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Acute Onset of Bilateral Follicular Conjunctivitis in two Patients with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infections

Louis W. Lima National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;b Tan Tock Seng Hospital, SingaporeView further author information
, MMed,
Glorijoy S. Tanb Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;c National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Vernon Yonga National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;b Tan Tock Seng Hospital, SingaporeView further author information
, FRCSEd,
Danielle E. Andersond Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-5024View further author information
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David C. Lyec National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore;d Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore;e Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore;f Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Barnaby Youngb Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;c National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore;e Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Rupesh Agrawala National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore;b Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore;c National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore;d Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore;e Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore;f Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore;g Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1280-1284 | Received 27 Jul 2020, Accepted 07 Sep 2020, Published online: 06 Oct 2020

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