Figure 2From: Dogs, cats, parasites, and humans in Brazil: opening the black boxPoor living conditions. An owner and his dogs living in a poor rural community in Goiana, north-eastern Brazil, where visceral leishmaniosis is endemic. In poor rural communities people (as this man in the picture) are used to walking barefoot, which is a risk factor for bare feet-related diseases, such as cutaneous larva migrans and tungiasis.Back to article page