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Since 13 May 2022, rising cases of monkeypox have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) across the United Kingdom and Europe, and even some cases in the US and Canada. Based on currently available information, cases have mainly but not exclusively been identified amongst men who have sex with men seeking care in […]

Key clinical highlights in HIV infection are discussed in this interview with touchINFECTIOUS DISEASES Editorial Board member, Dr Christoph Boesecke (Infectious Diseases Specialist, Senior Lecturer, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany). He discusses the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that has had on the treatment of patients living with HIV. He also […]

Christoph Boesecke MD completed his medical studies at Charité University in Berlin, Germany. He received his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Hamburg, Germany for his research in acute HIV infection. He held a 2-year postgraduate position studying integrase inhibitors in acute and chronic HIV infection at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and […]

We had the pleasure to meet with Christoph Spinner (University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany) to discuss the DISCOVER open label phase results. The abstract entitled: ‘Outcomes of participants switching from F/TDF to F/TAF for PrEP: week 48 results from the DISCOVER open label phase’ was presented at IAS […]

Christoph D. Spinner is a Consultant Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at University hospital rechts der Isar. He attended Medical School at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany with an internship at Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland, as well as Groote-Schuur-Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Currently he is in lead of the Infectious Diseases Unit at University […]

touchREVIEWS in Infectious Diseases is an international, peer-reviewed, free-to-access journal dedicated to the timely publication of review articles, original research, editorials and patient/physician perspective articles in the field of infectious diseases. Established: January 2022 Frequency: Bi-annual Electronic ISSN: 2755-113X  DOI: doi.org/10.17925 Editor-in-Chief: Amesika Nyaku, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA Pre-submission […]