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<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>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242021000203033</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento de la covid-19 en Matanzas, a cien días de la pandemia en Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 behavior in Matanzas at 100 days of pandemic in Cuba]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castro Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esther Caridad]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres Cancino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Indira Isel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Landrián]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázara]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Cuéllar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fe Esperanza]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bonet Cuervo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maylid]]></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>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>3033</fpage>
<lpage>3046</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000203033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000203033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242021000203033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la pandemia cambió el mundo y también el comportamiento de la provincia de Matanzas en los primeros cien días desde que apareció el primer caso en Cuba.  Objetivo:  caracterizar los factores sociodemográficos y clínico-epidemiológicos de los 207 pacientes confirmados con covid-19 en la provincia de Matanzas.  Materiales y métodos:  es una investigación descriptiva, longitudinal. Se estudió el comportamiento de los 207 pacientes positivos por covid-19 en la provincia de Matanzas. Los datos se tomaron a partir del 11 de marzo de 2020, fecha en que aparecen los primeros casos en Cuba, hasta el 18 de junio, en que se cumplieron cien días de la pandemia. Se analizaron factores sociodemográficos, como edad, sexo y lugar de convivencia, y factores clínico-epidemiológicos, como comorbilidades y fuente de infestación de los pacientes positivos.  Resultados:  predominaron los casos activos en los municipios Matanzas y Cárdenas, con dominio del sexo femenino y de las edades entre 40 y 59 años. La forma más frecuente de contagio fue la interna, y predominó el número de pacientes recuperados. Las comorbilidades de mayor incidencia en las muertes de pacientes de covid fueron la hipertensión arterial y la diabetes mellitus.  Conclusiones:  durante los primeros cien días de la pandemia en Cuba, el comportamiento varió en la provincia de Matanzas, motivado por los eventos de transmisión local abiertos en el territorio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  the pandemic changed the world and also behavior in the province of Matanzas at 100 days from the first case in Cuba.  Objective:  to characterize socio-demographic and clinical-epidemiological factors of the 207 COVID-19-confirmed patients in the province of Matanzas.  Materials and methods:  this is a longitudinal, descriptive research where the behavior of the 207 COVID-19-positive patients found in the province of Matanzas was studied. Data were collected beginning from March 11, 2020, when the first cases ocurred in Cuba and until June 18, when it turned 100 days with the presence of cases infected with COVID-19. The authors analyzed socio-demographic factors, such as age, sex, living place, and clinical-epidemiological factors such as positive-patients comorbidities and infection source.  Results:  active cases predominated in the municipalities of Matanzas and Cardenas, with predominance of females and 40-59 years ages; the most frequent infection form was the internal one; recovered patients predominated, and as death causes prevailed several comorbidities such as arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus.  Conclusions:  during the first 100 days of epidemic in Cuba, the behavior varied in the province due to the local transmission events opened in the territory.]]></p></abstract>
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