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Epidemiologic perspective of diarrheal disease in Costa Rica and current efforts in control, prevention and research
(1981)
This paper shows that mortality due to
diarrheal diseases in Costa Rica began to decline in
the 1940's. After a period of arrest during 1948-1964,
the decline reached a low of 12 deaths per 100,000
population in 1977. ...
Intermediate and expanded FMR1 alleles in an autistic Costa Rican population
Alelos intermedios y expandidos en el gen FMR1 en una población con autismo de Costa Rica
(2022-03-01)
Objective: We aimed to determine the distribution of intermediate and expanded FMR1 alleles in Costa Rican individuals diagnosed with autism. Materials and methods: A total of 212 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cases of ...
Individual Differences In The Forced Swimming Test And The Effect Of Environmental Enrichment: Searching For An Interaction
(Neuroscience 265(1):95-107, 2014-02-05)
Animals with low and high immobility in the forced
swimming test (FST) differ in a number of neurobehavioral
factors. A growing body of evidence suggests that the exposure
to enriched environments mediates a number ...
The control and prevention of diarrheal diseases at the national level
(1986)
Dr. Rohde told us this morning that diarrhea and poor diet interact in a vicious circle leading to malnutrition and frequently maiming and killing infants and young children. It appears certain that diarrhea has deleterious ...
Association of interleukin-1B and interleukin-1RN polymorphisms with gastric cancer in a high-risk population of Costa Rica
(Clinical and Experimental Medicine 5 p.169-176, 2005-09-13)
Several risk factors have been associated with gastric cancer, among them Helicobacter pylori infection. This bacterium yields inflammation, the degree of which depends on the bacterial strain and the severity of the host ...
Diagnóstico y Control de la Hipertensión Arterial en el Adulto Mayor (comparación urbano/rural)
(1999-09)
La Hipertensión Arterial (HTA) es una entermedad crónica de alta prevalencia y alta morbimortalidad. En Costa Rica no existe ningún estudio sobre su prevalencia a nivel nacional, solamente en grupos específicos de población ...
Ooquistes de Cryptosporidium sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiiadae) y presencia del C. parvum en niños de Costa Rica
(1996)
From 1982 to 1987 infant and preschool Costa Rican children with acute diarrhea were studied. Cryptospo ridium (Tyzzer 1912) and other agents of diarrhea were invetigated. Criptosporydium oocysts were diagnosed in Giemsa ...
Genética de la esquizofrenia: avances en el estudio de genes candidatos
(Rev. biol. trop v.52 n.3, p. 467-473 sep. 2004, 2004)
Genetics of Schizophrenia: advances in the study of candidate genes. Schizophrenia is one of the
most severe mental disorders that affect 1% of the population worldwide. It is clear that both genetic and
environmental ...
Differential effect of environment enrichment and social isolation on depressive-like behavior, spontaneous activity and serotonin and norepinephrine concentration in prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum
(2008)
Dawley rats were reared from weaning in either social isolation, standard laboratory conditions, or environmental enrichment. Open-field activity
was assessed at postnatal days 37, 65, 93 and 107 and 1 h before the last ...
Physiological wear-and-tear and later subjective health in mid-life: Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
(2016)
Our body adapts continuously to environmental challenges and stressful conditions. Allostatic load (AL) is a concept that aims to capture the overall physiological wear-and-tear of the body triggered by the repeated ...