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Review
. 2021:2:100079.
doi: 10.1016/j.sintl.2020.100079. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

Influence of nanotechnology to combat against COVID-19 for global health emergency: A review

Aswini Rangayasami  1 , Karthik Kannan  2 , S Murugesan  1 , Devi Radhika  3 , Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni  2 , Kakarla Raghava Reddy  4 , Anjanapura V Raghu  3
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Review

Influence of nanotechnology to combat against COVID-19 for global health emergency: A review

Aswini Rangayasami et al. Sens Int. 2021.

Abstract

Covid 2019 is spreading and emerging rapidly all over the world as a new social disaster. This virus is accountable for the continuous epidemic that causes severe respiratory problems and pneumonia related to contamination of humans, which leads to a dangerous condition of life. Due to the increasing threatening number of cases all over the world, the world health organization (WHO) declared coronavirus as a global health emergency. The pandemic disease affected nearly 80 million people positive cases were reported worldwide till now and cause the death of more than 1.7 million people. The virus has novel characteristics types of pathogens. Many clarifications are done and much more are still unknown and pending. The collaborative research will be useful during this pandemic time in order to meet the improvement of global health improvement. It will also help to know about the knowledge of this COVID-19. Recent advancements in nanotechnology proved that they can help in the production of vaccines in a brief timeframe. In this review, the requirement for quick immunization improvement and the capability and implementation of nanotechnology combat against coronavirus disease were discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Global health emergency; Nanotechnology; Outbreak; Respiratory problems.

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The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Origin and transmission of coronavirus. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [28].
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Structure of nCoVID-19. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [38].
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Components of personal protective equipment (PPE). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [56].
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Cleaning of personal protective equipment (PPE). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [56].
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SARS-CoV-2 virus life cycle and nanomaterials potential target. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [61].
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Prevention and therapy of COVID-19 using nanomaterials. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [61].
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Nucleic acid assays based on AuNPs for the recognition of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) A) Colorimetric recognition of SARS consuming Au NPs. B) Enzymatic electrochemical recognition of SARS using Au NPs. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [77].
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