Advances in nanomedicines for malaria treatment

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Aditya, NP (Author) Other; Vathsala, PG (Author) Other; Vieira, V (Author) Other; Murthy, RSR (Author) Other; Souto, EB (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Vol. 201

Pages: 1-17

ISSN: 0001-8686

Publisher: Elsevier

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-006-JDV

DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.10.014

Abstract (EN): Malaria is an infectious disease that mainly affects children and pregnant women from tropical countries. The mortality rate of people infected with malaria per year is enormous and became a public health concern. The main factor that has contributed to the success of malaria proliferation is the increased number of drug resistant parasites. To counteract this trend, research has been done in nanotechnology and nanomedicine, for the development of new biocompatible systems capable of incorporating drugs, lowering the resistance progress, contributing for diagnosis, control and treatment of malaria by target delivery. In this review, we discussed the main problems associated with the spread of malaria and the most recent developments in nanomedicine for anti-malarial drug delivery.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 17