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Isolation of toxoplasma gondii from the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica
(American Society of Parasitologists, 2009-04-01)
Pectoral muscles from a captive keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica were fed to a Toxoplasma gondii– free cat, and the cat shed oocysts. Laboratory mice fed these oocysts developed antibodies to T. ...
Prácticas de manejo y uso de antiparasitarios internos en fincas lecheras artesanales de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2007)
Con el objetivo de recabar información sobre las prácticas de manejo de antiparasitarios internos y el control de helmintos por parte de los productores, se implementó una encuesta en 60 fincas lecheras de Costa Rica durante ...
Editorial: Insights in infectious agents and disease: 2021
(Frontiers Media S.A, 2023-07-10)
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred trough human history, and were recently reviewed in the section Infectious Agents and Disease by Piret and Boivin (2021). Major pandemics and ...
Desparasitación selectiva Dirigida (DSD) en cabras
(Comité Nacional Sistema Producto Caprinos, 2014-12)
Los rumiantes que padecen infecciones severas de nematodos gastrointestinales (NGI) manifiestan signos clínicos como diarrea, pérdida de peso, cuello de botella (edema mandibular), anemia, debilidad y muerte. En la actualidad, ...
Indices de similitud entre taxocenosis de t1ebótomos (Diptera: Psychodidae) en un área endémica de leishmaniasis cutánea en Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993-12-01)
A comparison of diversity between eight Costa Rican taxocenosis of phlebotorninae sandflies was made
with the Sorensen sirnilarity coefficient. Sites Agua Blanca-Chirraca (C = 0.68), Ceiba Este-Chirraca (C = 0.66), La ...
Case report: First documented case of cerebral angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a free-ranging opossum
(Frontiers, 2024-02-01)
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that primarily infects the mesenteric arteries of wild rodents. This parasite is endemic in several regions of the American continent, and in humans, causes a ...
Molecular, morphological and histopathological evidence of Spirometra mansoni in wild and domestic animals from Costa Rica
(Elsevier Science B.V, 2024-04-30)
Spirometra mansoni is a diphyllobothroid cestode and one of the causing agents of sparganosis, a zoonotic
foodborne and waterborne infection in humans. This parasite has an indirect life cycle with domestic and wild
canids ...