Pathogenic Microorganisms, Viruses and Therapeutic Strategies
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 2055
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal chemistry; structural biology; biochemistry; Chagas disease; human African trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; coronavirus disease; dengue fever; neglected tropical diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: drug discovery and development against parasitic diseases; high throughput screening; Chagas disease; leishmaniasis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Therapeutic strategies involved in targeting pathogens that cause serious illness, harm, or death to humans and/or domestic animals are a critical area of research. It is mandatory for novel therapeutic discoveries to be made at the early stage so that treatments downstream at the clinic will eventually come to fruition. Studies in medicinal chemistry offer the development and identification of compounds that demonstrate efficacy, selectivity against the pathogen, low toxicity to host cells, and minimize side effects, among other traits. This Special Issue is tailored to studies involving the discovery of therapeutic drug compounds, or other therapeutic approaches, that elucidate promise on countering the viability of selected pathogenic microorganisms or viruses. Since Int. J. Mol. Sci. is dedicated to chemistry and biology at the molecular level, pure clinical studies will not be considered, but clinical submissions with biomolecular experiments are certainly welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Edward D’Antonio
Dr. Jair L. Siqueira-Neto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal chemistry
- pathogenic microorganisms
- bacteria
- fungi
- viruses
- pathogen
- therapeutic
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