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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Draft Genome Sequence of an Escherichia coli Strain Harboring blaCTX-M-115, blaCMY-2, Aminoglycoside, Tetracycline, and Sulfonamide Resistance Genes, Isolated from a Costa Rican Wastewater Treatment Plant
(2020-01)
We report the draft genome sequence of the multidrug-resistant Escherichia
coli strain PTA A1517-5, isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Costa
Rica. The genome consists of 4,927,375 bp with a GC content of 50.57% ...
Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in small drinking-water systems in Costa Rica
(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 ...
Características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del agua subterránea en Los Chiles, Costa Rica, y su asociación con el uso del suelo
Physical, chemical, and microbiological characteristics of groundwater in Los Chiles, Costa Rica, and its association with land use
(2023)
Introduction: Los Chiles has one of the lowest Social
Progress Indexes in Costa Rica. The inhabitants drink
untreated groundwater from an aquifer across the
Nicaragua-Costa Rica border. Objective: To
characterize water ...
Low-cost internal controls for detection of Giardia cysts in water samples
(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 ...