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Malaria elimination in Costa Rica: changes in treatment and mass drug administration
(MDPI AG, 2020-06-30)
Costa Rica is a candidate to eliminate malaria by 2020. The remaining malaria transmission hotspots are located within the Huétar Norte Region (HNR), where 90% of the country’s 147 malaria cases have occurred since 2016, ...
Herd management information systems to support cattle population research: The VAMPP® case
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020-04-01)
Introduction. Livestock information systems, besides being indispensable for the daily management of the herd, can serve as a basis for research at the population level. Objective. The objective of the study was to analyze ...
Contracaeum multipapillatum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) en peces de aguas continentales de Guanacaste, Costa Rica e Izabal, Guatemala
(Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal (RECIA), 2020)
Contracaecum multipapillatum es un nemátodo para el cual, los peces actúan como hospedador intermediario y el ser humano como hospedador accidental, por consumo de carne de pescado cruda o semi cocinada. Este riesgo para ...
Costa Rica wildlife disease reporting system for preventive medicine and disease Control
(ASTMH, 2020-11)
SARS-COV-2 pandemic evidence that the impact of new zoonotic diseases
can be on both social and economical levels. Since such agents are
originated from wildlife reservoir communities, there’s a need for more
active ...
Chlamydia psittaci
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020)
El objetivo de este vídeo es presentar una breve explicación sobre la bacteria Chlamydia psittaci presente en aves, su forma de transmisión a humanos, presencia en Costa Rica, diagnóstico y las medidas de prevención. El ...
Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020-04-14)
Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus, is a major disease of cattle and humans worldwide distributed. Eradication and control of the disease has been difficult in Central and South America, Central Asia, the Mediterranean ...
Nanofracturing: a new technique for bone marrow stimulation in equine cartilage repair
(Pferdeheilkunde, 2020-02-10)
Microfracture is the current standard in treatment of focal full-thickness cartilage lesions in horses, but clinical outcome may vary. Nanofracture is a novel technique that uses a commercially developed device to yield ...
Desarrollo de una técnica inmunoenzimática para el diagnóstico de anticuerpos contra Paragonimus mexicanus
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-04-17)
La paragonimiasis es una zoonosis parasitaria transmitida por alimentos que
se considera desatendida y subdiagnosticada en Costa Rica. Debido a que no se
encuentra disponible una prueba diagnóstica inmunológica, el ...