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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1028-9933</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Información Científica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. inf. cient.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1028-9933</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Guantánamo]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1028-99332020000500435</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de la lepra en el municipio de Guantánamo en el periodo 2015-2019]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of leprosy in the municipality of Guantanamo in the period 2015-2019]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Caraballo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nivia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Borjas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lagos-Ordoñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kathy Julissa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aroche-Domínguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Laffita-Núñez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marleydis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente &#8220;Dr. Agostinho Neto&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Guantánamo]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Escuela Universitario de Honduras  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Honduras</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>99</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>435</fpage>
<lpage>441</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500435&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500435&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1028-99332020000500435&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN *  Introducción:  La lepra es un problema de salud con elevado impacto biopsicosocial, sin embargo, no se encuentra un estudio que la caracterice en el municipio de Guantánamo.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar aspectos clínicos de la lepra en el municipio Guantánamo en el periodo de 2015-2019.  Método:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, retrospectivo, descriptivo y longitudinal de todos los pacientes (N=117) con este diagnóstico. Se precisó la frecuencia del diagnóstico por años, formas clínicas, modo de detección, momento del diagnóstico y grado de discapacidad secundaria a esta enfermedad.  Resultados:  Fue 2017 el año durante el cual se diagnosticaron más pacientes con lepra (25,7 %), la forma clínica más frecuente fue la lepromatosa (56,4 %). De manera más común, la lepra se detectó de modo espontáneo (83,8 %), el diagnóstico de lepra fue precoz (92,3 %) y en el 93,1 % de los pacientes no generó ningún grado de discapacidad.  Conclusiones: La lepra no constituye actualmente un problema de salud en el municipio Guantánamo, pero el diagnóstico no suele ser con la precocidad que se demanda pues aún se realiza tardíamente, con un pobre reconocimiento de las manifestaciones clínicas por la atención primaria de salud y la población, lo que revela la importancia de las acciones dirigidas al pesquisaje de esta enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ * ABSTRACT *  Introduction:  Leprosy is a health problem with a high biopsychosocial impact, however, there is no study that characterizes it in the municipality of Guantánamo.  Objective:  To characterize clinical aspects of leprosy in the Guantánamo municipality in the period 2015-2019.  Method:  An observational, retrospective, descriptive and longitudinal study of all patients (N = 117) with this diagnosis was carried out. The frequency of diagnosis by years, clinical forms, detection method, time of diagnosis and degree of disability secondary to this disease were specified. Results: 2017 was the year during which more patients with leprosy were diagnosed (25.7%), the most frequent clinical form was lepromatous (56.4%). More commonly, leprosy was detected spontaneously (83.8%), the diagnosis of leprosy was early (92.3%) and in 93.1% of the patients it did not generate any degree of disability.  Conclusions:  Leprosy is not currently a health problem in the Guantánamo municipality, but the diagnosis is not usually with the precociousness that is demanded since it is still carried out late, with poor recognition of the clinical manifestations by primary health care and population, which reveals the importance of actions aimed at screening for this disease.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lepra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad de Hansen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dermatología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Guantánamo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[leprosy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hansen's disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dermatology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></kwd>
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