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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1561-3003</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3003</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1561-30032020000100018</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Infectados por SARS CoV-2 y enfermos de COVID-19. Precisiones necesarias]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Infected by SARS-CoV-2 and ill with COVID-19. Necessary corrections]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fonte Galindo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Barrios]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yisel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Chacón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dennis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina Tropical &#8220;Pedro Kourí&#8221; (IPK)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></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>57</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-30032020000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-30032020000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-30032020000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En febrero 11 de 2020, la Organización Mundial de la Salud designó con el acrónimo COVID-19 a la enfermedad causada por SARS CoV-2. En Cuba, fruto de una temprana y acertada adecuación de su Sistemas Sanitario y el de Ciencias e Innovación a las circunstancias de una epidemia en ciernes, se ha logrado un satisfactorio control de la virosis. En la mayoría de los países, Cuba incluida, la mayor parte de las personas infectadas por SARS CoV-2 son asintomáticas. Con excesiva frecuencia, en los medios de comunicación y en la literatura médica especializada se hace un uso impreciso, cuando no erróneo, de las construcciones infectados por SARS-CoV-2 y enfermos de COVID-19. Visto en perspectiva, resulta necesario alertar sobre el uso indistinto y equívoco de esas construcciones entre los diversos públicos, especializados o no. Más allá de la confusión semántica, su reproducción pudiera traducirse en inadecuadas percepciones de riesgo y malas prácticas y, en consecuencia, tener implicaciones directas e indirectas en los resultados del enfrentamiento a la pandemia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT On 11 February 2020 the World Health Organization chose the acronym COVID-19 to designate the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. In Cuba, due to the early and appropriate adjustment of the Health and Science and Innovation Systems to the circumstances of a just-started epidemic, satisfactory control has been achieved of this virus infection. In most countries, including Cuba, most of the persons infected by SARS-CoV-2 are asymptomatic. With an excessive frequency inaccurate when not erroneous use is made in the mass media and the specialized medical literature of the phrases infected by SARS-CoV-2 and ill with COVID-19. Put into perspective, it is necessary to alert on the vague and equivocal use of these phrases by specialists and laypeople alike. Aside from the semantic confusion it may bring about, repetition of these phrases may cause inadequate risk perception and malpractice, and thus directly or indirectly affect the results of the response to the pandemic.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[semántica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comunicación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[semantics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[communication]]></kwd>
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