Harald H. Kessler Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine Medical University of Graz Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Harald H. Kessler has not added a biography. If you are Harald H. Kessler and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Testing: Evaluation of a New Ultra-deep Sequencing-based Protocol and Comparison with the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit Journal of Virological Methods. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21907239 Lack of Risk-awareness and Reporting Behavior Towards HIV Infection Through Needlestick Injury Among European Medical Students International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21665538 Chlamydia Psittaci Infection in Nongastrointestinal Extranodal MALT Lymphomas and Their Precursor Lesions American Journal of Clinical Pathology. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21173126 Early Virologic Response and IL28B Polymorphisms in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 3 Treated with Peginterferon Alfa-2a and Ribavirin Journal of Hepatology. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21145807 Molecular Detection of Herpesviruses Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21116798 Impact of IL28B Genotype on the Early and Sustained Virologic Response in Treatment-naïve Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20728570 Evaluation of Four Molecular Assays for Detection of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Virus in the Routine Diagnostic Laboratory Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20708959 Early and Reliable Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Varicella Zoster Virus DNAs in Oral Fluid of Patients with Idiopathic Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy: Decision Support Regarding Antiviral Treatment? Journal of Medical Virology. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20648613 Rapid Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus DNA in Whole Blood by a New Molecular Assay Based on Automated Sample Preparation and Real-time PCR Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20559848 Optimized Protocol for Detection of HIV-1 Drug Mutations in Patients with Low Viral Load Journal of Virological Methods. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20471425 Detection and Quantitation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA in EDTA Whole Blood Samples Using Automated Sample Preparation and Real Time PCR Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine : CCLM / FESCC. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20001852 Evaluation of the New VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) for Quantitative Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19576845 Health Care Worker-to-patient Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in the Health Care Setting: Many Questions and Few Answers Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19477680 Single-measurement Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of the HIV/AIDS Drugs Abacavir, Zidovudine, Lamivudine, Efavirenz, Nevirapine, Lopinavir and Nelfinavir Pharmacology. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18931536 Detection of CMV DNA: is EDTA Whole Blood Superior to EDTA Plasma? Journal of Virological Methods. Dec, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18789976 Reliable Detection and Quantitation of Viral Nucleic Acids in Oral Fluid: Liquid Phase-based Sample Collection in Conjunction with Automated and Standardized Molecular Assays Journal of Medical Virology. Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18649328 Drugs in Development for Hepatitis C Drugs. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18578556 Comparison of Molecular Assays for Detection and Typing of Human Papillomavirus American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18439557 Detection of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in EDTA Whole-blood Samples: Evaluation of the Quantitative Artus CMV LightCycler PCR Kit in Conjunction with Automated Sample Preparation Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18272703 Evaluation of a Novel Standardized System for Collection and Quantification of Oral Fluid Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine : CCLM / FESCC. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18076348 Chlamydia Psittaci in MALT Lymphomas of Ocular Adnexals: the Austrian Experience Leukemia Research. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18061259 Multidrug-resistant Bacteria in Southeastern Austria Emerging Infectious Diseases. Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17953107 Verification and Validation of Diagnostic Laboratory Tests in Clinical Virology Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17766174 Subtype and Genotypic Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Infected Patients in Austria Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17427022 Design and Work-up of a New Molecular Diagnostic Assay Based on Real-time PCR Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17332644 Determination of the Hepatitis C Virus Subtype: Comparison of Sequencing and Reverse Hybridization Assays Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine : CCLM / FESCC. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17311502 Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime HCV Assay for Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Feb, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17185031 Detection and Differentiation of Bordetella Spp. by Real-time PCR Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Feb, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17151212 Use of Hybridization Probes in a Real-time PCR Assay on the LightCycler for the Detection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16957348 Prevalence of Emm Types and Antibiotic Resistance of Group A Streptococci in Austria Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Aug, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16725301 Evaluation of a Commercial Real-time PCR Assay for Quantitation of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Different Groups of Patients Journal of Virological Methods. Aug, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16650904 Emergence of Enterobacteriaceae Isolates Producing CTX-M Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase in Austria Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16436746 Ribavirin Levels and Haemoglobin Decline in Early Virological Responders and Non-responders to Hepatitis C Virus Combination Therapy Pharmacology. 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16410679 Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) Plus Ribavirin with or Without Amantadine in Treatment-naïve Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection Journal of Hepatology. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16338019 Addition of a Homologous Internal Control to a Real-time PCR Assay for Detection of Bordetella Pertussis Clinical Chemistry. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16306112 High Prevalence of VanA-type Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Austrian Poultry Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16204568 Identification of Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococci by VITEK 2 System and Conventional and Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Sep, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16182075 Rapid Diagnosis of Adenoviral Keratoconjunctivitis by a Fully Automated Molecular Assay Ophthalmology. Sep, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16051362 Comparison of Currently Available Assays for Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in the Routine Diagnostic Laboratory Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. Jul, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16013971 Single-run, Parallel Detection of DNA from Three Pneumonia-producing Bacteria by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics : JMD. Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15681485 Cyclooxygenase Inhibition in Human Monocytes Increases Endotoxin-induced TNF Alpha Without Affecting Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression European Journal of Pharmacology. Oct, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15464057 Rapid Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA by Automated Sample Preparation and Real-time PCR Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15184417 Evaluation of Automated Sample Preparation and Quantitative PCR LCx Assay for Determination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15070986 Detection of Transfusion Transmitted Virus DNA by Real-time PCR Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15018856 No Evidence of Hepatitis B Virus Activity in Patients with Anti-HBc Antibody Positivity with or Without Anti-hepatitis C Virus Antibody Positivity Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15018848 [Molecular Diagnosis of Mycobacteria] Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946). 2003 | Pubmed ID: 13677254 Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus-comparison of Three Assays Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Aug, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12878092 Detection of Mutations in the Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Gene Clinical Chemistry. Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12766008 [Dual Infection with Hepatitis B and C. Spontaneous Course and Response to Virostatic Therapy in Children Following Neoplastic Diseases] Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. Jan, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12658915 Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Hungarian and Austrian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Apr, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12637078 Parallel Detection of Five Human Herpes Virus DNAs by a Set of Real-time Polymerase Chain Reactions in a Single Run Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Jan, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12589838 Hepatitis B Virus Activity in Patients with Anti-hepatitis C Virus Antibody Positivity and Hepatitis B Antigen Positivity Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Dec, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12467783 Human Cytomegalovirus Load in Various Body Fluids of Congenitally Infected Newborns Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Dec, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12467781 Serological and Molecular Response on Combined Antiviral Treatment in Children with Chronic Hepatitis B After Pediatric Malignancy Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Dec, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12467780 Fully Automated Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum and Whole-blood Samples Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. Nov, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12414781 Rapid Detection of Enterovirus Infection by Automated RNA Extraction and Real-time Fluorescence PCR Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12367649 Detection of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and Simultaneous Confirmation by Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction and Real-time PCR Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Jul, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12089253 Evaluation of an Automated Sample Preparation Protocol for Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11923371 Oral Biofilm Analysis of Palatal Expanders by Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Barbara Klug1,2, Claudia Rodler1, Martin Koller3, Gernot Wimmer3, Harald H. Kessler2, Martin Grube4, Elisabeth Santigli1 1Department of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics, Medical University of Graz, 2Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 3Department of Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Implantology, Medical University of Graz, 4Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University Graz JoVE 2967 Medicine
Oral Biofilm Analysis of Palatal Expanders by Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Barbara Klug1,2, Claudia Rodler1, Martin Koller3, Gernot Wimmer3, Harald H. Kessler2, Martin Grube4, Elisabeth Santigli1 1Department of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics, Medical University of Graz, 2Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 3Department of Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Implantology, Medical University of Graz, 4Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University Graz JoVE 2967 Medicine