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El suero antiofídico polivalente producido en Costa Rica: Estabilidad y capacidad neutralizante
(1988)
En este trabajo se revisan y discuten una serie
de aspectos relativos a la producción,
estabilidad y capacidad neutralizante del suero
antiofídico polivalente producido por el Instituto
Clodomiro Picado. Este suero ...
Cariotipos conyugales en infertilidad y pérdidas gestacionales en Costa Rica
Couples karyotypes in infertility and pregnancy loss cases in Costa Rica
(Tokoginecol Pract 61 (6): 332-336, 2002)
Less than 10% of couples with three or more consecutive
pregnancy losses show chromosomal defects
on routine cytogenetic testing. The objective of this
work was to study the role of these defects on infertility
and ...
Reevaluación de los índices larvales para Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en dos localidades con historia epidemiológica de dengue, Costa Rica
Reevaluation of the larval índices for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in two localities with an epidemiological histoy of dengue, Costa Rica
(2013-06-01)
Introducción. En Costa Rica, el dengue es la principal enfermedad de trasmisión vectorial.
Esta afecta ecosistema urbanos como La Carpio y La Gran Puntarenas, donde Aedes aegypti es altamente prevalente.
Objetivo. Reevaluar ...
Menopause, A Universal Female Experience: Lessons from Mexico and Central America
(Current Women’s Health Reviews 4(1), 3-8, 2008)
In Mexico and Central America, women typically experience menopause up to 10 years earlier than their U.S. counterparts. This may be due in part to numerous pregnancies, long periods of lactation, poor nutrition, extreme ...
Lo que depara la pandemia al nuevo presidente
(2022-04-05)
El 9 de mayo la flamante administración encontrará el país navegando sobre una nueva ola pandémica. Hacia el 8 de junio los nuevos diagnósticos de Covid-19 podrían ser 3.000 diarios.
Monitoring a primary health care program with lot quality assurance sampling: Costa Rica, 1987
(1990)
The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LOAS) method was developed in industry to determine at reasonable cost whether each lot of a shipment is acceptable, based on samples of a few elements from the lot. Acting as inspectors ...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Costa Rica (Short report)
(1989-05)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis occurs in people exposed
to wet, forested regions of Costa Rica. Although it is a
reportable disease, there is no definitive information
on prevalence of either present or past infection in
rural ...
Impact of long term policies based on social determinants of health: the Costa Rican experience
(2011)
The consolidation of Democracy and the abolition of the army in Costa Rica at the end of the 1950s,
instituted in the Political Constitution, led to the decision to prioritize the investment of public
resources in the ...
Social gradient in cancer incidence in Costa Rica: Findings from a national population-based cancer registry
(2020)
Background: The main evidence regarding social inequalities in cancer risk comes from industrialized countries. The aim of this manuscript was to analyze the association between cancer incidence and socioeconomic position ...
Relations of body habitus, fitness level and cardiovascular risk factors including Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins in a rural and urban Costa Rican population
(1991-07)
Increased general and abdominal obesity has been independently associated with diabetes,
increased risk of stroke, and coronary artery disease (CAD). It is more prevalent in developed
countries and in urban areas of ...