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<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>S1727-897X2022000100010</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[A propósito de la definición clínica oficial de la enfermedad pos-COVID-19 por la OMS]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Regarding the official clinical definition of post-COVID-19 disease by the WHO]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Espinosa Brito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo Darío]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>10</fpage>
<lpage>17</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1727-897X2022000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1727-897X2022000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1727-897X2022000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Después de haber padecido una enfermedad infecciosa aguda, un grupo de personas presentan manifestaciones clínicas muy variadas, que pueden ser transitorias o permanentes. Tal es el caso de la COVID-19, en la que se han referido multitud de síntomas generales y de órganos y sistemas, en un número no despreciable de personas que se han infectado previamente con el virus SARS-CoV-2. La Organización Mundial de la Salud emitió el 6 de octubre de 2021 una definición clínica oficial de la enfermedad pos-COVID-19, acordada tras una consulta mundial y publicada con el propósito de facilitar el tratamiento de los enfermos. A propósito de dicha definición, se exponen comentarios acerca de sus implicaciones para los enfermos, los servicios de salud y la sociedad en general.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT After having suffered an acute infectious disease, a group of people suffer from very varied clinical manifestations, which can be transitory or permanent. Such is the case of COVID-19, in which a multitude of general symptoms and organs and systems have been reported, in a not inconsiderable number of people who have previously been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The World Health Organization issued on October 6, 2021 an official clinical definition of post-COVID-19 disease, agreed after a global consultation and published with the purpose of facilitating the treatment of the sick. Regarding this definition, comments are made about its implications for patients, health services and society in general.]]></p></abstract>
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