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Enfermedad de Chagas en Costa Rica: Estudio comparativo en dos épocas diferentes
Chagas disease in Costa Rica: comparative studyin two different stages
(2006)
Para actualizar la situación de la Enfermedad de Chagas en Costa Rica se realizó un estudio serológico y epidemiológico parcial en 4 zonas de riesgo en el país. Un total de 1.561 estudiantes de 6 a 12 años fueron estudiados ...
Zoonotic Agents in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) from Costa Rica: Possible Improvements to Diminish Contagion Risks
(2018-01)
Most studies on zoonotic agents in pigeons have been conducted in the Palearctic region, but the scarcity of data is notorious in the Neotropical region, where these birds can breed all year around and are in close contact ...
Acanthamoeba genotype T4 keratitis in a patient with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
Queratitis por Acanthamoeba genotipo T4 en un paciente con queratitis punteada de Thygeson
(2017-01)
A case of amoebic keratitis due to Acanthamoeba genotype T4 is reported. The patient is a 74-year old
woman with Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis. Corneal scrapings were employed for the diagnosis, which included ...
Depletion of complement enhances the clearance of Brucella abortus in mice
(2018)
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease of animals and humans. Brucella abortus
barely activates the innate immune system at the onset of infection, and this
bacterium is resistant to the microbicidal action of complement. ...
Exposure of a Tropical Soil to mg/kg of Oxytetracycline Elicits Hormetic Responses in the Catabolic Activities of its Microbial Community
(2011-04)
Many farmers in developing countries protect their crops with oxytetracycline and fertilize their farmlands with manure from animals that received this drug as growth promoter. In this study, a tropical soil was exposed ...
A single exposure of sediment sulphate-reducing bacteria to oxytetracycline concentrations relevant to aquaculture enduringly disturbed their activity, abundance and community structure
(2015-05)
Aim: although feed medicated with antibiotics is widely used in animal production to prevent and treat bacterial infections, the effect of these drugs on nontarget anaerobic bacteria is unknown. We aimed to clarify whether ...
Gene Expression Dynamics Induced by Ciprofloxacin and Loss of LexA Function in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Using Data Mining and Network Analysis
(2018)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic
pathogen that causes a variety of infections in humans and
frequently develops mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics, which
makes its treatment difficult. In this study we ...
Dengue Virus Infection of Primary Human Smooth Muscle Cells
(2018-11-05)
Dengue virus (DENV) infection of humans is presently the most important arthropod-borne viral global threat, for which no suitable or reliable animal model exists. Reports addressing the effect of DENV on vascular components ...
Emergence of an Outbreak-Associated Clostridium difficile Variant with Increased Virulence
(2015-04)
The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infections has increased due to the emergence of epidemic variants from diverse genetic lineages. Here we describe the emergence of a novel variant during an outbreak in a Costa Rican ...
Isolation and molecular characterization of Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris from combination shower units in Costa Rica
(2014-08-19)
Free living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous protozoa, which may behave as parasites under certain conditions. Four genera are recognized as causal agents of infections in humans and animals: Naegleria, Sappinia, Acanthamoeba ...