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Applying One Health to understand brucellosis biology
(Microbiology Society UKCongreso de la Sociedad de Microbiología del Reino Unido, 2019-04-08)
Members of the Brucella genus, are facultative extracellular intracellular zoonotic bacteria that cause reproductive disease in animals. The different species show strong host preference in spite of sharing 96-98% similarity ...
First isolation and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia canis in Costa Rica, Central America
(Elsevier B.V, 2010-07-23)
The present study investigated Ehrlichia species in blood samples from dogs suspected of clinical ehrlichiosis,
using molecular and isolation techniques in cell culture. From a total of 310 canine blood samples
analyzed ...
Ehrlichiosis y anaplasmosis en Costa Rica
(Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, 2013-07)
La ehrlichiosis y la anaplasmosis son enfermedades infecciosas producidas por bacterias de
la familia Anaplasmataceae y transmitidas por garrapatas. Ambas afectan, entre otras especies, al
hombre, ocasionando sintomatología ...
Evaluación del diagnóstico de Ehrlichia canis mediante frotis sanguíneo y técnica molecular en perros de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2013-11-20)
El objetivo de este trabajo fue comparar los resultados del diagnóstico de Ehrlichia
canis, mediante frotis sanguíneo y técnica de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa, (PCR,
Polymerase Chain Reaction, por sus siglas en ...
Detección de anticuerpos a Neospora caninum en perros de las zonas urbana, peri urbana y rural del valle central de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2006-12-01)
To describe some traits of neosporosis in Costa Rican dogs, a cross sectional study was carried out to determine the presence/absence of N. caninum antibodies. Eighty nine dogs from dairy farms, 65 kennel dogs and 94 from ...
Characterization of a recent malaria outbreak in the autonomous indigenous region of Guna Yala, Panama
(BioMed Central, 2015-11-17)
Background: This study aims to describe the epidemiological and entomological factors associated with a recent malaria outbreak that occurred in 2012 in a socially marginalized population from Guna Yala Comarca in Panama. ...
Climatic fuctuations and malaria transmission dynamics, prior to elimination, in Guna Yala, República de Panamá
(BioMed Central, 2018-02-20)
Background: Malaria has historically been entrenched in indigenous populations of the República de Panamá. This
scenario occurs despite the fact that successful methods for malaria elimination were developed during the ...
Pasantía en Planta de Incubación de aves reproductoras pesadas de Cargill en Aranjuez de Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-01-18)
La presente pasantía se realizó en las instalaciones de la Planta Incubadora
de aves reproductoras pesadas de Cargill en Aranjuez de Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Tuvo como objetivo adquirir experiencia y destrezas en la ...
Serosurvey in two rural areas evidences recent and previously undetected WNV and SLEV circulation in Costa Rica
(medRxiv preprint, 2021-09-13)
West Nile virus (WNV) and Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) share similar virus transmission cycles that involve birds as amplifiers and mosquitoes as vectors. Mammals, including humans, are dead-end-hosts that may be ...
Effects of local and regional climatic fluctuations on dengue outbreaks in southern Taiwan
(PLOS ONE, 2017-06-02)
Background: Southern Taiwan has been a hotspot for dengue fever transmission since 1998. During 2014 and 2015, Taiwan experienced unprecedented dengue outbreaks and the causes are poorly understood. This study aims to ...