Of migration, macaques, mice and men

Jun-Yang Tay^{1

2}, Shawn Vasoo^{1

2

3}, Yee-Sin Leo^{1

2

3

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Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Editorial

Jun-Yang Tay et al. Singapore Med J. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;62(11):562.

doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020010. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Jun-Yang Tay^{1

2}, Shawn Vasoo^{1

2

3}, Yee-Sin Leo^{1

2

3

4}

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

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