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Dengue viruses in Aedes albopictus Skuse from a pineapple plantation in Costa Rica
Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Moreira Soto, Rolando Daniel; Marín Rodríguez, Rodrigo; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth (2015-06)En Costa Rica, Ae. albopictusfue reportado por primera vez en 1998; actualmente, está ampliamente distribuido en el área noreste del país, la vertiente del Caribe y la frontera con Panamá. Las plantas de bromelia, que ... -
Detección de anticuerpos contra los Virus Linfotrópicos de Células T Tipo I/II (HTLV I/II) como medida de seguridad sanguínea en donantes de sangre en Costa Rica, mayo del 2002 a diciembre del 2004
García, Zaida; Cortés Bratti, Ximena; Torres, Lorena; Arauz Mendoza, Patricia; Pacheco, Emelson; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth (Revista Costarricense de Ciencias Médicas 27 ( 1 y 2) 1-16, 2006-01)Los Virus Linfotrópicos Humanos tipo I y II (HTLV I/II) fueron los primeros retrovirus descritos y aislados en 1980. Tienen distribución mundial y son endémicos en el sur de Japón, el Caribe, algunos países del Sur y Centro ... -
Detection of an undescribed Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes boliviensis from Costa Rica
Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Moreira Soto, Andrés; Carranza, Marco V.; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth (2014)Ixodes boliviensis is a tick of carnivores that is common on domestic dogs. The only Rickettsia that has been detected previously in this species is 'Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae'. We report the detection of an undescribed ... -
Detection of rickettsiae in fleas and ticks from areas of Costa Rica with history of spotted fever group rickettsioses
Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Moreira Soto, Rolando Daniel; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Mata Somarribas, Carlos; Ortiz Tello, Jusara; Barbieri, Amália R. M.; Avendaño López, Adrián; Vargas Castro, Luis Esteban; Labruna, Marcelo B.; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth (2016-10)Outbreaks of spotted fevers have been reported in Costa Rica since the 1950s, although vectors responsible for transmission to humans have not been directly identified. In this study, species of Rickettsia were detected ... -
Exposure of dogs to Rickettsia spp. in Costa Rica: Risk factors for PCR-positive ectoparasites and seropositivity
Pacheco Solano, Katherine; Barrantes González, Alexander; Dolz, Gaby; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Jiménez Rocha, Ana Eugenia; Romero Zúñiga, Juan José; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth (2019)Infection of dogs with Rickettsia spp. can result in inapparent, mild, or severe disease. Moreover, common dog ticks and fleas are able to transmit rickettsiae to nearby humans. In this study, the seroprevalence of spotted ... -
Exposure of dogs to spotted fever group rickettsiae in urban sites associated with human rickettsioses in Costa Rica
Moreira Soto, Andrés; Carranza, Marco V.; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana (2016-07)The zoonotic transmission cycles of Rickettsia rickettsii and other spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae in Latin America have usually been associated with rural or sylvatic environments, although domestic dogs can be ... -
First Report of the Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Rickettsia amblyommii and Rickettsia felis in Central America
Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Barbieri, Amália R. M.; Labruna, Marcelo B. (2011-10-05)During 2010, 15 adult ticks, identified as Amblyomma cajennense, were collected from horses in Cahuita and Turrialba districts, whereas 7 fleas, identified as Ctenocephalides felis, were collected from a dog in San Jose ... -
Neotropical Bats from Costa Rica harbour Diverse Coronaviruses
Moreira Soto, Andrés; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Vargas Vargas, Nancy; Rodríguez Herrera, Bernal; Jiménez Centeno, Carlos; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia (2015-02-04)Bats are hosts of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) known to potentially cross the host–species barrier. For analysing coronavirus diversity in a bat species-rich country, a total of 421 anal swabs/faecal samples from Costa ... -
Pathogenic potential of a Costa Rican strain of ‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’ in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and protective immunity against Rickettsia rickettsii
Rivas Mejías, Juan José; Moreira Soto, Andrés; Alvarado Barboza, Gilberth; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Corrales Aguilar, Eugenia; Morales Acuña, Juan Alberto; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana (2015-07)‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’ is a spotted fever group rickettsia that is not considered pathogenic, although there is serologic evidence of possible infection in animals and humans. The aim of this study was to ... -
Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica
Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana; Álvarez, Danilo; Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; Abdalla, Gabriela; Calderón Arguedas, Ólger; Zambrano, María L.; Dasch, Gregory A.; Lindblade, Kim; Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya; Eremeeva, Marina E.; Estévez, Alejandra (2012)Rickettsia felis is an emerging human pathogen associated primarily with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.In this study, we investigated the presence of Rickettsia felis in C. felis from Guatemala and Costa Rica. ... -
Seroprevalencia de los virus de las Hepatitis A y B en grupos etarios de Costa Rica
Taylor Castillo, Mayra Lizeth; García, Zaida; Holst Schumacher, Ileana; Somogyi Pérez, Teresa; Cunningham Lucas, Lowella; Visoná, Kirsten (2001-10)Justificación y Objetivos: Debido a la persistencia de casos y brotes de hepatitis viral A y B en el país, junto con la observación de un aumento importante de infecciones por el tipo A en la población de adultos, se planteó ...