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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2019

Nano-biotechnology: a new approach to treat and prevent malaria.

Khaista Rahman, Shahid Ullah Khan, Shah Fahad, Ming Xian Chang, Aqleem Abbas, Wasim Ullah Khan, Lutfur Rahman, Zaheer Ul Haq, Ghulam Nabi, Dilfaraz Khan

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Khaista RahmanCollege of Animal Sciences/State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Shahid Ullah KhanCollege of Plant Sciences and Technology/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China, shah_fahad80@yahoo.com.
Shah FahadCollege of Plant Sciences and Technology/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China, shah_fahad80@yahoo.com.
Ming Xian ChangState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China, mingxianchang@ihb.ac.cn.
Aqleem AbbasProvincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, China.
Wasim Ullah KhanSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lutfur RahmanMolecular Systematics & Applied Ethno Botany Lab (MoSEL), Department of Biotechnology, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Zaheer Ul HaqSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, China.
Ghulam NabiState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China, mingxianchang@ihb.ac.cn.
Dilfaraz KhanInstitute of Chemical Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNGomal University · PKQuaid-i-Azam University · PKShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria, the exterminator of ~1.5 to 2.7 million human lives yearly, is a notorious disease known throughout the world. The eradication of this disease is difficult and a challenge to scientists. Vector elimination and effective chemotherapy for the patients are key tactics to be used in the fight against malaria. However, drug resistance and environmental and social concerns are the main hurdles in this fight against malaria. Overcoming these limitations is the major challenge for the 21st-century malarial researchers. Adapting the principles of nano-biotechnology to both vector control and patient therapy is the only solution to the problem. Several compounds such as lipids, proteins, nucleic acid and metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have been successfully used for the control of this lethal malaria disease. Other useful natural reagents such as microbes and their products, carbohydrates, vitamins, plant extracts and biodegradable polymers, are also used to control this disease. Among these particles, the plant-based particles such as leaf, root, stem, latex, and seed give the best antagonistic response against malaria. In the present review, we describe certain efforts related to the control, prevention and treatment of malaria. We hope that this review will open new doors for malarial research.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiotechnologyGreen Chemistry TechnologyHumansInsect VectorsMalariaNanotechnologychemotherapydrug resistancemalarianano-biotechnologyvectors

Identifiers

PMID30863068
PMCPMC6390872
OpenAlexW2916574171

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