SARS-CoV-2 infection in conjunctival tissue - Authors' reply

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¹ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China.
³ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: mchan@hku.hk.

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Kenrie Py Hui et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;8(7):e58.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30273-3.

¹ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Pathology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China.
³ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: mchan@hku.hk.

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Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures.
Hui KPY, Cheung MC, Perera RAPM, Ng KC, Bui CHT, Ho JCW, Ng MMT, Kuok DIT, Shih KC, Tsao SW, Poon LLM, Peiris M, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW. Hui KPY, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):687-695. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30193-4. Epub 2020 May 7. Lancet Respir Med. 2020. PMID: 32386571 Free PMC article.
SARS-CoV-2 infection in conjunctival tissue.
Liu YC, Ang M, Ong HS, Wong TY, Mehta JS. Liu YC, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):e57. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30272-1. Lancet Respir Med. 2020. PMID: 32649921 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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