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Matthias Cavassini

Matthias Cavassini

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31200
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Matthias Cavassini is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong specialization in infectious diseases. Within this domain, their work spans various subfields including infectious diseases, virology, emergency medicine, epidemiology, and surgery.

The scientist's research themes concentrate on HIV and related health issues. Their main topics of study include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Matthias Cavassini has a prolific publication record, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Cohort Profile Update: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS)", 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Weight and Metabolic Changes After Switching From Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Tenofovir Alafenamide in People Living With HIV", 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Long-acting antiretrovirals: a new era for the management and prevention of HIV infection", 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands", 2022, Science
  • "Evolocumab in HIV-Infected Patients With Dyslipidemia", 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The venues in which Matthias Cavassini frequently publishes include:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Revue Médicale Suisse
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Collaborative work forms a significant part of their research practice. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Enos Bernasconi
  • Alexandra Calmy
  • Huldrych F. Günthard
  • Roger D. Kouyos
  • Dominique L. Braun

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Survival of HIV-positive patients starting antiretroviral therapy between 1996 and 2013: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies

    Adam Trickey;Margaret T May;Jorg-Janne Vehreschild;Niels Obel

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

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

  • Morbidity and Aging in HIV-Infected Persons: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    Barbara Hasse;Bruno Ledergerber;Hansjakob Furrer;Manuel Battegay

  • PD-1 + and follicular helper T cells are responsible for persistent HIV-1 transcription in treated aviremic individuals

    Riddhima Banga;Francesco Andrea Procopio;Alessandra Noto;Georgios Pollakis

  • Dominant TNF-α + Mycobacterium tuberculosis –specific CD4 + T cell responses discriminate between latent infection and active disease

    Alexandre Harari;Virginie Rozot;Felicitas Bellutti Enders;Matthieu Perreau

  • Decreasing mortality and changing patterns of causes of death in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    R Weber;M Ruppik;M Rickenbach;A Spoerri

  • Characteristics, determinants, and clinical relevance of CD4 T cell recovery to <500 cells/microL in HIV type 1-infected individuals receiving potent antiretroviral therapy.

    Gilbert R. Kaufmann;Hansjakob Furrer;Bruno Ledergerber;Luc Perrin

  • Switching from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to tenofovir alafenamide in antiretroviral regimens for virologically suppressed adults with HIV-1 infection: a randomised, active-controlled, multicentre, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority study

    Anthony Mills;Jose R. Arribas;Jaime Andrade-Villanueva;Giovanni DiPerri

  • Changing patterns of cancer incidence in the early- and late-HAART periods: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    S. Franceschi;M. Lise;G. M. Clifford;M. Rickenbach

  • Factors Associated with the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in HIV-Infected Participants in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    Bruno Ledergerber;Hansjakob Furrer;Martin Rickenbach;Roger Lehmann

  • Predictive Value of Known and Novel Alleles of CYP2B6 for Efavirenz Plasma Concentrations in HIV‐infected Individuals

    M Rotger;H Tegude;S Colombo;M Cavassini

  • CD4-guided scheduled treatment interruptions compared with continuous therapy for patients infected with HIV-1 : results of the staccato randomised trial

    Jintanat Ananworanich;Angèle Gayet-Ageron;Michelle Le Braz;Wisit Prasithsirikul

  • Randomized comparison of renal effects, efficacy, and safety with once-daily abacavir/lamivudine versus tenofovir/emtricitabine, administered with efavirenz, in antiretroviral-naive, HIV-1-infected adults: 48-week results from the ASSERT study.

    Frank A Post;Graeme J Moyle;Hans Jürgen Stellbrink;Pere Domingo

  • Life expectancy in HIV-positive persons in Switzerland: matched comparison with general population.

    Aysel Gueler;André Moser;Alexandra Calmy;Huldrych F. Günthard

  • Smoking and life expectancy among HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America.

    Marie Helleberg;Margaret T. May;Suzanne M. Ingle;Francois Dabis

  • Evaluation of MRSA-Screen, a Simple Anti-PBP 2a Slide Latex Agglutination Kit, for Rapid Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Matthias Cavassini;Aline Wenger;Katia Jaton;Dominique S. Blanc

  • Minority Quasispecies of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 That Lead to Early Therapy Failure in Treatment-Naive and -Adherent Patients

    Karin J. Metzner;Stefano G. Giulieri;Stefanie A. Knoepfel;Pia Rauch

  • Once-daily dolutegravir versus darunavir plus ritonavir for treatment-naive adults with HIV-1 infection (FLAMINGO): 96 week results from a randomised, open-label, phase 3b study

    Jean Michel Molina;Bonaventura Clotet;Jan van Lunzen;Adriano Lazzarin

  • Correlates of self-reported nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

    Tracy R Glass;Sabina De Geest;Rainer Weber;Pietro L Vernazza

Frequent Co-Authors

Enos Bernasconi
Enos Bernasconi Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Hansjakob Furrer
Hansjakob Furrer University of Bern
Manuel Battegay
Manuel Battegay University Hospital of Basel
Alexandra Calmy
Alexandra Calmy University of Geneva
Huldrych F. Günthard
Huldrych F. Günthard University of Zurich
Pietro Vernazza
Pietro Vernazza University of St. Gallen
Sabine Yerly
Sabine Yerly University of Geneva
Andri Rauch
Andri Rauch University of Bern
Bruno Ledergerber
Bruno Ledergerber University of Zurich
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich

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