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Seroprevalencia de los virus de las Hepatitis A y B en grupos etarios de Costa Rica
(2001-10)Justificación y Objetivos: Debido a la persistencia de casos y brotes de hepatitis viral A y B en el país, junto con la observación de un aumento importante de infecciones por el tipo A en la población de adultos, se planteó ... -
Seroprevalencia en donantes de sangre del Hospital San Vicente de Paul para la obtención de hemocomponentes seguros
(2021-06-24)En la cadena productiva de hemocomponentes del Banco de Sangre del Hospital San Vicente de Paul (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social), la División de Inmunología Clínica realiza los inmunoensayos de tamizaje para sífilis, ... -
Serum antibody response to polysaccharides in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections
(2001)We evaluated children (15-months old and older) with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections and normal levels of immunoglobulins in serum for specific polysaccharide immunodeficiency using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent ... -
Serum sexual steroid hormones and lipids in commercial broilers (Gallus domesticus) in Costa Rica
(2010-09)The poultry-breeding industry worldwide has focused on the development of hybrids for meat or egg production. In Costa Rica, there is a popular belief that commercial broilers have a high growth rate because they are raised ... -
Set-theory based benchmarking of three different variant callers for targeted sequencing
(2021)Background: Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have improved the study of hereditary diseases. Since the evaluation of bioinformatics pipelines is not straightforward, NGS demands efective strategies to analyze ... -
Shigellosis in Central America
(Shigellosis: a continuing global problem:ICDDR,Bangladesh p 26-38, 1983)Shigella infections are very common in Central America, except in Costa Rica and Panama where prevalence rates are low. Shigellosis is the most serious among all the specific diarrhoeas, due to its invasive character, systemic ... -
Similar effectiveness of Fab and F(ab')2 antivenoms in the neutralization of hemorrhagic activity of Vipera berus snake venom in mice
(1996)The ability of two antivenoms to Vipera spp., consisting of Fab (Therapeutic Antibodies), or of F(ab′)2 (Zagreb Institute of Immunology) antibody fragments, to neutralize the hemorrhagic activity of Vipera berus snake venom ... -
Simultaneous removal of structurally different pesticides in a biomixture: Detoxification and effect of oxytetracycline
(2017-02)The biopurification systems (BPS) used for the treatment of pesticide-containing wastewater must present a versatile degrading ability, in order to remove different active ingredients according to the crop protection ... -
Sitios potenciales para la multiplicación de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en relación con las características de las viviendas de la comunidad “La Carpio”, San José, Costa Rica, durante la estación seca de 2003
(2003-06-01)Se realizó la identificación y tipificación de los potenciales criaderos para Ae. aegypti en viviendas pertenecientes a los sectores que conforman el caserío "La Carpio", San José, Costa Rica. Las viviendas visitadas fueron ... -
Situación Actual de Egresos Hospitalarios asociados a Enfermedad de Wilson en Costa Rica
(2019)La Enfermedad de Wilson (EW) tiene alta incidencia en Costa Rica y existe poca información epidemiológica publicada al respecto en el país. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo actualizar la información local de esta enfermedad ... -
Situación actual de la Leucemia Aguda de Linaje Ambiguo: Una revisión sistemática
(2021-08)La leucemia aguda es un cáncer hematopoyético en la cual prolifera una población de células malignas llamadas blastos, que comprometen más del 20% del componente celular de la médula ósea. La gran mayoría de estas pueden ... -
La situación de los antivenenos liofilizados en América Latina: Aspectos tecnológicos y de salud pública
(2012)La administración parenteral de antivenenos constituye el elemento central en la terapia de los envenenamientos por mordeduras o picaduras de animales ponzoñosos. En América Latina existen laboratorios productores de ... -
Síndrome Metabólico: la epidemia del Siglo XXI
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Síndrome Respiratorio de Medio Oriente causado por un coronavirus y el Hajj: ¿potencial para una emergencia internacional?
(2014)La epidemiología de enfermedades infecciosas en eventos de concentración masiva requiere de un amplio planeamiento y control por parte de los centros de salud de cada país involucrado. El Síndrome Respiratorio de Medio ... -
Skeletal muscle degeneration and regeneration after injection of bothropstoxin-II, a phospholipase A2 isolated from the venom of the snake Bothrops jararacussu
(1991)A myotoxic phospholipase A2, named bothropstoxin II (BthTX-II), was isolated from the venom of the South American snake Bothrops jararacussu and the pathogenesis of myonecrosis induced by this toxin was studied in mice. ... -
Skeletal muscle degeneration induced by venom phospholipases A2: insights into the mechanisms of local and systemic myotoxicity
(2003-12)Local and systemic skeletal muscle degeneration is a common consequence of envenomations due to snakebites and mass bee attacks. Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are important myotoxic components in these venoms, inducing a similar ... -
Skeletal muscle fiber hypercontraction induced by Bothrops asper myotoxic phospholipases A2 ex vivo does not involve a direct action on the contractile apparatus
(2023)Myonecrosis is a frequent clinical manifestation of envenomings by Viperidae snakes, mainly caused by the toxic actions of secreted phospholipase A2 ( sPLA2) enzymes and sPLA2- like homologs on skeletal muscle fibers. ... -
Skeletal Muscle Necrosis and Regeneration after Injection of BaH1, A Hemorrhagic Metalloproteinase Isolated from the Venom of the Snake Bothrops asper (Terciopelo)
(1995-02)The effects of BaH1, a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops asper venom, on mouse gastrocnemius muscle was investigated. The toxin induced severe hemorrhage within minutes after injection. Groups of necrotic ... -
Skeletal muscle necrosis and regeneration after injection of Thalassophryne nattereri (niquim) fish venom in mice
(2001-02)Stings by Thalassophryne nattereri are responsible for envenomation of fishermen in north-eastern Brazil. Its venom induces prominent local tissue damage, characterized by pain, oedema and necrosis. The pathogenesis of ...