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Publications

Recent Key Publications

Evidence for Henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa. 2014.

Olivier Pernet, B. S. Schneider, S. M. Beaty, M. LeBreton, T. E. Yun, A. Park, T. T. Zachariah, T. A. Bowden, C. M.R. Kitchen, A. N. Freiberg, N. D. Wolfe, B. Lee.

Journal of virology - 88(9): 5171–5176.

Phylogeography and Epidemic History of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 in Africa. 2014.

James C. Iles, Jayna Raghwani, G. L. Abby Harrison, Jacques Pepin, Cyrille F. Djoko, Ubald Tamoufe, Matthew Lebreton, Bradley S. Schneider, Joseph N. Fair, Felix M. Tshala, Patrick K. Kayembe, Jean Jacques Muyembe, Samuel Edidi-Basepeo, Nathan D. Wolfe, Peter Simmonds, Paul Klenerman, Oliver G. Pybus

Virology - Volumes 464–465, Pages 233–243

African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. 2014.

Weimin Liu, Yingying Li, Katharina S. Shaw, Gerald H. Learn, Lindsey Plenderleith, Jordan A. Malenke, Sesh A. Sundararaman, Miguel A. Ramirez, Patricia A. Crystal, Andrew G. Smith, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Ahidjo Ayouba, Sabrina Locatelli, Amandine Esteban, Fatima Mouacha, Emilande Guichet, Christelle Butel, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Bila-Isia Inogwabini, Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango, Sheri Speede, Crickette M. Sanz, David B. Morgan, Mary K. Gonder, Philip J. Kranzusch, Peter D. Walsh, Alexander V. Georgiev, Martin N. Muller, Alex K. Piel, Fiona A. Stewart, Michael L. Wilson, Anne E. Pusey, Liwang Cui, Zenglei Wang, Anna Färnert, Colin J. Sutherland, Debbie Nolder, John A. Hart, Terese B. Hart, Paco Bertolani, Amethyst Gillis, Matthew LeBreton, Babila Tafon, John Kiyang, Cyrille F. Djoko, Bradley S. Schneider, Nathan D. Wolfe, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Eric Delaporte, Richard Carter, Richard L. Culleton, George M. Shaw, Julian C. Rayner, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H. Hahn, Paul M. Sharp.

Nat Commun. 2014;5:3346. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4346

2014-2015 Publications

Influence of stigma and homophobia on mental health and on the uptake of HIV/sexually transmissible infection services for Cameroonian men who have sex with men. 2015.

Charles W. Cange A B G, Matthew LeBreton C, Serge Billong D, Karen Saylors E, Ubald Tamoufe C, Erin Papworth A, Yves Yomb F and Stefan Baral.

Sexual Health - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15001

 

Violence Against Female Sex Workers in Cameroon: Accounts of Violence, Harm Reduction, and Potential Solutions.

Lim S, Peitzmeier S, Cange C, Papworth E, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, Kamla A, Billong S, Fokam P, Njindam I, Decker MR, Sherman SG, Baral S.

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes: Volume 68 - Issue - p S241–S247

Antiretroviral Treatment Coverage for Men Who Have Sex With Men and Female Sex Workers Living With HIV in Cameroon.

Holland CE, Papworth E, Billong SC, Tamoufe U, LeBreton M, Kamla A, Eloundou J, Managa F, Yomb Y, Fokam P, Gbais H, Mfochive I, Ketende S, Baral S.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. ;68 Suppl 2:S232-40

Absence of Giant Blood Marseille-like virus DNA detection by PCR in plasma from healthy US blood donors and serum from multi-transfused patients from Cameroon. 2015.

Phan, Tung; Desnues, Christelle; Switzer, William; Djoko, Cyrille; Schneider, Bradley S; Deng, Xutao; Delwart, Eric.

Transfusion (Impact Factor: 3.57).  55(6). DOI: 10.1111/trf.12997

Correlates of prior HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysisCorrelates of prior HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis. 2014.

Ju Nyeong Park, Erin Papworth, Serge Clotaire Billong, Jean Bosco Elat, Sethson Kassegne, Ashley Grosso, Laure Moukam, Isaac Macauley, Yves Roger Yomb,Valentin Mondoleba, Jules Eloundou, Matthew LeBreton, Sosthenes Charles Ketende and Stefan Baral.

BMC Public Health 2014, 14:1220  doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1220

Evidence for Henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa. 2014.

Olivier Pernet, B. S. Schneider, S. M. Beaty, M. LeBreton, T. E. Yun, A. Park, T. T. Zachariah, T. A. Bowden, C. M.R. Kitchen, A. N. Freiberg, N. D. Wolfe, B. Lee.

Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5342 doi:10.1038/ncomms6342

Phylogeography and Epidemic History of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 in Africa. 2014.

James C. Iles, Jayna Raghwani, G. L. Abby Harrison, Jacques Pepin, Cyrille F. Djoko, Ubald Tamoufe, Matthew Lebreton, Bradley S. Schneider, Joseph N. Fair, Felix M. Tshala, Patrick K. Kayembe, Jean Jacques Muyembe, Samuel Edidi-Basepeo, Nathan D. Wolfe, Peter Simmonds, Paul Klenerman, Oliver G. Pybus. 

Virology Volumes 464–465, September 2014, Pages 233–243

HIV infection and risk factors among soldiers stationed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 2014.

Rimoin AW, Hoff N, Djoko CF, Kisalu NK, Kashamuka M, Papworth E, Tamoufe U, LeBreton M, Kayembe PK, Muyembe JJ, Kitchen CR, Saylors K, Fair J, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Grillo MP, Tshala F, Peeters M., Wolfe ND. 

Int J STD AIDS 0956462414533672 doi: 10.1177/0956462414533672

Discovery of prosimian and afrotherian foamy viruses and potential cross species transmissions amidst stable and ancient mammalian co-evolution. 2014.

Katzourakis A, Aiewsakun P, Jia H, Wolfe ND, LeBreton M, Yoder AD, Switzer WM. 

Retrovirology. 11(1).

African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. 2014.

Weimin Liu, Yingying Li, Katharina S. Shaw, Gerald H. Learn, Lindsey Plenderleith, Jordan A. Malenke, Sesh A. Sundararaman, Miguel A. Ramirez, Patricia A. Crystal, Andrew G. Smith, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Ahidjo Ayouba, Sabrina Locatelli, Amandine Esteban, Fatima Mouacha, Emilande Guichet, Christelle Butel, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Bila-Isia Inogwabini, Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango, Sheri Speede, Crickette M. Sanz, David B. Morgan, Mary K. Gonder, Philip J. Kranzusch, Peter D. Walsh, Alexander V. Georgiev, Martin N. Muller, Alex K. Piel, Fiona A. Stewart, Michael L. Wilson, Anne E. Pusey, Liwang Cui, Zenglei Wang, Anna Färnert, Colin J. Sutherland, Debbie Nolder, John A. Hart, Terese B. Hart, Paco Bertolani, Amethyst Gillis, Matthew LeBreton, Babila Tafon, John Kiyang, Cyrille F. Djoko, Bradley S. Schneider, Nathan D. Wolfe, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Eric Delaporte, Richard Carter, Richard L. Culleton, George M. Shaw, Julian C. Rayner, Martine Peeters, Beatrice H. Hahn, Paul M. Sharp.

Nature Communications 5, Article number: 3346  doi:10.1038/ncomms4346

A Gorilla Reservoir for Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 4 (HTLV-4). 2014.

Matthew LeBreton, William M. Switzer, Cyrille F Djoko, Amethyst Gillis, Hongwei Jia, Michele M. Sturgeon, Anupama Shankar, HaoQiang Zheng, Gerard Nkeunen, Ubald Tamoufe, Ahmadou Nana, Joseph Le Doux Diffo, Babila Tafon, John Kiyang, Bradley S Schneider, Donald S Burke, Nathan D Wolfe.

Emerging Microbes & Infections (2014) 3, e7; doi:10.1038/emi.2014.7

2013 Publications and Older.

HIV prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Cameroon. 2013.

Park JN1, Papworth E, Kassegne S, Moukam L, Billong SC, Macauley I, Yomb YR, Nkoume N, Mondoleba V, Eloundou J, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, Grosso A,Baral SD.

J Int AIDS Soc. ;16 Suppl 3:18752. doi: 10.7448/IAS.16.4.18752.

Molecular epidemiology of GB type C virus among individuals exposed to hepatitis C virus in Cameroon. 2013.

Torimiro JN, Mao Q, Wolfe ND, Tamoufe U, Weil A, Ngole EM, Burke DS, Ray SC, Netski D.

Microbiology Research  Vol 4 No1 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mr.2013.e1

Novel Simian Foamy Virus Infections from Multiple Monkey Species in Women from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2012.

William M. Switzer, Shaohua Tang, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Anupama Shankar, HaoQiang Zheng, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nathan D. Wolfe, Matthew LeBreton, Cyrille Djoko, Walid Heneine, Martine Peeters, Linda L. Wright, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Emile Okitolonda Wemakoy, Prime Mulembakani, and Anne W. Rimoin.

Retrovirology 2012, 9:100  doi:10.1186/1742-4690-9-100

Species association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in non-human apes; Evidence for recombination between gorilla and chimpanzee variants. 2012.

Lyons, S, C Sharp, M, LeBreton, CF Djoko, JA Kiyang, F Lankester, TG Bibila, U Tamoufe, JN Fair, ND Wolfe, P Simmonds.

PLoS ONE 7(3): e33430. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033430

Failure to Detect Chronic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus in a Large Cameroonian Cohort. 2012.

Djoko, C.F., N.D. Wolfe, A.F. Aghokeng, M. LeBreton, F. Liegeois, U. Tamoufe, N. Ortiz, B. L. Pike, W.F. Mbacham, J.K. Carr, A. W. Rimoin, J.N. Fair, B.S. Schneider, E. Mpoudi-Ngole, E. Delaporte, D.S. Burke, M. Peeters. 

Ecohealth. 2012 Mar;9(1):17-23. doi: 10.1007/s10393-012-0751-0.

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. 2012 Feb; 18(2): 283–286. doi:  10.3201/eid1802.111363

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. 2011 Apr;84(4):608-13. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0191.

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, 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. 2011 Mar 4;11 Suppl 2:S6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S2-S6.

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. 2011 Mar 4;11 Suppl 2:S4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S2-S4.

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 2011, 8:4  doi:10.1186/1742-4690-8-4

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in primate bushmeat and pets in Cameroon. 2010.

Pourrut X1, Diffo JL, Somo RM, Bilong Bilong CF, Delaporte E, LeBreton M, Gonzalez JP.

Vet Parasitol. 2011 Jan 10;175(1-2):187-91. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.023.

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. 2011 Mar; 27(3): 323–329. doi:  10.1089/aid.2010.0201

Changing epidemiology of human parvovirus 4 Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2010.

Sharp CS, Vermeulen M, Nebie Y, Djoko CF, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, 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. 2010 Oct;16(10):1605-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1610.101001.

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.

J Virol. 2010 Oct;84(19):10289-96. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01304-10. 

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. 2010 Sep;26(9):1033-45. doi: 10.1089/aid.2009.0197.

HIV Type 1 pol Gene Diversity and Genotypic Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. 2010.

Djoko CF, Wolfe ND, Vidal N, Tamoufe Ubald, 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. 2010 Sep;26(9):1027-31. doi: 10.1089/aid.2010.0046.

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. 2010 Jun 15;50(12):1636-40. doi: 10.1086/652860.

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. 2010 Jun 5;401(2):137-45. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.03.010. Epub 2010 Mar 30.

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 2010, 7:39  doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-39

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.

J Virol. 2010 Feb;84(4):1674-82. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02109-09. 

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 2009, 6:97  doi:10.1186/1742-4690-6-97

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