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Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in a Brazilian cancer hospital
(2017)
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive spore forming anaerobic bacterium and the main cause of
healthcare-associated diarrhea. This study aimed to perform the phenotypic characterization and molecular typing of Clostridium ...
Clinical profiles at the time of diagnosis of COVID-19 in Costa Rica during the pre-vaccination period using a machine learning approach
(2021)
Background: The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 disease, caused by the SARS-CoV-2
virus, define a large spectrum of symptoms that are mainly dependent on the human host
conditions. In Costa Rica, almost 319 000 cases ...
Differential susceptibility of C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes to group II phospholipase A2 myotoxins from crotalid snake venoms
(2005)
Group II phospholipase A2 (PLA2) myotoxins isolated from Viperidae/Crotalidae snake venoms induce a rapid cytolytic
effect upon diverse cell types in vitro. Previous studies suggested that this effect could be more ...
A myotoxic Lys49 phospholipase A2-homologue is the major component of the venom of Bothrops cotiara from Misiones, Argentina
(2018-04-27)
Bothrops cotiara is a pitviper found in Southeastern Brazil and, scarcely, in the Misiones province of Argentina. In contrast to considerable information available on the venom of the Brazilian snake population, that of ...
Avances de la bioinformática en Costa Rica: Vista retrospectiva y perspectivas
Bioinformatics advances in Costa Rica: Retrospective view and perspectives
(2021-11-09)
Introducción: La disciplina científica de la bioinformática tiene el potencial de generar aplicaciones innovadoras para las sociedades humanas. Costa Rica, pequeña en tamaño y población en comparación con otros países de ...
The sexist beliefs that underlie in the pedagogy about obesity in physical education classes
(2019)
The physical education class and the teachers guide to this subject are key elements to make physical activity a habit for life. This article describes the sexist beliefs that underlie in the pedagogy about obesity in ...
Percentiles of body mass index and waist circumference for Costa Rican children and adolescents
Percentiles de índice de masa corporal y circunferencia de la cintura en niños y adolescentes de Costa Rica
(2022)
Introduction: body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are anthropometric indicators used to define overweight/obesity and to
predict the risk of cardiovascular disease, respectively, in adolescents and ...