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 ...

Repetitive infections induce malnutrition and growth retardation in children living in impoverished environments, even if food is available. Infection precipitates severe malnutrition in individuals already undernourished. ...

Chort of 45 children was observed from birth to three years of age in their natural ecosystem to determine patterns of infection, morbidity, and growth. Data from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis for rotavirus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rotaviruses and Campylobacter fetus jejuni are ubiquitous agents of diarrheal disease in animals and humans. Under natural conditions they do not seem to cross inter-species barriers; a zoonosis has not been documented for ...

The study of the relation of man to his environment in developing countries emphasizes the inevitable need for societies to recognize the true causes of infection, malnutrition, and poverty. The need is for improvement ...

Se determinó el volumen (peso) de leche humana consumida por niños lactantes, mediante la pesada del niño antes y después de cada mamada. Los niños residían en 7 localidades de tipo rural disperso del Cantón de Puriscal. ...

During a 9-year prospectivestudy in a Mayan Indian village (1), umbilical cord blood was collected by untrained midwivesfrom most newborns. Specimens mixed with maternal blood were screened according to their ratios ...