Background
Schüpbach, Jörg was born in Switzerland.
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Jörg Schüpbach
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Doctor of Medicine, Zurich University Medical School.
Career
Titularprof. Virology. Visiting fellow, guest worker National Institutes of Health, Laboratory Tumor Cell Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, 1981—1985. Director Swiss National Center Retroviruses, University Zurich, since 1985.
Achievements
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Achievements include research in convincing evidence that Human Immunodeficiency Virus, discovered in 1983 by professor Montagnier's group in Paris. Discovery of heat-denaturation as a simple and inexpensive method. Development of assess the recency of an Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection based on a test used already for Human Immunodeficiency Virus confirmation and type differentiation.
Development of ultrasensitive Human Immunodeficiency Virus antigen test as an inexpensive alternative.
