which can affect humans, dogs, and wild animals, whose etiological agent is the protozoan Leishmania infantum. Dogs are considered the main reservoir of the disease in urban areas, representing a major public health problem. The symptoms of the disease are multivariate and may also affect the reproduc…