Table 1. General characteristics of stray dogs collected between 2004 and 2010 from the streets of Jequié (Bahia State, Brazil), an area of endemic visceral leishmaniasis.
| PARAMETER | FREQUENCY | (%) |
| N | 206 | (100) |
| Gender: | ||
| Male | 116/206 | (56) |
| Female | 90/206 | (44) |
| Size: | ||
| Small | 45/204 | (22) |
| Medium | 122/204 | (60) |
| Large | 37/204 | (18) |
| Estimated age (years): | ||
| 0–2 | 28/154 | (18) |
| >2–5 | 102/154 | (66) |
| >6 | 24/154 | (16) |
| Clinical category: | ||
| Asymptomatic | 22/206 | (11) |
| Symptomatic | 184/206 | (89) |
| Splenic white pulp organization: | ||
| Type 1 | 57/206 | (28) |
| Type 2 | 101/206 | (49) |
| Type 3 | 48/206 | (23) |