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    • Diversity of Human Rotavirus G and P Genotypes in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic 

      Bourdett Stanziola, Lurys; Ortega Barria, Eduardo; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008)
      In this study 2,089 fecal samples from patients with gastroenteritis were analyzed from different hospitals in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic during the period comprised between December 2002 and July 2003. ...
    • G and P Genotypes of Group A Rotavirus in Diarrheic Calves in Costa Rica 

      Bonilla Espinoza, José; Bourdett-Stanziola, Lurys; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 2021-12-09)
      Rotavirus infections are the most common causes of infectious diarrhea in young children and animals worldwide. We performed a genotyping of rotavirus strains by RT-PCR for G (VP7) and P (VP4), in diarrhea samples from ...
    • Genetic typing of bovine viral diarrhea virus isolates from Costa Rica 

      Chaves, A.; Pereira, R.; Haas, L.; Greiser-Wilke, I.; ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos; Dolz, Gaby (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012-09-16)
      Sixteen bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) isolates collected in Costa Rica between 1987 and 2006 from dairy cattle were analyzed by RT-PCR and determined to belong to BVDV species 1. Furthermore, eleven of these isolates ...
    • Infectious agents associated with diarrhoea of calves in the canton of Tilarán, Costa Rica 

      Perez, E.; Kummeling, A.; Janssen, M.M.H.; Alvarado, R.; Donado, P.; Dwinger, R.H.; Caballero, Magally; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (Elsevier Science B.V, 1997-01)
      A case-control study of calves under 3 months of age was carried out by weekly visits to 15 farms in the canton of Tilarán, Costa Rica. Most farms were dedicated to beef or dual-purpose (DP) production. Faecal samples were ...
    • Prototecosis en caninos en Costa Rica: ¿cuándo sospechar y qué buscar? 

      Campos González, Natalia B.; Calderón Hernández, Alejandra; Valverde-Altamirano, Erika; Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-01)
      La prototecosis es una enfermedad causada por algas saprófitas, no clorofílicas, unicelulares y oportunistas del género Prototheca, que afecta, principalmente, a animales con inmunodeficiencias. En caninos, con la forma ...
    • Rotavirus and coronavirus outbreak: etiology of annual diarrhea in Costa Rican children 

      González, Paulina; Sánches, Abelino; Rivera, Patricia; Hemández, Francisco; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (Universidad de Costa Rica, 1997)
      In Costa Rica, an annual outbreak of infant diarrheal disease (December and January) was reported since 1976, and rotavirus was incriminated 1ater as the main etiological agent (1976-1981). Apparently the disease has not ...
    • Rotavirus Genotypes in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic 

      Bourdett-Stanziola, Lurys; Ortega-Barria, Eduardo; Espinoza, Felix; Bucardo, Filemon; Jiménez, Carlos; Ferrera, Annabelle (S. Karger AG, Basel, 2010-07-02)
      In this study, 574 stool samples from children with gastroen- teritis were obtained from different hospitals in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic during 2005–2006. Diarrhea stool samples ...