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From Fangs to Pharmacology: The Future of Snakebite Envenoming Therapy
(2016)
The snake is the symbol of medicine due to its association with Asclepius, the
Greek God of medicine, and so with good reasons. More than 725 species of venomous
snakes have toxins specifically evolved to exert potent ...
Prevalence of mild serum vitamin B12 deficiency in rural and urban Costa Rican young adults
Prevalencia de la deficiencia moderada de vitamina B12 sérica en jóvenes adultos de zonas rurales y urbanas de Costa Rica
(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 ...
Parasitismo imaginario: experiencia clínica y diagnóstica
Delusional parasitosis: Clinical and Diagnostic Experience
(2012-06-01)
Objetivo: describir los casos de parasitismo imaginario observados en el Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica durante 2001-2011.
Métodos: se describen 9 casos cuyas ...
Aedes albopictus (Skuse) en la Región Huetar Atlántica de Costa Rica: estudios preliminares sobre ecología larval
Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in the Huetar Atlantic Region of Costa Rica
(2012)
Objetivo: Determinar las características de los hábitats larvales de Ae. albopictus y su culicidofauna asociada en la comunidad “La Primavera”.
Métodos: Se realizó una encuesta larval en 20 de 28 casas ubicadas en un área ...
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 ...
Porphyromonas spp. have an extensive host range in ill and healthy individuals and an unexpected environmental distribution: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-10-01)
Studies on the anaerobic bacteria Porphyromonas, mainly focused on P. gingivalis, have revealed new bacterial structures, metabolic pathways, and physiologic functionalities. Porphyromonas are mainly described as being ...
Assessing endotoxins in equine-derived snake antivenoms: Comparison of the USP pyrogen test and the Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate assay (LAL)
(2015-08-29)
Snake antivenoms are parenterally administered; therefore, endotoxin content must be strictly controlled. Following international indications to calculate endotoxin limits, it was determined that
antivenom doses between ...
High-density peptide microarray exploration of the antibody response in a rabbit immunized with a neurotoxic venom fraction
(2017-11)
Polyvalent snakebite antivenoms derive their therapeutic success from the ability of their antibodies to
neutralize venom toxins across multiple snake species. This ability results from a production process
involving ...
Miasis nosocomiales en América Latina y el Caribe: ¿una realidad ignorada?
Nosocomial myiasis in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overlooked reality?
(2014)
Las miasis nosocomiales son infestaciones por larvas de
mosca que se producen después de la hospitalización del
paciente. Para analizar la información disponible sobre
miasis nosocomiales ...
New Diet Quality Index of children and adolescents in Costa Rica
Nuevo Índice de Calidad de la Dieta de niños y adolescentes en Costa Rica
(2020)
Introduction: There is an increasing interest in the study of indicators of the quality of the total diet through the study of food groups of certain dietary patterns. Objective: Analyze the diet of students of Costa Rica ...