| epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in northeastern brazil. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is a systemic disease endemic in tropical countries and transmitted through sand flies. in particular, canis familiaris (or domesticated dogs) are believed to be a major urban reservoir for the parasite causing the disease leishmania. the average number of human vl cases was 58 per year in the state of sergipe. the city of aracaju, capital of sergipe in northeastern brazil, had 159 cases of vl in humans. correlatively, the percentage of serologically positive dogs for ... | 2017 | 28555473 |