Materials for Infectious Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

While researchers were working hard on possible solutions to address infectious diseases such as Ebola, SERS, MARS, and Nipah that are still causing public health threats worldwide and specifically in many developing countries, another infectious disease emerged, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of patients are now suffering from this infectious disease and even more are facing its side effects, such as socioeconomics troubles, and there is not yet any available treatment. This situation raises an alert and shows the importance of conducting applied research in the infectious disease field. Preventive approaches such as vaccines and treatments are required for ending the pandemic; nevertheless, EMA- and FDA-approved vaccine capillary distribution and administration have been faced with great trouble worldwide, and herd protection is not easily feasible. In addition, a long-lasting immune response is significantly important to decrease the risk of reoccurrence. Most infectious causes adapt themselves to drugs or mutate to evade drugs, thus making them resistant to treatment. This Special Issue on “Materials for Infectious Diseases” will cover original/review/clinical/translational study papers related to the applications of emerging/advanced materials in different aspects of infectious diseases, covering prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as the features that materials should bear in order to enter clinical trials.

Prof. Dr. Francesco Trotta
Dr. Fabrizio Caldera
Prof. Dr. Ali Zarrabi
Guest Editors

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