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Infestación por vectores de la Enfermedad de Chagas en cuatro zonas endémicas de la meseta central de Costa Rica.
Infestation by chagas disease vectors in four endemic zones of the central plateau of Costa Rica
(2002-06-01)
Se realizó una encuesta entomológica en 157 viviendas pertenecientes a cuatro zonas de la Meseta Central de Costa Rica, donde la enfermedad de Chagas es endémica. Trece casas (8,3%) presentaron una infestación positiva por ...
Unexpected Functional Divergence of Bat Influenza Virus NS1 Proteins
(2018-02-12)
Recently, two influenza A virus (FLUAV) genomes were identified in Central and South American bats. These sequences exhibit notable divergence from classical FLUAV counterparts, and functionally, bat FLUAV glycoproteins ...
Biophysical and Biochemical Comparison of Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Infective and Non-Infective Stages of Trypanosoma cruzi
(2021-05-13)
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small lipid vesicles released by either any prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell, or both, with a biological role in cell-to-cell communication. In this work, we characterize the proteomes and ...
Biochemistry and toxicology of toxins purified from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
(2009-12-01)
The isolation and study of individual snake venom components paves the way for a deeper
understanding of the pathophysiology of envenomings – thus potentially contributing to
improved therapeutic modalities in the clinical ...
Prevalencia de niveles bajos de 25(OH)-vitamina D en universitarios costarricenses
Prevalence of low 25 OH-Vitamin D levels in Costa Rican university students
(2023)
Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia de hipovitaminosis D3 y sus características clínicas y
bioquímicas en una población de universitarios costarricenses.
Métodos: Investigación transversal y descriptiva en un total de 118 ...
Lettuce for Human Consumption Collected in Costa Rica Contains Complex Communities of Culturable Oxytetracycline- and Gentamicin-Resistant Bacteria
(2006-09)
The present widespread use of antimicrobials in crop farming is based upon their successful application in
human medicine. However, recent evidence suggests that the massive anthropogenic release of antimicrobials into ...