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letter . 2020 May 13:taaa073. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa073
Presumed COVID-19 Index Case on Diamond Princess cruise ship and Evacuees to Hong Kong
Wai Shing Leung
1,✉, Jacky Man Chun Chan
1, Thomas Shiu Hong Chik
1, Daphne Pui Ling Lau
1, Chris Yau Chung Choi
1, Alicia Wing Tung Lau
1, Owen Tak Yin Tsang
1
Wai Shing Leung, FRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Jacky Man Chun Chan, MPH
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Thomas Shiu Hong Chik, MRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Daphne Pui Ling Lau, MRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Chris Yau Chung Choi, MRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Alicia Wing Tung Lau, MRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Owen Tak Yin Tsang, FRCP
1
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Corresponding author: Dr. Wai Shing Leung, FRCP, Princess Margaret Hospital, 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Telephone: +85264610387, Fax: +85229902875; Email: leungws4@ha.org.hk
Received 2020 Apr 9; Revised 2020 Apr 24; Accepted 2020 Apr 27.
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