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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Hofmann-Lehmann	Characterisation of feline caliciviruses in cats from Switzerland
	Flow cytometric diagnosis of lymphoproliferative diseases in dogs and cats
Hofmann-Lehmann Helfer-Hungerbühler	Risk of FeLV transmission via blood transfusion
	Feline leukemia virus cell-type and tissue distribution and association with the clinical outcome of the infection
	Identification of potential molecular determinants of pathogenicity in highly divergent FeLV-A variants
Hofmann-Lehmann Meli	Status of infectious diseases in lions from Etosha National Park (Namibia)
	Status of infectious diseases in free-ranging leopards and lions from Kalahari, Khutse Game Reserve (Botswana)
	Status of infectious diseases in namibian cheetahs
	Evaluation of new retroviral therapies
	Prevalence of selected feline pathogens in the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)
	Vector-borne infectious agents in Hungary
Hofmann-Lehmann Novacco	Tissue sequestration of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’
Hofmann-Lehmann Riond	Evaluation of an automated microscope-based leukocytes acquisition and classification system for veterinary use
Meli Addie	FCoV serology and FIP diagnosis
Ryser Meli	Canine distemper virus epidemic in Swiss wildlife: epidemiological investigations and assessment of the risk of infection for domestic dogs

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Hofmann-Lehmann	Establishment and characterization of a low-dose Mycoplasma haemofelis infection model
	Recurrence of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and development of fatal lymphoma in a cat with feline immunodeficiency (FIV) induced immune suppression
	Development of a serological assay for feline haemotropic mycoplasma infections
	'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' genome sequencing project
	Feline leukemia virus infection: factors that determine the susceptibility of the host
	Prevalence and geographical distribution of canine hemotropic mycoplasma infections in Mediterranean countries and analysis of risk factors for infection
	Protection from 'Candidatus mycoplasma turicensis' re-infection
	Development of TaqMan real-time PCR assays for feline reference genes for the investigation of gene expression levels in blood and in lymphatic, endocrine, and other feline tissues
	Potential reactivation of chronic ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ infection
	The kinetics of environmental feline leukemia virus shedding in experimentally infected cats
	Molecular evolution of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in long-term infected cats
	Real-time PCR investigation of the distribution and proviral and viral loads of the feline leukemia virus in tissues of cats with different infection outcome and duration
	Prevalence of selected infectious diseases in free-ranging and captive wild felids of Brazil
	Phylogenetic analysis of haemotropic Mycoplasmas
	Prevalence, risk factor analysis, and follow-up of infections caused by three feline hemoplasma species in cats in Switzerland
	Electron microscopic imaging and analysis of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’
	Serological and molecular investigation of infectious agents in Brazilian captive neotropic and exotic felids
	Development and application of a TaqMan real-time qPCR assay for detection and quantification of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae’ in South American camelids
	Development and application of a universal hemoplasma screening assay based on the SYBR Green PCR principle
	Quantification and molecular characterization of the feline leukemia virus A receptor
	Worldwide occurrence of feline hemoplasma infections in wild felid species
	Phylogenetic and risk factor analysis for ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ in United Kingdom, Australian and South African pet cats
	Real-time PCR investigation of possible transmission routes and reservoirs of feline hemoplasmas
	In vivo transmission study of feline haemotropic Mycoplasma
	Identification, molecular characterization and occurrence of a novel hemoplasma species in cattle (Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobovis) and development of real-time PCR assays for the diagnosis of bovine haemoplasma infections
	Hemotropic Mycoplasma as Causative Agent of Infectious Anemia: Epidemiology and Zoonotic Potential
	Molecular characterization of Italian haemotrophic Mycoplasma isolates
	The Swiss perspective of tick-borne rickettsiosis
	Phage Display: an appropriate technology for epitope mapping of hemotropic Mycoplasma?
	Development of in vitro strategies to propagate and characterize hemotrophic mycoplasmas
	Importance of infectious diseases in free-ranging and captive wild felids of Brazil
	Canine haemoplasmas in Switzerland: presence, phylogenetic analysis and clincal importance
	Importance of hemotropic Mycoplasma in different mammalian species in Switzerland
	Low-cost microtest for rapid Helicobacter pylori cultivation and antibiotic susceptibility testing
	Hematology and blood chemistry in cattle concurrently infected with several vector-borne pathogens
	Reassessment of efficacious commonly used feline leukemia virus (FeLV) vaccines by sensitive molecular methods
	Development of a test to detect Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) provirus integration in feline genomic DNA
	Identification, molecular characterization and experimental transmission of a new hemoplasma isolate from a cat with hemolytic anemia in Switzerland
Hofmann-Lehmann Novacco	Immune response to Mycoplasma haemofelis infection
	Production and application of polyclonal antibodies to a recombinant feline haemoplasma antigen
Lutz	Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens as etiology of fatal hemolytic anemia in a cattle herd from Switzerland
Lutz Hofmann-Lehmann	Evaluation of the effect of short-term treatment with the integrase inhibitor raltegravir (Isentress^(TM)) on the course of progressive feline leukemia virus infection