MD, PhD Morten Ruhwald
Interferon-γ Release Assay (IGRA) Negativity Rates after TB-Treatment in HIV-infected Individuals
Aug 15, 2012Background: Interferon-γ Release assays (IGRA) have partly replaced conventional tuberculin skin tests (TST) in the recent years due to their higher specificity and standardised test procedures including a positive / negative control. Nevertheless it...
Clinical Studies - Aug 15, 2012 - Aug 31, 2013
Automatically Closed
Project leader: Hoffmann Matthias
Members: Ruhwald Morten, Hasse Barbara, Fenner Lukas, Schmid Patrick, Vernazza Pietro
Does hyper-thermal incubation and blockage of T-cell inhibitory pathways improve current and future T-cell based diagnostic test systems?
Feb 1, 2011Background: Cell mediated immune (CMI) assays are important research tools to monitor T-cell dependent immune responses towards specific antigens. Recently CMI assays were introduced for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). In these...
Fundamental Research - Feb 1, 2011 - Dec 31, 2014
Completed
Project leader: Ruhwald Morten, Schoch Otto, Hoffmann Matthias