Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud by Subject "VIROSIS"
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Detección y genotipificación de rotavirus bovino y porcino en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2007-10)Treinta y ocho muestras fecales de bovinos con diarrea neonatal, positivas a rotavirus grupo A por inmunocromatografía y electroforesis en gel de poliacrilamida (PAGE) fueron analizadas mediante reverso transcripción y ... -
Effects of local and regional climatic fluctuations on dengue outbreaks in southern Taiwan
(PLOS ONE, 2017-06-02)Background: Southern Taiwan has been a hotspot for dengue fever transmission since 1998. During 2014 and 2015, Taiwan experienced unprecedented dengue outbreaks and the causes are poorly understood. This study aims to ... -
Field evaluation of a multiplex real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Vesicular stomatitis virus
(American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 2009)Sporadic outbreaks of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in the United States result in significant economic losses for the U.S. livestock industries because VS is a reportable disease that clinically mimics foot- and-mouth ... -
Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission
(PLOS ONE, 2011-08-19)The influence of host diversity on multi-host pathogen transmission and persistence can be confounded by the large number of species and biological interactions that can characterize many transmission systems. For ... -
Fuentes de contagio del coronavirus son múltiples
(Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional., 2020-03)En las personas se pueden manifestar los alfa y beta coronavirus; los más letales hasta ahora son los betacoronavirus, como SARS, MERS y CoV-2019. Carlos Jiménez, virólogo de la UNA, recomendó que la higiene, sobre todo ... -
Impacto de la Pandemia por SARS-CoV2 sobre la Educación
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-12-01)Se describe el impacto de la pandemia por SARS-CoV2 sobre la educación y se propone algunos escenarios donde la Universidad Nacional puede contribuir a mitigar el daño y a participar en la construcción del escenario ... -
Pasantía en la Universidad de Calgary, Departamento de Ecosistemas y Salud Pública : reovirus aviar en la zona oeste de Canadá.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2019)Este documento comprende el informe de Trabajo Final de Graduación en modalidad de pasantía. Dicho trabajo fue realizado en la Universidad de Calgary, en la ciudad de Calgary, provincia de Alberta, Canadá, específicamente ... -
Prevalence of Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Virus and Avian Polyomavirus in Captivity Psittacines from Costa Rica
(Scientific Research, 2013-08)Psittacine beak and feather disease virus (PBFDV) and avian polyomavirus (APV) are the most common viral diseases in psittacine birds, both affecting feathers and physical appearance of birds. Between 2005 and 2009, a total ... -
Seroprevalence of Bluetongue and associated risk factors in Costa Rican sheep flocks
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-11-22)A total of 359 sheep samples from 15 farms were analyzed for the presence of antibodies against bluetongue virus (BTV) by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antibodies were detected in 290 sheep from ... -
Vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein is a determinant of pathogenesis in swine, a natural host
(American Society for Microbiology., 2003-07)There are two major serotypes of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Indiana (VSIV) and New Jersey (VSNJV).We recovered recombinant VSIVs from engineered cDNAs that contained either (i) one copy of the VSIV G gene(VSIV-GI); ...