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Jürgen K. Rockstroh

Jürgen K. Rockstroh

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Immunology

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95
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34988
World Ranking
893
National Ranking
55

Medicine

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95
Citations
35018
World Ranking
10023
National Ranking
549

Overview

Jürgen K. Rockstroh is affiliated with the University Hospital Bonn in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on medicine. Their work spans several subfields including infectious diseases, epidemiology, hepatology, emergency medicine, and virology. The scientist's contributions include a significant body of research on topics such as hepatitis C virus research, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV research and treatment, and hepatitis B virus studies.

Rockstroh has authored numerous papers, with notable publications including:

  • 2019 update of the European AIDS Clinical Society Guidelines for treatment of people living with HIV version 10.0, 2020, HIV Medicine
  • Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Major revision version 12.0 of the European AIDS Clinical Society guidelines 2023, 2023, HIV Medicine
  • Weight Change Following Antiretroviral Therapy Switch in People With Viral Suppression: Pooled Data from Randomized Clinical Trials, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Switching to Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide in Virologically Suppressed Adults With Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases

The publication venues where Rockstroh frequently appears include HIV Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Infection, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The distribution of publications is strongest in HIV Medicine, followed by Clinical Infectious Diseases and Infection.

In terms of collaborative work, Rockstroh has coauthored extensively with several researchers, with the most frequent collaborators being Christoph Boesecke, Christoph Stephan, Kathrin van Bremen, Sanjay Bhagani, and Andri Rauch. These collaborations suggest a network focused on infectious and chronic diseases related to HIV and hepatitis.

Best Publications

  • Peginterferon Alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected patients.

    Francesca J. Torriani;Maribel Rodriguez-Torres;Jürgen K. Rockstroh;Eduardo Lissen

  • Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): final results of a multicentre, prospective, observational study

    Alison J Rodger;Valentina Cambiano;Tina Bruun;Pietro Vernazza

  • Raltegravir with Optimized Background Therapy for Resistant HIV-1 Infection

    Roy T. Steigbigel;David A. Cooper;Princy N. Kumar;Joseph E. Eron

  • Mutations in TNFRSF13B encoding TACI are associated with common variable immunodeficiency in humans

    U Salzer;H M Chapel;A D B Webster;Q Pan-Hammarström

  • Weight Gain Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Risk Factors in Randomized Comparative Clinical Trials

    Paul E. Sax;Kristine M. Erlandson;Jordan E. Lake;Grace A. McComsey

  • Efficacy of short-term monotherapy with maraviroc, a new CCR5 antagonist, in patients infected with HIV-1.

    Gerd Fätkenheuer;Anton L Pozniak;Margaret A Johnson;Andreas Plettenberg

  • Effect of antiretroviral therapy on liver-related mortality in patients with HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection.

    Naztfa Qurishi;Christina Kreuzberg;Guido Lüchters;Wolfgang Effenberger

  • Late presentation of HIV infection: a consensus definition

    A Antinori;T Coenen;D Costagiola;N Dedes

  • Subgroup and resistance analyses of raltegravir for resistant HIV-1 infection.

    David A. Cooper;Roy T. Steigbigel;Jose M. Gatell;Jurgen K. Rockstroh

  • Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission

    Linda Gail Bekker;Linda Gail Bekker;George Alleyne;Stefan Baral;Javier Cepeda

  • Influence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection on HIV-1 Disease Progression and Response to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Jiirgen K. Rockstroh;Amanda Mocroft;Vincent Soriano;Cristina Tural

  • Beyond viral suppression of HIV – the new quality of life frontier

    Jeffrey V. Lazarus;Jeffrey V. Lazarus;Kelly Safreed-Harmon;Simon E. Barton;Dominique Costagliola

  • Influence of HLA-B57 on clinical presentation and viral control during acute HIV-1 infection.

    Marcus Altfeld;Marylyn M. Addo;Eric S. Rosenberg;Frederick M. Hecht

  • Co-formulated elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate versus ritonavir-boosted atazanavir plus co-formulated emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for initial treatment of HIV-1 infection: a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, non-inferiority trial

    Edwin DeJesus;Jürgen K. Rockstroh;Keith Henry;Jean Michel Molina

  • Care of patients with chronic hepatitis B and HIV co-infection: recommendations from an HIV-HBV International Panel.

    Vincent Soriano;Mark Sulkowski;Colm Bergin;Angelos Hatzakis

  • Dolutegravir plus lamivudine versus dolutegravir plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine in antiretroviral-naive adults with HIV-1 infection (GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2): week 48 results from two multicentre, double-blind, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trials

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  • Bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide versus dolutegravir, abacavir, and lamivudine for initial treatment of HIV-1 infection (GS-US-380-1489): a double-blind, multicentre, phase 3, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

    Joel Gallant;Adriano Lazzarin;Anthony Mills;Chloe Orkin

  • Evidence of a large, international network of HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

    Thijis van de Laar;Oliver Pybus;Sylvia Bruisten;David Brown

  • Efficacy and safety of grazoprevir (MK-5172) and elbasvir (MK-8742) in patients with hepatitis C virus and HIV co-infection (C-EDGE CO-INFECTION): A non-randomised, open-label trial

    Jürgen K. Rockstroh;Mark Nelson;Christine Katlama;Jay Lalezari

  • Once daily dolutegravir (S/GSK1349572) in combination therapy in antiretroviral-naive adults with HIV: planned interim 48 week results from SPRING-1, a dose-ranging, randomised, phase 2b trial

    Jan van Lunzen;Franco Maggiolo;José R Arribas;Aza Rakhmanova

  • The way forward in HCV treatment — finding the right path

    Michael P. Manns;Graham R. Foster;Jürgen K. Rockstroh;Stefan Zeuzem

  • Selective Escape from CD8+ T-Cell Responses Represents a Major Driving Force of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Sequence Diversity and Reveals Constraints on HIV-1 Evolution

    Todd M. Allen;Marcus Altfeld;Shaun C. Geer;Elizabeth T. Kalife

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Spengler
Ulrich Spengler University of Bonn
Tilman Sauerbruch
Tilman Sauerbruch University of Bonn
Jens D. Lundgren
Jens D. Lundgren Rigshospitalet
Amanda Mocroft
Amanda Mocroft University College London
Gerd Fätkenheuer
Gerd Fätkenheuer University of Cologne
Vincent Soriano
Vincent Soriano Universidad Internacional De La Rioja
Jacob Nattermann
Jacob Nattermann University Hospital Bonn
Stefan Mauss
Stefan Mauss Université Paris Cité
Rolf Kaiser
Rolf Kaiser University of Cologne
Thomas A. Lutz
Thomas A. Lutz University of Zurich

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