This report summarizes both a prospective study of diarrhea in cohorts of rural children in their natural ecosystem, and a vertical study of diarrheic urban children attending a hospital emergency service. Cryptosporidium ...

Lime juice killed Malian of Vibrio cholerae 01, El Tor, Inaba, present on cabbage and lettuce contaminated in the laboratory. The lethal effect was evident within 5 min of exposure to lime juice. No vibrios could be recovered ...

This paper presents the findings of a prospective study of the infectious morbidity of a cohort of 114 rural infants throughout their first year of life. Results indicate that upper respiratory infections were the most ...

Cryprosporidium es un coccidio que en los últimos años ha cobrado mucha importancia por su papel en la etiología de la diarrea en diversas especies de animales y del hombre. Desde que el parásito fue descrito por Tyzzer a ...

Background. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is becoming more prevalent in developing countries, particularly in the urban areas, in contrast to the CAD mortality trends observed in some industrialized nations. Methods and ...

The pretence of enteric pathogens was studied in 279 diarrheic and 198 nondiarrheic children in a rural area of Costa Rica whose childhood population are the object of a prospective multidisciplinary study. Cases end ...

A study of the prevalence of intestinal parasites among 44 family units (198 individuals) in three Costa Rican rural districts was conducted by the Institute for Health Research (INISA). A very low prevalence of all ...

Epidemiologic observations during 1976-1980 in the manternity of San Juan de Dios Hospital have shown benefice, effects of the following interventions: early mother-infant stimulation, rooming-in , breast-feeding, and ...

Rotaviruses were prospectively studied in 51 rural Costa Rican children from birth to two years. Samples of feces were collected weekly over a 33-month period. Rotavirus was detected in 45 (1.04%) of 4,317 fecal specimens; ...