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Seroprevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados al virus Lengua Azul (BTV) en hatos ovinos costarricenses
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-08)
Detectar anticuerpos contra el virus Lengua Azul (BTV, Blue Tongue Virus)
mediante técnica inmunoenzimática (ELISA) comercial, e identificar los
factores de riesgo asociados a esta infección viral en hatos ovinos
cost ...
Seroprevalence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus on swine farms in a tropical country of the Middle Americas: the case of Costa Rica
(Springer Nature, 2021-08-18)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes signifcant economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. Little is known regarding the epidemiology of this infection in tropical countries. To address ...
Serosurvey of nonhuman primates in Costa Rica at the human–wildlife interface reveals high exposure to flaviviruses
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing (MDPI), 2021-06-15)
Arthropod-borne viruses belonging to the flavivirus genus possess an enormous relevance
in public health. Neotropical non-human primates (NPs) have been proposed to be susceptible to
flavivirus infections due to their ...
Seroprevalence and molecular characterization of ferlavirus in captive vipers of Costa Rica
(American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2017-06-01)
Abstract: Ferlaviruses (FV, previously referred to as ophidian paramyxoviruses, OPMV), are enveloped viruses with a negative-strand RNA genome, affecting snakes in captivity worldwide. Infection is characterized by respiratory ...
Reporte de influenza canina en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
Influenza canina causada por H3N8 fue descrita en 2004 en los Estados Unidos en Greyhounds. El
agente etiológico es un mutante del virus de la influenza equina, H3N8. Posteriormente se describieron
casos de influenza ...
¿Cuánto debemos preocuparnos por la evolución del SARS-COV-2?
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional, 2021-04)
Hace un año la OMS declaró pandemia
a la covid-19, cuyo agente causal es
SARS-COV-2. Hoy en día se registra
un total de 121.055.633 infectados y
2.676.824 fallecidos. A esto se suma
el confinamiento, que altera la ...
Encefalitis arbovirales en caballos de Costa Rica: 2009-2017
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
El objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer los agentes arbovirales asociados con la presentación de
enfermedades neurológicas en caballos costarricenses en el período 2009-2017.
A two-component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence
(Blackwell Science, 1998-04-08)
Two mutants showing increased sensitivity to polycations and surfactants were obtained by transposon mutagenesis of virulent Brucella abortus 2308 Nal(r). These mutants showed no obvious in vitro growth defects and produced ...
Leptospira seroprevalence detection and rabies virus absence in an urban raccoon (procyon lotor) population in a highly populated area, Costa Rica
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2019-11-27)
Leptospirosis and rabies are zoonotic diseases of public health importance and endemic diseases in tropical
countries such as Costa Rica. Peridomestic wild animals such as raccoons (Procyon lotor) have been implicated
as ...
Bovine Leukaemia‐virus infection in Costa Rica
(Blackwell Wissenschaft, 1995)
The geographical distribution of bovine leukaemia‐virus (BLV)‐infected herds in Costa Rica and the isolation of BLV from cases of enzootic bovine leukosis are presented. It was found that BLV is prevalent throughout the ...