• Epidemiology of acute diarrhea in Childhood: an overview 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Raven Press p 3-22, 1983)
      Much has been learned about the epidemiology of acute diarrheal disease since the folk conceptualization of a syndrome caused by "food indigestion." Despite early recognition of shigellosis, salmonellosis, giardiasis, and ...
    • Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in Costa Rica: Lessons learned from failures in the control of the disease 

      Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Bonilla Montoya, Roberto; Romero Zúñiga, Juan José; Jiménez Arias, Julio; González Barrientos, Rocío; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Rojas Campos, Norman; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; Moreno Robles, Edgardo (2017-08)
      Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus is a major disease of cattle and a zoonosis. In order to estimate the bovine brucellosis prevalence in Costa Rica (CR), a total 765 herds (13078 bovines) from six regions of CR were ...
    • Epidemiology of human rotavirus types 1 and 2 as studied by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 

      Yolken, Robert H.; Wyatt, Richard G.; Hisses, George; Brandt, Carld; Rodríguez, William J.; Wha Kim, Hyun; Parrot, Robert H.; Urrutia, Juan José; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Greenberg, Harry B.; Kapikian, Albert Z.; Chanock, Robert M. (The New England Journal of Medicine 299:1156-1161, 1978-11-23)
      To determine the relative importance of two known serotypes of human rotavirus, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to differentiate serotype-specific rotavirus antigen and antibody. Using this technic, we ...
    • Epidemiology of rapes in Costa Rica: Characterization of victims, perpetrators and circumstances surrounding forced intercourse 

      Cerdas Ávila, Loreley; Arroyo Portilla, Cynthia; Gómez Argüello, Aarón; Holst Schumacher, Ileana; Angulo Ugalde, Yamileth; Vargas Umaña, Marianela; Espinoza Esquivel, Marta; León Montero, Guillermo (2014-09)
      Since the year 2000, the number of rapes in Costa Rica has increased at a rate of 42 cases per year. In 2011, 1786 rape cases were reported to the prosecution offices throughout the country, but only 1081 reports continued ...
    • Epidemiology of rotaviruses in a cohort of 45 Guatemalan Mayan Indian children observed from birth to the age of three years 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Simhon Edgar, Alberto; Urrutia, Juan José; Kronmal, Richard A.; Fernández, Raúl; García, Bertha (The Journal of Infectious Diseases 148(3) 452-461, 1983-09)
      Chort of 45 children was observed from birth to three years of age in their natural ecosystem to determine patterns of infection, morbidity, and growth. Data from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis for rotavirus ...
    • Epidendra Nova Talamancana 

      Díaz Morales, Melissa; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2016-09-02)
      Two new species of Epidendrum from the Costa Rican montane rainforest, E. hartmanniorum and E. vallis-silentii, are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. Epidendrum stolidium and E. unicallosum are ...
    • Epidendrum alieniferum 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo (2013)
      The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...
    • Epidendrum bogarinii 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Smith Martin, Christina Marie (2013)
      The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...
    • Epidendrum brenesii Schltr. 

      Hágsater, Eric; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2020)
      Of the 44 species monographed in this fascicle, 30 are new to science and 14 have been published elsewhere, at least one of them as recently as one month ago. One of the new ones is a natural hybrid, Epidendrum × pinheiroi ...
    • Epidendrum falsigarayi 

      Hágsater, Eric; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2019)
      Similar to Epidendrum garayi Løjtnant but the flower brick-red, petals and margin of lip wine-red (vs. greenish purple), sepals 12.0-12.3 x 6.0-6.3 mm, ovate (vs. sepals 10-12 x 3.0-4.0 mm, oblong-lanceolate, lateral ...
    • Epidendrum fimbriatum 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Moreno, Juan Sebastián (2018)
      Epidendrum fimbriatum is recognized by its terrestrial or lithophytic habit, scandent stems, distichous leaves, an apical inforescence of numerous and successive non resupinate fowers. The tiny flowers are snow white ...
    • Epidendrum inhibitiosum 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Fernández Campos, Melania (2013-06)
      Epidendro singulifloro Schltr. simile, sed planta rubro-viride, floribus majoribus brunneo-viridis, corolla campanulato-inexpansa, labello costa pupurea instructo, callo albo, petalis ellipticis obtusis differt.
    • Epidendrum microanoglossum 

      Hágsater, Eric; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2013)
      The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...
    • Epidendrum sandiorum 

      Hágsater, Eric; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Sánchez Saldaña, Luis (2013)
      The authors presents 77 species new to science, distributed from Mexico, through Central and South America, as far as Argentina. They are distributed in Colombia (33), Peru (27), Ecuador (15), Costa Rica (5), Brazil (3), ...
    • Epidendrum scandens: an unusual new orchid species endemic to the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo; Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián (2023)
      We describe and illustrate a new species of Epidendrum from the montane forests on the Cordillera de Talamanca, in Costa Rica. Epidendrum scandens is unusually among the ‘Rugosum subgroup’ of ‘Ramosum group’ in the plants ...
    • Epidendrum schistochilum 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Moreno, Juan Sebastián (2018)
      Epidendrum schistochilum is recognized by the large, erect plants, distichous leaves, numerous, successive, non-resupinate flowers. The flowers are snow white with a thick, triangular, three-lobed, orange callus in the ...
    • Epidendrum sotoanum 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Hágsater, Eric (2010)
      This volume includes 30 new species from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, and French Guyana, 2 new combinations and status, and many lectotipifications and neotypes. All 100 species are illustrated with botanical ...