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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1684-18242021000102963</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La COVID-19 y otras pandemias]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 and other pandemics]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Placeres Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alonso Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mileidys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Abreu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Judit]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olivares Alonso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amanda]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Valle]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liliana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sarabia Águila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erennys Carema]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>2963</fpage>
<lpage>2976</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000102963&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000102963&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000102963&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Una pandemia ocurre cuando la epidemia traspasa las fronteras internacionales y generalmente, afecta un gran número de personas. Varias son las pandemias que han afectado a la humanidad a través de la historia. La enfermedad por coronavirus 2019, (COVID-19) causada por el virus SARS-CoV-2, fue catalogada como pandemia por la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en marzo del 2020. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica sobre esta, otras enfermedades transmisibles y no transmisibles, así como problemas de salud, que han azotado la humanidad durante los últimos 100 años. Estas enfermedades y problemas de salud afectan en pleno siglo XXI a todo el planeta y son igualmente, consideradas verdaderas pandemias. Las guerras, la contaminación ambiental, la pobreza, el hambre, la infodemia, entre otras, junto a la COVID-19, deben igualmente levantar las alarmas sanitarias, científicas, sociales, ambientales y políticas para evitarlas, controlarlas y erradicarlas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[SUMMARY A pandemics occurs when the epidemics crosses the international borders and usually affects a great number of people. Several pandemics have affected the humankind through the history. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was catalogued as pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. A bibliographic review was carried out on it, other communicable and non-communicable diseases, and also health problems affecting mankind during the last 100 years. These diseases and health problems afflict the whole planet in the 21st century and are also considered true pandemics. Wars, environment pollution, poverty, fame, infodemic, and others, together with COVID-19, should also raise sanitary, scientific, social, environmental and politic alarms to avoid, control and eradicate them.]]></p></abstract>
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