Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak
The novel coronavirus designated as SARS-CoV-2 has risen the first pandemic caused by coronavirus and by November 26, 2020 is responsible for more than 1,410 million deaths. This scenario evidences that despite previous pandemics and epidemics in the world’s history, the current worldwide measures t...
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| author | Aline Lucchesi Schio Alexandre Fassini Michels Gislaine Fongaro Carlos Alejandro Figueroa |
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| description | The novel coronavirus designated as SARS-CoV-2 has risen the first pandemic caused by coronavirus and by November 26, 2020 is responsible for more than 1,410 million deaths. This scenario evidences that despite previous pandemics and epidemics in the world’s history, the current worldwide measures to contain and to mitigate viruses’ outbreaks are still disabled and insufficient. Therefore, this perspective reinforces the need for new and practical approaches for antiviral material developments and presents current technologies and its advances in this field of research focusing especially in surface materials since it is one of the most common interaction pathways. Furthermore, the roll that nanotechnology has been playing in the combat of viruses as well as the mechanisms that science has been discovering to inactivate these pathogenic microorganisms is presented. Finally, we suggest introducing new legislation and norms rather more specified on virucidal agents (materials and devices) than bactericidal ones in human environments such as hospitals, nursing homes, buses, and shopping centers to mitigate the current and future virus-based pandemics and epidemics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-059ef501eddb499c806ccd24cec628d82022-12-21T22:23:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemical Engineering2673-27182021-03-01310.3389/fceng.2021.636075636075Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 OutbreakAline Lucchesi Schio0Alexandre Fassini Michels1Gislaine Fongaro2Carlos Alejandro Figueroa3Postgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGMAT), University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGMAT), University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, BrazilLaboratory of Applied Virology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering (PPGMAT), University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, BrazilThe novel coronavirus designated as SARS-CoV-2 has risen the first pandemic caused by coronavirus and by November 26, 2020 is responsible for more than 1,410 million deaths. This scenario evidences that despite previous pandemics and epidemics in the world’s history, the current worldwide measures to contain and to mitigate viruses’ outbreaks are still disabled and insufficient. Therefore, this perspective reinforces the need for new and practical approaches for antiviral material developments and presents current technologies and its advances in this field of research focusing especially in surface materials since it is one of the most common interaction pathways. Furthermore, the roll that nanotechnology has been playing in the combat of viruses as well as the mechanisms that science has been discovering to inactivate these pathogenic microorganisms is presented. Finally, we suggest introducing new legislation and norms rather more specified on virucidal agents (materials and devices) than bactericidal ones in human environments such as hospitals, nursing homes, buses, and shopping centers to mitigate the current and future virus-based pandemics and epidemics.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fceng.2021.636075/fullantimicrobial materialsvirus inactivationsurface chemical activityhealth management nanotechnologyantiviral legislation |
| spellingShingle | Aline Lucchesi Schio Alexandre Fassini Michels Gislaine Fongaro Carlos Alejandro Figueroa Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Frontiers in Chemical Engineering antimicrobial materials virus inactivation surface chemical activity health management nanotechnology antiviral legislation |
| title | Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak |
| title_full | Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak |
| title_short | Trends in the Antiviral Chemical Activity of Material Surfaces Associated With the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak |
| title_sort | trends in the antiviral chemical activity of material surfaces associated with the sars cov 2 outbreak |
| topic | antimicrobial materials virus inactivation surface chemical activity health management nanotechnology antiviral legislation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fceng.2021.636075/full |
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