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    • Biologic and genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Costa Rica, Central America 

      Dubey, J.P.; Su, C.; Vindas Bolaños, Rafael; Sundar, N; Kwok, O.C.; Shen, S.K.; Morales, Juan Alberto; De Oliveira, Jaqueline (Elsevier B.V, 2006-02-23)
      The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gondii in 144 free-range ...
    • Brucella genetic variability in wildlife marine mammals populations relates to host preference and ocean distribution 

      Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Baker, Kate; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Hernandez-Mora, Gabriela; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Castillo-Zeledón, Amanda; Jiménez-Rojas, César; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Cloeckaert, Axel; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas; Moreno, Edgardo; Guzman-Verri, Caterina (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2017-07-20)
      Intracellular bacterial pathogens probably arose when their ancestor adapted from a free-living environment to an intracellular one, leading to clonal bacteria with smaller genomes and less sources of genetic plasticity. ...
    • Chlamydia psittaci genotype B in a pigeon (Columba livia) inhabiting a public place in San José, Costa Rica 

      Dolz, Gaby; Solórzano-Morales, Á.; Angelova, L.; Tien, C.; Fonseca, Luis; Bonilla, Marta C. (University of Tripoli, 2013-12-02)
      Human chlamydiosis is a zoonotic disease of avian origin caused by Chlamydia psittaci. The highest infection rates have been detected in parrots (Psittacidae) and pigeons (Columbiformes), the latter most frequently carry ...
    • Detección de IHHNV en el cultivo de Litopenaeus vannamei en Costa Rica 

      Parajeles, Jose; Solorzano-Morales, Antony; Dolz, Gaby; Peña Navarro, Nelson (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-05-01)
      Introducción. El virus de la necrosis hipodérmica y hematopoyética infecciosa (IHHNV) produce deformidades cuticulares y reducción del crecimiento del camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei), lo que genera ...
    • Diversity of Human Rotavirus G and P Genotypes in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic 

      Bourdett Stanziola, Lurys; Ortega Barria, Eduardo; Jiménez Sánchez, Carlos (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008)
      In this study 2,089 fecal samples from patients with gastroenteritis were analyzed from different hospitals in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic during the period comprised between December 2002 and July 2003. ...
    • Efectividad de la autovacuna en un caso de papilomavirus canino en un perro Gran Danés en Costa Rica 

      Dolz, Gaby; Alfaro Mora, Ramsés (Rev Inv Vet Perú de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos., 2022-02-25)
      El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la efectividad de una autovacuna para papilomas ocasionados por papilomavirus canino (CPV) en la región facial de un perro Gran Danés de tres meses. Se colectó un grupo de ...
    • Rotavirus Genotypes in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic 

      Bourdett-Stanziola, Lurys; Ortega-Barria, Eduardo; Espinoza, Felix; Bucardo, Filemon; Jiménez, Carlos; Ferrera, Annabelle (S. Karger AG, Basel, 2010-07-02)
      In this study, 574 stool samples from children with gastroen- teritis were obtained from different hospitals in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic during 2005–2006. Diarrhea stool samples ...
    • White spot syndrome virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farms in Costa Rica 

      Peña Navarro, Nelson; Castro Vásquez, Ruth; Dolz, Gaby (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020-03-04)
      Introduction. The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes systemic destruction of ectodermal and mesodermal tissues in shrimp and can cause 100 % mortality. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is an intracellular ...