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Herpes simplex virus type 2 antibodies: high prevelence in monogamous women in Costa Rica
(1989-08)
We studied the prevalence of antibody to Herpes simplex virus types 1 and
2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) in 766 randomly selected Costa Rican women 25-59 years of age
in a national household survey in 1984-1985. Overall, 97.1% were ...
Prevalencia de seropositivos al virus de la inmunodeficiencia en grupos poblacionales de Costa Rica
(1988)
Se examinó a siete grupos poblacionales de
Costa Rica, por anticuerpos anti-HIV; las
subpoblaciones fueron de alto o de bajo riesgo
de infectarse con ese virus. La técnica
empleada para detectar anticuerpos anti-HIV ...
Uses and misuses of definitions of genetic polymorphism: A perspective from population pharmacogenetics
(1991)
Definitions of genetic polymorphism currently employed
in the pharmacological literature have been incorrectly
used (Kalow, 1984) and uncritically imported from
population genetics [e.g., Weinshilboum (1984), Evans
(1977)], ...
Análisis comparativo del consumo domiciliar de medicamentos por adultos mayores en zonas rural y urbana
(1999-06)
El uso de medicamentos y la terapéutica farmacológica parecen ser susceptibles de influencias derivadas del estilo local
de atencion medica y accesibilidad individual de tales productos; asi como de condiciones economicas, ...
Environmental factors affecting nutrition and growth
(1985)
Epidemiologic studies in tropical and subtropical regions highlighted the interaction between malnutrition and infectious disease and its contribution to determining morbidity and mortality in developing countries. There ...
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 ...
Cryptosporidium diarrhea in costarican children
(1986)
Coccidian parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium cause acute diarrhea in many vertebrates, including man. Recent reviews on the subject [1-5] were stimulated by demonstration of a chronic, debilitating and generally fatal ...
New concepts to improve resolution and sensitivity of molecular cytogenetic diagnostics by multicolor fluorescense in situ hybridization
(2001)
Background: Routine application of multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (M-FISH) technology for molecular cytogenetic diagnostics has been hampered by several technical limitations. First, when using chromosome-specific ...
AIDS in Costa Rica: Estimates for 1990-1994 by the quadratic and other simple equations
(1990)
The 1990-1994 projections of the AIDS epidemic in Costa Rica were calculated using five equations: linear, exponential, logarithmic, power and quadratic. The quadratic and power equations gave he best fit. The quadratic ...
Diversidad genética y mezcla racial en los amerindios de Costa Rica y Panamá
(1993)
The genetic diversity of nine Amerindian tribes (Borne*, Bokota, Bribri, Cabecar, Gourmet, Guaymi.,
Hues's, Kuna and Teribe) from Costa Rica and Panama were analyzed using 48 loci of enzimatic systems, blood
groups and ...