AMAL KHALIFE, DO1
SCOTT SMITH, MD1
MATTHEW SIMS, MD, PHD1,2
1 - Section of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Beaumont Hospital
2 - Departments of Internal Medicine and Foundational Medical Studies
Oakland Unversity
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Royal Oak, Michigan
Drs Sarin and Newman contributed equally to this exercise.
Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· explain how SARS-CoV-2 enters a host cell;
· enumerate the natural history and typical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection;
· classify coronaviruses and human metapneumoviruses by their taxonomy;
· describe the transmission of coronaviruses and human metapneumovirus; and
· describe testing used for detection of human coronaviruses and human metapneumovirus.