| evora district as a new focus for canine leishmaniasis in portugal. | on the basis of information acquired from local health authorities in evora district of portugal on cases of visceral leishmaniasis (vl), an epidemiology survey study was conducted. to determine the prevalence of anti-leishmania antibodies in the local human and canine populations residing in evora town and 14 adjacent villages, blood samples collected from 885 children and 3,614 dogs were tested in a direct agglutination test (dat). seropositivity for leishmania parasite obtained by dat in both ... | 1995 | 7770430 |