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Serum cholesterol, triglyceride, and high-density-lipoprotein concentrations in men with different dietary and exercise regimens in Puriscal, Costa Rica
(1986)
Mean serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were higher for two
groups of sedentary middle-aged and elderly men than for a group of physically-active,
middle-aged farmers, all from rural Puriscal, Costa Rica. ...
Relationship of upper body fat distribution to serum glucose and lipids in a Costa Rican population
(1987)
Present models of the relation between subcutaneous fat distribution and serum biochemistries have been based largely on U.S. White populations. To determine interpopulational differences in that relation, we measured 68 ...
Diarrea por Campylobacter fetus jejuni y otros agentes infecciosos en niños del área rural de Puriscal, Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical 32(1) p.137-143, 1984-01-04)
Between September 1979 and September 1981 a field study was conducted on the etiology of
diarrhea' disease in the area of Puriscal, Costa Rica. The presence of enteric pathogens was investigated in
the stools of 267 ...
Cholera El Tor in Latin America, 1991-1993
(1994)
Cholera El Tor appeared in Peru in 1991 and spread rapidly to nearly all neighboring countries. The disease evolved more explosively than anything recorded since the beginning of the 7th pandemic in Sulawesi (the Celebes) ...
Epidemiology of human rotavirus types 1 and 2 as studied by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(The New England Journal of Medicine 299:1156-1161, 1978-11-23)
To determine the relative importance of two known serotypes of human rotavirus, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to differentiate serotype-specific rotavirus antigen and antibody. Using this technic, we ...
Extinction of Vibrio choleare in acidic substrata: contaminated cabbage and lettuce treated with lime juice
(1994)
Lime juice killed Malian of Vibrio cholerae 01, El Tor, Inaba, present on cabbage and lettuce contaminated in the laboratory. The lethal effect was evident within 5 min of exposure to lime juice. No vibrios could be recovered ...
Estado nutricional en Amerindios en Costa Rica 1979-1984
(1985)
Several expeditions were made during the period 1979 -1984 to the Amerindian
localities Limoncito and Abrojo (Guaymi);Cabagra aend Amubri (BriBri); Boruca (Boruca) and Ujarras (Cabecar); in order to evaluate the ...
Sociocultural factors in the control and prevention of parasitic diseases
(Reviews of infectious diseases 4(4):871-879, 1982-07)
Control and prevention of parasitic disease depends on an adequate knowledge of interactions
among factors such as human behavior, the environment, and the life cycles of
parasites. Sociocultural factors in large part ...
Leishmaniasis tegumentaria americana en amerindios de Costa Rica
(1985)
Entre 1979 y 1984 se realizaron estudios clínicos y epidemiológicos en las poblaciones de Limoncito y Abrojo (Guaymi), Cabagra y Amubri (Bribri), Boruca (Boruca) y Ujarrás (Cabecar). Los estudios clínicos consistieron en ...
Secretory antibody directed against rotavirus in human milk—measurement by means of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(The Journal of Peditrics: 93(6): 916-921. 1978, 1978-12)
Human milk contains antibodies to a variety of enteropathic agents. We utilized the method of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to investigate anti-rotavirus secretory IgA in 113 human milk and colostral specimens from a ...