Listar Microbiología por procedencia "UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias de la Salud::Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud (INISA)"

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    • Exploring low enthalpy geothermal energy in Costa Rica: A pilot project to improve tourism energy matrix efficiency 

      Solano Arguedas, Agustín; Vargas Azofeifa, Ingrid; Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Carmona Villalobos, Geovanni; Solís Ramírez, Kattia; Rodríguez Mora, Karina María; Álvarez Saborío, Yoselyn; Casanova Treto, Pedro (2022-12)
      Geothermal energy has been an important and stable part of the renewal energy matrix of Costa Rica for more than 25 years. However, the exploitation has been centred in high enthalpy energy for electric power generation, ...

    • Genetic variation of the Y chromosome in Chibcha-Speaking amerindians of Costa Rica and Panama 

      Ruiz Narváez, Edward A.; Santos, Fabricio R.; Carvalho Silva, Denise R.; Azofeifa Navas, Jorge; Barrantes Mesén, Ramiro; Peña, Sergio D. J. (Human Biology 77(1): 71-91, 2005)
      Genetic variation of the Y chromosome in five Chibchan tribes (Bribri, Cabecar, Guaymi, Huetar, and Teribe) of Costa Rica and Panama was analyzed using six microsatellite loci (DYS 19, DYS389A, DYS389B, DYS390, DYS391, and ...

    • Guía para la optimización de procesos de potabilización de agua para uso y consumo doméstico, dirigido a entes operadores en el país 

      Romero Esquivel, Luis Guillermo; Pino Gómez, Macario; Jiménez Antillón, Joaquín; Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Mora Campos, Diana; Gamboa Jiménez, Alejandra; Silva Narváez, Basilio (2021)
      La gestión del recurso hídrico en nuestro país se da en gran parte a través de las Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, mejor conocidas como ASADAs. Existen más de 1 400 ASADAs en ...

    • El impacto de la resistencia a los antibióticos en el desarrollo sostenible 

      Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Arias Andrés, María de Jesús (2022)
      La resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) es un problema de salud pública cada vez más complejo y se considera como una de las mayores amenazas en todo el mundo. El desarrollo de la RA en los patógenos bacterianos es una ...

    • Incidencia de diabetes tipo 2 en un área urbano marginal de Costa Rica 

      Laclé Murray, Adriana; Valero F., Juan Luis (Acta Médica Costarricense 50(1) p 29-34, 2008-01)
      Justification and Objective: Diabetes is now a global epidemic. Once thought to be a disease primarily affecting developed nations, diabetes is growing rapidly and exponentially in developing nations, seriously impacting ...

    • Infectious agents in acute and chronic diarrhea of chilhood 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Urrutia, Juan José; Simhon Edgar, Alberto (Chronic diarrea a in children: Raven Press p. 237 - 252, 1984)
      Even today acute diarrheal disease is thought of by many laymen as well as by some medical professionals in developing countries as being a syndrome of alimentary origin. Despite recognition of shigellosis, cholera, ...

    • Interacciones celulares en el proceso de invasión de Shigella sp 

      Achí Araya, María Rosario; Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia (Rev Panam Infectol 2009;11(2):56-61, 2009)
      Shigella, como agente etiológico de la disentería bacilar, es un problema importante de salud pública a nivel mundial. Para el establecimiento de la infección este microorganismo emplea las funciones celulares y de ...

    • Low-cost internal controls for detection of Giardia cysts in water samples 

      Solano Barquero, Melissa; Morales Mora, Eric; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Cordero Jara, Erick Arnulfo; Reyes Lizano, Liliana; Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Achí Araya, María Rosario (2019-08)
      Giardia cysts stained with hot carbolfuchsin were used as internal controls in a concentration method for surface water samples. The morphological integrity of stained cysts and the stain's stability and intensity were ...

    • Mechanisms of low susceptibility to the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride in a multidrug-resistant environmental isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila 

      Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Kuropka, Benno; González Tortuero, Enrique; Schreiber, Frank; Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo; Rodríguez Rojas, Alexandro (2023)
      Excessive discharge of quaternary ammonium disinfectants such as benzalkonium chloride (BAC) into aquatic systems can trigger several physiological responses in environmental microorganisms. In this study, we isolated a ...

    • Medicamentos que potencialmente pueden afectar la condición de salud bucodental de personas adultas mayores de Los Guido de Desamparados en Costa Rica. Revista Internacional de Salud, Bienestar y Sociedad. 

      Lau Sánchez, Norma Celina; Jiménez Herrera, Luis Guillermo (2023-08-03)
      Este trabajo se enmarca en el macroproyecto de investigación del Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud de la Universidad de Costa Rica que estudia la situación de la persona adulta mayor en una comunidad urbano marginal, ...

    • Microflora of maize prepared as tortillas 

      Capparelli, Edward; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (1975-06)
      Very little is known of the microflora in tortillas, the major component in the diet of many Guatemalans and other Central Americans. Based in a Guatemalan highland Indian village, this study examined the types and amounts ...

    • Multidrug‑Resistant Escherichia coli in Costa Rican Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants Maintains Horizontal Transfer Capacity of Resistance Determinants in Effluents 

      Rivera Montero, Luis César; Acuña Espínola, Gabriel; Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Rojas Jiménez, Keilor Osvaldo; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María (2023-06-13)
      This study was conducted to evidence the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genetic elements in E. coli isolates of Costa Rican domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Few studies have addressed ...

    • Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in small drinking-water systems in Costa Rica 

      Barrantes Jiménez, Kenia; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Morales Mora, Eric; Rivera Montero, Luis César; Pino Gómez, Macario; Gamboa Jiménez, Alejandra; Mora Campos, Diana; Salas Jiménez, Pablo; Silva Narváez, Basilio; Romero Esquivel, Luis Guillermo (2022-02-03)
      This study describes the quality of drinking water sampled over 2 years (2018 and 2019) from 20 ASADAS (Spanish acronym for Administrative Associations for Water and Sewer Systems) in Costa Rica. The analysis included ...

    • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway Targets Acetylation of Smad3 through Smad3/CREB-binding Protein Interaction: Contribution to transforming growth factor 1-induced epstein-barr virus reactivation 

      Oussaief, Lassad; Hippocrate, Aurélie; Ramírez Mayorga, Vanessa; Rampanou, Aurore; Zhang, Wei; Meyers, David; Cole, Philip; Khelifa, Ridha; Joab, Irène (THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 284(36), pp. 23912–23924, 2009-09-04)
      Epstein-Barr virus, a ubiquitous human herpesvirus, is associated with the development of carcinomas and lymphomas. We previously showed that transforming growth factor 1 (TGF- 1) mediated the virus to enter the lytic ...

    • Plasmidos de virulencia 

      Peñaranda, María Elena; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera 130(I): 11-22, 1978)
      Se revisan conceptos bisicos sobre los plasmidosdesoxirribonucleico extracromosomico con mplicacion autonoma— prisentee en el citoplasma bacte. riano. Se hace infasis en plismidos qua codifican factor's de virulencia como ...

    • Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Related to Groundwater in Costa Rica: Diagnostic Confirmation of Three Cases and Environmental Investigation 

      Retana Moreira, Lissette; Zamora Rojas, Leidy; Grijalba Murillo, Muriel; Molina Castro, Silvia Elena; Abrahams Sandí, Elizabeth (2020-08-01)
      During the first trimester of 2020, the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica reported the first three cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). In two cases, laboratory personnel of the hospitals preliminarily ...

    • Protocolo nacional de vigilancia, atención y control del cólera (2022) 

      Amén Funk, Francisco; Badilla Mora, Albin; Caravaca Rodríguez, Ivannia; Castro Córdoba, Roberto; Chaverri Esquivel, Alejandra; Espinoza Fonseca, Humberto; Quesada Rojas, Carolina; Hidalgo Balarezo, Blanca Rosa; Madrigal Vega, Alberto José; Wong Zúñiga, Lumen; Villalobos Ugalde, Juan Carlos; Chanto Chacón, Grettel; Oropeza Barrios, Gletty; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Rivera Navarro, Pablo César; Alfaro Arrieta, Ernesto; Sandi Muñoz, Alexis; Jiménez, Ana María (2022)
      El cólera es una de las enfermedades más antiguas de la humanidad, pero es hasta inicios del siglo XIX que se dispone de un mayor conocimiento de sus causas, formas de transmisión y tratamiento. El mecanismo de transmisión ...

    • Protocolo nacional para la vigilancia de enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos y agua 

      Badilla Mora, Albin; Caravaca Rodríguez, Ivannia; Castro Córdoba, Roberto; Chaverri Esquivel, Alejandra; Delgado Jiménez, Sandra; Quesada Rojas, Carolina; Salguero Mendoza, Carlos; Torres Alvarado, Danny; Torres Moreno, Adriana; Benitez Rodríguez, Daisy; Hidalgo Balarezo, Blanca Rosa; Madrigal Vega, Alberto José; Smith Cabezas, Randall; Villalobos Ugalde, Juan Carlos; Wong Zúñiga, Lumen; Alfaro Calvo, Thelma; Barquero Ureña, Guillermo; Chanto Chacón, Grettel; Duarte Martínez, Francisco; Umaña Valverde, Ericka; Oropeza Barrios, Gletty; Chacón Jiménez, Luz María; Rivera Navarro, Pablo César; Cruz Vázquez, Olivet; Sánchez Hernández, Cristian; Jiménez Solis, Ana María (2024)
      Las enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos (ETA) constituyen un importante problema de salud a nivel mundial. Son provocadas por el consumo de agua o alimentos contaminados con microorganismos o parásitos, o bien ...

    • Providing an in vitro depiction of microglial cells challenged with immunostimulatory extracellular vesicles of Naegleria fowleri 

      Retana Moreira, Lissette; Cornet Gómez, Alberto; Sepúlveda Justo, María del Rosario; Molina Castro, Silvia Elena; Alvarado Ocampo, Johan; Chaves Monge, Frida; Jara Rojas, Mariana; Osuna Carrillo de Albornoz, Antonio; Abrahams Sandí, Elizabeth (2024)
      Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rapid and acute infection of the central nervous system with a fatal outcome in >97% of cases. Due to the infrequent report of cases and ...

    • Relation of atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori-CagA+ and interleukin-1 polymorphisms 

      Sierra Ramos, Rafaela; Une, Clas Allan; Ramírez Mayorga, Vanessa; Alpízar Alpízar, Warner; González, María I.; Ramírez, José A.; de Mascarel, Antoine; Cuenca Berger, Patricia; Pérez Pérez, Guillermo Ignacio; Mégraud, Francis (World Journal Gastroenterol 14(42), 2008-11-14)
      AIM: To determine the association of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) CagA+ infection and pro-inflammatory polymorphisms of the genes interleukin (IL)-1RN and IL-1B with the risk of gastric atrophy and peptic ulcers in a ...