Nanotechnology in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases

Nanotechnology in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases delivers comprehensive coverage of the application of nanotechnology to pressing problems in infectious disease.

This text equips readers with cutting-edge knowledge of promising developments and future prospects in nanotechnology, paying special attention to microbes that are now resistant to conventional antibiotics, a concerning problem in modern medicine.

Readers will find a thorough discussion of this new approach to infectious disease treatment, including the reasons nanotechnology presents a promising avenue for the diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis of infectious diseases.

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Section A: Nanotechnology in the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases: General principles1. Gold and silver nanoparticles for diagnostics of infection Pedro Pedrosa and Pedro V. Baptista 2. Antimicrobial models in nanotechnology, from the selection to application in the control and treatment of infectious diseases Juan Bueno3. Silver nanoparticles in the control of vector-borne infections Kateryna Kon and Mahendra Rai 4. Magnetite nanostructures: Trends in anti-infectious therapy Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Alina Maria Holban and Florin Iordache 5. Photodynamic therapy of infectious disease mediated by functionalized fullerenes Michael R Hamblin and Zeyd Issa 6. Non conventional routes to silver nanoantimicrobials: technological issues, bioactivity, applications Federica Paladini, Mauro Pollini, Alessandro Sannino, Maria Chiara Sportelli, Rosaria Anna Picca, Nicola Cioffi, Marco Valentini, Maria Angela Nitti and Antonio Valentini 7. Application of nano materials in prevention of bone and joint infections Nusret Kose and Aydan Kose Section B: Nanotechnology in coping with bacterial infections8. The potency of metal nanoparticles to inhibit bacterial biofilms Krystyna I Wolska and Katarzyna Markowska 9. Tackling the problem of tuberculosis by nanotechnology: disease, diagnosis and drug delivery Kateryna Kon, Mahendra Rai and Avinash Ingle 10. Influence of physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials on their antibacterial applications Vipul Bansal and Hemant Kumar Daima 11. Nanocarriers against bacterial biofilms Noha Adel Nafee12. Nanomaterials for antibacterial textiles Nabil Abd El-Basset Ibrahim13. Complexes of metal based nanoparticles with chitosan suppressing the risk of bacterial infections René Kizek, Dagmar Chudobova, Kristyna Cihalova, Pavel Kopel, Lukas Melichar, Branislav Ruttkay-Nedecky and Vojtech Adam Section C: Nanotechnology in coping with viral infections14. Nanotechnology - is there any hope for treatme nt of HIV infections or is it simply impossible? Ranjita Shegokar15. Nanotherapeutic approach to target HIV-1 persistence in the brain Supriya Dinkar Mahajan, Ravikumar Aalinkeel, Jessica Reynolds, BinduKumar Nair, Stanley A Schwartz and Paras N Prasad Section D: Nanotechnology in coping with fungal infections16. A novel fungicidal action of silver nanoparticles: Apoptosis induction Dong Gun Lee and Wonyoung Lee 17. Silver nanoparticles to fight Candida co-infection in oral cavity Mariana Henriques, Douglas Roberto Monteiro, Debora Barros Barbosa, Emerson Rodrigues de Camargo, Sónia Silva, Melyssa Negri and Luiz Fernando Gorup Section E: Nanotechnology in coping with protozoal and parasitic infections18. Nanomedical therapeutic strategies against intracellular protozoa in the Americas Eder Lilia Romero