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Does a polyphagous caterpillar have the same gut microbiota when feeding on different species of food plants?
(Revista de Biología Tropical 50(2): 547-560, 2002, 2002)
We used classical culture techniques to explore gut bacteria and changes associated with dietary change in the highly polyphagous, tropical caterpillar Automeris zugana(Saturniidae). Fifty-five third instar wild-caught ...
Scirtothrips menai sp.n., a new species from Costa Rica, Central America (Thysanoptera, Terebrantia, Thripidae)
(2016)
The genus Scirtothrips Shull 1909 is characterized by small, pale, active thrips with no more than 1500 μm in length that feed generally on young leaves. Most species feed on a few host plants, while others are polyphagous, ...
Fecal rotaviruses, adenoviruses, corona virus like particles, and small round viruses in a cohort of rural costa rican children
(1985)
Excretion patterns of fecal viruses were studied in a cohort of 51 rural Costa Rican children. The presence of rotavirus, adenovirus, coronavirus-like particles, and small round viruses was investigated by electron microscopy ...
Epidemiologic perspective of diarrheal disease in Costa Rica and current efforts in control, prevention and research
(1981)
This paper shows that mortality due to
diarrheal diseases in Costa Rica began to decline in
the 1940's. After a period of arrest during 1948-1964,
the decline reached a low of 12 deaths per 100,000
population in 1977. ...
Venomics of new world pit vipers: genus-wide comparisons of venom proteomes across Agkistrodon
(Journal of Proteomics vol 96, p.103-116, 2014-01-16)
Wereport a genus-wide comparison of venomproteomevariation acrossNewWorld pit vipers in the genus Agkistrodon. Despite the wide variety of habitats occupied by this genus and that all its taxa feed on diverse species of ...
Ontogenetic changes in the venom of the snake Lachesis muta stenophrys (bushmaster) from Costa Rica
(1990)
A comparative study was performed on some enzymatic and toxic activities of venoms collected from newborn, one-year old, two-years old and adult (more than five-years old) specimens of Lachesis muta stenophrys. There was ...
Reproductive biology and postnatal development in the tent-making bat Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
(2006)
In this study we investigated the reproductive patterns and postnatal development in the tent‐making bat Artibeus watsoni. We sampled two populations in the Golfito Wildlife Refuge and Corcovado National Park, south‐western ...
Toxicovenomics and antivenom profiling of the Eastern green mamba snake (Dendroaspis angusticeps).
(2016-03-16)
A toxicovenomic study was performed on the venom of the green mamba, Dendroaspis angusticeps. Forty-two different proteins were identified in the venom of D. angusticeps, in addition to the nucleoside adenosine. The most ...
Virología de los rotavirus y epidemiología de la diarrea por rotavirus
(1985)
Rotaviruses are a leading cause of morbid- feeding infants and children of tender age
ity and mortality from diarrhea among breast- everywhere in the world, and particularly in microorganisms
replicate in the villose ...