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Aspectos epidemiológicos de la brucelosis en humanos en las Áreas Rectoras Aguas Zarcas y Los Chiles, Costa Rica, 2015-2017
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-02-02)
La brucelosis es una enfermedad zoonótica causada por especies del género Brucella spp., con baja notificación y subregistro en Costa Rica, especialmente en personas y en bovinos. Se determina la seroprevalencia ...
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 ...
An environmental niche model to estimate the potential presence of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in Costa Rica
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020-12-30)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an arbovirus transmitted by arthropods,
widely distributed in the Americas that, depending on the subtype, can produce outbreaks or yearly
cases of encephalitis in horses ...
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 ...
Demographic and pathogens of domestic, free-roaming pets and the implications for wild carnivores and human health in the San Luis Region of Costa Rica
(MDPI AG, 2021-04-20)
Habitat loss and degradation, restricted ranges, prey exploitation, and poaching are
important factors for the decline of several wild carnivore populations and additional stress from
infectious agents is an increasing ...
National Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2020-06-02)
Eastern equine encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis are endemic neglected tropical diseases
in the Americas, causing encephalitis in both horses and humans. In 2013, a cross-sectional study was
performed in ...
Canine brucellosis in Costa Rica reveals widespread Brucella canis infection and the recent introduction of foreign strains
(Elsevier, 2021-04-16)
Brucellosis is a prevalent disease in Costa Rica (CR), with an increasing number of human infections. Close to half of homes in CR have one or more dogs, corresponding to ∼1.4 million canines, most of them in the Central ...
Lesions in octocorals of the Costa Rican Caribbean during the 2015–2016 El Niño
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-06-01)
Emerging infectious diseases affecting marine ecosystems are increasing worldwide. Nevertheless, there are very few histopathological analyses describing the tissue damage associated with a specific disease. This makes it ...
Anthelmintic resistance in commercial sheep farms in Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)
Forty-eight commercial sheep farms were sampled between the years 2017 and 2019 to evaluate the percentage of reduction of the three families of broad-spectrum anthelmintic drugs available in Costa Rica - benzimidazoles ...