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Canine distemper virus in wild felids of Costa Rica
(Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2016-04-01)
Several highly infectious diseases can be transmitted through feces and cause elevated mortality among carnivore species. One such infectious agent, canine distemper virus (CDV; Paramyxoviridae: Morbillivirus), has been ...
N-formyl-perosamine surface homopolysaccharides hinder the recognition of Brucella abortus by mouse neutrophils
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2016-06)
Brucella abortus is an intracellular pathogen of monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and placental trophoblasts. This bacterium causes a chronic disease in bovines and in humans. In these hosts, the bacterium also ...
Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of obligate anaerobic bacteria from clinical samples of animal origin
(Anaerobe, 2015-09-14)
The etiology of veterinary infectious diseases has been the focus of considerable research, yet relatively little is known about the causative agents of anaerobic infections. Susceptibility studies have documented the ...
Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi and infection rate of the vector Triatoma dimidiate in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012-06-30)
According to the genetic characterization by the analysis of the miniexon gene, strains of Trypanosoma cruzi can be classified into six discrete typing units (DTUs), and the DTU 1 into four distinct genotypes associated ...
Human Brucella melitensis infections in southern Vietnam
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017-06-29)
Brucellosis is a collective term for infections caused by small Gram-negative coccobacilli belonging to genus Brucella. This genus incorporates the well-described animal pathogens Brucella melitensis, Brucella abortus, ...
Serological detection of viral infections in captive wild cats from Costa Rica
(Veterinary Medicine International, 2011-02-08)
Serum samples from a total of 44 wildcats, 28 margays (Leopardus wiedii), 10 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), four jaguaroundis (Herpailurus yaguaroundi), one oncilla (Leopardus tigrina), and one jaguar (Panthera onca) were ...
Chromobacterium violaceum infection in a free ranging howler monkey in Costa Rica
(Wildlife Disease Association, 2010)
Chromobacterium violaceum is a gram-negative saprobe bacterium that is a rare opportunistic pathogen in mammals. There are numerous reports in humans including fatalities, but no record exists in free-ranging nonhuman ...
Serosurveillance of infectious agents in equines of the Central Valley of Costa Rica
(Open Veterinary Journal, 2014-11-16)
Blood samples from 181 equines from the Central Valley of Costa Rica were collected in the year 2012 to determine the presence of antibodies against selected infectious agents in horses and to determine the risk factors ...
Paratuberculosis
(Camara Nacional de Productores de Leche, 2016-09-29)
La paratuberculosis o enfermedad de Johne es una enfermedad incurable de los rumiantes, ocasionada por una bacteria denominada Mycobacterium aviun subespecie paratuberculosis o MAP. Esta bacteria ocasiona una enteritis ...
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 ...