Table 1.
Completeness of essential information in communicable diseases. The Cuban Hospital, 2012–2013.
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| Variables* | Total | Contact number* * | Address | Place of Work | Date onset of clinical symptoms |
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| Acute hepatitis | 2 | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) |
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| Dengue | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
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| Tuberculosis | 22 | 20 (90.9) | 14 (63.6) | 16 (72.7) | 20 (90.9) |
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| Measles | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) |
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| Meningitis | 5 | 5 (100) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 5 (100) |
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| Infectious diarrheal dis. | 39 | 38 (97.4)) | 25 (64.1) | 23 (59.0) | 38 (97.4) |
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| Typhoid fever | 4 | 3 (75.0) | 2 (50.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100) |
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| Food poisoning | 12 | 12 (100) | 12 (100) | 5 (41.7) | 12 (100) |
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| Total | 90 | 81 (90.0) | 60 (66.7) | 52 (57.8) | 86 (95.6) |
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| Chronic hepatitis | 13 | 11 (84.6) | 7 (53.8) | 10 (76.9) | 11 (84.6) |
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| Chickenpox | 25 | 20 (80.0) | 21 (84.0) | 19 (76.0) | 24 (96.0) |
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| Syphilis | 2 | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) |
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| Gonorrhea | 4 | 4 (100) | 4 (100) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100) |
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| AIDS | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) |
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| Other sexually transmitted infections | 4 | 4 (100) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100) | 4 (100) |
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| Influenza like illness | 539 | 447 (82.9) | 376 (69.8) | 353 (65.5) | 492 (91.3) |
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| Severe acute resp. infections | 8 | 5 (62.5) | 4 (50.0) | 3 (37.5) | 7 (87.5) |
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| Malaria | 23 | 19 (82.6) | 18 (78.3) | 17 (73.9) | 23 (100) |
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| Multi-drug resistant organisms*** | 27 | 23 (85.2) | 3 (11.1) | 5 (18.5) | 24 (88.9) |
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| Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 21 | 18 (85.7) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (9.5) | 21 (100) |
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| Parasitic dis. | 11 | 8 (72.7) | 7 (63.6) | 5 (45.5) | 10 (90.9) |
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| Brucellosis | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100) |
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| Rotavirus | 2 | 2 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 2 (100) |
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| Salmonellosis | 1 | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) |
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| Scabies | 66 | 57 (86.4) | 47 (71.2) | 40 (60.6) | 62 (9.9) |
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| Scarlet fever | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (100) |
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| Skin infectious dis. | 186 | 168 (90.3) | 150 (80.6) | 113 (60.8) | 166 (89.2) |
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| others | 37 | 29 (78.4) | 16 (43.2) | 13 (35.1) | 30 (81.1) |
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| Total | 975 | 821 (84.2) | 665 (68.2) | 592 (60.7) | 889 (91.2) |
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| Total | 1065 | 902 (84.7) | 725 (68.1) | 644 (60.5) | 975 (91.5) |
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*Data presented as No (%); **Includes mobile or landline numbers; ***Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus not included.