Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis caused by protozoa parasites. World Health Organization (WHO) considers a global public health problem being endemic in 97 countries. In Brazil, the visceral form of the disease has the etiological agent Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi, which has as main vector dipterous of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis. Governmental epidemiological surveillance ai…