• Brucella Genetic Variability in Wildlife Marine Mammals Populations Relates to Host Preference and Ocean Distribution 

      Suárez Esquivel, Marcela; Baker, Kate S.; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Castillo Zeledón, Amanda; Jiménez Rojas, César; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Cloeckaert, Axel; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Moreno Robles, Edgardo; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; González Barrientos, Rocío (2017)
      Intracellular bacterial pathogens probably arose when their ancestor adapted from a free-living environment to an intracellular one, leading to clonal bacteria with smaller genomes and less sources of genetic plasticity. ...
    • Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey 

      Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Bonilla Montoya, Roberto; Barrantes Granados, Osvaldo; Esquivel Suárez, Andrea; Montero Caballero, Danilo; González Barrientos, Rocío; Fallas Monge, Zeanne; Palacios Alfaro, José David; Baldi Salas, Mario; Campos Chacón, Elena; Chanto Chacón, Grettel; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; Romero Zúñiga, Juan José; Moreno Robles, Edgardo (2017-08-09)
      Brucellosis has been an endemic disease of cattle and humans in Costa Rica since the beginning of XX century. However, brucellosis in sheep, goats, pigs, water buffaloes, horses and cetaceans, has not been reported in the ...
    • Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in Costa Rica: Lessons learned from failures in the control of the disease 

      Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Bonilla Montoya, Roberto; Romero Zúñiga, Juan José; Jiménez Arias, Julio; González Barrientos, Rocío; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Rojas Campos, Norman; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; Moreno Robles, Edgardo (2017-08)
      Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus is a major disease of cattle and a zoonosis. In order to estimate the bovine brucellosis prevalence in Costa Rica (CR), a total 765 herds (13078 bovines) from six regions of CR were ...
    • Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans and wild and domestic animals 

      Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; Moreira Soto, Andrés; Barrantes Granados, Osvaldo; Suárez Esquivel, Marcela; Víquez Ruiz, Eunice; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Ruiz Villalobos, Nazareth; Hidalgo Montealegre, Daniela; González Barrientos, Rocío; Demeter, Elena A.; Estrella Morales, Josimar; Zúñiga Pereira, Ana Mariel; Quesada Gómez, Carlos; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Lomonte, Bruno; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; Drexler, Jan Felix; Moreno Robles, Edgardo (2023)
      Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical areas of the American continent. Here, we report ...