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Dengue viruses in Aedes albopictus Skuse from a pineapple plantation in Costa Rica
(2015-06)
En Costa Rica, Ae. albopictusfue reportado por primera vez en 1998; actualmente, está ampliamente distribuido en el área noreste del país, la vertiente del Caribe y la frontera con Panamá. Las plantas de bromelia, que ...
Chikungunya: un virus que nos acecha
(2015-06-01)
El virus chikungunya representa una amenaza para Costa Rica. Este arbovirus ha sido introducido
al continente americano desde finales de 2013. Debido a sus características epidemiológicas y
virológicas, y a la presencia ...
Seasonal profiles of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in an urban area of Costa Rica with a history of mosquito control
(2008-06-01)
Dengue is the most important arboviral disease worldwide and the principal vector-borne disease in Costa
Rica. Control of Aedes aegypti populations through source reduction is still considered the most effective way of ...
Zika Virus (ZIKV): A New Emerging Pathogen Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Latin American Subcontinent
(2016-03-11)
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) are two
species of synanthropic mosquitoes that are common in outdoor
and indoor domiciliary environments in tropical countries. Their
vectorial competence and ...
Caracterización de los sitios de multiplicación de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en el caserío “La Carpio”, San José, Costa Rica durante la estación seca del 2003
(2004-06-01)
El primer brote de dengue en San José, la capital de Costa Rica, fue documentado hasta el año 2002 en la comunidad La Carpio, donde las condiciones climáticas y sociales son adecuadas para la transmisión viral. La ...
Evaluación de la resistencia a insecticidas en cepas de Aedes aegypti (Diptera Culicidae) de la Región Caribe de Costa Rica
(2016-01)
Introducción: el dengue y chikungunya son virosis antroponóticas transmitidas por Aedes aegypti que afectan extensas áreas del continente americano incluyendo Costa Rica. La reciente introducción del virus Zika representa ...
Dengue in Costa Rica: the gap in local scientific research
(2006)
Globalization has affected the reemergence of infectious diseases, with increased human travel and trade facilitating the introduction of diseases into new areas and the resurgence of diseases that had been eliminated in ...
Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species in Fleas Collected from Dogs and Cats from Costa Rica
(2015-09)
The bacterial genus Bartonella includes several species with zoonotic potential, some of which are common in domestic dogs and cats, as well as in their fleas. Because there is no previous information about the presence ...
Zoonotic Agents in Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) from Costa Rica: Possible Improvements to Diminish Contagion Risks
(2018-01)
Most studies on zoonotic agents in pigeons have been conducted in the Palearctic region, but the scarcity of data is notorious in the Neotropical region, where these birds can breed all year around and are in close contact ...