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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7531</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Pediatría]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Pediatr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7531</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-75312020000500021</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clínico-epidemiológica de pacientes pediátricos infectados por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 en Santiago de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical-epidemiological characterization of pediatric patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Santiago de Cuba province]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mengana López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erlis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Medina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yofaidy]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Portuondo Kindelán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Delia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domínguez Redondo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dennis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez Lambert]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Aguirre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yasmany]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Infantil Norte Docente &#8220;Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Dirección Provincial de Salud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital &#8220;Alberto Fernández Montes de Oca&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Luis, Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Luis Ramírez Betancourt  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Infantil Sur &#8220;Antonio Maria Béguez César&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>92</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75312020000500021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El mundo se encuentra inmerso en buscar una solución al flagelo que azota a la humanidad, el nuevo coronavirus que está cobrando miles de vidas. En el Hospital Militar &#8220;Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany&#8221; de Santiago de Cuba se hospitalizan los niños con COVID-19 procedentes de tres provincias orientales: Granma, Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba.  Objetivo: Caracterizar desde el punto de vista clínico-epidemiológico a pacientes pediátricos infectados por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 en Santiago de Cuba.  Presentación de casos: En la serie estudiada predominaron los pacientes procedentes de Santiago de Cuba (60,0 %), el grupo de edad entre 6 y 10 años (40 %) y el sexo masculino (80 %). La persistencia de los síntomas transcurrió en la primera semana de hospitalización y los más frecuentes fueron la tos seca y la fiebre. Se puso en práctica el protocolo de tratamiento y 50,0 % presentó reacciones adversas leves; asimismo, en 90,0 % la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa en tiempo real fue negativa a los 14 días. El 80,8 % fue contacto de pacientes positivos al SARS-CoV-2 y 2 niños (20 %) presentaron neumonía bacteriana como complicación.  Conclusiones: La COVID-19 en la población pediátrica de la región oriental no es problema de salud en cuanto a morbilidad y mortalidad, pero sí es fuente de contagio para los adultos. A los 14 días de estadía hospitalaria la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa en tiempo real es negativa y se reafirma que una de las formas de transmisión de la enfermedad es de hombre a hombre.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The world is currently immersed in looking for a solution to the scourge that is ravaging humanity: the new coronavirus which is taking thousands of lifes, in spite of the efforts carried out and the strategies implemented by the different governments.  Objective:  To characterize from the clinical-epidemiological point of view pediatric patients infected by SARS-CoV-2.  Cases presentation:  In the series of cases predominated patients coming from Santiago de Cuba province (60%), the age group of 6 to 10 years and the masculine sex (40 and 80%, respectively). The persistence of the symptoms took place in the first week in hospital and the most frequent symptoms were dry cough and fever. It was implemented the protocol for treatment and 50.0% of the patients presented slight adverse reactions; likewise, in 90.0% of the cases the polimerase´s chain reaction in real time (PCR) was negative after 14 days. The 80.8% of the cases were contacts of patients positive to SARS-CoV-2 and 2 of them presented bacterial pneumonia as a complication.  Conclusions:  COVID-19 does not represent a health problem in the pediatric population of the Eastern zone in terms of mobility and morbidity, but it is a source of infection for adults. It has been proved that after 14 days of hospital stay the PCR in real time is negative and it is confirmed that one of the transmission ways of the disease is person to person.]]></p></abstract>
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