January 21, 2015 19:4 Proceedings Trim Size: 9in x 6in 01˙Zoonotic˙visceral˙leishmaniose˙new˙model ZOONOTIC VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS: A NOVEL MODEL INVOLVING DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS OF HUMANS, DOGS AND SANDFLIES HELIO JUNJI SHIMOZAKO University of S˜ao Paulo School of Medicine, Oscar Freire Institute Avenida Doutor Arnaldo - 455 S˜ ao Paulo - SP, 01246-000, Brazil and York University Ross Building, Department of Mathmatics and Statistics 4700 Keele Street Toronto - ON, M3J1P3, Canada Corresponding author: hjunji21@usp.br JIANHONG WU York University Ross Building, Department of Mathmatics and Statistics 4700 Keele Street Toronto - ON, M3J1P3, Canada EDUARDO MASSAD University of S˜ao Paulo, School of Medicine and LIM 01, HCFMUSP Rua Teodoro Sampaio - 115 CEP: 05405-000, S˜ ao Paulo, Brazil and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London University, UK 1