ListarMicrobiología por tema "Salud"
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Confronting the neglected problem of snake bite envneoming: the need for a global partnership
(PLoS Medicine, 2006)Envenoming resulting from snake bites is an important public health hazard in many regions, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries [1–3]. Although antivenoms are being produced by various laboratories in every ... -
Hacia una mayor integración de las ciencias naturales y las ciencias sociales: análisis de un caso relacionado con un problema de salud pública
(2009)Se discute la conveniencia de promover una interacción y un diálogo productivo entre las ciencias naturales, las ciencias sociales y las tecnologías. El tema se analiza alrededor del caso de un problema de salud: los ... -
Instituto Clodomiro Picado: Ciencia y Tecnología Endógenas en la Solución de un Problema de la Salud Pública en Centroamérica
(1999-05)El accidente ofídico re-presenta un importante problema de salud pública en Centroamérica. En Costa Rica, por ejemplo, ocurren alrededor de 600 mordeduras por serpientes en humanos anualmente (Gutiérrez, 1995), en tanto ... -
Microflora of maize prepared as tortillas
(1975-06)Very little is known of the microflora in tortillas, the major component in the diet of many Guatemalans and other Central Americans. Based in a Guatemalan highland Indian village, this study examined the types and amounts ... -
Omics Meets Biology: Application to the Design and Preclinical Assessment of Antivenoms
(Toxins vol.6:3388-3405, 2014-12-15)Snakebite envenoming represents a neglected tropical disease that has a heavy public health impact worldwide, mostly affecting poor people involved in agricultural activities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. A ... -
Poor regenerative outcome after skeletal muscle necrosis induced by Bothrops asper venom: alterations in microvasculature and nerves
(PLoS ONE 6(5): e19834, 2011-05-24)Background: Viperid snakebite envenoming is characterized by prominent local tissue damage, including muscle necrosis. A frequent outcome of such local pathology is deficient skeletal muscle regeneration, which causes ... -
Role of collagens and perlecan in microvascular stability: exploring the mechanism of capillary vessel damage by snake venom metalloproteinases
(2011-12-08)Hemorrhage is a clinically important manifestation of viperid snakebite envenomings, and is induced by snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs). Hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic SVMPs hydrolyze some basement membrane (BM) and ...