Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms
The current worldwide pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had alerted the population to the risk that small microorganisms can create for humankind’s wellbeing and survival. All of us have been affected, directly or indirectly, by this situation, and scientists all over the world...
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| author | Diana Pereira Tiago Soares Carreira Nuno Alves Ângela Sousa Joana F. A. Valente |
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| description | The current worldwide pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had alerted the population to the risk that small microorganisms can create for humankind’s wellbeing and survival. All of us have been affected, directly or indirectly, by this situation, and scientists all over the world have been trying to find solutions to fight this virus by killing it or by stop/decrease its spread rate. Numerous kinds of microorganisms have been occasionally created panic in world history, and several solutions have been proposed to stop their spread. Among the most studied antimicrobial solutions, are metals (of different kinds and applied in different formats). In this regard, this review aims to present a recent and comprehensive demonstration of the state-of-the-art in the use of metals, as well as their mechanisms, to fight different pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-053116e638484051af0c92947028385e2023-11-23T16:36:04ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672022-01-01233116510.3390/ijms23031165Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic MicroorganismsDiana Pereira0Tiago Soares Carreira1Nuno Alves2Ângela Sousa3Joana F. A. Valente4CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Avenida Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, PortugalCDRsp-IPL-Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria, Marinha Grande, 2430-028 Leiria, PortugalCDRsp-IPL-Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria, Marinha Grande, 2430-028 Leiria, PortugalCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Avenida Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, PortugalCDRsp-IPL-Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria, Marinha Grande, 2430-028 Leiria, PortugalThe current worldwide pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had alerted the population to the risk that small microorganisms can create for humankind’s wellbeing and survival. All of us have been affected, directly or indirectly, by this situation, and scientists all over the world have been trying to find solutions to fight this virus by killing it or by stop/decrease its spread rate. Numerous kinds of microorganisms have been occasionally created panic in world history, and several solutions have been proposed to stop their spread. Among the most studied antimicrobial solutions, are metals (of different kinds and applied in different formats). In this regard, this review aims to present a recent and comprehensive demonstration of the state-of-the-art in the use of metals, as well as their mechanisms, to fight different pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/3/1165antimicrobial agentsbacteriafungimetalsvirus |
| spellingShingle | Diana Pereira Tiago Soares Carreira Nuno Alves Ângela Sousa Joana F. A. Valente Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms International Journal of Molecular Sciences antimicrobial agents bacteria fungi metals virus |
| title | Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms |
| title_full | Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms |
| title_fullStr | Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms |
| title_short | Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms |
| title_sort | metallic structures effective agents to fight pathogenic microorganisms |
| topic | antimicrobial agents bacteria fungi metals virus |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/3/1165 |
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