Browsing by Author "González-Barrientos, Rocío"

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    • Brucella genetic variability in wildlife marine mammals populations relates to host preference and ocean distribution 

      Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Baker, Kate; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Hernandez-Mora, Gabriela; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Castillo-Zeledón, Amanda; Jiménez-Rojas, César; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Cloeckaert, Axel; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas; Moreno, Edgardo; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2017-07-20)
      Intracellular bacterial pathogens probably arose when their ancestor adapted from a free-living environment to an intracellular one, leading to clonal bacteria with smaller genomes and less sources of genetic plasticity. ...

    • Brucella sp. sequence‑type 27 associated with abortion in dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima 

      Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Víquez‑Ruíz, Eunice; Palacios Alfaro, Jose David; Bettoni‑Rodríguez, Gianmarco; Gendre, Marlène; Vincent, Charline; Roca‑Monge, Karol; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Cordero‑Chavarría, Minor; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Moreno, Edgardo; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (Springer Link, 2021-05-18)
      A dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima stranded alive along the Central Pacifc Coast of Costa Rica. The whale, handled by tourists and local inhabitants, was weak, had buoyancy difculties, and eventually aborted and died, showing ...

    • Epizootic of dolphin morbillivirus on the Catalonian Mediterranean coast in 2007 

      Soto, S.; Alegre, F.; González, B.; Medina, P.; Raga, J. A.; Marco, A.; Domingo, M.; González-Barrientos, Rocío (British Veterinary Association, 2011-07-23)
      BETWEEN 1990 and 1992, thousands of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded along the Mediterranean coast due to a newly described virus, the dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) (Domingo and others 1990, 1992). DMV is ...

    • Pathological Studies and Postmortem Computed Tomography of Dolphins with Meningoencephalomyelitis and Osteoarthritis Caused by Brucella ceti 

      Granados-Zapata, Andrés; ROBLES MALAGAMBA, Maria Jose; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Chin-Wing Ko, Brian; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Cordero-Chavaría, Minor; Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Guzman-Verri, Caterina; Palacios-Alfaro, Jose David; Tien-Sung, Connie; Moreno, Edgardo; Hernández-Mora, Gabriela (MDPI, 2022-05-09)
      Cetacean neurobrucellosis is a common cause of strandings in Costa Rica diagnosed by serology, bacteriology, and histopathology. Pathological studies were performed on 18 dolphins. Twelve were scanned by postmortem ...

    • Serological diagnosis of brucella infections in odontocetes 

      Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; Manire, Charles A.; González-Barrientos, Rocío; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Guzman-Verri, Caterina; Staggs, Lydia; Thompson, Rachel; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Moreno, Edgardo (American Society for Microbiology, 2009-04-15)
      Brucella ceti causes disease in Odontoceti. The absence of control serum collections and the diversity of cetaceans have hampered the standardization of serological tests for the diagnosis of cetacean brucellosis. Without ...

    • Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans and wild and domestic animals 

      Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Moreira-Soto, Andres; Barrantes-Granados, Osvaldo; Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Viquez-Ruiz, Eunice; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Hidalgo Montealegre, Daniela; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Demeter, Elena A.; Estrella-Morales, Josimar; Zúñiga-Pereira, Ana Mariel; Quesada-Gómez, Carlos; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Lomonte, Bruno; Guzman-Verri, Caterina; Drexler, Jan Felix; Moreno, Edgardo (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-07-05)
      Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical areas of the American continent. Here, we ...