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<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>S1029-30192021000601324</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Principales características clínicas y epidemiológicas de trabajadores de la salud diagnosticados con COVID-19 en Santiago de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Main clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Santiago de Cuba]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hierrezuelo Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Naifi]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Gonzalez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paula]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León Gilart]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alain]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Johnson Valenciano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Suniel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cordero Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Frank]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Ramón López Peña  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></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>1324</fpage>
<lpage>1337</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601324&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601324&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000601324&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La COVID- 19 tiene repercusión en el sistema de salud pública del país y en personal sanitario.  Objetivo: Describir algunas características clínicas y epidemiológicas del personal de salud diagnosticado con COVID-19 en un área de salud de Santiago de Cuba.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo de 19 trabajadores de la salud del Policlínico Docente Ramón López Peña de Santiago de Cuba, diagnosticados con la COVID-19 en el período febrero-abril de 2021. Las variables descritas fueron: edad, sexo, categoría ocupacional, comorbilidades, fuente de infección, síntomas y evolución.  Resultados: Predominaron las féminas entre 40 y 59 años de edad (36,8 %), la fuente de infección comunitaria (52,6 %), los médicos como el personal más afectado (47,3 %) y las manifestaciones respiratorias (47,3 %); asimismo, 94,7 % de los afectados egresaron vivos y hubo un solo fallecido.  Conclusiones: A pesar de la baja prevalencia de la COVID-19 en el personal de salud, se deben extremar las medidas de bioseguridad implementadas en cada institución para evitar nuevos contagios.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The COVID-19 has repercussion in the public health system of the country and in health personnel.  Objective:  To describe some clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of the health personnel diagnosed with COVID- 19 in a health area of Santiago de Cuba.  Methods:  A descriptive and retrospective study of 19 health workers of Ramón López Peña Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba was carried out. They were diagnosed with the COVID-19 during February-April, 2021. The described variables were: age, sex, occupational category, comorbidities, infection source, symptoms and clinical course.  Results:  There was a prevalence of the females between 40 and 59 years (36.8 %), community source of infection (52.6 %), doctors as the most affected health staff (47.3 %) and respiratory signs (47.3 %); also, 94.7 % of the affected patients were alive when discharged from the hospital and there was only one dead patient.  Conclusions:  In spite of the low prevalence of the COVID-19 in the health staff, the biosecurity measures implemented in each institution to avoid new infections should be maximized.]]></p></abstract>
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