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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Viral Conjunctivitis Rates Unchanged Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Ophthalmology Clinic

Amber N Piazza1 Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5081-5676View further author information
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Peter A Downie1 Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA;2 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USAView further author information
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Michael S Lee3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USAView further author information
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Bruce R Lindgren4 Masonic Cancer Center Biostatistics Core, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USAView further author information
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Joshua H Olson3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1289-1294 | Received 18 Oct 2023, Accepted 15 Apr 2024, Published online: 09 May 2024

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