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Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Fractional Doses of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Administered Intradermally by Needle-Free Device in Cuba by Resik, Sonia, Tejeda, Alina, Mas Lago, Pedro, Diaz, Manuel, Carmenates, Ania, Sarmiento, Luis, Alemañi, Nilda, Galindo, Belkis, Burton, Anthony, Friede, Martin, Landaverde, Mauricio, Sutter, Roland W.

“…Background. As part of an evaluation of strategies to make inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) affordable for developing countries, we conducted a clinical…”
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Cuban Abdala vaccine: Effectiveness in preventing severe disease and death from COVID-19 in Havana, Cuba; A cohort study by Más-Bermejo, Pedro I., Dickinson-Meneses, Félix O., Almenares-Rodríguez, Kenia, Sánchez-Valdés, Lizet, Guinovart-Díaz, Raúl, Vidal-Ledo, María, Galbán-García, Enrique, Olivera-Nodarse, Yadira, Morgado-Vega, Isabel, Dueñas-Carrera, Santiago, Pujol, Merardo, Hernández-Bernal, Francisco, Limonta-Fernández, Miladys, Guillén-Nieto, Gerardo, Muzio-González, Verena L., Ayala-Ávila, Marta

“…COVID-19 vaccines have proven safe and efficacious in reducing severe illness and death. Cuban protein subunit vaccine Abdala has shown safety, tolerability…”
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Equity and the Cuban National Health System's response to COVID-19 by Mas Bermejo, Pedro, Sánchez Valdés, Lizet, Somarriba López, Lorenzo, Valdivia Onega, Nelly Cristina, Vidal Ledo, María Josefina, Alfonso Sánchez, Ileana, Seuc Jo, Armando, Almeida Cruz, Yudivian, Morales Ojeda, Roberto

“…Cuba’s National Health System has managed to guarantee an effective and equitable response to COVID-19. Universal and free health coverage, based on primary…”
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The Health Equity Network of the Americas: inclusion, commitment, and action by Castro, Arachu, Sáenz, Rocío, Avellaneda, Ximena, Cáceres, Carlos, Galvão, Luiz, Mas, Pedro, Ritterbusch, Amy E., Fuentes, Manuel Urbina

“…The Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) is a multidisciplinary network that promotes knowledge sharing and intersectoral action for equity in health…”
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Addressing Cuba's aging population: why epimapping needs to go local by Más, Pedro

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La Red de las Américas para la Equidad en Salud: inclusión, compromiso y acción by Castro, Arachu, Sáenz, Rocío, Avellaneda, Ximena, Cáceres, Carlos, Galvão, Luiz, Mas, Pedro, Ritterbusch, Amy E., Urbina Fuentes, Manuel

“…La Red de las Américas para la Equidad en Salud (RAES) es una red multidisciplinaria que promueve el intercambio de conocimientos y la acción intersectorial…”
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Isolation of Coxsackievirus A24 variant from patients with hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Cuba, 2008–2009 by Fonseca, Magilé C, Sarmiento, Luis, Resik, Sonia, Pereda, Niurka, Rodríguez, Hermis, Kourí, Vivian, Martínez, Pedro Ariel, Piñón, Alexander, Limonta, Daniel, Más, Pedro, Hung, Lai Heng

“…Abstract Background An outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in Cuba in 2008 and 2009. Objective To determinate the etiological agent…”
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Poliovirus detection in wastewater and stools following an immunization campaign in Havana, Cuba by Más Lago, Pedro, Gary, Jr, Howard E, Pérez, Luis Sarmientos, Cáceres, Victor, Olivera, Julio Barrios, Puentes, Rosa Palomera, Corredor, Marité Bello, Jímenez, Patricia, Pallansch, Mark A, Cruz, Roberto González

“…Recent outbreaks of poliomyelitis caused by vaccine-derived virus have raised concerns that vaccine-derived poliovirus may continue to circulate after…”
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Treatment of a tibial bone defect with a motorized intramedullary bone transport nail: A case review with 32 months follow up by Carrión Martínez, Jorge, Cámara Baeza, Miguel A., Durán Morell, Alberto, Mas, Pedro Calafell, González Gil, Ana B.

“…Nowadays, massive segmental bone defects represent a surgical challenge for trauma surgeons. Most of these injuries appear in the context of high-energy…”
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Transformations in the health system in Cuba and current strategies for its consolidation and sustainability by Ojeda, Roberto Morales, Bermejo, Pedro Mas, Serrate, Pastor Castell-Florit, Mariño, Carmen Arocha, Valdivia Onega, Nelly C, Castillo, Dalilis Druyet, Menéndez Bravo, José A

“…ABSTRACT In Cuba, universal access and health coverage rest on three key principles: health as a human right, equity and solidarity. Although many of the Cuban…”
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The role of routine polio immunization in the post-certification era by SUTTER, Roland W, CACERES, Victor M, MAS LAGO, Pedro

“…The role of routine vaccination against poliomyelitis for the post-certification era remains an important area for policy decision-making. Two critical…”
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Preparation and Response in Case of Natural Disasters: Cuban Programs and Experience by Bermejo, Pedro Mas

“…Inadequate preparation for national disasters is frequently particularly devastating in lower income countries. The Cuba's location has a diversity of…”
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First report on fatal myocarditis associated with adenovirus infection in Cuba by Valdés, Odalys, Acosta, Belsy, Piñón, Alexander, Savón, Clara, Goyenechea, Angel, Gonzalez, Grehete, Gonzalez, Guelsys, Palerm, Lidice, Sarmiento, Luis, Pedro, Mas Lago, Martínez, Pedro A, Rosario, Delfina, Kourí, Vivian, Guzmán, María Guadalupe, Llop, Alina, Casas, Inmaculada, Perez Breña, Ma. Pilar

“…Myocarditis is caused frequently by viral infections of the myocardium. In the past, enteroviruses (EV) were considered the most common cause of myocarditis in…”
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A myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated with adenovirus subgenera C among children from Havana City in 2005 by Savón, Clara, Acosta, Belsy, Valdés, Odalys, Goyenechea, Angel, Gonzalez, Grehete, Piñón, Alexander, Más, Pedro, Rosario, Delfina, Capó, Virginia, Kourí, Vivian, Martínez, Pedro A, Marchena, Juan J, González, Guelsys, Rodriguez, Hermis, Guzmán, María G

“…Abstract Background Among multiple causes of acute myocarditis, viral infection, especially that due to enteroviruses and adenoviruses, is the leading cause…”
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A New Method of Providing Pulsatile Flow in a Centrifugal Pump: Assessment of Pulsatility Using a Mock Circulatory System by Herreros, Jesús, Berjano, Enrique J., Sales-Nebot, Laura, Más, Pedro, Calvo, Irene, Mastrobuoni, Stefano, Mercé, Salvador

“…:  Previous studies have demonstrated the potential advantages of pulsatile flow as compared with continuous flow. However, to date, physiologic pumps have…”
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Shifting the demand for emergency care in Cuba's health system by De Vos, Pol, Murlá, Pedro, Rodriguez, Armando, Bonet, Mariano, Màs, Pedro, Van der Stuyft, Patrick

“…Cuba has developed a programme of quality improvement of its health services, which includes an extramural emergency care system in which polyclinics and…”
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Prevalence of febrile syndromes in dengue surveillance, havana city, 2007 by Peláez, Otto, Sánchez, Lizet, Más, Pedro, Pérez, Suzette, Kourí, Gustavo, Guzmán, María G

“…Determine point prevalence of febrile syndromes and compare with prevalence reported by habitual clinical and seroepidemiologic dengue surveillance system in…”
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Persistence of vaccine-derived poliovirus following a mass vaccination campaign in Cuba: implications for stopping polio vaccination after global eradication by Lago, Pedro Más, Cáceres, Victor M, Galindo, Miguel A, Gary, Howard E, Valcarcel, Marlen, Barrios, Julio, Sarmiento, Luis, Avalos, Ivonee, Bravo, Jose A, Palomera, Rosa, Bello, Marite, Sutter, Roland W, Pallansch, Mark A, de Quadros, Ciro A

“…Background With substantial progress made toward polio eradication, developing the appropriate strategy for discontinuing global oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)…”
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Equidad y respuesta del Sistema Nacional de Salud de Cuba ante la COVID-19 by Mas Bermejo, Pedro, Sánchez Valdés, Lizet, Somarriba López, Lorenzo, Valdivia Onega, Nelly Cristina, Vidal Ledo, María Josefina, Sánchez, Ileana Alfonso, Jo, Armando Seuc, Cruz, Yudivian Almeida, Ojeda, Roberto Morales

“…El Sistema Nacional de Salud de Cuba ha logrado garantizar una respuesta eficaz y con equidad en el enfrentamiento a la COVID-19. La cobertura de salud…”
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Comparing the COVID-19 Responses in Cuba and the United States by Powell, Mary Anne, Erwin, Paul C, Bermejo, Pedro Mas

“…The purpose of this analytic essay is to contrast the COVID-19 responses in Cuba and the United States, and to understand the differences in outcomes between…”
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