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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192021000601424</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Variantes genéticas del SARS-CoV-2 y sus implicaciones clínicas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 and its clinical implications]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Expósito Lara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexander]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Feria Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gisela Eduarda]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Benítez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sonia Noemí]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miguel Soca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Riobamba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Holguín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>1424</fpage>
<lpage>1446</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601424&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601424&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601424&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El SARS-CoV-2, agente causal de la actual pandemia de la COVID-19, va sufriendo mutaciones como consecuencia de su ciclo evolutivo, lo que ha originado diferentes variantes genéticas, que han sido agrupadas en dos categorías: preocupante (alfa o británica, beta o sudafricana, gamma o brasileña y delta o india) y de interés (lamdba, mu, épsilon, eta, iota, kappa, zeta, theta); estas conllevan implicaciones clínicas en la transmisibilidad, virulencia y resistencia del SARS-CoV-2 a la inmunidad natural y adquirida, lo que representa un serio desafío para los servicios de salud en todo el mundo. En este artículo se describen dichas variantes genéticas, con énfasis en su probable impacto clínico, y además se plantea la posibilidad de que aparezcan otras, como fenómeno natural en la evolución de los virus.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2, causal agent of the COVID-19 current pandemic, is suffering mutations as a consequence of its evolutive cycle, what has originated different genetic variants that have been grouped in two categories: worrying (alpha or British, beta or South African, gamma or Brazilian and delta or Indian) and of interest (lamdba, mu, epsilon, eta, iota, kappa, zed, theta); these categories bear clinical implications in the transmissibility, virulence and resistance from SARS-CoV-2 to the natural and acquired immunity, what represents a serious challenge in health services worldwide. These genetic variants are described in this work, with emphasis in its probable clinical impact, and the possibility that other variants could appear is also explained, as natural phenomenon in the evolution of viruses.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mutación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[farmacorresistencia viral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mutation]]></kwd>
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