Browsing by Subject "EPIDEMIOLOGY"
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Epidemiología de los coronavirus que afectan al ser humano
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional, 2021-03)Los coronavirus son virus que tienen su nicho natural en animales silvestres de diversas regiones del mundo, en especial murciélagos o aves, que albergan géneros específicos de estos virus: alfa y beta en murciélagos, ... -
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 ... -
Evaluación de mezclas de fungicidas alternativos para el control de sigatoka negra [Pseudocercospora fijiensis (M. Morelet) Deighton] en el cultivo de banano (Musa spp.) en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2023-05)El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el comportamiento y desempeño de mezclas de fungicidas con coadyuvantes, con la finalidad de generar nuevas estrategias alternativas para el control de sigatoka negra (Pseudocercospora ... -
Factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de infecciones intrahospitalarias en pacientes quemados. Hospital S. Juan de Dios, Costa Rica: Enero 2003-Diciembre 2005. Parte II
(Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE), 2009)En los pacientes quemados, existen diferentes factores como la edad, sexo y días de estancia hospitalaria entre otros, que influyen en el desarrollo de infección intrahospitalaria (IIH). Debido a la mayor frecuencia ... -
First report on the seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in goats from the Federal State of Hesse, Germany
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-10-23)A total of 415 goat serum samples from 26 flocks in Hesse, Central Germany, were analyzed for the presence of specific antibodies against the abortion-causing apicomplexan parasite Neospora (N.) caninum by immuno-enzyme ... -
Mortalidad de pacientes internados por pie diabético en un hospital de Costa Rica (2017-2019)
(Horizonte sanitario, 2023-04-28)Objetivo: Identificar factores clínicos y sociodemográficos asociados a la mortalidad en los pacientes internados por pie diabético, en la Unidad de Pie Diabético del Hospital San Juan de Dios de Costa Rica, ... -
Prevalence of paratuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis) in specialized dairy herds in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-09-30)A cross-sectional study was conducted in 194 specialized dairy herds in Costa Rica, to determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in herds at a national level and by administrative ... -
Protocolo de Vigilancia del Programa Gusano Barrenador
(SENASA, Costa Rica, 2010)Protocolo del Programa Gusano Barrenador, describe las actividades específicas relacionadas con el gusano barrenador. Los registros, instructivos y documentos externos son documentos de apoyo a los procedimientos del ... -
Regime shifts and heterogeneous trends in malaria time series from Western Kenya Highlands
(Parasitology, 2011-10)Large malaria epidemics in the East African highlands during the mid and late 1990s kindled a stream of research on the role that global warming might have on malaria transmission. Most of the inferences using temporal ... -
The dynamics of latifundia formation
(PLOS ONE, 2013-12-20)Land tenure inequity is a major social problem in developing nations worldwide. In societies, where land is a commodity, inequities in land tenure are associated with gaps in income distribution, poverty and biodiversity ... -
Understanding Ehrlichia canis infections in dogs of Costa Rica: hematological findings and indicative clinical signs
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2016-11-30)Background: A cross-sectional study combining different serological and molecular techniques for the detection of Ehrlichia canis in dogs was carried out to determine hemopathological findings and suggestive clinical ... -
Zymodeme and serodeme characterization of Leishmania Isolates obtained from Costa Rican patients
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-05)Human leishmaniasis is widespread through- out Central America and constitutes an important public health problem. Annual incidence is esti- mated to be about 20,000 cases (Carreira et al. 1995), of which 4,000 to ...