Nathan Wolfe

Professor

DSc, Immunology & Infectious Disease, Harvard
MA, Biological Anthropology, Harvard
BA, Human Biology, Stanford

School/Organization
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department / Division
Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Joint Departmental Affiliations
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and
International Health

Departmental Address
Current Position: Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford University
Stanford email address: ndwolfe@stanford.edu
Website: www.gvfi.org

Email: ndwolfe@stanford.edu
Phone: Asst Lucy: (310) 592-7144
Fax: (800) 724-1706

For more information visit my personal web page.

• Most human viruses originated from wild animal populations (e.g. HIV, influenza, dengue, SARS, ebola, etc). My lab is working to identify the factors which allow viruses to cross from animals into humans and to develop systems to monitor the emergence of viruses before they reach epidemic levels.
• Current projects include:
• 1) Hunter cohort study: monitor viruses among hunters living in and around biodiversity hotspots
• 2) Animal health study: catalog viruses in hunted animals and survey for wild animal ‘die-offs’
• 3) Virus diversity study: characterize previously unknown viruses in human & animal populations
• 4) Rural health development project: provision of technical assistance and resources to aid in the development of local health infrastructure for provision of prevention and care for HIV and other infectious diseases
• These projects are supported by laboratory and repository facilities in the USA and overseas laboratory sites

• NIH Director's Pioneer Award, 2005-2010
• Popular Science "Brilliant 10", 2005
• International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA), NIH Fogarty International Center, 1999-2006
• Fulbright Fellowship, 1997-1998
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1994-1997
• Certificate of Distinction for Teaching, Harvard University, 1994

• &backto
• Sintasath DM, Wolfe ND, Lebreton M, Jia H, Garcia AD, Le Doux-Diffo J, Tamoufe U, Carr JK, Folks TM, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Burke DS, Heneine W, Switzer W (2009 ) Simian T-lymphotropic virus diversity among nonhuman primates, Cameroon. Emerging Infectious Disease 15(2):175-84.
• Switzer WM, Salemi M, Qari SH, Jia H, Gray RR, Katzourakis A, Marriott SJ, Pryor KN, Wolfe ND, Burke DS, Folks TM, Heneine W (2009) Ancient, independent evolution and distinct molecular features of the novel human T-lymphotropic virus type 4. Retrovirology 2;6:9.
• ND Wolfe (2008) An epidemiologist points to a fifth sort of human malaria. Nature 453:567 [journal club]
• Goldberg TL, CA Chapman, K Cameron, T Saj, WB Karesh, ND Wolfe, SW Wong, ME Dubois, MK Slifka (2008) Serologic evidence for a novel poxvirus in endangered red colobus monkeys, Western Uganda. Emerging Infectious Disease 14: 801-803
• Wolfe ND†, C Panosian Dunavan, J Diamond (2007) Origins of major human infectious diseases. Nature 447:279-283
• LeBreton M, Umlauf S, Djoko CF, Daszak P, Burke DS, Kwenkam PY, Wolfe ND (2006) Rift Valley Fever in Goats, Cameroon Emerging Infectious Disease, April 2006; 12(4): 702-703. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no04/pdfs/05-1428.pdf
• Wolfe ND, P Daszak, AM Kilpatrick, DS Burke (2005) Bushmeat hunting, deforestation, and predicting zoonotic emergence. Emerging Infectious Diseases (in press)
• Zhang M, K Wilbe, B Gaschen, ND Wolfe, B Gaschen, J Carr, T Leitner (2005) HIV-1 CRF13-cpx revisited: identification of a new sequence from Cameroon and signal for sub-subtype J2. AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses (in press)
• Cummings AT, WJ Moss, K Long, TJ Muluh, B Kollo, E Nomo, ND Wolfe, DS Burke (2005) Improved measles surveillance in Cameroon reveals two major dynamic patterns of incidence. International Journal of Infectious Disease (in press)
• N. D. Wolfe, W. Heneine, J. K. Carr, A. D. Garcia, V. Shanmugam, U. Tamoufe, J. N. Torimiro, A. T. Prosser, M. LeBreton, E. Mpoudi-Ngole, F. E. McCutchan, D. L. Birx, T. M. Folks, D. S. Burke, and W. M. Switzer. 2005 Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters PNAS, May 31, 2005; 102(22): 7994 - 7999. 102:7994-7999
• Machuca A, O Wood, S Lee, S Daniel, M Rios, ND Wolfe, J Carr, E Mpoudi-Ngole, D Burke, I Hewlett (2005) Seroprevalence of HTLV in HIV antibody negative populations of rural Cameroon. Clinical Infectious Disease 40:1673-6
• Carr JK, Y Nadai, L Eyzaguirre, MD Saad, MM Khakimov, SK Yakubov, DL Birx, RR Graham, ND Wolfe, KC Earhart, JL Sanchez (2005) Outbreak of a west African recombinant of HIV-1 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 39:570-575
• Wolfe ND, WM Switzer, JK Carr, VB Bhullar, V Shanmugam, U Tamoufe, AT Prosser, JN Torimiro, A Wright, E Mpoudi-Ngole, FE McCutchan, DL Birx, TM Folks, DS Burke, W Heneine (2004) Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections among Central African hunters. Lancet 363:932-37 (also see commentary: 363:911-912; and letters: 364:137-140)
• Wolfe ND, AT Prosser, JK Carr, U Tamoufe, E Mpoudi-Ngole, JN Torimiro, M LeBreton, FE McCutchan, DL Birx, DS Burke (2004) Exposure to nonhuman primates in rural Cameroon. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10:2094-99
• Waters H, L Dougherty, N Tran, S Charles, SP Tegang, K Long, ND Wolfe, DS Burke (2004) Coverage and costs of childhood immunizations in Cameroon. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 82:668-75
• Patz J, P Daszak, AA Aguirre, GM Tabor, M Pearl, J Epstein, ND Wolfe, J Foufopoulos, D Molyneux, DJ Bradley, and Members of the Working Group on Unhealthy Landscapes (2004) Unhealthy landscapes: policy recommendations pertaining to land use change and disease emergence. Environmental Health Perspectives 112:1092-8
• Kijak GH, E Sanders-Buell, ND Wolfe, E Mpoudi-Ngole, B Kim, ML Robb, DL Birx, DS Burke, JK Carr, FE McCutchan (2004) Development and application of a high-throughput HIV-1 genotyping assay to identify CRF02_AG in West/West Central Africa. AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses 20:521-30
• Hussain AI, V Shanmugam, VB Bhullar, BE Beer, D Vallet, A Gautier-Hion, ND Wolfe, WB Karesh, AM Kilbourn, Z Tooze, W Heneine, WM Switzer (2003) Screening for simian foamy virus infection by using a combined antigen western blot assay: Evidence for a wide distribution among old world primates and identification of four new divergent viruses. Virology 309:248-257
• Wolfe ND, WB Karesh, AM Kilbourn, J Cox-Singh, EJ Bosi, HA Rahman, B Singh, M Andau, A Spielman (2002). The impact of ecological conditions on the prevalence of malaria among orangutans. Vector Borne & Zoonotic Disease 2:97-104
• Patz J & ND Wolfe (2002) Global ecological change and human health. In: Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice (eds. AA Aguirre, RS Ostfeld, GM Tabor, C House, and MC Pearl), pp. 167-181. Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Deem SL, AM Kilbourn, ND Wolfe, RA Cook, WB Karesh (2002) Conservation medicine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 916:370-377
• Carr JK, JN Torimiro, ND Wolfe, MN Eitel, B Kim, E Sanders-Buell, LL Jagodzinski, D Gotte, DS Burke, DL Birx, FE McCutchan (2001) The recombinant IbNG and novel strains of group M HIV-1 are common in Cameroon. Virology 286:168-181
• Wolfe ND, AM Kilbourn, WB Karesh, HA Rahman, EJ Bosi, BC Cropp, M Andau, A Spielman, DJ Gubler (2001) Sylvatic transmission of arboviruses among Bornean orangutans. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 64:310-316
• Wolfe ND, MN Eitel, J Gockowski, PK Muchaal, C Nolte, AT Prosser, JN Torimiro, SF Weise, DS Burke (2000) Deforestation, hunting and the ecology of microbial emergence. Global Change and Human Health 1:10-25
• Wrangham R. M Wilson, B Hare, ND Wolfe (2000) Chimpanzee predation and the ecology of microbial exchange. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 12:186-188
• Wolfe ND, AA Escalante, WB Karesh, AM Kilbourn, A Spielman, & AA Lal (1998) Wild primate populations in emerging infectious disease research. Emerging Infectious Disease 4:149-158