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Antibodies/therapeutic use , Cell Biology , Developmental Biology , Electronic Nose , Mass Spectrometry/instrumentation , Neurosciences , Animals , Antibodies/chemistry , Antibodies/genetics , Antibodies/immunology , Bacterial Proteins/drug effects , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/radiation effects , Bioprinting/trends , /immunology , /chemistry , /supply & distribution , Cell Biology/instrumentation , Cell Biology/trends , Developmental Biology/methods , Developmental Biology/trends , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Embryo, Mammalian/embryology , Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism , Embryonic Development/genetics , Holography/trends , Humans , Immunoglobulin E/chemistry , Immunoglobulin E/genetics , Immunoglobulin E/immunology , Immunoglobulin E/therapeutic use , Ion Channels/metabolism , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Membrane Proteins/drug effects , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/radiation effects , Mice , Microscopy/instrumentation , Microscopy/trends , Molecular Probes/analysis , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Neurosciences/methods , Neurosciences/trends , Optogenetics/trends , Single-Cell Analysis , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The infection has predominantly respiratory transmission and is transmitted through large droplets or aerosols, and less commonly by contact with infected surfaces or fomites. The alarming spread of the infection and the severe clinical disease that it may cause have led to the widespread institution of social distancing measures. Because of repeated exposure to potentially infectious patients and specimens, health care and laboratory personnel are particularly susceptible to contract COVID-19. This review paper provides an assessment of the current state of knowledge about the disease and its pathology, and the potential presence of the virus in cytology specimens. It also discusses the measures that cytology laboratories can take to function during the pandemic, and minimize the risk to their personnel, trainees, and pathologists. In addition, it explores potential means to continue to educate trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.