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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 ...
Evaluación del nicho ecológico deformas larvales de Aedes aegypti y Culex quinquefasciatus (Díptera: Culicidae) en una comunidad urbana de San José, Costa Rica
(2007)
Observations related to the width and overlap of the ecological niche for larval forms of Aedes
aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus in artificial containers were performed using the data obtained
during two laval surveys ...
Demodicosis: una afección común de la piel en el ser humano
(2011-06-01)
La demodicosis es una afección dérmica común en el ser humano. Los agentes etiológicos son dos especies de ácaros demodícicos (Actinedidae: Demodicidae), a saber, Demodex folliculorum que se ubica en los folículos pilosos ...
Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species in Fleas Collected from Dogs and Cats from Costa Rica
(2015-09)
The bacterial genus Bartonella includes several species with zoonotic potential, some of which are common in domestic dogs and cats, as well as in their fleas. Because there is no previous information about the presence ...
Policy Brief for Costa Rica 2021
(2021)
Since the 1980s Costa Rica has seen a continuous increase in surface
temperatures while precipitation has not registered a consistent
signal.1,2 There has not been an increase in water supply, but the rise
in temperatures ...
Modeling dengue cases in health Regions of Costa Rica using El Niño Southern Oscillation and local vegetation dynamics
(2009-11)
Temporal behavior of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DH/DHF) has been associated with climate, which may modulate mosquito vector populations. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) fluctuations can be related to ...
Detection of an undescribed Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes boliviensis from Costa Rica
(2014)
Ixodes boliviensis is a tick of carnivores that is common on domestic dogs. The only Rickettsia that has been detected previously in this species is 'Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae'. We report the detection of an undescribed ...
Papel potencial de Aedes albopictus Skuse en la transmisión de virus dengue (DENV) en una zona de actividad piñera de Costa Rica
(2019)
Objetivo. Evaluar, bajo una perspectiva ecológica, la presencia de Aedes albopictus y su infección natural por virus dengue (DENV) en una zona de actividad piñera de Costa Rica.
Método: Se colectaron mosquitos adultos en ...