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Leishmania spp. infection rate and feeding patterns of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from a hyperendemic cutaneous leishmaniasis community in Panamá
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019)
Abstract. American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a common and important vector-borne parasitic zoonosis in Panam ´a. Here, we study Leishmania spp. infection rates and blood-feeding patterns among common sand flies in ...
Leptospira seroprevalence detection and rabies virus absence in an urban raccoon (procyon lotor) population in a highly populated area, Costa Rica
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2019-11-27)
Leptospirosis and rabies are zoonotic diseases of public health importance and endemic diseases in tropical
countries such as Costa Rica. Peridomestic wild animals such as raccoons (Procyon lotor) have been implicated
as ...
Changes in Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Composition Following Insecticide Thermal Fogging in a Rural Setting of Western Panamá
(PLOS ONE, 2013-01-09)
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, ACL, is a zoonotic disease with a large richness of co-occurring vector species in transmission foci. Here, we describe changes in patterns of phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae: ...
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 ...
Caso de Otodectes cynotis en un gato cachorro
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012)
Otodectes cynotis se conoce como el ácaro de
la oreja y causa entre el 50-84% de otitis
externa en gatos. Pertenece a la familia
Psoroptidae y afecta conejos, gatos, hurones, pe-
rros y ratas; principalmente a los ...
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 ...
Baylisascariasis como diagnóstico diferencial larva migrans en humanos, Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2018-04-25)
Baylisascariasis es una enfermedad causada por una
animales, clasificada como una zoonosis emergente de importancia en salud pública. El agente causal es el
nemátodo Baylisascaris procyonis, siendo su huésped definit
de ...
Survey of wild mammal hosts of cutaneous Leishmaniasis parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica
(The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine, 2014-12-06)
The eco-epidemiology of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is driven by animal reservoir
species that are a source of infection for sand flies that serve as vectors infecting humans with Leishmania spp
parasites. The ...
Análisis post mortem de causas de enfermedad en mamíferos, reptiles y aves silvestres de vida libre de Costa Rica remitidos por el Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA)
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019)
El aumento en la interacción entre animales silvestres, domésticos y el ser humano tiene impacto directo en la viabilidad de las poblaciones silvestres, principalmente en ecosistemas alterados por restricción de hábitat, ...
Seroprevalence and factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii-, Neospora caninum- and Coxiella burnetii-infections in dairy goat flocks from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2018-09-19)
A total of 391 goats from 13 dairy flocks from all Costa Rican regions were analyzed for Toxoplasma gondii-,
Neospora caninum- and Coxiella burnetii-related seroprevalence by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). ...