Publications

2025

• Camacho, D., Tella-Vega, P., Wagner, F. A., Santamaría-Ulloa, C., Lehning, A., Gallo, J. J and Garcia-Peña, C. (2025, November 2025, 10327). Response to: Loneliness and Cognitive Function in Older Adults Living in Latin America: A Systematic Review Archives of Medical Research 56 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2025.103278. [More]
• Vanegas, J. C., Herrero, R., Barboza-Solís, C., Ocampo, R., Torres, G., Ortiz-Barboza, A., Ramírez, V., Une, C., Calderón, A., Porras, C., Carvajal, L. J. and Fantin, R. (2025, September). Descriptive epidemiology of gastric cancer in Costa Rica from 1990 to 2022 and projection of deaths to 2050: a population-based study The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 49 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101194. [More]
• Jiménez, L., Lau, N., Villanueva, L. and Masis, C. (2025, ). Aspetos relacionados com a saúde bucal em pessoas mais velhas Acta Farmacéutica Portuguesa 14, 1: 38-50. [More] [Digital version]
• Barrantes-Jiménez, K, Mendoza-Guido, B, Morales-Mora, E, Rivera-Montero, L, Montiel-Mora, J, Chacón-Jiménez, L, Rojas-Jiménez, K and Arias-Andrés, M. (2025, ). Influence of Seasonality and Pollution on the Presence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria in a Tropical Urban River Antibiotics 14, 8: 798 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14080798. [More]
• Sequeira-Cordero, A, Brenes, J C. and Vindas-Smith, R. (2025, ). The role of BDNF on food intake and overweight: Linking neuroplasticity and obesity Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 141: 111457 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2025.111457. [More]
• Romero, Ivonne, Cardoso, Tania Mandina, Cabitto, Mariana, Deminge, Mayra, Rearte, Julieta Fernandez, Vaquero, Hernan, de Lima Fabiana Farias, Mendes, Mariana Esposito, Silva, Laís Melo, Lafuente-Álvarez, Erika Flavia, Rada-Tarifa, Ana, Verdejo, Valentina, Radl, Analia, Saavedra, Nicolás, Santibañez, Mauricio, Obando, Nelson Brenes, Chaves-Campos, Fabio A, Ortíz, Fernando, Valle, Luisa, Mesa, Jorge E González, Bastidas, Angela, Muñoz-Velástegui, Gabriela, Arceo-Maldonado, Carolina, Guerrero-Carbajal, Yolanda C, Aguilar-Coronel, Sara, Monjagata, Norma, Espinoza-Zevallos, Marco, Martínez-López, Wilner, Mechoso, Burix, Tomaso, María Vittoria Di, de Vargas Aida Falcón and Lima, Omar García. (2025, ). LBDNet inter-laboratory comparison at high doses of ionizing radiation using the dicentric plus caffeine assay Int J Radiat Biol 101, 6: 363-651 https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2025.2494554. [More]
• Chacón, L and Schweizer, P Fuentes. (2025, ). Caracterización hidrogeológica del sistema acuífero ubicado en las comunidades Isla Chica y La Trocha, cantón de Los Chiles, Alajuela Revista Geológica de América Central 72: 1- 16 https://doi.org/doi:10.15517/rgac.2025.65179. [More] [Digital version]
• Molina-Ospina, F, Mendoza-Guido, B, Quesada-Gonzalez, A, Chacon, L and Barrios-Hernandez, M L. (2025, ). Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Pathobiome Diversity in Domestic Wastewater of a Tropical Country Water 17, 11 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/w17111574. [More]
• Mendoza-Guido, B, Rivera-Montero, L, Barrantes, K and Chacon, L. (2025, ). Plasmid and integron-associated antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from domestic wastewater treatment plan FEMS Microbiology Letters 372 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf041. [More] [Digital version]
• Montiel-Mora, J R., Lizano-Fallas, V, Méndez-Rivera, M, A Marín-González, , Cambronero-Heinrichs, J C and Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C E. (2025, ). Individual and mixture effect of selected high-hazard pharmaceuticals on aquatic primary producers Ecotoxicology. [More] [Digital version]
• Barrantes-Jiménez, K, Lejzerowicz, F, Tran, Tam, Calderón-Osorno, M, Rivera-Montero, L, Rodríguez-Sánchez, C, Odd-Gunnar, W, Eiler, A, Hans-Peter, G, Arias-Andrés, M and Rojas-Jiménez, K. (2025, ). Anthropogenic imprint on riverine plasmidome diversity and proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes following pollution and urbanization Water Research 281 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123553. [More] [Digital version]
• Carrillo-Paniagua, R, Valle-Bourrouet, L, Mora-Rodríguez, P, Redondo-Arias, P, Rodríguez-González, M and Vásquez-Cerdas, M. (2025, ). Generación de una curva de efecto biológico en función de la dosis de radiación absorbida, mediante la irradiación de muestras de sangre periférica, con una fuente radiactiva de Cobalto-60, utilizando el ensayo de micronúcleos J. health med. sci 11, 29-37. [More] [Digital version]
• Morales, F, Vargas, D, Palma, M, Rodríguez, E J, Asofeifa, G and Hernández, O. (2025, ). Natural Antioxidants Reduce Oxidative Stress and the Toxic Effects of RNA-CUG(exp) in an Inducible Glial Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Cell Model Antioxidants 14, 3: 260 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14030260. [More]
• Gomez-Ramírez, E, Sibaja-Cordero, J and Montiel-Mora, J. (2025, ). An analysis of human impact on sandy coasts of the Costa Rican Pacific Marine Pollution Bulletin 213 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117656. [More]
• Camacho, D, Tella-Vega, P, Wagner, F A, Santamaria-Ulloa, C, Lehning, A, Gallo, J J and Peña-García, C. (2025, ). Loneliness and cognitive function in older adults living in Latin America: A systematic review Archives of Medical Research 56 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2025.103182. [More]
• Morales-Mora, E, Rivera-Montero, L, Montiel-Mora, J, Barrantes-Jiménez, K and Chacón-Jiménez, L. (2025, ). Assessing microbial risks of Escherichia coli: A spatial and temporal study of virulence and resistance genes in surface water in resource-limited regions Science of The Total Environment 958 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178044. [More]
• Fernández-Vargas, R., Jiménez-Alpízar, S., Leandro-Arce, V., Mendoza-Guido, B. and Rojas-Jiménez, K. (2025, 16 Mayo). Draft genome sequences of four potential new species of the genus Bradyrhizobium isolated from root nodules of native legumes in Costa Rican forests Access Microbiology 7 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000990.v3.. [More]
• Morales-Mora, E., Centeno-Mora, E., Barrios-Hernández, M. L. and Chacon, L. (2025, 19 June 2025). Utilizing Performance Parameters in Wastewater Treatment Plants for the Implementation of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology. In: Souabi, S., Anouzla, A., Yadav, S., Singh, V.P., Yadava, R.N. (eds) Wastewater Treatment Plants Water Science and Technology Library 130: 137 - 176 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87461-1_8. [More]
• Mendoza-Guido, B., Romero-Carpio, J. D. and Molina-Castro, S. (2025, 29 August 2025). Comprehensive plasmidomic analysis of Helicobacter pylori reveals the potential role of plasmids in pathogenic adaptation and a novel putative toxin-antitoxin system FEMS Microbiology Letters 372: fnaf092 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf092. [More]

2024

• Vásquez-Cerdas, M. and Angulo-Calderón, J C. (2024, ). Impacto de una enfermedad rara en la calidad de vida de los pacientes y sus familias: el caso de la enfermedad de Huntington y el panorama actual en Costa Rica J. health med. sci 10, 4: 73-83 https://doi.org/https://revistas.uta.cl/pdf/3225/10-vasquez%20rev.10.4.pdf. [More]
• Montiel-Mora, J. R., Méndez-Rivera, M, Ramírez-Morales, D, Cambronero-Heinrichs, J. C. and Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C. E. (2024, ). Toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals and their mixtures to the aquatic indicators Daphnia magna and Aliivibrio fischeri. Ecotoxicology. 33: 1047 - 1061 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-024-02798-0. [More]
• Rivera-Montero, L, Molina-Mora, J. A., Sibaja-Amador, M, Chacón-Arguedas, D, Guzmán, C and García, F. (2024, ). Assessment of Mathematical Approaches for the Estimation and Comparison of Efficiency in qPCR Assays for a Prokaryotic Model DNA 4, 3: 189 - 200 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/dna4030012. [More]
• Caravaca-Rodríguez, I, Badilla-Mora, A, Castro-Córdoba, R, Chanto-Chacón, G and -Jiménez, L Chacón. (2024, ). Protocolo Nacional para la Vigilancia de enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos y agua Ministerio de Salud 82, 2: 43. [More] [Digital version]
• Mejías-Alpízar, M J, Porras-Silesky, C, Rodríguez, E J, Quesada, J, Alfaro-Segura, M P, Robleto-Quesada, J and Rojas, A. (2024, ). Mitochondrial and ribosomal markers in the identification of nematodes of clinical and veterinary importance Parasites & Vectors 17, 1 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-06113-4. [More]
• González-Mesa, J, Alem-Glison, D, Chaves-Campos, F A, Ortiz-Morales, F, Valle-Bourrouet, L, Abarca-Ramírez, M and Martínez-López, W. (2024, ). LBDNet interlaboratory comparison for the dicentric chromosome assay by digitized image analysis applying weighted robust statistical methods International Journal of Radiation Biology: 1019-1028 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2024.2356556. [More]