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2023

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Immunology

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93
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965
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Hans H. Hirsch publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans H. Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 477 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Hans H. Hirsch D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans H. Hirsch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Hans H. Hirsch is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland. Their research predominantly spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Oncology, Emergency Medicine, and Virology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Hans H. Hirsch has contributed to various frequent publication venues such as:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Transplantation

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, notably:

  • Huldrych F. Günthard
  • Enos Bernasconi
  • Roger D. Kouyos
  • Matthias Cavassini
  • Alexandra Calmy

Among the recent papers authored by or involving Hans H. Hirsch are:

  • 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate - a word of caution, 2020, Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Fast multiplex bacterial PCR of bronchoalveolar lavage for antibiotic stewardship in hospitalised patients with pneumonia at risk of Gram-negative bacterial infection (Flagship II): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial, 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Cohort Profile Update: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS), 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • First experience of SARS-CoV-2 infections in solid organ transplant recipients in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Hunting coronavirus by transmission electron microscopy - a guide to SARS-CoV-2-associated ultrastructural pathology in COVID-19 tissues, 2020, Histopathology

Best Publications

  • Prospective Study of Polyomavirus Type BK Replication and Nephropathy in Renal-Transplant Recipients

    Hans H Hirsch;Wendy Knowles;Michael Dickenmann;Jakob Passweg

  • Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy in Renal Transplantation: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Recommendations

    Hans H. Hirsch;Daniel C. Brennan;Cinthia B. Drachenberg;Fabrizio Ginevri

  • Definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients for Use in Clinical Trials.

    Per Ljungman;Per Ljungman;Michael Boeckh;Michael Boeckh;Hans H Hirsch;Filip Josephson

  • Prevalence of polyomavirus BK and JC infection and replication in 400 healthy blood donors.

    Adrian Egli;Laura Infanti;Alexis Dumoulin;Andreas Buser

  • Testing for polyomavirus type BK DNA in plasma to identify renal-allograft recipients with viral nephropathy.

    V Nickeleit;T Klimkait;I F Binet;P Dalquen

  • Polyomavirus Infection of Renal Allograft Recipients From Latent Infection to Manifest Disease

    Volker Nickeleit;Hans H. Hirsch;Isabelle F. Binet;Fred Gudat

  • Polyomavirus disease under new immunosuppressive drugs: a cause of renal graft dysfunction and graft loss.

    Isabelle Binet;Volker Nickeleit;Hans H. Hirsch;Olivier Prince

  • BK polyomavirus in solid organ transplantation.

    H. H. Hirsch;P. Randhawa

  • Histological patterns of polyomavirus nephropathy: correlation with graft outcome and viral load.

    Cinthia B. Drachenberg;John C. Papadimitriou;Hans H. Hirsch;Ravinder Wali

  • Immune Reconstitution in HIV-Infected Patients

    Hans H Hirsch;Gilbert Kaufmann;Pedram Sendi;Manuel Battegay

  • BK-virus nephropathy in renal transplants—tubular necrosis, MHC-class II expression and rejection in a puzzling game

    Volker Nickeleit;Hans H. Hirsch;Matthias Zeiler;Fred Gudat

  • BK polyomavirus in solid organ transplantation-Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.

    Hans H Hirsch;Hans H Hirsch;Parmjeet S Randhawa

  • Natalizumab treatment for multiple sclerosis: updated recommendations for patient selection and monitoring

    Ludwig Kappos;David Bates;Gilles Edan;Mefkûre Eraksoy

  • BK Virus: Opportunity Makes a Pathogen

    Hans H. Hirsch;David R. Snydman

  • Human polyomaviruses in disease and cancer.

    Tina Dalianis;Hans H. Hirsch;Hans H. Hirsch

  • Fourth European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL-4): Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Parainfluenza Virus, Metapneumovirus, Rhinovirus, and Coronavirus

    Hans H. Hirsch;Rodrigo Martino;Katherine N. Ward;Michael Boeckh

  • Polyomavirus BK nephropathy: a (re-)emerging complication in renal transplantation.

    Hans H. Hirsch

  • European guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of adenovirus infection in leukemia and stem cell transplantation: summary of ECIL-4 (2011)

    S. Matthes-Martin;T. Feuchtinger;P. J. Shaw;D. Engelhard

  • Polyomavirus BK versus JC replication and nephropathy in renal transplant recipients: a prospective evaluation.

    Cinthia B. Drachenberg;Hans H. Hirsch;John C. Papadimitriou;Rainer Gosert

  • The decade of polyomavirus BK-associated nephropathy: state of affairs.

    Emilio Ramos;Cinthia B. Drachenberg;Ravinder Wali;Hans H. Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Michael Tamm
Michael Tamm University Hospital of Basel
Enos Bernasconi
Enos Bernasconi Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Christian van Delden
Christian van Delden University of Geneva
Matthias Cavassini
Matthias Cavassini University of Lausanne
Thomas Klimkait
Thomas Klimkait University of Basel
Andreas F. Widmer
Andreas F. Widmer University Hospital of Basel
Sabine Yerly
Sabine Yerly University of Geneva
Huldrych F. Günthard
Huldrych F. Günthard University of Zurich
Irmeli Lautenschlager
Irmeli Lautenschlager University of Helsinki

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