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Bernard Hirschel is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland, focusing on multiple areas within the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Virology, and Immunology.

Their research covers a variety of main topics such as Ethics in Clinical Research, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, HIV Research and Treatment, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Ethics in Medical Practice, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, and the Delphi Technique in Research.

Bernard Hirschel has contributed to publications in various academic venues, including:

  • mBio
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Digital Health
  • BMC Medical Ethics
  • Schweizerische Ärztezeitung

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bernard Hirschel include:

  • "Viral Rebound Kinetics Correlate with Distinct HIV Antibody Features," 2021, mBio
  • "Uncertainties about the need for ethics approval in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study," 2020, Swiss Medical Weekly
  • "Sensing the (digital) pulse. Future steps for improving the secondary use of data for research in Switzerland," 2023, Digital Health
  • "REPRESENT: REPresentativeness of RESearch data obtained through the 'General Informed ConsENT'," 2023, BMC Medical Ethics
  • "Die vermeidbare dritte Welle," 2021, Schweizerische Ärztezeitung

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors including Angela Huttner, Yannic C. Bartsch, Carolin Loos, Evan Rossignol, and Jesse Fajnzylber. Angela Huttner appears as a recurrent collaborator with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study

    Andri Rauch;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Patrick Descombes;Tao Cai

  • Clinical progression, survival, and immune recovery during antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus coinfection: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    Gilbert Greub;Bruno Ledergerber;M. Battegay;P. Grob

  • Clinical progression and virological failure on highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 patients : a prospective cohort study

    Bruno Ledergerber;Matthias Egger;Milos Opravil;Amalio Telenti

  • Impact of new antiretroviral combination therapies in HIV infected patients in Switzerland: prospective multicentre study. Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    Matthias Egger;Bernard Hirschel;Patrick Francioli;Philippe Sudre

  • Cognitive dysfunction in HIV patients despite long-standing suppression of viremia.

    Samanta Simioni;Matthias Cavassini;Jean Marie Annoni;Aline Rimbault Abraham

  • AIDS-related opportunistic illnesses occurring after initiation of potent antiretroviral therapy: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    Bruno Ledergerber;M. Egger;V. Erard;R. Weber

  • CD4 T-Lymphocyte Recovery in Individuals With Advanced HIV-1 Infection Receiving Potent Antiretroviral Therapy for 4 Years: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    Gilbert R. Kaufmann;Luc Perrin;Guiseppe Pantaleo;Milos Opravil

  • Prevalence of adverse events associated with potent antiretroviral treatment: Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    Jacques Fellay;Bruno Ledergerber;Enos Bernasconi;Hansjakob Furrer

  • Subgroup analyses of maraviroc in previously treated R5 HIV-1 infection.

    Gerd Fätkenheuer;Mark Nelson;Adriano Lazzarin;Irina Konourina

  • Turnover of CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocytes in HIV-1 Infection as Measured by Ki-67 Antigen

    Nicolas Sachsenberg;Alan S. Perelson;Sabine Yerly;Gérard A. Schockmel

  • HIV-associated primary pulmonary hypertension. A case control study. Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    M. Opravil;Marc Pechere;R. Speich;H. I. Joller-Jemelka

  • Antiretroviral therapies in pregnancy: maternal, fetal and neonatal effects. Swiss HIV Cohort Study, the Swiss Collaborative HIV and Pregnancy Study, and the Swiss Neonatal HIV Study.

    Patrizio Lorenzi;Virginie Masserey Spicher;Birgit Laubereau;Bernard Hirschel

  • HIV rebounds from latently infected cells, rather than from continuing low-level replication.

    Beda Joos;Marek Fischer;Herbert Kuster;Satish K. Pillai

  • A Controlled Trial of Zidovudine in Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Sabine Kinloch De Loës;Bernard J. Hirschel;Bruno Hoen;David A. Cooper

  • A Patient with HIV-1 Superinfection

    Stephanie Jost;Marie-Charlotte Bernard;Laurent Kaiser;Sabine Yerly

  • Acute HIV infection: impact on the spread of HIV and transmission of drug resistance.

    S Yerly;S Vora;P Rizzardi;J P Chave

  • Hyperlactatemia and Antiretroviral Therapy: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    K. Boubaker;Markus Flepp;Philippe Sudre;Hansjakob Furrer

  • Unsafe Sex and Increased Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    Andri Rauch;Martin Rickenbach;Rainer Weber;Bernard Hirschel

  • Stimulation of HIV-specific cellular immunity by structured treatment interruption fails to enhance viral control in chronic HIV infection

    Annette Oxenius;David A. Price;Huldrych F. Günthard;Sara J. Dawson

  • Impact of drug resistance mutations on virologic response to salvage therapy. Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    Patrizio Lorenzi;Milos Opravil;Bernard Hirschel;Jean-Philippe Chave

  • CD4 T-Lymphocyte Recovery in Individuals With Advanced HIV-1 Infection Receiving Potent Antiretroviral Therapy for 4 Years

    Gilbert R. Kaufmann;Luc Perrin;Guiseppe Pantaleo;Milos Opravil

Frequent Co-Authors

Enos Bernasconi
Enos Bernasconi Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Pietro Vernazza
Pietro Vernazza University of St. Gallen
Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Sabine Yerly
Sabine Yerly University of Geneva
Hansjakob Furrer
Hansjakob Furrer University of Bern
Luc Perrin
Luc Perrin University of Geneva
Huldrych F. Günthard
Huldrych F. Günthard University of Zurich
Bruno Ledergerber
Bruno Ledergerber University of Zurich
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich
Matthias Cavassini
Matthias Cavassini University of Lausanne

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