William M. Switzer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
178 Papers
2.1K Citations
William M. Switzer is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Simian foamy virus. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 176 publications.
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Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters
Nathan D. Wolfe,Walid Heneine,Jean K. Carr,Albert D. Garcia,Vedapuri Shanmugam,Ubald Tamoufe,Judith N. Torimiro,A. Tassy Prosser,Matthew LeBreton,Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole,Francine E. McCutchan,Deborah L. Birx,Thomas M. Folks,Donald S. Burke,William M. Switzer +14 more
TL;DR: The findings indicate that cross-species transmission is not the rate-limiting step in pandemic retrovirus emergence and suggest that it may be possible to predict and prevent disease emergence by surveillance of populations exposed to animal reservoirs and interventions to decrease risk factors, such as primate hunting.
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Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters
Nathan D. Wolfe,William M. Switzer,Jean K. Carr,Vinod Bhullar,Vedapuri Shanmugam,Ubald Tamoufe,A. Tassy Prosser,Judith N. Torimiro,Anthony Wright,Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole,Francine E. McCutchan,Deborah L. Birx,Thomas M. Folks,Donald S. Burke,Walid Heneine +14 more
TL;DR: The findings show that retroviruses are actively crossing into human populations, and demonstrate that people in central Africa are currently infected with simian foamy virus.
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Frequent Simian Foamy Virus Infection in Persons Occupationally Exposed to Nonhuman Primates
William M. Switzer,Vinod Bhullar,Vedapuri Shanmugam,Mian Er Cong,Bharat Parekh,Nicholas W. Lerche,Joann L. Yee,John J. Ely,Roumiana S. Boneva,Louisa E. Chapman,Thomas M. Folks,Walid Heneine +11 more
TL;DR: More frequent infection with SFV is documents than with other simian retroviruses in persons working with NHPs and provides important information on the natural history and species origin of these infections.
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Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products
Kristine M. Smith,Kristine M. Smith,Simon J. Anthony,Simon J. Anthony,William M. Switzer,Jonathan H. Epstein,Tracie A. Seimon,Tracie A. Seimon,Hongwei Jia,María Dolores Mínguez Sánchez,María Dolores Mínguez Sánchez,Thanhthao Huynh,G. Gale Galland,Sheryl E. Shapiro,Jonathan M. Sleeman,Denise McAloose,Margot Stuchin,Margot Stuchin,George Amato,Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis,W. Ian Lipkin,William B. Karesh,William B. Karesh,Peter Daszak,Nina Marano +24 more
TL;DR: These results are the first demonstration that illegal bushmeat importation into the United States could act as a conduit for pathogen spread, and suggest that implementation of disease surveillance of the wildlife trade will help facilitate prevention of disease emergence.
Molecular ecology and natural history of Simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees
Weimin Liu,Michael Worobey,Yingying Li,Brandon F. Keele,Frederic Bibollet-Ruche,Yuanyuan Guo,Paul A. Goepfert,Mario L. Santiago,Jean Bosco N. Ndjango,Cecile Neel,Stephen L. Clifford,Crickette M. Sanz,Shadrack Kamenya,Michael L. Wilson,Anne E. Pusey,Nicole Gross-Camp,Christophe Boesch,Vince Smith,Koichiro Zamma,Michael A. Huffman,John C. Mitani,David P. Watts,Martine Peeters,George M. Shaw,William M. Switzer,Paul M. Sharp,Beatrice H. Hahn +26 more
TL;DR: The first comprehensive survey of simian foamy viruses infection in free-ranging chimpanzees using newly developed, fecal-based assays indicates that SFVcpz is widely distributed among all chimpanzee subspecies and is transmitted predominantly by horizontal routes.
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