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Epidemiological characterization of incident cases of Rickettsia infection in rural areas of Urabá region, Colombia
(2018-10-31)
Introduction Most of the studies related to rickettsial infection in Colombia are cross-sectional because of the challenge in conducting prospective studies on infectious disease that may have a difficult diagnosis. Although ...
Caracterización de los sitios de multiplicación de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en el caserío “La Carpio”, San José, Costa Rica durante la estación seca del 2003
Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) breeding sites in the neighborhood “La Carpio”, San José, Costa Rica during the dry season of 2003.
(2004-06-01)
El primer brote de dengue en San José, la capital de Costa Rica, fue documentado hasta el año 2002 en la comunidad La Carpio, donde las condiciones climáticas y sociales son adecuadas para la transmisión viral. La ...
Chikungunya: un virus que nos acecha
(2015-06-01)
El virus chikungunya representa una amenaza para Costa Rica. Este arbovirus ha sido introducido
al continente americano desde finales de 2013. Debido a sus características epidemiológicas y
virológicas, y a la presencia ...
Infección natural de Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus con Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en Costa Rica
Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) natural infection in Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus from Costa Rica
(2004)
Un ejemplar hembra de T. rufotuberculatus fue colectado en el Parque Nacional "Manuel Antonio" (Puntarenas, Costa Rica). El análisis microscópico de su contenido intestinal mostró la presencia de formas de epimastigotos y ...
Expansion of Aedes albopictus Skull in Costa Rica
(2010-06-01)
A report of the Aedes albopictus expansion in Costa Rica is described as well as its epidemiological analysis.
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 ...
Urban structure and dengue incidence in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2009-07-15)
Dengue is currently the most important arboviral disease globally and is usually associated with built environments in tropical areas. Remotely sensed information can facilitate the study of urban mosquito-borne diseases ...
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, ...
Presencia de Trypanosoma minasense (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae) de Costa Rica
Trypanosoma minasense (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae) of 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. ...
‘Candidatus Rickettsia nicoyana’: A novel Rickettsia species isolated from Ornithodoros knoxjonesi in Costa Rica
(2017-06)
Rickettsiae are intracellular bacteria commonly associated with hematophagous arthropods. Most of them have been described in hard ticks, but some have been found in soft ticks. Here we report the detection and isolation ...