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Absolute pitch in Costa Rica: Distribution of pitch identification ability and implications for its genetic basis
(2016-08-10)Absolute pitch is the unusual ability to recognize a pitch without an external reference. The current view is that both environmental and genetic factors are involved in the acquisition of the trait. In the present study, ... -
Amerindian ancestry and extended longevity in Nicoya, Costa Rica
(2018-01)Objectives: The aim of this study was to address the hypothesis that Amerindian ancestry is associated with extended longevity in the admixed population of Nicoya, Costa Rica. The Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica has been ... -
Association of Apolipoprotein E-e4 and Dementia Declines with Age
(2014-10)To study the association of dementia with apolipoprotein E-e4 (APOE-e4) and its interaction with age in a nonagenarian Costa Rican group (N-sample) and a general elderly contrast group (GE-sample). In both case-control ... -
Biochemical characterization of the venom of Central American scorpion Didymocentrus krausi Francke, 1978 (Diplocentridae) and its toxic effects in vivo and in vitro
(2019)non-buthid venoms, for which knowledge is scarce. In this work, we characterized the venom of a Diplocentridae species, Didymocentrus krausi, a small fossorial scorpion that inhabits the Tropical Dry Forest of Central ... -
Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in Costa Rica: First Case Report Confirmed by Molecular Methods in Central America
(2020)Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus are the most common species of bedbugs that infest homes. Although case reports decreased substantially by the end of the 20th century, bed bugs, and especially C. lectularius, are ... -
Clinical and molecular diagnosis of a Costa Rican family with autosomal recessive myotonia congenital (Becker disease) carrying a new mutation in the CLCN1 gene
(Revista de Biología Tropical 56(1) p.1-11, 2006-08-18)Myotonia congenita is a muscular disease characterized by myotonia, hypertrophy, and stiffness. It is inherited as either autosomal dominant or recessive known as Thomsen and Becker diseases, respectively. Here we confirm ... -
Combustibles forestales superficiales y riesgo de incendio en dos estadios de sucesión secundaria y bosques primarios en el Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica
(2015-06-22)Se cuantificó el combustible forestal superficial de los árboles en pie y del mantillo orgánico. También, se caracterizó la composición florística, en tres tratamientos de estadios sucesionales, de 10-25 años (29,88 ha) ... -
Correlates of longitudinal leukocyte telomere length in the Costa Rican Longevity Study of Healthy Aging (CRELES): On the importance of DNA collection and storage procedures
(2019)The objective is to identify cofactors of leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in a Latin American population, specifically the association of LTL with 36 socio-demographic, early childhood, and health characteristics, as well ... -
Distribución espacial de la enfermedad Charcot-Marie-Tooth en Costa Rica, 1990-2003
(2009)Objetivo: Evaluar la distribución espacial como indicador de la incidencia de la enfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth por los egresos hospitalarios reportados en Costa Rica entre el período 1990-2003. Métodos: Se aplicó un ... -
DNA repair deficiency in neuropathogenesis: when all roads lead to mitochondria
(2019)Mutations in DNA repair enzymes can cause two neurological clinical manifestations: a developmental impairment and a degenerative disease. Polynucleotide kinase 3′-phosphatase (PNKP) is an enzyme that is actively involved ... -
Ectoparasites of dogs in home environments on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica
(2012)Reports on ectoparasites on dogs in Central America are scarce. The aim of this study was to identify flea, louse and tick species infesting dogs in home environments on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, and determine ... -
Fur mite, Listrocarpus alouattae Fain (Acari: Atopomelidae), from Alouatta palliata Gray (Primates: Cebidae) in Costa Rica
(2002)Se presentan resultados preliminares de un estudio sobre ectoparásitos de monos de Costa Rica. Se evaluaron 36 monos aulladores (Alouatta palliata Gray, 1849) y 3 monos capuchinos (Cebus capucinus Linnaeus, 1758) provenientes ... -
Infección por larvas de Alouattamyia baeri (Diptera: Cuterebridae) en monos aulladores, Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae), de la costa caribe de Costa Rica
(2004-06-01)Alouattamyia baeri es una especie de cuterébrido cuya larva se asocia con el parasitismo en primates del Nuevo Mundo (Catts, 1982). La descripción de la morfología fue realizada por Shannon y Greene (1926) con ejemplares ... -
Mapping the risk of Aedes aegypti larval habitats using tree cover in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2010-08)Tree cover and other characteristics of urban structure have been associated in urban environments with abundance and productivity of Aedes aegypti and other mosquito larval habitats. Tree cover can conceal containers, ... -
Methyltestosterone alters sex determination in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
(2016-07-09)Effects of xenobiotics can be organizational, permanently affecting anatomy during embryonic development, and/or activational, influencing transitory actions during adulthood. The organizational influence of endocrine-disrupting ... -
Neotropical Bats from Costa Rica harbour Diverse Coronaviruses
(2015-02-04)Bats are hosts of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) known to potentially cross the host–species barrier. For analysing coronavirus diversity in a bat species-rich country, a total of 421 anal swabs/faecal samples from Costa ... -
Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus
(2017-05-18)Several studies have shown Dengue Virus (DENV) nucleic acids and/or antibodies present in Neotropical wildlife including bats, suggesting that some bat species may be susceptible to DENV infection. Here we aim to elucidate ... -
Pathogenic potential of a Costa Rican strain of ‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’ in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and protective immunity against Rickettsia rickettsii
(2015-07)‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’ is a spotted fever group rickettsia that is not considered pathogenic, although there is serologic evidence of possible infection in animals and humans. The aim of this study was to ... -
Presencia de Trypanosoma minasense (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae) de Costa Rica
(2005)A Trypanosoma from the howler monkey Alouatta palliata was studied. Measures, as well as its biological characteristics (mice infection and failure to infect Triatominae) identify this parasite as Trypanosoma minasense. ... -
Proanthocyanidin Characterization, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of Three Plants Commonly Used in Traditional Medicine in Costa Rica: Petiveria alliaceae L., Phyllanthus niruri L. and Senna reticulataWilld
(2017-10-19)The phenolic composition of aerial parts from Petiveria alliaceae L., Phyllanthus niruri L. and Senna reticulata Willd., species commonly used in Costa Rica as traditional medicines, was studied using UPLC-ESI-TQ-MS on ...