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Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) species composition in ovitraps from a Mesoamerican Tropical Montane Cloud Forest
(Oxford University Press, 2018-08-20)
Knowledge about mosquito species diversity at tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) in Mesoamerica is scarce.
Here, we present data on mosquito species richness from samples biweekly collected, from January to December
2017, ...
Actitud hacia el dopaje y perfeccionismo en atletas profesionales de fútbol, fútbol sala y baloncesto en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, 2018-11-16)
El propósito del presente estudio fue evaluar la actitud hacia el dopaje y su relación con el perfeccionismo en atletas profesionales de tres deportes de equipo en Costa Rica. Mediante cuestionarios se evaluó estos dos ...
Percepción de la persona adulta mayor acerca de los factores que determinan la participación al predeportivo voliocho del Cantón de Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, 2018-11-16)
El objetivo de esta investigación fue conocer los factores que determinan la participación de la persona adulta mayor en el predeportivo voliocho del cantón de Santo Domingo de Heredia. Este es un estudio de teoría ...
Cryptococcus neoformans en la cavidad nasal de un gato en Costa Rica: Reporte de caso
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2018-08-14)
La criptococosis felina es causada por las levaduras encapsuladas de los complejos Cryptococcus neoformans y Cryptococcus gattii. Esta es la micosis sistémica más frecuente en felinos, los cuales ...
Additive genetic and heterosis effects for milk fever in a population of Jersey, Holstein × Jersey, and Holstein cattle under grazing conditions
(FASS Inc. and Elsevier Inc., 2018-10)
The aim of this study was to estimate additive genetic and heterosis effects for milk fever (MF) in Costa Rican dairy cattle. A farm-based management information software was used to collect 223,783 parity records between ...
The current prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema related symptoms in school-aged children in Costa Rica
(Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2018-04-25)
Objective: Asthma prevalence in Costa Rica is among the highest worldwide. We aimed to determine
the prevalence of asthma among school-age children in the Central Highland Area of Costa Rica.
Methods: Cross-sectional ...
Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in urban ecosystems: are the constraints related to fieldwork a limit to their study?
(Springer, 2018-07-05)
Nowadays, the majority of human beings live in urban ecosystems, with this proportion expected to continue increasing in the
future. With the growing importance of urban rat-associated issues (e.g. damages to urban ...
Climatic fuctuations and malaria transmission dynamics, prior to elimination, in Guna Yala, República de Panamá
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-20)
Background: Malaria has historically been entrenched in indigenous populations of the República de Panamá. This
scenario occurs despite the fact that successful methods for malaria elimination were developed during the ...
Detection of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia amblyommatis in ticks collected from dogs in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
(Elsevier B.V, 2018-08-04)
The neotropical climate of Central America provides ideal conditions for ticks, which may transmit several
human pathogens, including spotted-fever group Rickettsia. Dogs may act as sentinels or reservoirs for human
tick-borne ...
Comparing body condition score and FAMACHA© to identify hair-sheep ewes with high faecal egg counts of gastrointestinal nematodes in farms under hot tropical conditions
(Elsevier B.V., 2018-08-16)
Data from a targeted selective treatment (TST) survey in three sheep farms was used to compare body condition
scores (BCS) ≤ 2 and FAMACHA© scores ≥4 or ≥3 as criteria to identify ewes with ≥ 750 eggs per gram of
faeces ...