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Neutralization of Bothrops asper venom by antibodies, natural products, and synthetic drugs: contributions to understanding snakebite envenomings and their treatment
(2009)
Interest in studies on the neutralization of snake venoms and toxins by diverse types of
inhibitors is two-fold. From an applied perspective, results enclose the potential to be
translated into useful therapeutic products ...
Tsunamis and Tsunami Hazards in Central America
(2000-02)
A tsunami catalogue for Central America is compiled containing 49 tsunamis for the
period 1539–1996, thirty seven of them are in the Pacific and twelve in the Caribbean. At the Caribbean side, 5 events are related with ...
Natural history of Giardia infection of infants and children in rural Guatemala and its impact on physical growth
(1986-03)
Longitudinal data on Giardia excretion, diarrheal disease, and physical growth during the first 3 yr of life collected more than 20 yr ago in 45 Guatemalan children were analyzed. This report describes the natural history ...
Discovery of cahuitamycins as biofilm inhibitors derived from a convergent biosynthetic pathway
(2016-02-16)
Pathogenic microorganisms often have the ability to attach to a surface, building a complex matrix where they colonize to form a biofilm. This cellular superstructure can display increased resistance to antibiotics and ...
Daños, efectos y amenaza de tsunamis en América Central
(2002)
Desde 1539 hasta el presente han habido 49 tsunamis en América Central, 37 en el Pacífico y 12 en el Caribe; 10 de ellos tienen reportes de daños, siete en el Pacífico y tres en el Caribe. Estos tsunamis han cobrado cerca ...
Effects of roost specialization on extinction risk in bats
(2015)
Understanding causes and consequences of ecological specialization is of major concern in conservation. Specialist species are particularly vulnerable to human activities. If their food or habitats are depleted or lost, ...
Biodemografía de varias poblaciones indígenas de Costa Rica
(Vínculos 9(1 y 2):15-23, 1983)
A biodemographic study was carried out in two bribri and cabecar localities (Cabagra and
Warms) and two guaymi localities (Abrojo and Limoncito) in southeastern Costa Rica Around
50 0/0 of the people in each of these ...
Response of a Specialist Bat to the Loss of a Critical Resource
(2011-12)
Human activities have negatively impacted many species, particularly those with unique traits that restrict their use of resources and conditions to specific habitats. Unfortunately, few studies have been able to isolate ...
High levels of somatic DNA diversity at the myotonic dystrophy type 1 locus are driven by ultra-frequent expansion and contraction mutations
(Human Molecular Genetics, 2012, Vol. 21, No. 11 2450–2463, 2012-02-24)
Several human genetic diseases are associated with inheriting an abnormally large unstable DNA simple sequence
repeat. These sequences mutate, by changing the number of repeats, many times during the lifetime
of those ...
Updated checklist and analysis of completeness of the marine fish fauna of Isla del Coco, Pacific of Costa Rica
(2016)
Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, is one of the five groups of oceanic islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP), and is considered one of the most diverse. Since the mid-19th century, it has been the target of a number of ...