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Enteritis y colitis infecciosa del hombre
(Adel Microbiol Enf Infecc 1(1), 1982)
Most diarrheas affecting man in developing nations have an: infectious origin, and
are transmitted from person to person or indirectly thorough water, food and utensils contaminated with the agents. About two thirds of ...
Remoción de parámetros fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos de plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales del Gran Área Metropolitana, Costa Rica
Remotion of physicochemical and microbiological parameters on wastewater treatment plants in Costa Rica’s Great Metropolitan Area
(2023-01-28)
Las aguas residuales inadecuadamente tratadas son un factor de riesgo para la salud pública dado que son un vehículo de diseminación de microorganismos patógenos como virus entéricos. Sin embargo, la circulación de patógenos ...
Enterococci as a key parameter for water quality index: Purires River, Costa Rica
(2018)
This study used the Canadian Water Quality Index (CWI) to characterize water sampled at three points within the Purires River micro basin, Costa Rica. The first sampling point is located in a high zone with domestic ...
A novel approach to biological risk surveillance in occupational hygiene: A case study on the use of quantitative microbial risk assessment to determine occupational risks for wastewater treatment plants workers in Costa Rica
(2023)
Wastewater treatment is essential for preventing infectious diseases and water pollution. To perform this process, workers operate and maintain wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); thus, they are exposed to the many pathogens ...
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Related to Groundwater in Costa Rica: Diagnostic Confirmation of Three Cases and Environmental Investigation
(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 ...
Wastewater-based epidemiology of enteric viruses and surveillance of acute gastrointestinal illness outbreaks in a resource-limited region
(2021)
Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality among all
ages. This study applied the principles ofwastewater-based epidemiology for the preventive identification of ...
Tamizaje de Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 en atención primaria
(Acta Médica Costarricense 48(1) p 17-23, 2006-01)
Introducción: Actualmente en Costa Rica debería considerarse la Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2, un problema de salud pública, por el impacto de sus complicaciones crónicas tanto en el ámbito individual y familiar, como en lo ...
Asociación del polimorfismo del codon 72 del gen P53 con el riesgo de cáncer gástrico en una población de alto riesgo de Costa Rica
Association of the p53 codon 72 polymorphism to gastric cancer risk in a hight risk population of Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical 53 (3-4): 317-324, 2005, 2005-10-03)
El cáncer gástrico es la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer en el mundo. Varios factores han sido asociados con el riesgo de llegar a desarrollarlo, entre ellos la predisposición genética. El gen p53 presenta un polimorfismo ...
Rotavirus y campylobacter fetus jejuni asociados a un brote de diarrea en terneros
(Revista de Biología Tropical 32 (2) 303-304, 1984-04-27)
Rotaviruses and Campylobacter fetus jejuni are ubiquitous agents of diarrheal disease in animals and humans. Under natural conditions they do not seem to cross inter-species barriers; a zoonosis has not been documented for ...
Criptosporidiosis en niños de Costa Rica: estudio transveral y longitudinal
(Revista de Biología Tropical 32(1) p.129-135, 1984-01-04)
Se estudió una población de niños lactantes y preescolares, con y sin diarrea, de las áreas urbano y rural de los altiplanos de Costa Rica, observados respectivamente en un servicio de emergencia de un hospital metropolitano ...