Team Publications

Pathogen-host associations and predicted range shifts of human monkeypox
in response to climate change in Central Africa. Thomassen HA, Fuller T, AsefiNajafabady S, Shiplacoff JAG, Mulembakani PM, Blumberg S, Johnston SC, Kisalu NK,
Kinkela TL, Fair JN, Wolfe ND, Shongo RL, LeBreton M, Meyer H, Wright LL, Muyembe
JJ, Buermann W, Okitolonda E, Hensley LE, Lloyd-Smith JO, Smith TB, Rimoin AW.
PLoS One. 8(7): e66071. Epub 2013 Jul 31.

Identification of a novel human papillomavirus by metagenomic analysis of
samples from patients with febrile respiratory illness. Mokili JL, Dutilh BE,
Lim YW, Schneider BS, Taylor T, Haynes MR, Metzgar D, Myers CA, Blair PJ, Nosrat B,
Wolfe ND, Rohwer F. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58404. Epub 2013 Mar 15. PMID:
23554892

Hepatitis C virus infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo exhibit a
cohort effect. Iles JC, Abby Harrison GL, Lyons S, Djoko CF, Tamoufe U, Lebreton M,
Schneider BS, Fair JN, Tshala FM, Kayembe PK, Muyeme JJ, Edidi-Basepeo S, Wolfe
ND, Klenerman P, Simmonds P, Pybus OG. Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Feb 15;pii: S1567-
1348(13)00043-9. PMID: 23419346

Novel simian foamy virus infections from multiple monkey species in
women from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Switzer WM, Tang S, AhukaMundeke S, Shankar A, Hanson DL, Zheng H, Ayouba A, Wolfe ND, LeBreton M, Djoko
CF, Tamoufe U, Esteban A, Heneine W, Peeters M, Wright LL, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ,
Wemakoy EO, Mulembakani P, Hoff NA, Rimoin AW (2012) Retrovirology. Dec;9(100).
PMID: 23217108

Nonprimate hepaciviruses in domestic horses, United Kingdom. Lyons S,
Kapoor A, Sharp C, Schneider BS, Wolfe ND, Culshaw G, McGorum BC, Simmonds P
(2012) Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec;18(12):1976-82. PMID: 23171728

A Novel Rhabdovirus Associated with Acute Hemorrhagic Fever in Central
Africa. 2012. Grard G, Fair JN, Lee D, Slikas E, Steffen I, Jacques Muyembe J, Sittler T,
Veeraghavan N, Graham Ruby J, Wang C, Makuwa M, Mulembakani P, Tesh RB, Mazet
J, Rimoin AW, Taylor T, Schneider BS, Simmons G, Delwart E, Wolfe ND, Chiu CY,
Leroy EM. PLoS Pathog. 8(9):e1002924. PMID: 23028323

Species association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in non-human apes; Evidence
for recombination between gorilla and chimpanzee variants. 2012. Lyons S,
Sharp C, LeBreton M, Djoko CF, Kiyang JA, Lankester F, Bibila TG, Tamoufe U, Fair JN,
Wolfe ND, Simmonds P. PLoS One. 7(3):e33430. PMID: 22432021

Diversity of parvovirus 4-like viruses in humans, chimpanzees, and
monkeys in hunter-prey relationships. 2012. Adlhoch C, Kaiser M, Loewa A,
Ulrich M, Forbrig C, Adjogoua EV, Akoua-Koffi C, Couacy-Hymann E, Leendertz SAJ,
Rietschel W, Boesch C, Ellerbrok H, Schneider BS, Leendertz FH. Emerg Infect Dis.
18(5):859-62. PMID: 22515991
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Phylogenetic and molecular characterization of coxsackievirus A24 variant
isolates from a 2010 acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in
Guangdong, China. 2012. Wu D, Huanying Z, Hui L, Corina M, Xue G, Leng L, Hanri
Z, Ling F, Yanling M, Huiqiong Z, Huan Z, Jing K, Caiyun L, Yoshida H, Changwen K.
Virol J. 9:41. PMID: 22336176

Failure to Detect Chronic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus in a Large
Cameroonian Cohort. 2012. Djoko CF, Wolfe ND, Aghokeng AF, LeBreton M,
Liegeois F, Tamoufe U, Ortiz N, Pike BL, Mbacham WF, Carr JK, Rimoin AW, Fair JN,
Schneider BS, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Delaporte E, Burke DS, Peeters M. EcoHealth. 9(1):17-
23. PMID: 22395958

High seroprevalence of enterovirus infections in apes and old world
monkeys. 2012. Harvala H, McIntyre CL, Imai N, Clasper L, Djoko CF, Lebreton M,
Vermeulen M, Saville A, Mutapi F, Tamoufé U, Kiyang J, Biblia TG, Midzi N, Mduluza T,
Pépin J, Njoum R, Smura T, Fair JN, Wolfe ND, Roivainen M, Simmonds P.
Emerg Infect Dis. Feb;18(2):283-6. PMID: 22305156

Hantavirus in Bat, Sierra Leone. 2012. Weiss S, Witkowski PT, Auste B, Nowak K,
Weber N, Fahr J, Mombouli JV, Wolfe ND, Drexler JF, Drosten C, Klempa B, Leendertz
FH, Kruger DH. Emerg Infect Dis. 18(1):159-61. PMID: 22261176

Re-emergence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Central Africa.
2011. Grard G, Drexler JF, Fair J, Muyembe JJ, Wolfe ND, Drosten C, and Leroy EM.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 5(10):e1350. PMID: 22022629

Emergence of divergent Zaire ebola virus strains in Democratic Republic of
the Congo in 2007 and 2008. 2011. Grard G, Biek R, Tamfum JJ, Fair J, Wolfe N,
Formenty P, Paweska J, Leroy E. J Infect Dis. 204 Suppl 3:S776-84. PMID: 21987750

A large outbreak of hand, food, and mouth disease caused by EV71 and
CAV16 in Guangdong, China, 2009. 2011. De W, Changwen K, Wei L, Monagin C,
Jin Y, Cong M, Hanri Z, Jun S. Arch Virol. 156(6):945-53. PMID: 21305327

Capacity building permitting comprehensive monitoring of a severe case of
Lassa hemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone with a positive outcome: Case
Report. 2011. Grove JN, Branco LM, Boisen ML, Muncy IJ, Henderson LA, Schieffellin
JS, Robinson JE, Bangura JJ, Fonnie M, Schoepp RJ, Hensley LE, Seisay A, Fair JN,
Garry RF. Virol J. 8:314. PMID: 21689444

Risk factors for African tick-bite fever in rural central Africa. 2011. Ndip LM,
Biswas HH, Nfonsam LE, LeBreton M, Ndip RN, Bissong MA, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Djoko C,
Tamoufe U, Prosser AT, Burke DS, Wolfe ND. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 84(4):608-13.
PMID: 21460018

Department of Defense influenza and other respiratory disease surveillance
during the 2009 pandemic. 2011. Burke RL, Vest KG, Eick AA, Sanchez JL, Johns
MC, Pavlin JA, Jarman RG, Mothershead JL, Quintana M, Palys T, Cooper MJ, Guan J,
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Schnabel D, Waitumbi J, Wilma A, Daniels C, Brown ML, Tobias S, Kasper MR, Williams
M, Tjaden JA, Oyofo B, Styles T, Blair PJ, Hawksworth A, Montgomery JM, Razuri H,
Laguna-Torres A, Schoepp RJ, Norwood DA, Macintosh VH, Gibbons T, Gray GC, Blazes
DL, Russell KL; AFHSC-GEIS Influenza Surveillance Writing Group, Rubenstein J,
Hathaway K, Gibbons R, Yoon IK, Saunders D, Gaywee J, Stoner M, Timmermans A,
Shrestha SK, Velasco JM, Alera MT, Tannitisupawong D, Myint KS, Pichyangkul S,
Woods B, Jerke KH, Koenig MG, Byarugaba DK, Mangen FW, Assefa B, Williams M,
Brice G, Mansour M, Pimentel G, Sebeny P, Talaat M, Saeed T, Espinosa B, Faix D,
Maves R, Kochel T, Smith J, Guerrero A, Maupin G, Sjoberg P, Duffy M, Garner J, Canas
L, Macias E, Kuschner RA, Shanks D, Lewis S, Nowak G, Ndip LM, Wolfe N, Saylors K.
BMC Public Health. 4;11 Suppl 2:S6. Review. PMID: 21388566

Capacity-building efforts by the AFHSC-GEIS program. 2011. Sanchez JL, Johns
MC, Burke RL, Vest KG, Fukuda MM, Yoon IK, Lon C, Quintana M, Schnabel DC,
Pimentel G, Mansour M, Tobias S, Montgomery JM, Gray GC, Saylors K, Ndip LM, Lewis
S, Blair PJ, Sjoberg PA, Kuschner RA, Russell KL, Blazes DL; AFHSC-GEIS Capacity
Building Writing Group, Witt CJ, Money NN, Gaydos JC, Pavlin JA, Gibbons RV,
Jarman RG, Stoner M, Shrestha SK, Owens AB, Iioshi N, Osuna MA, Martin SK, Gordon
SW, Bulimo WD, Waitumbi DJ, Assefa B, Tjaden JA, Earhart KC, Kasper MR, Brice GT,
Rogers WO, Kochel T, Laguna-Torres VA, Garcia J, Baker W, Wolfe N, Tamoufe U,
Djoko CF, Fair JN, Akoachere JF, Feighner B, Hawksworth A, Myers CA, Courtney WG,
Macintosh VA, Gibbons T, Macias EA, Grogl M, O'Neil MT, Lyons AG, Houng HS, Rueda
L, Mattero A, Sekonde E, Sang R, Sang W, Palys TJ, Jerke KH, Millard M, Erima B,
Mimbe D, Byarugaba D, Wabwire-Mangen F, Shiau D, Wells N, Bacon D, Misinzo G,
Kulanga C, Haverkamp G, Kohi YM, Brown ML, Klein TA, Meyers M, Schoepp RJ,
Norwood DA, Cooper MJ, Maza JP, Reeves WE, Guan J. BMC Public Health. 4;11 Suppl
2:S4. Review. PMID: 21388564

Characterization of a new simian immunodeficiency virus strain in a
naturally infected Pan troglodytes chimpanzee with AIDS related symptoms.
2011. Etienne L, Nerrienet E, Lebreton M, Bibila GT, Foupouapouognigni Y, Rousset D,
Nana A, Djoko CF, Tamoufe U, Aghokeng AF, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Delaporte E, Peeters M,
Wolfe ND, Ayouba A. Retrovirology. 13;8(1):4. PMID: 21232091
Using Remote Sensing to Map the Risk of Human Monkeypox Virus in the
Congo Basin. 2010. Fuller T, Thomassen HA, Mulembakani PM, Johnston SC, LloydSmith JO, Kisalu NK, Lutete TK, Blumberg S, Fair JN, Wolfe ND, Shongo RL, Formenty
P, Meyer H, Wright LL, Muyembe JJ, Buermann W, Saatchi SS, Okitolonda E, Hensley L,
Smith TB, Rimoin AW. Ecohealth. 8(1):14-25. PMID: 21069425
High HIV Type 1 Group M pol Diversity and Low Rate of Antiretroviral

Resistance Mutations Among the Uniformed Services in Kinchasa, DRC.
2010. Djoko CF, Rimoin AW, Vidal N, Tamoufe U, Wolfe ND, Butel C, Lebreton M,
Tshala FM, Kayembe PK, Muyembe JJ, Edidi-Basepeo S, Pike BL, Fair JN, Mbacham
WF, Saylors KE, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Delaporte E, Grillo M, Peeters M. AIDS Res Hum
Retroviruses. 27(3):323-9. PMID: 20954909

Changing epidemiology of human parvovirus 4 Infection in Sub-Saharan
Africa. 2010. Sharp CS, Vermeulen M, Nebie Y, Djoko CF, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U,
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Rimoin AW, Kayembe PK, Carr JK, Servant-Delmas A, Laperche S, Harrison A, Pybus
OG, Eric Delwart, Wolfe ND, Saville A, LeFrere J, Simmonds P. Emerg Infect Dis.
16(10):1605-7. PMID: 20875290

Widespread infection with homologues of human parvoviruses B19, PARV4
and human bocavirus of chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild. 2010. Sharp CP,
LeBreton M, Kantola K, Nana A, Diffo Jle D, Djoko CF, Tamoufe U, Kiyang JA, Babila TG,
Ngole EM, Pybus OG, Delwart E, Delaporte E, Peeters M, Soderlund-Venermo M,
Hedman K, Wolfe ND, Simmonds P. J Virol. 84(19):10289-96. PMID: 20668071

Identification and Genetic Characterization of a Novel CRF22_01A1
Recombinant Form of HIV Type 1 in Cameroon. 2010. Zhao J, Tang S,
Ragupathy V, Carr JK, Wolfe ND, Awazi B, Hewlett I. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses.
26(9):1033-45. PMID: 20812894

Major Increase in Human Monkeypox Incidence 30 Years After Smallpox
Vaccination Campaigns Cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2010.
Rimoin AW, Mulembakani PM, Johnston SC, Lloyd Smith JO, Kisalu NK, Kinkela TL,
Blumberg S, Thomassen HA, Pike BL, Fair JN, Wolfe ND, Shongo RL, Graham BS,
Formenty P, Okitolonda E, Hensley LE, Meyer H, Wright LL, Muyembe JJ. Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA. Sep 14;107(37):16262-7. PMID: 20805472

HIV Type 1 pol Gene Diversity and Genotypic Antiretroviral Drug Resistance
Mutations in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. 2010. Djoko CF, Wolfe ND, Vidal N,
Tamoufe U, Montavon C, LeBreton M, Pike BL, Fair J, Mbacham WF, Benito A, Rimoin
AW, Saylors K, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Grill MP, Peeters M. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses.
26(9):1027-31. PMID: 20718620

The origin and prevention of pandemics. 2010. Pike BL, Saylors KE, Fair JN,
LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, Djoko CF, Rimoin AW, Wolfe ND. Clin Infect Dis. 50(12):1636-
40. PMID: 20450416

Emergence of a novel and highly divergent HTLV-3 in a primate hunter in
Cameroon. 2010. Zheng H, Wolfe ND, Sintasath DM, Tamoufe U, LeBreton M, Djoko
CF, Diffo JD, Pike BL, Heneine W, Switzer WM. Virology. 401(2):137-45. PMID:
20353873

HIV-1 recombinants with multiple parental strains found in low-prevalence,
remote regions of Cameroon: evolutionary relics? 2010. Carr JK, Wolfe ND,
Torimiro JN, Tamoufe U, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Eyzaguirre L, Birx DL, McCutchan FE, Burke
DS. Retrovirology. 7(1):39. PMID: 20426823

Multiple diverse circoviruses infect farm animals and are commonly found
in human and chimpanzee feces. 2010. Li L, Kapoor A, Slikas B, Bamidele OS,
Wang C, Shaukat S, Masroor MA, Wilson ML, Ndjango JB, Peeters M, Gross-Camp ND,
Muller MN, Hahn BH, Wolfe ND, Triki H, Bartkus J, Zaidi SZ, Delwart E. J Virol;
84(4):1674-82. PMID: 20007276
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International epidemiology of human pre-existing adenovirus (Ad) type-5,
type-6, type-26 and type-36 neutralizing antibodies: Correlates of high Ad5
titers and implications for potential HIV vaccine trials. 2010. Mast TC,
Kierstead L, Gupta SB, Nikas AA, Kallas EG, Novitsky V, Mbewe B, Pitisuttithum P,
Schechter M, Vardas E, Wolfe ND, Aste-Amezaga M, Casimiro DR, Coplan P, Straus WL,
Shiver JW. Vaccine. 22;28(4):950-7. PMID: 19925902

Genome 10K: a proposal to obtain whole-genome sequence for 10,000
vertebrate species. 2009. Genome 10K Community of Scientists. J Hered.
100(6):659-74. PMID: 19892720

Genetic characterization of the complete genome of a highly divergent
simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV) type 3 from a wild Cercopithecus mona
monkey. 2009. Sintasath DM, Wolfe ND, Zheng HQ, LeBreton M, Peeters M, Tamoufe
U, Djoko CF, Diffo JL, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Heneine W, Switzer WM. Retrovirology. 6:97.
PMID: 19860877

Coinfection of Ugandan red colobus (Procolobus [Piliocolobus]
rufomitratus tephrosceles) with novel, divergent delta-, lenti-, and
spumaretroviruses. 2009. Goldberg TL, Sintasath DM, Chapman CA, Cameron KM,
Karesh WB, Tang S, Wolfe ND, Rwego IB, Ting N, Switzer WM. J Virol. 83(21):11318-29.
PMID: 19692478

The origin of malignant malaria. 2009. Rich SM, Leendertz FH, Xu G, LeBreton M,
Djoko CF, Aminake MN, Takang EE, Diffo JL, Pike BL, Rosenthal BM, Formenty P,
Boesch C, Ayala FJ, Wolfe ND. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106(35):14902-7. PMID:
19666593

A rare null allele potentially encoding a dominant-negative TRIM5alpha
protein in Baka pygmies. 2009. Torimiro JN, Javanbakht H, Diaz-Griffero F, Kim J,
Carr JK, Carrington M, Sawitzke J, Burke DS, Wolfe ND, Dean M, Sodroski J. Virology.
391(1):140-7. PMID: 19577266

Cardioviruses are genetically diverse and cause common enteric infections
in South Asian children. 2009. Blinkova O, Kapoor A, Victoria J, Jones M, Wolfe N,
Naeem A, Shaukat S, Sharif S, Alam MM, Angez M, Zaidi S, Delwart EL. J Virol.
83(9):4631-41. PMID: 19193786

Simian T-lymphotropic virus diversity among nonhuman primates,
Cameroon. 2009. Sintasath DM, Wolfe ND, Lebreton M, Jia H, Garcia AD, Le DouxDiffo J, Tamoufe U, Carr JK, Folks TM, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Burke DS, Heneine W, Switzer
WM. Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):175-84. PMID: 19193260

Ancient, independent evolution and distinct molecular features of the novel
human T-lymphotropic virus type 4. 2009. Switzer WM, Salemi M, Qari SH, Jia H,
Gray RR, Katzourakis A, Marriott SJ, Pryor KN, Wolfe ND, Burke DS, Folks TM,
Heneine W. Retrovirology. 6:9. PMID: 19187529
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Serologic evidence for novel poxvirus in endangered red Colobus monkeys,
Western Uganda. 2008. Goldberg TL, Chapman CA, Cameron K, Saj T, Karesh WB,
Wolfe ND, Wong SW, Dubois ME, Slifka MK. Emerg Infect Dis. 14(5):801-3. PMID:
18439366