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¹ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. ehylau@hku.hk.
² World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Eric H Y Lau et al. Nat Med. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;26(10):1534-1535.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-1049-3. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

¹ World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. ehylau@hku.hk.
² World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19.
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Is presymptomatic spread a major contributor to COVID-19 transmission?
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