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Pan-African polyspecific antivenom produced by caprylic acid purification of horse IgG: an alternative to the antivenom crisis in Africa
(2005-06)
A polyspecific Pan-African antivenom has been produced from the plasma of horses immunized with a mixture of the venoms of Echis ocellatus, Bitis arietans and Naja nigricollis, the three most medically important snakes in ...
Longitud larval de Hemilucilia segmentaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) como indicador del intervalo post-mortem en Costa Rica
(2003-12-31)
La longitud larval de Hemilucilia segmentar/a (Diptera: Calliphorldae) fue evaluada como un Indicador del intervalo post-mortem (IPM) en un modelo experimental. Se realizaron observaciones por triplicado en cadáveres de ...
Comparación de pruebas utilizadas para el diagnóstico de aspergilosis invasiva en el laboratorio del Hospital Calderón Guardia de enero del 2019 a junio del 2020: ELISA para la detección de galactomanano y PCR en tiempo real
(2021-06-01)
La aspergilosis invasiva (AI) permanece en los últimos años como la principal causa de muerte por enfermedad fúngica invasiva (Pemán & Salavert, 2012). El diagnóstico definitivo de la AI se realiza por medio de una biopsia ...
Generation and implementation of reporter BHK-21 cells for live imaging of flavivirus infection
(2021-03-05)
The genus Flavivirus within the family Flaviviridae includes many viral species of medical
importance, such as yellow fever virus (YFV), Zika virus (ZIKV), and dengue virus (DENV), among
others. Presently, the identification ...
Anticuerpos IgE específicos de alergenos comunes en niños costarricenses
(Alergia, Asma e Inmunología Pediátricas :13 (2); p 40-43, 2004-05)
La morbilidad por asma y otras enfermedades alérgicas aumentan cada año y un factor muy importante es la exposición a niveles elevados de alergenos interiores. En el presente estudio se evaluó la prevalencia y la exposición ...
Reducing the impact of snakebite envenoming in Latin America and the Caribbean: achievements and challenges ahead
(2014-09-01)
Snakebite envenoming constitutes an important public health problem in Latin America and some countries of
the Caribbean. The advances and pending tasks in the study and control of this neglected tropical disease in ...
A geographical sampling method for surveys of mosquito larvae in an urban area using high-resolution satellite imagery
(2008-06-01)
Entomological surveys in urban areas are often biased by selecting houses or locations with known high vector densities. A sampling strategy was developed for Puntarenas, Costa Rica, using high-resolution satellite imagery. ...
Fatal meningoencephalitis in child and isolation of Naegleria fowleri from hot springs in Costa Rica
(2015-02)
In summary, this investigation identified an N. fowleri
ameba in water sources at a resort in Costa Rica that had
been visited by a child from the United States who died
of PAM as a results of N. fowleri infection. These ...
Spotted fever group Rickettsiae in Ticks from Missouri
(2018)
Tick-borne rickettsioses pose a major health threat among vector-borne infections in Missouri but there are some uncertainties regarding the vector competence and range of tick species, as well as the virulence of certain ...
Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus
(2017-05-18)
Several studies have shown Dengue Virus (DENV) nucleic acids and/or antibodies present in Neotropical wildlife including bats, suggesting that some bat species may be susceptible to DENV infection. Here we aim to elucidate ...