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Artrópodos de importancia médica
(2014-12-01)
A geographical sampling strategy for field surveys in an urban area using high-resolution satellite imagery
(2006-11)
Field evaluations for studying the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases like dengue in urban areas are often restricted to selection of households and buildings for field surveys. Therefore, the resulting sampling frame ...
Evaluation of predictive maps for Aedes aegypti larval habitats in two urban areas of Costa Rica
(2011-12)
The abundance of Aedes aegypti can be associated with urban structure and tree cover, which conceals and protects containers. The purpose of this study was to create and evaluate predictive maps for Ae. Aegypti larval ...
Associations between urban structure and Aedes aegypti larval habitats in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2008-12)
Geospatial technologies have been increasingly applied to study vector-borne diseases, although their use in urban setting has been limited. In this study, high-resolution satellite imagery from QuickBird was analyzed to ...
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, ...
Factores asociados con la incidencia de dengue en Costa Rica
Factors associated with incidence of dengue in Costa Rica
(2011)
Objetivo. Determinar el grado de influencia de diferentes variables socioeconómicas, demográficas, geográficas y climáticas con respecto a la incidencia de dengue y dengue hemorrágico (D/DH) en Costa Rica durante el período ...
Dengue in Costa Rica: the gap in local scientific research
Dengue en Costa Rica: la brecha en la investigación científica local
(2006)
Globalization has affected the reemergence of infectious diseases, with increased human travel and trade facilitating the introduction of diseases into new areas and the resurgence of diseases that had been eliminated in ...
Terapia larval con Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) de Costa Rica en un modelo experimental
Maggot therapy with lucilia eximia (Dipteria: Calliphoridae) of Costa Rica in an experimental model
(2014-06-01)
Con el fin de analizar la aceleración en la solución de heridas dérmicas mediante el tratamiento con larvas de Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae), se generaron úlceras en piel en parejas de ratas mediante inoculación ...
Impacto de una iniciativa de participación comunitaria sobre los índices larvales tradicionales para Ae. Aegypti (Diptera: culicidae) en una comunidad urbana en riesgo de dengue en San José, Costa Rica
Impact of an initiative of community participation on traditional larval indices for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: culicidae) in an urban community at risk for dengue in San Jose, Costa Rica.
(2007-06-01)
Introducción. El impacto sobre los índices larvales tradicionales para Aedes aegypti: índice de viviendas (IV), índice de contenedores (IC) e índice de Breteau (IB) fue evaluado tras la implementación de una iniciativa de ...
Primer reporte de miasis nosocomial por Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) en Costa Rica
First report of nosocomial myiasis by Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Costa Rica
(2012)
Introducción. Las miasis hospitalarias son entidades con una importancia manifiesta en salud pública. La documentación de este tipo de casos es escasa en la literatura biomédica regional y mundial.
Objetivo. Informar un ...