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Environmental detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a temperate climate
(DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, 2007-09-14)The aetiological agent of amphibian chytridiomycosis Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a primary cause of amphibian population declines. Current surveillance is based on the detection of B. dendrobatidis in its host but ... -
Environmental factors associated with Dictyocaulus viviparus and Fasciola hepatica prevalence in dairy herds from Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-06-15)Dictyocaulosis and fasciolosis are parasitic diseases that cause considerable economic losses for owners of farm animals worldwide, with special relevance on fasciolosis because it is an emerging zoonosis. Indirect diagnosis ... -
Environmental factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii exposure in Neotropical Primates of Costa Rica
(Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020-10-22)The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) has been found in more than 350 species of homoeothermic vertebrates in diverse climates and geographic areas. In most animals, T. gondii produces mild or asymptomatic ... -
Environmental forcing shapes regional house mosquito synchrony in a warming temperate island
(BioOne, 2013)Seasonal changes in the abundance of exothermic organisms can be expected with climate change if warmer temperatures can induce changes in their phenology. Given the increased time for ectothermic organism development ... -
Environmental management for the control of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811), (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Costa Rica: a pilot project
(Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006-06)An ecological control method, using environmental management operations, based on biological and behavioral characteristics of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811), was implemented as a pilot project in an area of Costa ... -
Enzootic mosquito vector species at equine encephalitis transmission foci in the República de Panamá
(PLOS ONE, 2017-09-22)The identification of mosquito vector species present at arboviral enzootic transmission foci is important to understand transmission eco-epidemiology and to propose and implement prevention and control strategies that ... -
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 ... -
Epidemiological, social, and control determinants of Chagas disease in Central America and Mexico - Group discussion
(Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007)The existence of Chagas disease in Central America was reported for the first time in El Salvador in 1913, four years after its discovery in Brazil. At that time only Triatoma dimidiata was known as a vector, but two ... -
Epidemiología de la artritis encefalitis caprina en hatos caprinos lecheros de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar aspectos epidemiológicos tales como seroprevalencia, incidencia y factores de riesgo asociados a la transmisión del virus de la artritis-encefalitis caprina (CAEV) en hatos caprinos ... -
Epidemiología y registro de las cardiopatías congénitas en Costa Rica
(Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2011)Objetivo. Caracterizar la población de niños que nacen con cardiopatías congénitas (CC) en Costa Rica y evaluar sus procesos de registro. Métodos. Estudio observacional exploratorio que incluyó a todos los niños con ... -
Epidemiology of bovine anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 1994)A serum bank created by the National Brucellosis Control Program during 1991 con sisted of approximately 4000 sera collected from farms in each of the seven provinces in Costa Rica. Sera were used to determine the ... -
Epidemiology of bovine anaplasmosis in dairy herds from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2011)Bovine anaplasmosis is endemic and occurs in almost all areas of livestock production of Costa Rica. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of anaplasmosis in dairy farms of Costa Rica ... -
Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in Costa Rica: Lessons learned from failures in the control of the disease
(PLOS ONE, 2017-08-10)Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus is a major disease of cattle and a zoonosis. In order to estimate the bovine brucellosis prevalence in Costa Rica (CR), a total 765 herds (13078 bovines) from six regions of CR ... -
Epizootic of dolphin morbillivirus on the Catalonian Mediterranean coast in 2007
(British Veterinary Association, 2011-07-23)BETWEEN 1990 and 1992, thousands of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded along the Mediterranean coast due to a newly described virus, the dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) (Domingo and others 1990, 1992). DMV is ... -
Es erróneo hacer una asociación directa entre la detección de Helicobacter spp.y gastritis en caninos
(Revista de Ciencias Veterinarias, 2017-12-03)It has been proposed that Helicobacter may play a significant role in the generation of gastritis and cancer in dogs. However, despite several independent efforts, there is still controversy regarding the true ability of ... -
Esophageal spirocercosis with pulmonary egg deposition and secondary hypertrophic osteopathy in a dog from Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)Spirocerca lupi is the etiologic agent of spirocercosis in canids from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. A 1-year-old dog was presented with weight loss and diarrhea. Upon examination, thickened limbs, a ... -
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 ... -
Estandarización de un protocolo de caracterización molecular para la identificación de especie de cepas terrestres de bacterias del género Brucella
(Ediciones Unisalle, 2011-10-03)La brucelosis es la enfermedad zoonótica más extendida en el mundo que afecta diversos animales, incluyendo especies domésticas y de vida silvestre. Es causada por una bacteria perteneciente al género Brucella, el cual ... -
Estimación de tendencias genéticas e interacción genotipo x ambiente en ganado lechero de Costa Rica
(Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, 2008)En este estudio se analizan las tendencias genéticas para producción de leche a 305 días, el efecto de interacción genotipo×ambiente y las tendencias en consanguinidad de dos poblaciones de ganado lechero de razas Holstein ... -
Estudiando el papel de los neutrófilos polimorfonucleares en la brucelosis
(Revista del Colegio de Microbiólogos Químicos Clinicos Costa Rica, 2015-10)Las enfermedades infecciosas pueden clasificarse en dos grandes grupos: las agudas y las crónicas. Las bacterias que inducen cuadros crónicos, son en general parásitos intracelulares que tienen tiempos de incubación largos ...