Leishmaniose Visceral no Brasil: o que é preciso saber

Abstract

Species of the Leishmania genus parasitize mammals in the New World and have life cycles alternating between vertebrates and invertebrates. Visceral Leishmaniasis is an important zoonosis which has wild and domestic canids as important known reservoirs, and the genetic diversity of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in Brazil it is not yet known. Leishmaniasis is a serious disease with a wide geographical distribution and an incidence of two million cases per year. In the current study we address the main aspects of Visceral Leishmaniasis.