Introduction:

leptospirosis, historically considered the zoonosis of greater international diffusion.

Objective:

to characterize clinically and epidemiologically the patients with suspected human leptospirosis in the Hermanos Cruz academic Polyclinic of Pinar del Río during the period 2019- 2021.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive and transversal study was carried out. The universe consisted of 182 patients notified by the clinics, the on-call department of the polyclinic and the hospitals. The sample was selected by simple random sampling and consisted of 162 patients. From the ethical point of view, this research complied with the ethical principles contained in the Declaration of Helsinki.

Results:

in the research, the age group 40-49 predominated in 71 patients (43,83 %), with a predominance of men (76,46 %). Peasants were the most frequent with 89 cases (54,94 %). The clinical manifestations present were high fever, myalgias and arthralgias in 100 %. As epidemiological risk, rice cultivation predominated with 86 cases (53,09 %).

Conclusions:

given the prevalence of patients with suspected human leptospirosis in the sample studied, the norms and procedures for better preventive control of these patients should be strengthened in primary health care, which would lead to a better polyclinic-hospital linkage and thus result in better care and a better quality of life for both the patient and the family.

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