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Extracellular trap formation in response to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in granulocytes isolated from dogs and common opossums, natural reservoir hosts
(Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018-05-15)
Granulocytes mediate the first line of defense against infectious diseases in humans
as well as animals and they are well known as multitasking cells. They can mediate
antimicrobial activity by different strategies ...
Hallazgos anatomopatológicos en virtopsia, necropsia, bacteriología e histopatología del sistema nervioso central de cetáceos encallados en las playas de Costa Rica durante el periodo 2017-2021
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021-10-08)
La fauna de cetáceos en Costa Rica incluye una estimación de 30 especies,
esta biodiversidad representa el 33% de las especies de cetáceos del mundo y, por lo
tanto, anualmente se reportan encallamientos de cetáceos a ...
Evaluación de las prácticas e manejo asociadas al riesgo de la transmisión del virus de la artritis encefalitis caprina, en hatos caprinos de pies de cría de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2008)
El virus de la Artritis Encefalitis Caprina (VAEC) es un agente infeccioso que afecta a los hatos caprinos alrededor del mundo. El presente trabajo se realizó con el fin de determinar la seroprevalencia del VAEC en los ...
Factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de infecciones intrahospitalarias en pacientes quemados. Hospital S. Juan de Dios, Costa Rica: Enero 2003-Diciembre 2005. Parte II
(Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE), 2009)
En los pacientes quemados, existen diferentes factores como la edad,
sexo y días de estancia hospitalaria entre otros, que influyen en el desarrollo
de infección intrahospitalaria (IIH). Debido a la mayor frecuencia ...
Establishment of a minor groove binder-probe based quantitative real time PCR to detect Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and differentiation of Borrelia spielmanii by ospA-specific conventional PCR
(BioMed Central, 2010-08-10)
Background: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl), the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, is transmitted by ticks of
the genus Ixodes as vector. For identification of Borrelia infections in ticks a TaqManTM minor groove ...
Epidemiological characteristics and space-time analysis of the 2015 dengue outbreak in the metropolitan region of Tainan City, Taiwan
(MDPI, 2018-02-26)
The metropolitan region of Tainan City in southern Taiwan experienced a dengue outbreak
in 2015. This manuscript describes basic epidemiological features of this outbreak and uses spatial
and temporal analysis tools to ...
New insights into Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NETs) formation from porcine neutrophils in response to bacterial infections
(MDPI, 2022-08-11)
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (A.pp, Gram negative) and Streptococcus (S.) suis (Gram
positive) can cause severe diseases in pigs. During infection, neutrophils infiltrate to counteract
these pathogens with phagocytosis ...
Seroprevalence of Viral Infections in Domestic Cats in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2018-12-13)
A cross-sectional survey of a convenient sample of domestic cats from Costa Rica’s greater metropolitan area was carried out
to determine the prevalence of antibodies against feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1), feline ...
Sequence analysis of the hypervariable region in hmtp210 of Avibacterium paragallinarum
(The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, 2017-05-27)
The hmtp210 gene of Avibacterium paragallinarum, the causative agent of
infectious coryza, encodes an outer-membrane hemagglutinin (HA) that plays an essential role
in pathogenicity. A hypervariable region within this ...
Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) Ensemble Distribution Modeling: Applications for Malaria Elimination
(MDPI, 2022)
In the absence of entomological information, tools for predicting Anopheles spp. presence
can help evaluate the entomological risk of malaria transmission. Here, we illustrate how species
distribution models (SDM) could ...