Nanoparticle-based strategies to combat COVID-19

R Medhi, P Srinoi, N Ngo, HV Tran… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the worst pandemic disease of the current
millennium. This disease is caused by the highly contagious severe acute respiratory …

MERS coronavirus outbreak: Implications for emerging viral infections

A Al-Omari, AA Rabaan, S Salih, JA Al-Tawfiq… - … and infectious disease, 2019 - Elsevier
In September 2012, a novel coronavirus was isolated from a patient who died in Saudi
Arabia after presenting with acute respiratory distress and acute kidney injury. Analysis …

Gold nanoparticle‐adjuvanted S protein induces a strong antigen‐specific IgG response against severe acute respiratory syndrome‐related coronavirus infection, but …

H Sekimukai, N Iwata‐Yoshikawa… - Microbiology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The spike (S) protein of coronavirus, which binds to cellular receptors and mediates
membrane fusion for cell entry, is a candidate vaccine target for blocking coronavirus …

Tutorial: design and fabrication of nanoparticle-based lateral-flow immunoassays

C Parolo, A Sena-Torralba, JF Bergua, E Calucho… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Lateral-flow assays (LFAs) are quick, simple and cheap assays to analyze various samples
at the point of care or in the field, making them one of the most widespread biosensors …

Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to developing sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Fabrication of MERS-nanovesicle biosensor composed of multi-functional DNA aptamer/graphene-MoS2 nanocomposite based on electrochemical and surface …

G Kim, J Kim, SM Kim, T Kato, J Yoon, S Noh… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is one of the most harmful
viruses for humans in nowadays. To prevent the spread of MERS-CoV, a valid detection …

Nanomedicine as a promising approach for diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis against COVID-19

NH Abd Ellah, SF Gad, K Muhammad, GE Batiha… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) puts the world in an unprecedented crisis, leaving behind …

Immunogenicity of candidate MERS-CoV DNA vaccines based on the spike protein

SS Al-Amri, AT Abbas, LA Siddiq, A Alghamdi… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
MERS-coronavirus is a novel zoonotic pathogen which spread rapidly to> 25 countries since
2012. Its apparent endemicity and the wide spread of its reservoir host (dromedary camels) …

Emerging importance of nanotechnology-based approaches to control the COVID-19 pandemic; focus on nanomedicine iterance in diagnosis and treatment of COVID …

B Hashemi, FA Akram, H Amirazad… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing outbreak of the newly emerged coronavirus disease 2019, which has
tremendously concerned global health safety, is the result of infection with severe acute …

Evaluation of MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in sera using live virus microneutralization assay

A Algaissi, AM Hashem - MERS Coronavirus: Methods and Protocols, 2020 - Springer
The microneutralization (MN) assay is a standard and important technique in virology,
immunology, and epidemiology. It is a highly specific and sensitive assay for evaluating …