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.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the use of nanotechnology in the treatment and diagnosis of infectious diseasesCovers all common types of infective agents, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, along with their vectors, ticks, mosquitoes, flies, etc.Delivers commentary from an international researcher base, providing insights across differing economic statusesIncludes a foundation of basic nanotechnological concepts to aid in designing new strategies to combat several pathogenic diseases and cancerIllustrates the high antimicrobial potential of nanoparticles, ultimately demonstrating how they are a promising alternative class that can be successfully used in fighting a myriad of infections

Section A: Nanotechnology in the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases: General principles
1. 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 Bueno
3. 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 infections
8. 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 Nafee
12. Nanomaterials for antibacterial textiles
  Nabil Abd El-Basset Ibrahim
13. 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 infections
14. Nanotechnology - is there any hope for treatment of HIV infections or is it simply impossible?
  Ranjita Shegokar
15. 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 infections
16. 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 infections
18. Nanomedical therapeutic strategies against intracellular protozoa in the Americas
  Eder Lilia Romero