Prof. Dr. Jörg Schüpbach - Human Retroviruses, Animal Retroviruses, HIV, HTLV, AIDS, resource-poor settingsmore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Schüpbach	Alternative, HIV-1 p24 based viral load test for resource-poor setting — towards a universally usable HIV-1 Viral Protein Load Assay
	Assessment of incident infection rates in newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections
	Application of an electronic quality control tool for HIV diagnosis
Schüpbach Böni	Detection and identification of retroviruses using an ultrasensitive reverse transcriptase test and a highly efficient method for molecular cloning

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Gutte	Effect on HIV-1 replication by an artificial HIV-1 enhancer-binding peptide
Nkengasong	Evaluation of the ultrasensitive HIV-1 p24 test in patients receiving HAART in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Schüpbach	Effect of an optimized virus disruption buffer on HIV-1 p24 detection
	Adaptation of the quantitative HIV-1 p24 assay to dried plasma spots (DPS)
	Adaptation of the ultrasensitive HIV-1 p24 assay to dried blood spot (DBS) specimens
	FLD HIV-1/2 Differentiation Study
	Prediction of CD4+ T cell changes between consecutive visits by HIV-1 p24 or viral load
	Prevalence of human T-cell leukemia virus-1/2 in Switzerland
	Non-immune thrombocytopenia responsive to antiretroviral therapy and HIV-2 infection
	HIV-1 p24 antigen during structured treatment interruptions
	HIV-1 p24 antigen change correlates with CD4 T-cell change in patients on successful antiretroviral therapy
Seemayer	Search for retroviruses in patients with renal allograft rejection