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Seasonal profiles of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in an urban area of Costa Rica with a history of mosquito control
(2008-06-01)
Dengue is the most important arboviral disease worldwide and the principal vector-borne disease in Costa
Rica. Control of Aedes aegypti populations through source reduction is still considered the most effective way of ...
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis image analysis of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones
Análisis de imágenes bidimensionales de electroforesis en gel de dos clones de Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2022-11-17)
A classical strategy to analyse the protein content of a biological sample is the two-dimensional
gel electrophoresis (2D-GE). This technique separates proteins by both isoelectric point and
molecular weight, and images ...
Sitios potenciales para la multiplicación de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en relación con las características de las viviendas de la comunidad “La Carpio”, San José, Costa Rica, durante la estación seca de 2003
(2003-06-01)
Se realizó la identificación y tipificación de los potenciales criaderos para Ae. aegypti en viviendas pertenecientes a los sectores que conforman el caserío "La Carpio", San José, Costa Rica. Las viviendas visitadas fueron ...
Preclinical evaluation of the efficacy of antivenoms for snakebite envenoming: State-of-the-art and challenges ahead
(2017-05)
Animal-derived antivenoms constitute the mainstay in the therapy of snakebite envenoming. The efficacy of antivenoms to neutralize toxicity of medically-relevant snake venoms has to be demonstrated through meticulous ...
A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis
(2016-07-15)
Middle America is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, harboring an exceptional number of rare and endemic species. This is especially true of Middle American cloud forests, where montane specialists occupy ...
Chapter 11: Antiviral, Antimicrobial, and Antibiofilm Properties of Biosurfactants
(2021-04-01)
In an era of increasing drug resistance, the search for antimicrobial agents is crucial for the development of a sustainable future. Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules with recognised surface tension, and biological ...
Mevalonate pathway as a novel target for the treatment of metastatic gastric cancer
(2020-10)
Gastric mucosa tumors may present as two distinct major entities: Diffuse and intestinal subtypes. There is no
standard treatment for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer. The mevalonate pathway and cholesterol homeostasis ...
Venom characterization of the bark scorpion Centruroides edwardsii (Gervais 1843): composition, biochemical activities and in vivo toxicity for potential prey
(2019)
In this study, we characterize the venom of Centruroides edwardsii, one of the most abundant scorpions in urban
and rural areas of Costa Rica, in terms of its biochemical constituents and their biological activities. C. ...
Human Cytomegalovirus Fcγ Binding Proteins gp34 and gp68 Antagonize Fcγ Receptors I, II and III
(2014-05-15)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) establishes lifelong infection with recurrent episodes of virus production and shedding despite the presence of adaptive immunological memory responses including HCMV immune immunoglobulin G ...