<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-0064</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. salud pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-0064</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0124-00642020000200198</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/rsap.v22n2.89682</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Morbilidad y mortalidad por COVID-19 en Latinoamérica: estudio en tres países - febrero a julio de 2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 in latin america: study of three countries - february to july 2020]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prieto-Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosibel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sarmiento-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Prieto-Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabián]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Grupo de Investigación en Cuidado Perioperatorio  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Grupo de Investigación en Cuidado Perioperatorio  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>198</fpage>
<lpage>204</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-00642020000200198&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-00642020000200198&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-00642020000200198&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El 11 de marzo de 2020 la OMS declara el estado de pandemia por COVID-19. Para el 31 de julio de 2020, se han reportado 17 106 007 casos y 668 910 muertes a nivel global. La región de las Américas ha reportado 9 152 173 casos (53%) y 351 121 muertes (52,2%), por lo que resulta de interés el análisis de los datos en países de esta región. Argentina, Chile y Colombia, debido a sus características culturales, políticas y económicas, presentan similitudes que favorecen su estudio y comparación.  Objetivo Realizar un análisis exploratorio de variables relacionadas con los sistemas de salud y datos epidemiológicos de COVID-19 en Argentina, Chile y Colombia.  Metodología Estudio descriptivo de variables reportadas por los organismos oficiales de cada Estado.  Resultados Se presentaron diferencias importantes en los casos activos, el número de pruebas realizadas y la mortalidad entre los tres países. La Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires presenta la mayor tasa de casos activos a julio de 2020. De estos tres países, Colombia presenta las mayores cifras de fallecimientos confirmados por COVID-19 con cierre a 31 de julio de 2020. Se sugiere la unificación de un sistema de información para América Latina que permita hacer un monitoreo integral de variables de interés, que favorezca la calidad de los datos y que unifique el lenguaje técnico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT On March 11, 2020 the WHO declared the state of pandemic by COVID-19. As of July 29, 2020, 17 106 007 cases and 668 910 deaths have been reported globally. The region of the Americas has reported 9 152 173 cases (53%) and 351 121 deaths (52,2%), so the aggregate analysis of the data in countries in this region is of interest. Argentina, Chile and Colombia, due to their demographic and economic characteristics, are countries that can be studied.  Objetive Analyze variables related to health systems and epidemiological data of SARS-CoV-2 virus disease in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.  Methods A descriptive study of variables reported by the official organisms of each state was used.  Results There is an important difference in active cases and mortality among the three countries; the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires has the highest number of active cases as of July 2020. Colombia has the highest numbers of deaths confirmed by COVID-19 in the months of February to July 2020. We suggest the unification of an information system for Latin America that allows a comprehensive monitoring of variables, improves the qua-lity of data and unifies the technical language.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pandemia por el nuevo coronavirus (2019-nCoV)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección por corona-virus 2019-ncov]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[América Latina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis por conglomerados (fuente: DeCS, BIREME)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 pandemic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2 infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cluster analysis (source: MeSH, NLM)]]></kwd>
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