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Brucella neotomae infection in humans, Costa Rica
(Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017-06)
Several species of Brucella are known to be zoonotic, but B. neotomae infection has been thought to be limited to wood rats. In 2008 and 2011, however, B. neotomae was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of 2 men with ...
Apparent lack of evidence on selected infectious agents in wild Yellow-naped Amazon parrots: implications for releasing attempts
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-05-09)
Blood and feather samples, as well as oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs, were collected
from nine free-ranging Amazona auropalliata between January and May 2009 in two highly
modified landscapes in northern Costa Rica. ...
Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi and infection rate of the vector Triatoma dimidiate in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012-06-30)
According to the genetic characterization by the analysis of the miniexon gene, strains of Trypanosoma cruzi can be classified into six discrete typing units (DTUs), and the DTU 1 into four distinct genotypes associated ...
Serological detection of viral infections in captive wild cats from Costa Rica
(Veterinary Medicine International, 2011-02-08)
Serum samples from a total of 44 wildcats, 28 margays (Leopardus wiedii), 10 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), four jaguaroundis (Herpailurus yaguaroundi), one oncilla (Leopardus tigrina), and one jaguar (Panthera onca) were ...
Contingencia y educación a la población
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional., 2020-04)
En el marco del enfoque multisectorial Una-Salud, que promueve la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), se establece que la esencia del médico veterinario es la protección de la salud pública, ...
Ehrlichia spp
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-10-31)
El objetivo de este vídeo es presentar una breve explicación sobre la ehrlichiosis, enfermedad infecciosa no contagiosa zoonótica, transmitida por garrapatas. Se muestran los síntomas, diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevalencia ...
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 ...
Short Communication:First report of the trematode Platynosomum illiciens (Trematoda: Digenea) in Felis catus in Costa Rica, Central America
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-04-12)
This paper is the first description of the trematode P. illiciens found in a domestic feline (Felis catus) in Costa Rica, detected as an incidental finding at necropsy. The cat’s carcass was accepted for a necropsy in the ...
White spot syndrome virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farms in Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020-03-04)
Introduction. The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes systemic destruction of ectodermal and mesodermal tissues in shrimp and can cause 100 % mortality. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is an intracellular ...
Detección de IHHNV en el cultivo de Litopenaeus vannamei en Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-05-01)
Introducción. El virus de la necrosis hipodérmica y hematopoyética infecciosa (IHHNV) produce deformidades cuticulares y reducción del crecimiento del camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei), lo que genera ...