Table 1. Reported and estimated incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in the American region.

	Reported VL cases/year	Years of report	Estimated annual VL incidence
Argentina	8	2004–2008	20	to	301
Bolivia	0	2008
Brazil	3481	2003–2007	4200	to	63002
Colombia	60	2004–2008	70	to	1102
El Salvador		no data
Guatemala	15	2004–2008	20	to	302
Honduras	6	2004–2008	7	to	102
Mexico	7	2004–2008	8	to	122
Nicaragua	3	2003–2007	3	to	52
Paraguay	48	2004–2008	100	to	2001
Venezuela	40	2004–2008	50	to	702
Region	3668		4500	to	6800

¹Underreporting considered moderate (2–4-fold) based on recent introduction of VL into the country.

²Underreporting considered mild (1.2–1.8-fold) based on data from Brazil [25].