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Preclinical evaluation of caprylic-acid fractionated IgG antivenom for the treatment of taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) envneoming in Papua New Guinea
(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5 (5) e1144, 2011-05-17)Background: Snake bite is a common medical emergency in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, inflicts a large number of bites that, in the absence of antivenom therapy, result in high mortality. ... -
Preclinical evaluation of the efficacy of antivenoms for snakebite envenoming: State-of-the-art and challenges ahead
(2017-05)Animal-derived antivenoms constitute the mainstay in the therapy of snakebite envenoming. The efficacy of antivenoms to neutralize toxicity of medically-relevant snake venoms has to be demonstrated through meticulous ... -
Preclinical evaluation of three polyspecific antivenoms against the venom of Echis ocellatus: Neutralization of toxic activities and antivenomics
(2016-09-01)Snakebite envenoming has a heavy burden in the public health in sub-Saharan Africa. The viperid species Echis ocellatus (carpet viper or saw-scaled viper) is the medically most important snake in the savannahs of western ... -
Predicting Cancer Chemosensitivity Based on Intensity/Distribution Profiles of Cells Loaded with a Fluorescent Sphingolipid Analogue
(2018)Cancer is a group of heterogeneous and complex diseases, with limited therapeutic options due to the recurrent emergence of drug resistance. Sphingolipids are bioactive molecules that participate in signaling of cell ... -
Predominance and high antibiotic resistance of the emerging Clostridium difficile genotypes NAPCR1 and NAP9 in a Costa Rican hospital over a 2-year period without outbreaks
(2016-05)Clostridium difficile is the major causative agent of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea. In a 2009 outbreak of C. difficileassociated diarrhea that was recorded in a major Costa Rican hospital, the hypervirulent ... -
Predominance of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates carrying blaIMP and blaVIM metallo-β-lactamases in a major hospital in Costa Rica
(2015)This study aimed to assess the molecular basis of the resistance to carbapenems in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from a tertiary-level health facility in San José, Costa Rica. A total of 198 ... -
Presence and potential distribution of malaria‑infected New World primates of Costa Rica
(2022-01-08)Background: In South and Central America, Plasmodium malariae/Plasmodium brasilianum, Plasmodium vivax, Plas- modium simium, and Plasmodium falciparum has been reported in New World primates (NWP). Specifically in Costa ... -
Presencia de los genes de toxigenicidad nheA, nheBy nheC en cepas de Bacillus cereus aisladas de leches deshidratadas en Costa Rica
(2014)La leche en polvo es un producto de alto consumo humano que no precisa de ser conservado en frío, no obstante, diversos microorganismos pueden deteriorarlo. En la población costarricense, también se observa este alto ... -
Presencia de Trypanosoma minasense (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en Alouatta palliata (Primates: Cebidae) de Costa Rica
(2005)A Trypanosoma from the howler monkey Alouatta palliata was studied. Measures, as well as its biological characteristics (mice infection and failure to infect Triatominae) identify this parasite as Trypanosoma minasense. ... -
Prevalence of mild serum vitamin B12 deficiency in rural and urban Costa Rican young adults
(2007)Objective. Recent studies have shown an increase of mild serum cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency in some Latin American countries; however, no data are available from Costa Rica. The purpose of this work was to establish ... -
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Costa Rican children
(2021-04-12)Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in children in the South- Central Region of Costa Rica. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with Costa Rican children aged 1-7 years from the ... -
Prevalencia de Fasciola hepatica y pérdidas económicas asociadas al decomiso de hígados en tres mataderos de clase A de Costa Rica
(2016)Para estimar la prevalencia anual y mensual de Fasciola hepatica y las pérdidas económicas anuales asociadas al decomiso de hígados por presencia del parásito, se analizaron los registros del Ministerio de Agricultura ... -
Prevalencia de fasciolosis en bovinos de Costa Rica (2014). Comparación de cuatro técnicas diagnósticas
(2016)Se realizó un estudio transversal con el objetivo de determinar la prevalencia de fasciolosis en bovinos sacrificados en mataderos de Costa Rica y comparar cuatro técnicas diagnósticas disponibles (inspección macroscópica ... -
Prevalencia de la mutación c677t en la enzima MTHFR en adultos del Valle Central de Costa Rica
(2005-11)En Costa Rica la enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) representa la primera causa de muerte desde la década de 1970 razón por la cual el estudio de los factores de riesgo asociados a esta patología resulta de gran importancia. ... -
Prevalencia de niveles bajos de 25(OH)-vitamina D en universitarios costarricenses
(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 ... -
Prevalencia de riesgo cardiometabólico en una muestra nacional de jóvenes costarricenses utilizando el indicador antropométrico cintura-estatura
(2022)La obesidad central es un indicador de riesgo cardiometabólico, pero se necesitan mejores medidas antropométricas que el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) para detectarlo. La relación cintura-estatura (WHtR) es un indicador ... -
Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Related to Groundwater in Costa Rica: Diagnostic Confirmation of Three Cases and Environmental Investigation
(2020-08-01)During the first trimester of 2020, the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica reported the first three cases of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). In two cases, laboratory personnel of the hospitals preliminarily ... -
Primary structures and partial toxicological characterization of two phospholipases A2 from Micrurus mipartitus and Micrurus dumerilii coral snake venoms
(2017-06)Snake venom phospholipases A2 (PLA2) share high sequence identities and a conserved structural scaffold, but show important functional differences. Only a few PLA2s have been purified and characterized from coral snake ... -
Primer aislamiento de Balamuthia mandrillaris en Costa Rica
(2014-07)En este estudio se determinó la presencia de Balamuthia mandrillaris en una muestra de polvo procedente de una unidad combinada de emergencia en Costa Rica. Se realizó un muestreo de polvo y agua en 12 unidades combinadas ...