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<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-91902017000300243</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v64i3.221</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de rinitis alérgica y de sus síntomas en la población escolar de Cuernavaca, Morelos, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and its symptoms in the school children population of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mancilla-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eleazar]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Solórzano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Evaristo Víctor Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina-Ávalos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barnica-Alvarado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl Humberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Área de la Salud Centro de Investigación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puebla Puebla]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,aff2  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado de Veracruz Hospital Regional Veracruz Servicio de Alergia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Veracruz Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,aff4  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>243</fpage>
<lpage>249</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000300243&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000300243&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000300243&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: En los estudios de prevalencia de rinitis alérgica se han encontrado amplias variaciones en sus resultados, incluso en poblaciones cercanas.  Objetivo: Determinar y comparar la prevalencia de la rinitis alérgica y sus síntomas en escolares de Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.  Métodos: Estudio transversal descriptivo de la prevalencia del diagnóstico de rinitis alérgica y de sus síntomas, en el que se empleó el &#8220;Cuestionario diagnóstico para estudios epidemiológicos&#8221;, entre junio y diciembre de 2015, en población preescolar, escolar primaria y secundaria, previa autorización de padres y autoridades escolares.  Resultados: En 7866 encuestas en población de 3 a 15 años de edad se identificaron 939 casos de rinitis alérgica (11.94 %), 53 % del sexo femenino. El síntoma con mayor prevalencia correspondió a constipación por frío (56.8 %), seguido por rinitis acompañada de síntomas oculares (35.8 %), cuadros catarrales recurrentes (20 %); el síntoma más frecuente fue la rinitis alérgica (100 %).  Conclusiones: Se apreció amplia variación en la prevalencia de los síntomas, notablemente más alta que la del diagnóstico de rinitis alérgica obtenida por el cuestionario (11.94 %), lo que sugiere que la prevalencia independiente de los síntomas no es buen parámetro para detectar la prevalencia de la rinitis alérgica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Studies on allergic rhinitis prevalence have found significant variations in their results, even in closely-living populations.  Objective: To determine and compare the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and its symptoms in schoolchildren from Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.  Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive study on the prevalence of allergic rhinitis diagnosis and symptoms, where the &#8220;Diagnostic questionnaire for epidemiological studies&#8221; was used between June and December 2015 in pre-school and primary and secondary school population, after authorization was granted by parents and school authorities.  Results: In 7866 surveys in a population aged between 3 and 15 years, 939 cases of allergic rhinitis (11.94%) were identified, with 53% belonging to the female gender. The symptom with the highest prevalence was cold-induced nasal congestion (56.8%), followed by rhinitis accompanied by ocular symptoms (35.8%) and recurrent flu-like symptoms (20), which was the most common symptom in allergic rhinitis (100%).  Conclusions: A significant variation was observed in the prevalence of symptoms, notably higher than that of questionnaire-obtained allergic rhinitis diagnosis (11.94%), which suggests that the independent prevalence of symptoms is not a good parameter to detect the prevalence of allergic rhinitis.]]></p></abstract>
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