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Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) como responsable de miasis nosocomiales en Costa Rica
Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) as an agent responsible for nosocomial myiasis in Costa Rica
(2014)
Se presentan dos casos de miasis nosocomiales, ocurridos en hospitales costarricenses, cuyo agente etiológico identificado fue Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). El primero tuvo lugar como infestación de una ...
Pathogenic potential of a Costa Rican strain of ‘Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii’ in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) and protective immunity against Rickettsia rickettsii
(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 ...
Zoonotic Agents in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) from Costa Rica: Possible Improvements to Diminish Contagion Risks
(2018-01)
Most studies on zoonotic agents in pigeons have been conducted in the Palearctic region, but the scarcity of data is notorious in the Neotropical region, where these birds can breed all year around and are in close contact ...
High-density peptide microarray exploration of the antibody response in a rabbit immunized with a neurotoxic venom fraction
(2017-11)
Polyvalent snakebite antivenoms derive their therapeutic success from the ability of their antibodies to
neutralize venom toxins across multiple snake species. This ability results from a production process
involving ...
What lies behind the curtain: Cryptic diversity in helminth parasites of human and veterinary importance
(2022)
Parasite cryptic species are morphologically indistinguishable but genetically distinct organisms, leading to taxa
with unclear species boundaries. Speciation mechanisms such as cospeciation, host colonization, taxon ...
La pertinencia de las ciencias sociales, en la investigación y la educación en salud, desde una mirada cualitativa
The relevance of social sciences, in education and health research, from the qualitative perspective
(2018-09)
En el marco de la teoría de los intereses constitutivos de saberes de Habermas, las ciencias de la salud no han sido posicionadas, de manera formal en ella para explicar, comprender y transformar sus objetos o fenómenos ...
Scarce detection of mobile erm genes associated with tetQ in Bacteroides and Parabacteroides from Costa Rica
(2013-06)
The frequency of finding of clindamycin-resistant anaerobic bacteria in clinical samples has doubled from 2008 to 2010 in Costa Rica. To determine whether this increase is due to dissemination of erm genes aided by tetQ ...