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Reporte de influenza canina en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
Influenza canina causada por H3N8 fue descrita en 2004 en los Estados Unidos en Greyhounds. El
agente etiológico es un mutante del virus de la influenza equina, H3N8. Posteriormente se describieron
casos de influenza ...
Encefalitis arbovirales en caballos de Costa Rica: 2009-2017
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
El objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer los agentes arbovirales asociados con la presentación de
enfermedades neurológicas en caballos costarricenses en el período 2009-2017.
Fixation of hydrogel constructs for cartilage repair in the equine model: a challenging issue
(Tissue Engineering, 2017-11-07)
Objective: To report on the experiences with the use of commercial and autologous fibrin glue (AFG) and of an alternative method based on a 3D-printed polycaprolactone (PCL) anchor for the fixation of hydrogel-based scaffolds ...
Fecal and serological survey of Neospora caninum in farm dogs in Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V, 2017-11-10)
To detect oocysts of Neospora caninum in dog feces and to determine the excretion pattern in dogs from specialized dairy farms in Costa Rica, a total of 265 fecal samples from 34 dogs were collected at intervals from ...
Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey
(PLOS ONE, 2017-08-09)
Brucellosis has been an endemic disease of cattle and humans in Costa Rica since the
beginning of XX century. However, brucellosis in sheep, goats, pigs, water buffaloes, horses
and cetaceans, has not been reported in ...
Density dependence in a seasonal time series of the bamboo mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Diptera: Culicidae)
(Entomological Society of Canada, 2017)
The bamboo mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Yamada) (Diptera: Culicidae), is a
mosquito species ubiquitous across forested landscapes in Japan. During 2014 we sampled adult
mosquitoes from May to November using a sweep ...
Density dependence, landscape, and weather impacts on aquatic Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) abundance along an urban altitudinal Gradient
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America, 2017-09-20)
The Asian Bush Mosquito, Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) is an important globally invasive
mosquito species. In comparison with other major invasive mosquitoes, relatively little is known about Ae. j. ...
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 ...
Absence of IgG antibodies against Schmallenberg virus in ruminant sera (bovine, goat and sheep) collected in Costa Rica between 2012 and 2014.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-07)
Schmallenberg virus affects ruminants, which causes significant economic losses. The virus is transmitted
through vectors of the genus Culicoides; however, other studies do not rule out the possibility of sexual
transmission ...
Underwater diseases... A silent threat: fungal infections in octocorals
(WDA Latin America, 2017-07)
Research on wildlife diseases is a challenge that
goes from determining a significant sample size to
choosing the sampling site and then confronting the
particularities of field work and the studied species.
The challenge ...