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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1729-519X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev haban cienc méd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1729-519X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1729-519X2019000400579</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Historia de la meningitis bacteriana en Cuba: siglo XIX al XXI]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[History of bacterial meningitis in Cuba: From 19th to 21st centuries]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Batlle Almodóvar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Carmen]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Dickinson Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Félix Orlando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Nacional de Genética Médica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,nstituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí Departamento de Vigilancia e Investigaciones Epidemiológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>579</fpage>
<lpage>592</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1729-519X2019000400579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1729-519X2019000400579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1729-519X2019000400579&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La meningitis bacteriana aún constituye un importante problema de salud mundial. En Cuba hay limitadas investigaciones con una perspectiva histórica de esta temática.  Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento de la meningitis bacteriana en Cuba (siglo XIX-XXI).  Material y Métodos: Estudio descriptivo (corte histórico) entre finales de 1800 y 2017, utilizando el método histórico-lógico y un análisis deductivo-inductivo de múltiples fuentes bibliográficas.  Desarrollo: La primera alusión a la meningitis bacteriana en Cuba data de 1877. También se sugiere su probable importación por el ejército de ocupación norteamericano en 1899. En 1901 se aisló el meningococo de Weichselbaum del líquido cefalorraquídeo, lo que constituye, probablemente, su primera notificación en Cuba. Iniciado el siglo XX, se reportan casos aislados y brotes hasta 1976 cuando inicia la mayor epidemia de Enfermedad Meningocócica (serogrupos C y B). En 1979 se vacuna contra el C. En 1980 se implementa una vigilancia epidemiológica especial. Se desarrolla la vacuna cubana VA-MENGOC-BC® (1984) que se usa masivamente (1987) y se contribuye al control, incluyéndose en el Programa Nacional de Inmunizaciones (1991). Haemophilus Influenzae pasa a ser la principal bacteria causante de meningitis bacteriana hasta 1999 en que se aplican vacunas (Vaxem-Hib® y QuimiHib®) y se controla. Su nicho ecológico es ocupado por neumococo hasta ahora.  Conclusiones: Desde fines del siglo XIX hasta la segunda mitad del XX la meningitis bacteriana en Cuba se manifestaba como casos aislados y brotes. Durante y después de una gran epidemia, se implementan estrategias preventivas efectivas, incluidas dos vacunas cubanas contra estas enfermedades, que revierten el comportamiento a endemia muy baja hasta la actualidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Bacterial meningitis remains an important health problem worldwide. In Cuba, there are limited research studies about this issue from a historical perspective.  Objective:  To describe the behavior of this disease in Cuba (19th - 21st centuries).  Material and Methods: A descriptive historical study was carried out between the ends of 1800-2017, using the historical-logical method and a deductive-inductive analysis of multiple bibliographical sources.  Development: The first reference to bacterial meningitis in Cuba was made in 1877. The probable introduction of the disease by the US occupation army in 1899 is also considered. In 1901, the meningococci of Weichselbaum was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid, which was probably it first report in Cuba. At the beginning of the 20th century, isolated cases and outbreaks were reported until 1976, when the biggest and larger invasive meningococcal disease began (serogroups C, B). Vaccination against serogroup C started in 1979. In 1980, a special epidemiological surveillance was implemented. The Cuban vaccine VA-MENGOC-BC® against the disease was developed in 1984, which was massively used in 1987. The vaccine contributed to the control of the disease and was included in the National Immunization Program in 1991. Haemophilus Influenzae became the main causative bacterial agent of meningitis until 1999, when the implementation of massive vaccination (Vaxem-Hib® and QuimiHib®) controlled disease. Up to the present, its ecological niche is occupied by pneumococci.  Conclusions: From the end of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century, bacterial meningitis in Cuba behaved as isolated cases and outbreaks. Effective preventive strategies were implemented during and after a huge epidemic, including Cuban vaccines against the disease, that pass on its behavior to a very low endemic disease up to the moment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Meningitis cerebro espinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningitis bacteriana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningitis bacteriana adquirida en la comunidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meningococo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[neumococo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Haemophilus influenzae]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[historia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cerebrospinal meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bacterial meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[community-acquired bacterial meningitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[meningococcus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pneumococcus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Haemophilus influenzae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vaccines]]></kwd>
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