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Rapid and sensitive detection of Shigella sonnei in feces by the use of an O-antigen-specific monoclonal antibody in a combined immunomagnetic separation-polymerase chain reaction assay
(1996-08)
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of the present work was to develop a rapid, specific and highly sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of Shigella sonnei directly from stool samples.
DESIGN AND METHODS:
An immunomagnetic ...
Sex practices and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among drug users in a low-income urban community of Costa Rica
Prácticas sexuales y conocimiento sobre el VIH/ sida entre usuarios de drogas en una comunidad urbana de bajos ingresos en Costa Rica
(2014)
HIV/AIDS transmission among drug users is associated with education, sex practices and substance use. This study examined 159 drugs users’ knowledge, beliefs and sex behavior related to HIV/AIDS risk in Costa Rica. Results ...
Leishmaniasis tegumentaria americana en amerindios de Costa Rica
(1985)
Entre 1979 y 1984 se realizaron estudios clínicos y epidemiológicos en las poblaciones de Limoncito y Abrojo (Guaymi), Cabagra y Amubri (Bribri), Boruca (Boruca) y Ujarrás (Cabecar). Los estudios clínicos consistieron en ...
Deteccion de integrasas clase 1 y 2 (intil-1, ntl-2) y cassettes génicos blaOXA y bIaTEM en aislamientos de Shigella multiresistentes a antibióticos
(2013-10)
Shigella es un patógeno bacteriano de alta
prevalencia a nivel mundial, con alta morbilidad y
mortalidad en grupos vulnerables de la población.
La resistencia a los antibióticos se considera como una
de las peores ...
Infectious diseases in a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica
(1989-01)
Some Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica are in refugee camps. The types and rates of infectious diseases in the Pueblo Nuevo refugee camp were measured by examining medical records for 1985 and performing stool and blood ...
Relación entre la presencia de colifagos en agua para consumo humano, las lluvias y las diarreas agudas en Costa Rica
Relation between coliphages presence in drinking water, rain and acute diarrhea in Costa Rica
(2015)
La calidad del agua de consumo es una de las preocupaciones más grandes a las que se enfrentan los entes de salud. En Costa Rica, a pesar de la buena calidad de las fuentes de agua y del agua de consumo, se siguen registrando ...
Contaminación fecal del agua superfcial de la microcuenca del río Purires, Costa Rica, 2010-2011
Fecal contamination of the superficial water of the microbasin of Rio Purires, Costa Rica, 2010-2011
(2013)
La contaminación fecal de las aguas superfciales es un problema importante para la salud pública, dada la transmisión de
microorganismos patógenos. Se estima que las poblaciones ubicadas cerca de costas, ríos o lagos con ...
Serum Antibody Titres to Shigella Lipopolysaccharides and Invasion Plasmid Antigens in Healthy Costa Rican and Swedish Women
(1994)
Specific serum antibody titres to defined lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Shigella spp. and Salmonella serogroup B (BO) and Shigella invasion plasmid antigens (Ipa) were determined by enzyme immunoassays in healthy Costa Rican ...
The CDRC Principles of International Health Research
(Journal of Urban Health 82 (3)p.5-8 suplemento 4, 2005)
The Comprehensive Drug Research Center (CDRC) at the University of Miami was established in the early 1970s. Through the decades, investigators from the CDRC have worked with investigators from several countries to establish ...
The importance of integrons for development and propagation of resistance in Shigella: the case of Latin America
(2016)
In Latin America, the disease burden of shigellosis is found to coexist with the rapid and rampant spread of resistance to commonly used antibiotics. The molecular basis of antibiotic resistance lies within genetic elements ...