2019-nCoV transmission through the ocular surface must not be ignored

Affiliations

¹ Department of Opthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. Electronic address: lcwchina800@sina.com.
² Department of Opthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
³ Division of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.

Comment

Cheng-Wei Lu et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 22;395(10224):e39.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30313-5. Epub 2020 Feb 6.

¹ Department of Opthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. Electronic address: lcwchina800@sina.com.
² Department of Opthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
³ Division of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.

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