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Abstract
Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis (CVL) is an anthropozoonosis widely distributed worldwide with great impact on public health, and dogs are considered important reservoirs and sentinel animals for the disease. The etiological agent is the protozoan Leishmania chagasi, which infects dogs, among other animals, and humans, from the bite of the female sand fly, Lutzomyia longipalpis. Canine try…