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Examining the Role of Transmission of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5
(EcoHealth, 2017-05)
Marine turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a devastating neoplastic disease characterized by single or multiple cutaneous and visceral fibrovascular tumors. Chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) has been identified as the ...
Canine distemper virus in wild felids of Costa Rica
(Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2016-04-01)
Several highly infectious diseases can be transmitted through feces and cause elevated mortality among carnivore species. One such infectious agent, canine distemper virus (CDV; Paramyxoviridae: Morbillivirus), has been ...
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 ...
Presence and potential distribution of malaria‑infected New World primates of Costa Rica
(Malaria Journal, 2022-01-08)
Background: In South and Central America, Plasmodium malariae/Plasmodium brasilianum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium
simium, and Plasmodium falciparum has been reported in New World primates (NWP). Specifically in Costa
Rica, ...
Detection of antibodies against flavivirus over time in wild non-human primates from the lowlands of Costa Rica
(PLOS ONE, 2019-07-05)
Two-hundred-nine free ranging non-human primates from 31 locations throughout Costa
Rica were captured and released between 1993 and 2012, and blood samples, sera or
plasma were collected, to detect antigens and antibodies, ...
Reproductive hormonal profile in Eastern Pacific green turtles captured in‐water
(Springer, 2022-06-17)
The Eastern Pacifc green turtle (EPGT) has been diferentiating from the green turtle and is currently considered a separate
population. This study determined the values of reproductive hormones and total thyroxine of 56 ...