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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1727-897X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MediSur]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medisur]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1727-897X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, Centro Provincial de Ciencias Médicas, Provincia de Cienfuegos.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1727-897X2019000100156</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La vacunación antineumocócica en Cuba. Retos y desafíos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Anti-pneumococcal vaccination in Cuba. Challenges]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chávez Amaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dunia María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Casanova González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Felicia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Capote Padrón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos Cienfuegos]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>156</fpage>
<lpage>159</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1727-897X2019000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1727-897X2019000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1727-897X2019000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El desarrollo de la Medicina ha reflejado la necesidad de prevenir enfermedades trasmisibles a través de vacunas. Después de la descripción del papel que juega el neumococo en la génesis de enfermedades, se inició una carrera destinada a prevenirlas. En el presente siglo se licenció la primera vacuna conjugada contra el Streptococcus pneumoniae para ser utilizada en niños. En Cuba, a pesar de los esfuerzos realizados, no se ha introducido la vacuna antineumocócica y desde hace más de una década se trabaja en un candidato vacunal conjugado heptavalente, actualmente en evaluación clínica avanzada. En este trabajo se hacen consideraciones al respecto.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Medicine development has shown the need of preventing transmissible diseases by means of Vaccines. After a description of the role of pneumococcus in the origin of diseases, a career towards preventing them was started. In the current century, the first conjugated vaccine was certified against Streptococcus pneumonia to be used in children. In Cuba, in spite of the efforts, the anti-pneumococcal vaccine has not been introduced and for more of a decade time scientists have been working in a heptavalent conjugated vaccine, currently in an advanced clinical evaluation. In this work, considerations in this regard are made.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vacuna neumocócica conjugada heptavalente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vacunación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[streptococcus pneumoniae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vaccination]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[streptococcus pneumoniae]]></kwd>
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