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Enfermedad de Chagas en Costa Rica: Estudio comparativo en dos épocas diferentes
Chagas disease in Costa Rica: comparative studyin two different stages
(2006)
Para actualizar la situación de la Enfermedad de Chagas en Costa Rica se realizó un estudio serológico y epidemiológico parcial en 4 zonas de riesgo en el país. Un total de 1.561 estudiantes de 6 a 12 años fueron estudiados ...
Zoonotic Agents in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) from Costa Rica: Possible Improvements to Diminish Contagion Risks
(2018-01)
Most studies on zoonotic agents in pigeons have been conducted in the Palearctic region, but the scarcity of data is notorious in the Neotropical region, where these birds can breed all year around and are in close contact ...
A review of the genus Rickettsia in Central America
(2018)
In this paper, we present a historical review of rickettsiosis in Central America and also the most recent findings of Rickettsia in ectoparasites. All countries of Central America have records of rickettsiosis. Regarding ...
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE) image analysis based on CellProfiler: Pseudomonas aeruginosa AG1 as model
(2020)
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE) is an indispensable technique for the study of proteomes of biological systems,
providing an assessment of changes in protein abundance under various experimental conditions. ...
Acanthamoeba genotype T4 keratitis in a patient with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
Queratitis por Acanthamoeba genotipo T4 en un paciente con queratitis punteada de Thygeson
(2017-01)
A case of amoebic keratitis due to Acanthamoeba genotype T4 is reported. The patient is a 74-year old
woman with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis. Corneal scrapings were employed for the diagnosis, which included ...
Depletion of complement enhances the clearance of Brucella abortus in mice
(2018)
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease of animals and humans. Brucella abortus
barely activates the innate immune system at the onset of infection, and this
bacterium is resistant to the microbicidal action of complement. ...
Perfil de resistencia a insecticidas en una cepa de Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) de la Región Caribe de Costa Rica
Insecticidal resistance profiles of an Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) strain from the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica
(2014)
Introducción: el dengue constituye la principal enfermedad de transmisión vectorial en Costa Rica. El control del vector Aedes aegypti consiste en la aplicación de piretrinas y temefós, por lo cual es importante monitorear ...
Exposure of a Tropical Soil to mg/kg of Oxytetracycline Elicits Hormetic Responses in the Catabolic Activities of its Microbial Community
(2011-04)
Many farmers in developing countries protect their crops with oxytetracycline and fertilize their farmlands with manure from animals that received this drug as growth promoter. In this study, a tropical soil was exposed ...
A single exposure of sediment sulphate-reducing bacteria to oxytetracycline concentrations relevant to aquaculture enduringly disturbed their activity, abundance and community structure
(2015-05)
Aim: although feed medicated with antibiotics is widely used in animal production to prevent and treat bacterial infections, the effect of these drugs on nontarget anaerobic bacteria is unknown. We aimed to clarify whether ...
A Clostridium difficile Lineage Endemic to Costa Rican Hospitals Is Multidrug Resistant by Acquisition of Chromosomal Mutations and Novel Mobile Genetic Elements
(2017-01)
The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates and levels recorded for Clostridium difficile are on the rise. This study reports the nature, levels, diversity, and genomic context of the antimicrobial resistance of human C. ...