El incremento en la prevalencia de la obesidad en el mundo ha despertado el interés de investigadores y gran público debido a la asociación del exceso de grasa corporal con ciertas enfermedades degenerativas (Popkin, 2006). ...

Many different viruses have the capacity for infecting and replicating in micro-habitats of the intestinal tract. Eons of interaction between intestinal viruses and the intestinal mucosa have lead to a variety of ...

It has been suggested that decreasing infant mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth rates and the experience in several countries shows that decreasing infant mortality rates are indeed followed by declining ...

Le taux de mortalite infantile du Costa Rica est recemment tombs a 18 p. 1000, devenant ainsi l'un des plus faible du Tiers monde. Dans cet extraordinaire progres, la reduction des maladies diarrheiques a joue un role ...

This discussion will review current knowledge on malnutrition infection interactions, to provide a basis for justifiable interventions to curtail infectious diseases. Interventions should be implemented within the frame ...

Abdominal angiostrongylosis, caused by Atigiostrongylus costaricensis (Morera and Cespedes, 1971) or Morerastrongylus rostaricensis (Chabaud, 1972), is a parasitic disease characterized by a granulomatous inflammatory ...

Es imposible discutir el contrato Merck-INBio en el momento actual por el hecho de habérsele mantenido oculto a Ia sociedad costarricense. Los medios de comunicación de toda clase han fracasado en sus intentos por obtenerlo ...

Prospective studies in Mayan Indian children living in their natural setting were carried out from 1964 through 1974; observations began at birth and extended at least throughout the first three years of life. Adequate ...

Dr. Rohde told us this morning that diarrhea and poor diet interact in a vicious circle leading to malnutrition and frequently maiming and killing infants and young children. It appears certain that diarrhea has deleterious ...

The study of the relation of man to his environment in developing countries emphasizes the inevitable need for societies to recognize the true causes of infection, malnutrition, and poverty. The need is for improvement ...