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Metallic structures: Effective agents to fight pathogenic microorganisms
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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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This work was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and Centro2020 through the following Projects: UIDB/04044/2020, UIDP/04044/2020, UIDB/00709/2020, PAMIROTEIRO/0328/2013 (No. 22158), MATIS (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000014) and Centro-01-02B7-FEDER-069244. D. Pereira acknowledges her PhD fellowship (Ref. 2021.09331.BD).
Keywords
Antimicrobial agents Bacteria Fungi Metals Virus
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Citation
Pereira, D.; Carreira, T.S.; Alves, N.; Sousa, Â.; Valente, J.F.A. Metallic Structures: Effective Agents to Fight Pathogenic Microorganisms. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 1165. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031165
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MDPI