NOTES TO EDITORS
The first study was funded by the Special Project for Emergency of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences, National Science Grant for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Beijing Science and Technology Project, and National Mega-projects for Infectious Diseases in China. It was conducted by researchers from Jin Yin-tan Hospital, Wuhan, China; China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China; Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing, China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China; Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; and Peking University People's hospital, Beijing, China.
The second study was funded by The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong, Michael Seak-Kan Tong, Respiratory Viral Research Foundation Limited, Hui Ming, Hui Hoy and Chow Sin Lan Charity Fund Limited, Marina Man-Wai Lee, the Hong Kong Hainan Commercial Association South China Microbiology Research Fund, Sanming Project of Medicine (Shenzhen), and and High Level-Hospital Program (Guangdong Health Commission). It was conducted by researchers from The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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[2] Six cases were confirmed as 2019-nCoV, but only five of them were genetically confirmed. The daughter was not virologically confirmed but she had typical changes of viral pneumonia on lung CT scan. Nasal and throat secretions can be negative by genetic test because the main pathology is in the lungs deep down. She was exposed to a Wuhan hospital and most other family members are genetic test positive for the virus, so she is defined as an epidemiologically and radiologically probable case, not defined by virological test.