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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I' ve worked with leishmaniasis visceral en Belo
Horizonte(BH), a big city in Brazil.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last year we
had 46 human cases. Regarding to our dogs, we tested 102 000 dogs and four
percent were seropositives. As we know, the majority of cases affect
malnutrition children. As far as know, it doesn't seem to be clear the relation
betwen nutritional status and disease in dogs.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>For
example, in Natal, another Brazilian's city, the strays dogs are more affected
than house's dogs. Differently, in Belo Horizonte, we have observed the same
prevalence in dogs from street or domestics( all the races).</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>As it is a relative recent epidemic in BH, what would happen
in the future?Would we expect a pattern changing in which we have more cases
among malnutrition or street dogs? I would like to change information about
these question.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cláudia Di Lorenzo</FONT></P>
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