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- ↑ "Williamson Carolyn | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- 1 2 "Carolyn Williamson | Division of Medical Virology". www.virology.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- 1 2 "Professor Carolyn Williamson PhD (UCT) MASSAf FRSSAf Fellow of UCT | Institute Of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine". www.idm.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ "Members". www.assaf.org.za. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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