Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud by Subject "PARASITIC DISEASES"

15 años sin plaga de gusano barrenador

Núñez, Johnny (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2016-07-07)

Un convenio de cooperación entre los países centroamericanos y los Estados Unidos, marcó el inicio de la erradicación de la mosca Cochiliomya hominivorax más conocida como gusano barrenador. Esta larva causó pérdidas ...

Case report: First documented case of cerebral angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a free-ranging opossum

Solorzano-Scott, Tamara; Aguilar-Vargas, Fernando; Cordero-Salas, Martha; Conejo, Amanda; Rojas, Alicia; Baldi, Mario (Frontiers, 2024-02-01)

Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that primarily infects the mesenteric arteries of wild rodents. This parasite is endemic in several regions of the American continent, and in humans, causes a ...

Climatic variability and landscape heterogeneity impact urban mosquito diversity and vector abundance and infection

HAMER, GABRIEL L.; WALKER, EDWARD D.; BROWN, WILLIAM M.; RUIZ, MARILYN O.; KITRON, URIEL D.; Chaves, Luis Fernando (Ecosphere, 2011-06-23)

Urban habitat heterogeneity can modify interactions across species and lead to spatially fine grained differences in b-diversity patterns and their associated ecosystem services. Here, we study the impacts of landscape ...

Desparasitación selectiva Dirigida (DSD) en cabras

Torres Acosta, Juan Felipe J.; González Pech, Pedro G.; Pérez Cruz, Marissa; Canul-Ku, Hilda L.; Aguilar Caballero, Armando J.; Cámara Sarmiento, Ramón; Soto-Barrientos, Natalia (Comité Nacional Sistema Producto Caprinos, 2014-12)

Los rumiantes que padecen infecciones severas de nematodos gastrointestinales (NGI) manifiestan signos clínicos como diarrea, pérdida de peso, cuello de botella (edema mandibular), anemia, debilidad y muerte. En la actualidad, ...

Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a captive porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) from Costa Rica

Peña, M. A.; Dubey, J. P.; Morales, Juan Alberto (American Society fo Parasitologists, 2016)

An adult porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) from the National Zoo, San Jose, Costa Rica, died because of toxoplasmosis involving the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys, Toxoplasma gondii was found in lesions and the diagnosis was ...

Editorial: Insights in infectious agents and disease: 2021

Cloeckaert, Axel; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (Frontiers Media S.A, 2023-07-10)

The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred trough human history, and were recently reviewed in the section Infectious Agents and Disease by Piret and Boivin (2021). Major pandemics and ...

Effect of neosporosis on productive and reproductive performance of dairy cattle in Costa Rica

ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ; Van Breda, S.; Vargas, Bernardo; Dolz, Gaby; Frankena, K. (Elsevier B.V, 2005-12)

A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the effect of neosporosis on productive and reproductive parameters in dairy cows. Cows (n = 2743) from 94 farms located in the most important dairy areas in Costa Rica were ...

Enfermedad de Chagas

Vargas Calvo, Valeria (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-11-12)

El objetivo de este video es presentar una breve explicación sobre la enfermedad de Chagas, una zoonosis ocasionada por el protozoario Tripanosoma cruzi, que afecta a más de 100 mamíferos incluyendo al ser humano. Se señala ...

First report of bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle in Costa Rica

Pérez, E.; González, O.; Dolz, Gaby; Morales, Juan Alberto; Barr, B.; Conrad, P. A. (British Veterinary Association, 1998-05-09)

NEOSPOROSIS has recently been recognised as a major cause of abortion in dairy cattle worldwide (Barr and others 1990, Duff and Otter 1994, Boulton and others 1995). The disease is caused by the protozoan parasite, ...

Indian Ocean Dipole drives malaria resurgence in East African highlands

Hashizume, Masahiro; Chaves, Luis Fernando; Minakawa, Noboru (SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2012-02-16)

Malaria resurgence in African highlands in the 1990s has raised questions about the underlying drivers of the increase in disease incidence including the role of El-Nin ̃o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). However, climatic ...

Indices de similitud entre taxocenosis de t1ebótomos (Diptera: Psychodidae) en un área endémica de leishmaniasis cutánea en Costa Rica

Herrero, Marco; Roja, Julio; Dobles, Alvaro; Jiménez Rocha, Ana Eugenia (Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993-12-01)

A comparison of diversity between eight Costa Rican taxocenosis of phlebotorninae sandflies was made with the Sorensen sirnilarity coefficient. Sites Agua Blanca-Chirraca (C = 0.68), Ceiba Este-Chirraca (C = 0.66), La ...