Research Grants Approved

Presentation of the Successful Projects for the Period 2008 - 2010

1-N-2008 Host genetic factors of the Central American population associated with susceptibility to Dengue virus infection
2-N-2008 Muscle regeneration after necrosis induced by B. asper venom toxins: the role of endogenous matrix metalloproteinases, vascular alterations and revascularization.
3-R-2008 Molecular genotyping of rotavirus isolated in farm animal in Central America
4-N-2008 Molecular characterization and follow up of a Hepatitis C viral infection in a hematology-oncology unit at a Children’s Hospital in Nicaragua.
5-N-2008 Molecular Epidemiology & Resistance of HIV-1 in Central American Region.
6-N-2008 Enterotoxigenic and Enteropathogenic E. coli’s, the main agents associated with acute, severe bacterial diarrhea, in drinking water
7-R-2008 Evaluation of Zooprofilaxis and Environmental management as an alternative for the control of Triatoma dimidiata and Rhodnius pallescens in Central America
8-R-2008 Role of Brucella abortus two component regulatory system BvrR/BvrS in the modulation of virulence genes expression.
9-N-2008 Characterization of the vectors and epidemiology of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Guatemala and Costa Rica
10-R-2008 Congenital HCMV Infections in Neonates from Honduras and Costa Rica