SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid plasma antigen for diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid antigen in blood has been described, but the diagnostic and prognostic role of antigenemia is not wel
Direct comparison of antibody responses to four SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in Mongolia (Publications)
Different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are approved in various countries, but few direct comparisons of the antibody responses they stimulate have been reported. We collected plasma specimens in July 2021 from
HIV-Behandlung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen verbessern (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/improved-hiv-treatment-for-children-and-adolescents
Der Kampf gegen HIV hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten grosse Fortschritte gemacht. Antiretrovirale Medikamente halten das Virus im Zaum und verhindern, dass es sich im Körper weiter vermehrt und auf ande
Chronic Pain and Pastoralists in Ethiopia (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/chronic-pain-and-pastoralists-in-ethiopia
Chronic pain affects an estimated 20% of people worldwide exerting both a person burden on well-being but also a strain on the economy. While sound data exists for high-income countries, not much is k
Launch of Swiss TPH Alumni Network (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/launch-of-swiss-tph-alumni-network
Education and training has been a cornerstone of Swiss TPH since our foundation in 1943. Swiss TPH graduates, be it former students, research fellows or postgraduate course participants, work around t
Mehr als Niesen: Pollen erhöhen den Blutdruck (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/not-just-a-sneeze-pollen-increase-blood-pressure
Man schätzt, dass weltweit etwa 20% der Erwachsenen allergisch auf Pollen reagieren. Pollenallergien, eine Form der allergischen Rhinitis, können über die typischen juckenden Augen und das häufige Nie
Ministers of Health from Rwanda and Senegal Visit Swiss TPH (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/ministers-of-health-from-rwanda-and-senegal-visit-swiss-tph
On 30 May 2024, Eva Herzog, President of the Board of Governors at Swiss TPH, and Jürg Utzinger, Director of Swiss TPH, welcomed Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health of Rwanda, and Ibrahima Sy, Minist
Safety, immunogenicity, and protection provided by unadjuvanted and adjuvanted formulations of a recombinant plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine... (Publications)
Although antivirals are important tools to control severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, effective vaccines are essential to control the current coronavirus disease 2
Anti-nucleocapsid antibody levels and pulmonary comorbid conditions are linked to post-COVID-19 syndrome (Publications)
BACKGROUNDProlonged symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection are well documented. However, which factors influence development of long-term symptoms, how symptoms vary across ethnic groups, and whether lon
SARS-CoV-2 brain regional detection, histopathology, gene expression, and immunomodulatory changes in decedents with COVID-19 (Publications)
Brains of 42 COVID-19 decedents and 107 non-COVID-19 controls were studied. RT-PCR screening of 16 regions from 20 COVID-19 autopsies found SARS-CoV-2 E gene viral sequences in 7 regions (2.5% of 320
