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Michael Hoelscher is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany and specializes in Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research spans multiple subfields including Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation, Molecular Biology, and Surgery. The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, Tuberculosis, as well as pneumonia and respiratory infections.

The researcher has contributed extensively to studies involving COVID-19 clinical research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Michael Hoelscher's recent publications include the following notable papers:

  • Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 (2020, Nature)
  • Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Virological assessment of hospitalized cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Author Correction: Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 (2020, Nature)
  • SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant infection elicits potent lineage-specific and cross-reactive antibodies (2022, Science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Hoelscher include:

  • Christof Geldmacher
  • Andreas Wieser
  • Inge Kroidl
  • Norbert Heinrich
  • Noemi Castelletti

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019.

    Roman Wölfel;Victor M. Corman;Wolfgang Guggemos;Michael Seilmaier

  • Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany.

    Camilla Rothe;Mirjam Schunk;Peter Sothmann;Gisela Bretzel

  • Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

    Stephen D Lawn;Peter Mwaba;Peter Mwaba;Matthew Bates;Amy Piatek

  • Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

    Grant Theron;Lynn Zijenah;Duncan Chanda;Petra Clowes;Petra Clowes

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages.

    David Stucki;David Stucki;Daniela Brites;Daniela Brites;Leïla Jeljeli;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla

  • Operational Feasibility of Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Microscopy Centers of Developing Countries

    Catharina C. Boehme;Pamela Nabeta;German Henostroza;Rubhana Raqib

  • New antituberculosis drugs, regimens, and adjunct therapies: needs, advances, and future prospects

    Alimuddin I Zumla;Alimuddin I Zumla;Stephen H Gillespie;Michael Hoelscher;Patrick P J Philips

  • High-dose rifampicin, moxifloxacin, and SQ109 for treating tuberculosis: a multi-arm, multi-stage randomised controlled trial

    Martin J Boeree;Norbert Heinrich;Rob Aarnoutse;Andreas H Diacon

  • Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting

    Grant Theron;Jonny Peter;Richard van Zyl-Smit;Hridesh Mishra

  • Host-directed therapies for infectious diseases: current status, recent progress, and future prospects

    Alimuddin Zumla;Alimuddin Zumla;Martin Rao;Martin Rao;Robert S Wallis;Stefan H E Kaufmann

  • Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases: integrating health services and control efforts

    Ben J Marais;Knut Lönnroth;Stephen D Lawn;Stephen D Lawn;Giovanni Battistai Migliori

  • Drug-resistant tuberculosis: time for visionary political leadership

    Ibrahim Abubakar;Ibrahim Abubakar;Matteo Zignol;Dennis Falzon;Mario Raviglione

  • A Dose-Ranging Trial to Optimize the Dose of Rifampin in the Treatment of Tuberculosis

    M.J. Boeree;A.H. Diacon;R. Dawson;K. Narunsky

  • Clinical presentation and virological assessment of hospitalized cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in a travel-associated transmission cluster

    Woelfel R;Corman Vm;Guggemos W;Seilmaier M

  • Single-Dose Azithromycin versus Penicillin G Benzathine for the Treatment of Early Syphilis

    Gabriele Riedner;Mary Rusizoka;Jim Todd;Leonard Maboko

  • Effect on mortality of point-of-care, urine-based lipoarabinomannan testing to guide tuberculosis treatment initiation in HIV-positive hospital inpatients: a pragmatic, parallel-group, multicountry, open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Jonny G Peter;Lynn S Zijenah;Duncan Chanda;Duncan Chanda;Petra Clowes;Petra Clowes

  • Tuberculosis—advances in development of new drugs, treatment regimens, host-directed therapies, and biomarkers

    Robert S Wallis;Markus Maeurer;Peter Mwaba;Jeremiah Chakaya

  • Preferential infection and depletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis–specific CD4 T cells after HIV-1 infection

    Christof Geldmacher;Njabulo Ngwenyama;Alexandra Schuetz;Constantinos Petrovas

  • Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Biomarkers: Needs, Challenges, Recent Advances, and Opportunities

    Ruth McNerney;Markus Maeurer;Ibrahim Abubakar;Ibrahim Abubakar;Ben Marais

  • Tuberculosis treatment and management—an update on treatment regimens, trials, new drugs, and adjunct therapies

    Alimuddin Zumla;Jeremiah Chakaya;Rosella Centis;Lia D'Ambrosio

  • Whole-genome sequencing to establish relapse or re-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a retrospective observational study

    Josephine M Bryant;Simon R Harris;Julian Parkhill;Rodney Dawson

  • Detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan with an antigen-capture ELISA in unprocessed urine of Tanzanian patients with suspected tuberculosis

    C. Boehme;E. Molokova;F. Minja;S. Geis

  • CD8 T-Cell Recognition of Multiple Epitopes within Specific Gag Regions Is Associated with Maintenance of a Low Steady-State Viremia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Seropositive Patients

    Christof Geldmacher;Jeffrey R. Currier;Eva Herrmann;Antelmo Haule

  • Rapid and Accurate Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay-A Clinical Validation Study

    Andrea Rachow;Alimuddin Zumla;Norbert Heinrich;Gabriel Rojas-Ponce

  • New Drugs for the Treatment of Tuberculosis: Needs, Challenges, Promise, and Prospects for the Future

    Christian Lienhardt;Mario Raviglione;Mel Spigelman;Richard Hafner

Frequent Co-Authors

Alimuddin Zumla
Alimuddin Zumla University College London
Markus Maeurer
Markus Maeurer Champalimaud Foundation
Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda University of Cape Town
Stephen H. Gillespie
Stephen H. Gillespie University of St Andrews
Timothy D. McHugh
Timothy D. McHugh University College London
Deborah L. Birx
Deborah L. Birx Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Merlin L. Robb
Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Ibrahim Abubakar
Ibrahim Abubakar University College London
Ben J. Marais
Ben J. Marais University of Sydney
Francine E. McCutchan
Francine E. McCutchan Columbia University

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