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Heterologous hyperimmune polyclonal antibodies against SARS-COV-2: A broad coverage, affordable, and scalable potential immunotherapy for Covid-19
(2021-09)
The emergence and dissemination of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) and the resulting COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global public health crisis.
Although several SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have ...
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 ...
A snapshot view of some vertical distributions of water parameters at a deep (200 m) station in the fjord-like Golfo Dulce, embayment, Costa Rica
(2006-09-01)
Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and inorganic nutrients were measured at a single station in
the water column (200 m) of Golfo Dulce, a fjord-like embayment on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, from June
1993 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis
(2016-07-15)
Middle America is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, harboring an exceptional number of rare and endemic species. This is especially true of Middle American cloud forests, where montane specialists occupy ...
In vitro effects of environmental isolates of Acanthamoeba T4 and T5 over human erythrocytes and platelets
(2020-01-21)
Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba have been associated with keratitis and encephalitis. Some factors related to their pathogenic potential have been described, including the release of hydrolytic enzymes, and ...
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 ...