Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia.

Leon CalyJulian DruceJason RobertsKatherine BondThomas TranRenata KosteckiYano YogaWilliam NaughtonGeorge TaiaroaTorsten SeemannMark B SchultzBenjamin P HowdenTony M KormanSharon R LewinDeborah Ann WilliamsonMike G Catton

Published in: The Medical journal of Australia (2020)

The ability to rapidly identify, propagate, and internationally share our SARS-CoV-2 isolate is an important step in collaborative scientific efforts to deal effectively with this international public health emergency by developing better diagnostic procedures, vaccine candidates, and antiviral agents.

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