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Diversity of Human Rotavirus G and P Genotypes in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic
(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. ...
Ecological control of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811): five years after a Costa Rican pilot project
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008)
An ecological pilot project for the control of Triatoma dimidiata allowed a new evaluation four and five years
after environmental modifications in the peridomestic areas of 20 households. It was verified that the two ...
Economic values for production and functional traits in Holstein cattle of Costa Rica
(Elsevier Science B.V., 2001-08-20)
Economic values for production traits (carrier, fat, protein, and dressing percentage) and functional traits (conception rate,
survival rate, body weight, and rumen capacity) were calculated for Holstein cattle of Costa ...
Effect of a killed whole Neospora caninum tachyzoite vaccine on the crude abortion rate of Costa Rican dairy cows under field conditions
(Elsevier B.V, 2004-06-04)
A standard field trial was carried out to assess the effect of a commercial Neospora-vaccine based on
whole killed tachyzoites (Bovilis–Neoguard, Intervet1) on the abortion rate. Eight hundred and
seventy-six cows, over ...
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 ...
Entomological and Ecological Aspects of Six Sylvatic Species of Triatomines (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from the Collection of the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica, Central America
(Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001)
A total of 797 specimens of wild adult triatomines, belonging to six species from the entomological
collections of the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute, was studied from the standpoint of their
relative ...
Evidence of colonization of man-made ecotopes by Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) in Costa Rica
(Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001-07)
Triatoma dimidiata adults have been frequently found, during the last five years, in a dog kennel and
a chicken coop, in the back yard of a well-built house, 15 km from San José, the capital of Costa Rica.
In the chicken ...
First report of Trypanosoma vivax infection in dairy cattle from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2009)
An outbreak of haemoparasitoses occurred from October 2007 to July 2008 in cattle from
the district of Rio Cuarto, province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. Fifty animals of various ages out
of 450 Brown Swiss were affected. The ...
Francisella sp., an emerging pathogen of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), in Costa Rica
(Blackwell, 2009)
Francisella sp. is an emergent bacterial pathogen that
causes acute to chronic disease in warm and cold
water cultured and wild fish species. During the past
3 years, the bacterium has been detected in tilapia,
Oreochromis ...
Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2006)
Species of Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Balamuthia are soil amoebae that can cause encephalitis in animals and humans. Of these, Naegleria fowleri is the cause of often fatal primary meningoencephalitis in humans. N. ...