Browsing Artículos Científicos by Subject "ENCEPHALITIS"
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An environmental niche model to estimate the potential presence of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in Costa Rica
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020-12-30)Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an arbovirus transmitted by arthropods, widely distributed in the Americas that, depending on the subtype, can produce outbreaks or yearly cases of encephalitis in horses ... -
Detection of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus from Brain Samples of Equines with Encephalitis
(MDPI, 2023)Alphavirus species are globally distributed zoonoses primarily transmitted by arthropods. The Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) and Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) are endemic in Costa Rica. This study ... -
Encefalitis arbovirales en caballos de Costa Rica: 2009-2017
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)El objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer los agentes arbovirales asociados con la presentación de enfermedades neurológicas en caballos costarricenses en el período 2009-2017. -
Epidemiología de la artritis encefalitis caprina en hatos caprinos lecheros de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar aspectos epidemiológicos tales como seroprevalencia, incidencia y factores de riesgo asociados a la transmisión del virus de la artritis-encefalitis caprina (CAEV) en hatos caprinos ... -
First complete coding sequence of a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Strain Isolated from an Equine Encephalitis case in Costa Rica
(Microbiol Resour Announc, 2019-09-05)The first complete coding sequence of the Venezuelan equine encepha- litis virus IE, isolated from a Costa Rican mare with severe encephalitis, was con- firmed by histological and viral whole-genome analyses. The isolated ... -
Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2006)Species of Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Balamuthia are soil amoebae that can cause encephalitis in animals and humans. Of these, Naegleria fowleri is the cause of often fatal primary meningoencephalitis in humans. N. ... -
National Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2020-06-02)Eastern equine encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis are endemic neglected tropical diseases in the Americas, causing encephalitis in both horses and humans. In 2013, a cross-sectional study was performed in ... -
Phylogenetic and Mutation Analysis of the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Sequence Isolated in Costa Rica from a Mare with Encephalitis
(MDPI, 2022-05-28)Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an arboviral pathogen in tropical America that causes lethal encephalitis in horses and humans. VEEV is classified into six subtypes (I to VI). Subtype I viruses are divided ...