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Brucella abortus induces the premature death of human neutrophils through the action of Its lipopolysaccharide
(PLoS Pathogens, 2015-05-06)
Most bacterial infections induce the activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), enhance their microbicidal function, and promote the survival of these leukocytes for protracted periods of time. Brucella abortus ...
Re-emergence of Plasmodium malariae in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-04-30)
In this paper we report the diagnosis of four cases of Plasmodium malariae in humans in Costa Rica, using parasitological and molecular techniques. Real-time PCR detected P. malariae in all four samples and established ...
Brucella β 1,2 cyclic glucan is an activator of human and mouse dendritic cells
(PLoS Pathogens, 2012-11-15)
Bacterial cyclic glucans are glucose polymers that concentrate within the periplasm of alpha-proteobacteria. These molecules are necessary to maintain the homeostasis of the cell envelope by contributing to the osmolarity ...
Human Brucella melitensis infections in southern Vietnam
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017-06-29)
Brucellosis is a collective term for infections caused by small Gram-negative coccobacilli belonging to genus Brucella. This genus incorporates the well-described animal pathogens Brucella melitensis, Brucella abortus, ...
Veterinario de la UNA elabora sustancia que regeneraría cartílago en caballos y humanos
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional., 2019-07)
Rafael Vindas Bolaños, médico veterinario de la cátedra de Cirugía de Especies
Mayores de la Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria de la Universidad Nacional (UNA), se
convirtió en el primer científico costarricense ...
Cangrejos de agua dulce transmiten peligroso parásito al humano : puede afectar cerebro, médula espinal, pericardio, ojos, útero, escroto y tejidos subcutáneos de las personas.
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional, 2017-03)
Consumir cangrejos de río crudos, mal procesados o cocidos de
forma parcial podrían desembocar
en una letal enfermedad, conocida
como paragonimiasis humana, una
zoonosis importante en América
Tropical. En Costa ...