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    • Brucella abortus strain 2308 Wisconsin genome: Importance of the definition of reference strains 

      Castillo-Zeledón, Amanda; Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Jiménez-Rojas, César; Roop, R. Martin; Comerci, Diego J.; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Caswell, Clayton C.; Baker, Kate; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas; Moreno, Edgardo; LETESSON, Jean-Jacques; De Bolle, Xavier; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016-09-29)
      La brucelosis es una enfermedad infecciosa bacteriana que afecta a una amplia gama de mamíferos y una zoonosis desatendida causada por especies del género genéticamente homogéneo Brucella. Como en la mayoría de los estudios ...
    • Depletion of complement enhances the clearance of Brucella abortus in mice 

      González-Espinoza, Gabriela; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Lizano-González, Esteban; Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro; Arias-Gómez, Berny; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Moreno, Edgardo; Lomonte, Bruno; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-08-06)
      Brucellosis is a bacterial disease of animals and humans. Brucella abortus barely activates the innate immune system at the onset of infection, and this bacterium is resistant to the microbicidal action of complement. Since ...
    • Es erróneo hacer una asociación directa entre la detección de Helicobacter spp.y gastritis en caninos 

      Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS (Revista de Ciencias Veterinarias, 2017-12-03)
      It has been proposed that Helicobacter may play a significant role in the generation of gastritis and cancer in dogs. However, despite several independent efforts, there is still controversy regarding the true ability of ...
    • Flora bacteriana cloacal y nasal de Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en el pacífico norte de Costa Rica 

      Santoro, Mario; Orrego, Carlos Mario; Hernández Gómez, Giovanna (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2005-07-05)
      The aerobic cloacal and nasal bacterial flora of 45 apparently healthy female olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) was studied at Nancite nesting beach, in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rican North Pacific) ...
    • In search of a bacterial spedes definition 

      Moreno, Edgardo (Universidad de Costa Rica., 1997)
      The bacterial species concept was examined within the framework of plant and animal associated a-2 proteobacteria, taking into consideration the phylogenetic, taxonomic and biological approaches as well as the microbiologists' ...
    • N-formyl-perosamine surface homopolysaccharides hinder the recognition of Brucella abortus by mouse neutrophils 

      Mora-Cartín, Ricardo; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Cristina; Gurdián-Murillo, Stephany; Lomonte, Bruno; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Moreno, Edgardo (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2016-06)
      Brucella abortus is an intracellular pathogen of monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and placental trophoblasts. This bacterium causes a chronic disease in bovines and in humans. In these hosts, the bacterium also ...
    • Persistence of Brucella abortus lineages revealed by genomic characterization and phylodynamic analysis 

      Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Henández-Mora, Gabriela; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; LadnerI, JasonT.; Oviedo-Sánchez, Gerardo; Foster, JeffreyT.; Rojas-Campos, Norman; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas; Moreno, Edgardo; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020-04-14)
      Brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus, is a major disease of cattle and humans worldwide distributed. Eradication and control of the disease has been difficult in Central and South America, Central Asia, the Mediterranean ...
    • Role of Clostridium perfringens toxins in necrotic enteritis in poultry 

      Ramírez, M; Flores-Díaz, M; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Alape-Girón, Alberto (Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, 2016)
      Poultry products represent over 30% of animal protein consumption worldwide, and its demand is growing considerably. The current global annual production of poultry meat and eggs is more than 115 million tons and 70 ...
    • Salmonelosis en bovinos: su comprobación en Costa Rica 

      Mendoza, Leonel; Podestá, Marco; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 1982)
      Se resalta el incremento de la salmonelosis especialmente en la especie bovina, en diferentes países Se realizó el diagnóstico elínico y luego micro-biológico de salmonelosis en dos brotes de ganado bovino lechero (ersey/ ...
    • Seroprevalence and detection of bovine leukosis virus in semen from breeding bulls in Costa Rica 

      Chacón Calderón, Jorge; Leiva, Roberto; ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ; Navarro, Leonel; Dolz, Gaby (Springer Nature, 2023-09-30)
      Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) causes enzootic bovine leukosis, a persistent infection and the most important neoplastic disease in cattle. It is spread primarily by transferring infected lymphocytes through blood from ...