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El cólera en la Costa Rica de 1856
(1992-02)
La segunda pandemia del cólera que se iniciara en 1829 en en la India, llego a las Américas y atacó México, Guatemala, Nicaragua y Panamá. No se tiene noticia de que en esa ocasión el cólera llegara a Costa Rica, lo cual ...
Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection
(lancet 265 p. 1008-1009, 2005-03-19)
Late in 2004, Carmen Aceijas and colleagues, on behalf of the United Nations Reference Group on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among IDU in Developing and Transitional Countries, presented global estimates of the prevalence ...
D-Loop mtDNA deletion as a Unique marker of chibchan Ameridians [resumen]
(1994)
Carta al editor. Torroni et al. (1993) presented an extensive restriction-site analysis of Native American mtDNAs from 17 widely dis- tributed Na-Dene and Amerindian tribes. For sometime we have been analyzing mtDNA control ...
Not just the lack of food
(1977)
Whose who are familiar with rural areas of developing nations are often amazed to tind malnourished children in families where food is available in amounts sufficient to ensure an adequate diet. There may seem to be plenty ...
Facind AIDS in Costa Rica
(1988-03)
The 1st AIDS case was diagnosed in Costa Rica in 1985. By January 1988, 47 cases were recorded. Most cases are in hemophiliacs and homosexuals; one is in the heterosexual partner of a hemophiliac. 55% of hemophiliacs in ...
La incertidumbresiempre existirá pero el cerebro nos proporciona herramientas para afrontarla
(2016-08)
El cerebro trabaja con probabilidades, con señales integradas, pero está en nosotros trabajar para que las probabilidades se dirijan en el sentido que queremos. La incertidumbre no significa dejar la vida al azar, sino más ...
Editorial: limitações das leituras de temperatura temporal (testa) como método de triagem para COVID-19
(2020-06-25)
Com o avanço contínuo da pandemia de Covid-19, muitos países estão em processo de reabertura de escolas, igrejas e empresas. Em um esforço para rastrear indivíduos potencialmente infectados, a temperatura da artéria temporal ...
Call for a change in research funding priorities: the example of mental health in Costa Rica
Solicitud de un cambio en las prioridades de financiamiento de la investigación: el ejemplo de la salud mental en Costa Rica
(2014)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 urges its Member States to strengthen leadership in mental health, ensure mental and social health interventions in community-based settings, promote ...
How harmful is diarrhoea?
(1986-04)
Apart from the physical suffering and deaths that they
cause at the individual and family level, diarrhoeal diseases
also play a negative role in national development
EDITORIAL: Limitaciones de la lectura de la temperatura temporal (en la frente) como método de tamizaje para el Covid-19
(2020-06-12)
Conforme continúa la evolución de la pandemia por Covid-19, muchos países inician el proceso de reapertura de escuelas, iglesias y negocios. En un esfuerzo de tamizaje para detectar personas potencialmente infectadas, cada ...