“…The literature reports the spread and urbanization of the VL vector, a process that has transformed several highly populated Brazilian centers into endemic areas for the disease. These centers include Santarém, Pará (PA), Corumbá, MS, Teresina, Piauí (PI), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (RN), São Luis, Maranhão (MA), Fortaleza, Ceará (CE), Camaçari, Bahia (BA), and Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (MG) [11][12][13][14][15][16] .…”