SARS-CoV-2: eye protection might be the missing key

Minas Theodore Coroneo¹, Peter John Collignon^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of New South Wales at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
³ Department of Infectious Disease, Medical School, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia.

Minas Theodore Coroneo et al. Lancet Microbe. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;2(5):e173-e174.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00040-9. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Minas Theodore Coroneo¹, Peter John Collignon^{2

3}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of New South Wales at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
³ Department of Infectious Disease, Medical School, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia.

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