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Detection of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia amblyommatis in ticks collected from dogs in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
(Elsevier B.V, 2018-08-04)
The neotropical climate of Central America provides ideal conditions for ticks, which may transmit several
human pathogens, including spotted-fever group Rickettsia. Dogs may act as sentinels or reservoirs for human
tick-borne ...
Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a captive porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) from Costa Rica
(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 ...
Rinomicosis causada por Conidiobolus coronatus en un caballo proveniente de Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012-09-16)
Se describe un caso de rinomicosis en un caballo de 8 años procedente de Quepos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, con historia de epistaxis periódica, secreción mucopurulenta y una masa granulomatosa ulcerativa visible en el ollar ...
Arboviral encephalitis in Costa Rican horses: 2009-2016
(Elsevier, 2016)
Arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus and Flavivirus
can cause febrile illness and sometimes neurological disease
in both humans and animals. West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern
Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), Western Equine ...
Absence of IgG antibodies against Schmallenberg virus in ruminant sera (bovine, goat and sheep) collected in Costa Rica between 2012 and 2014.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-07)
Schmallenberg virus affects ruminants, which causes significant economic losses. The virus is transmitted
through vectors of the genus Culicoides; however, other studies do not rule out the possibility of sexual
transmission ...
Neotropical bats from Costa Rica harbour diverse coronaviruses
(Blackwell, 2015)
Bats are hosts of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) known to potentially cross the
host–species barrier. For analysing coronavirus diversity in a bat species-rich
country, a total of 421 anal swabs/faecal samples from Costa ...
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 ...
Positivity of Lawsonia intracellularis in seven regions of Costa Rica diagnosed by porcine fecal samples using Real time PCR
(Anatomical Society, 2019-08)
Lawsonia intracellularis is an obligate
intracellular, motile, curved, gram-negative
bacterium that resides freely within the apical
cytoplasm of infected intestinal enterocytes
(Pusterla & Gebhart, 2013). Europe, Asia ...
Índices bibliométricos y revistas de ‘corriente central’: implicaciones para el desarrollo de las ciencias naturales en Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015-05)
Una característica asociada con el
surgimiento de la ciencia moderna, en los
siglos XVI y XVII, fue el establecimiento
de una rica dinámica ‘socializadora’ del
conocimiento mediante reuniones periódicas
entre científicos, ...
Underwater diseases... A silent threat: fungal infections in octocorals
(WDA Latin America, 2017-07)
Research on wildlife diseases is a challenge that
goes from determining a significant sample size to
choosing the sampling site and then confronting the
particularities of field work and the studied species.
The challenge ...