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A survey on Triatoma dimidiata in an urban area of the province of Heredia, Costa Rica
Zeledón, Rodrigo; Calvo, Nidia; Montenegro, Víctor M.; Seixas Lorosa, Elias; Arévalo, Carolina (Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2005-10)Triatoma dimidiata has been found in several cities and towns of those countries where the insect is a domestic or peridomestic pest. In Central America, urban infestations occur in the capitals of at least five ... -
Sex influence on the susceptibility of Swiss mice to Trypanosoma cruzi [Influencia del sexo en la susceptibilidad de ratones Swiss a Trypanosoma cruzi]
Zeledón, Rodrigo; Mena-Marín, Ana Laura; Morales, Juan Alberto; Pereira, Mauricio; Urbina-Villalobos, Andrea (Boletin de Malariologia y Salud Ambiental, 2012-10-07)Some authors have reported that female mice are more resistant to Trypanosoma cruzi infections than male mice. In order to test this hypothesis we did a comparative study using four isolates of T. cruzi from Costa Rica in ... -
Zymodeme and serodeme characterization of Leishmania Isolates obtained from Costa Rican patients
Peraza, Johnny; Urbina, Andrea; Zeledón, Rodrigo (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 ...