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Conocimientos sobre el SIDA en un tugurio y un campamento de refugiados de Costa Rica
(1988)
Se realizó una encuesta a mediados de 1988 en
dos localidades con población marginada: un
campamento de refugiados nicaragüenses y un
tugurio periurbano. En ambas localidades se
seleccionó una muestra representativa ...
Cryptosporidium and other protozoa in diarrheal disease in less developed countries
(1986)
At least 18 species of intestinal protozoa in 14 different genera have been identified in the feces or intestinal juices of man (Table 1). Of these ten species are regarded as potential pathogens and can induce diarrheal ...
Investigación del INISA sobre la diarrea aguda del niño, estudios hospitalarios y comunitarios en Costa Rica 1976-1984
(1985)
Actualmente es posible detectar agentes entéricos potencialmente patógenos en más del 70% de los casos con diarrea aguda que requieren atención médica. Los rotavirus son responsables de casi la mitad de los casos, seguidos ...
Relación del bajo peso al nacer con el desarrollo psicomotor del niño de Puriscal
(1985)
This is a study of psycho-motor development of 84 eighteen months old
children, living in the districts of Barbacoas, Grifo Alto and Candelarita in the
canton of Puriscal. Gesell and Casati-Lezine tests were employed to ...
Estudios evolutivos y biomédicos en dos poblaciones indígenas Guaymies de Costa Rica
(Vínculos 7(1), 1-7. 1981, 1981)
A biomedical study which included genetic, demographic, nutritional and health aspects was
carried out in two amerindian Guayrni populations, Abrojo and Limoncito, located in Southeastern
Costa Rica. Both groups originated ...
Promotion of breastfeeding in Costa Rica: the Puriscal study
(1988-09-01)
The decline in rate and duration of breastfeeding in urban areas in developing
countries seems to have resulted from the transition from extended to nuclear
cofamilies
and exposure of young mothers to influences affecting ...
Cryptosporidiosis in Bangladesh
(1985)
Despite the large number of enteropathogens identified in recent years the cause of many episodes of diarrhoea remain undetermined. The protozoan Cryptosporidium was first described as a pathogen causing diarrhoea in animals ...
Systems Analysis in Nutrition and Health Planning: Approximate Model Relating Birth Weight and Age to Risk of Deficient Growth
Análisis de sistemas en la planificación de salud y nutrición: un modelo aproximado que relaciona peso al nacer y edad, con riesgo de crecimiento deficiente
(1976)
This paper summarizes the initial phase of an effort to develop semiquantitative methods for nutrition and health planning. The general approach is to utilize the methods of systems analysis and operations research where ...
Facind AIDS in Costa Rica
(1988-03)
The 1st AIDS case was diagnosed in Costa Rica in 1985. By January 1988, 47 cases were recorded. Most cases are in hemophiliacs and homosexuals; one is in the heterosexual partner of a hemophiliac. 55% of hemophiliacs in ...
La Salud en Costa Rica en 1978: Ciencia y Tecnología en un Marco de Prioridades
(Acta Médica Costarricense 22(2): 209-215, 1979)
A principios de 1978, el Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICIT) nombró una Comisión para re-dactar un documento sobre ciencia y tecno-logía en el Sector Salud de Costa Rica. Dicho documento ...