Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis of epidemiological relevance, caused by intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Due to the intense urbanization of leishmaniasis, the involvement of other domestic species in the epidemiology of VL makes possible new endemic foci. In Brazil, the migration from rural to urban areas was a factor that accelerated the expansion of the VL, espe…