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Detection of rickettsiae in fleas and ticks from areas of Costa Rica with history of spotted fever group rickettsioses
(2016-10)
Outbreaks of spotted fevers have been reported in Costa Rica since the 1950s, although vectors responsible for transmission to humans have not been directly identified. In this study, species of Rickettsia were detected ...
Reevaluación de los índices larvales para Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) en dos localidades con historia epidemiológica de dengue, Costa Rica
Reevaluation of the larval índices for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in two localities with an epidemiological histoy of dengue, Costa Rica
(2013-06-01)
Introducción. En Costa Rica, el dengue es la principal enfermedad de trasmisión vectorial.
Esta afecta ecosistema urbanos como La Carpio y La Gran Puntarenas, donde Aedes aegypti es altamente prevalente.
Objetivo. Reevaluar ...
Culicidofauna asociada con contenedores artificiales en la comunidad “La Carpio”, Costa Rica
(2009-06-01)
Objetivo:
Determinar las especies de mosquitos más frecuentes
en “La Carpio”, primer comunidad del Área Metropolitana de
San José en sufrir un brote por dengue.
Métodos:
Cuatro encuestas larvales fueron ...
Infestación múltiple por ácaros ectoparásitos en conejos de crianza
Multiple infestation by ectoparasitic mites in breeding rabbits
(2011-06-01)
Six breeding rabbits (New Zealand strain) were observed with crusted and pruritic dermal lesions. These lesions were located predominantly in ears, nose, nails and feet. Dermal material collected by scraping showed the ...
Expansion of Aedes albopictus Skull in Costa Rica
(2010-06-01)
A report of the Aedes albopictus expansion in Costa Rica is described as well as its epidemiological analysis.
Evaluation of predictive maps for Aedes aegypti larval habitats in two urban areas of Costa Rica
(2011-12)
The abundance of Aedes aegypti can be associated with urban structure and tree cover, which conceals and protects containers. The purpose of this study was to create and evaluate predictive maps for Ae. Aegypti larval ...
Mapping the risk of Aedes aegypti larval habitats using tree cover in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2010-08)
Tree cover and other characteristics of urban structure have been associated in urban environments with abundance and productivity of Aedes aegypti and other mosquito larval habitats. Tree cover can conceal containers, ...
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 ...
Impacto de una iniciativa de participación comunitaria sobre los índices larvales tradicionales para Ae. Aegypti (Diptera: culicidae) en una comunidad urbana en riesgo de dengue en San José, Costa Rica
Impact of an initiative of community participation on traditional larval indices for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: culicidae) in an urban community at risk for dengue in San Jose, Costa Rica.
(2007-06-01)
Introducción. El impacto sobre los índices larvales tradicionales para Aedes aegypti: índice de viviendas (IV), índice de contenedores (IC) e índice de Breteau (IB) fue evaluado tras la implementación de una iniciativa de ...
Vejigas animales como sitios para oviposición y desarrollo de moscas (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) en el contexto de una tradición en Barva de Heredia, Costa Rica
Animal bladders as oviposition and breeding sites for flies after festivities in Heredia, Costa Rica
(2008-06-01)
Se realizó un recuento del número de vejigas dispersas en 15 manzanas del centro urbano de Barva, Heredia, luego de la celebración de las mascaradas, actividad enmarcada en las fiestas patronales de la ciudad. Adicionalmente ...