- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Plant and animal studies
Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
2025
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”
2015
The research was conducted in an open field at the Villaforest farm, Chongón parish, Guayas Province. genus Anastrepha spp. is one of pests considered quarantine for other countries worldwide and most prevalent South America. This aimed to find effective low-cost lure that helps reduce fruit fly populations. experimental design used a randomized complete block (RCBD), means comparisons were made with non-parametric Friedman test. treatments evaluated from blossom fruiting stages mangoes....
As a first national surveillance of Acinetobacter in Cuba, total 500 spp. isolates recovered from 30 hospitals between 2010 and 2012 were studied. baumannii-calcoaceticus complex accounted for 96.4% all the isolates, while other species detected at low frequency (A. junii 1.6%, A. lwoffii 1%, haemolyticus 0.8%, soli 0.2%). Resistance rates 34-61% to third-generation cephalosporins, 49-50% β-lactams/inhibitor combinations, 42-47% aminoglycosides, 42-44% carbapenems 55% ciprofloxacin. However,...
La producción de cacao en Ecuador es fundamental tanto económica como culturalmente, pero enfrenta serios problemas debido al hongo Moniliophthora roreri, causante la moniliasis. Se evaluó eficacia los agentes biocontrol Trichoderma harzianum y Bacillus subtilis para controlar M. roreri CCN-51. investigación se realizó finca "San Pedro" Bolívar, utilizando un diseño bloques completos azar con cuatro tratamientos tres repeticiones, totalizando 12 unidades experimentales. aplicaron diferentes...