WilliamBowerMD

Infectious Disease • Tucker, GA

Epidemiology Team Lead, Bacterial Special Pathogens, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Office
2550 Pine Cove Dr
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone+1 678-643-1315

Fax+1 404-638-5478
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1995 - 1998
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Antitoxin Use in the Prevention and Treatment of Anthrax Disease: A Systematic Review.
Elisabeth M Hesse, Shana Godfred-Cato, William A Bower> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
2 citations
Postexposure Prophylaxis and Treatment of Bacillus anthracis Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Animal Models, 1947-2019.
Jordan L Kennedy, Jürgen B Bulitta, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, Marissa K Person, Rachel Cook, Thitipong Mongkolrattanothai, Eunjeong Shin, Patricia Yu, Maria E Negron, Wi...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
6 citations
Clinical Features of Patients Hospitalized for All Routes of Anthrax, 1880-2018: A Systematic Review.
Katherine Hendricks, Marissa K Person, John S Bradley, Thitipong Mongkolrattanothai, Nathaniel Hupert, Peter Eichacker, Arthur M Friedlander, William A Bower> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
1 citations
Risk Factors for Death or Meningitis in Adults Hospitalized for Cutaneous Anthrax, 1950-2018: A Systematic Review.
Julie M Thompson, Rachel Cook, Marissa K Person, María E Negrón, Rita M Traxler, William A Bower, Katherine Hendricks> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
4 citations
Systematic Review of Hospital Treatment Outcomes for Naturally Acquired and Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, 1880-2018.
Marissa K Person, Rachel Cook, John S Bradley, Nathaniel Hupert, William A Bower, Katherine Hendricks> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
3 citations
Risk Factors for Severe Cutaneous Anthrax in a Retrospective Case Series and Use of a Clinical Algorithm to Identify Likely Meningitis and Evaluate Treatment Outcomes,...
Ainura Kutmanova, Saparbai Zholdoshev, Katherine M Roguski, Melis Sholpanbay Uulu, Marissa K Person, Rachel Cook, Julia Bugrysheva, Patrick Nadol, Aisuluu Buranchieva,...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
1 citations
Welder's Anthrax: A Tale of 2 Cases.
Katherine Hendricks, Roosecelis Brasil Martines, Hannah Bielamowicz, Anne E Boyer, Stephen Long, Paul Byers, Robyn A Stoddard, Kathryn Taylor, Cari Beesley Kolton, Mar...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 17
4 citations
Epidemiologic Investigation of Two Welder's Anthrax Cases Caused byGroup Bacteria: Occupational Link Established by Environmental Detection.
Patrick Dawson, Johanna S Salzer, Caroline A Schrodt, Karl Feldmann, Cari B Kolton, Jay E Gee, Chung K Marston, Christopher A Gulvik, Mindy G Elrod, Aaron Villarma, Ri...> ;Pathogens. 2022 Jul 23
8 citations
Welder's Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease.
Marie A de Perio, Katherine A Hendricks, Chad H Dowell, William A Bower, Nancy C Burton, Patrick Dawson, Caroline A Schrodt, Johanna S Salzer, Chung K Marston, Karl Fe...> ;Pathogens. 2022 Mar 26
23 citations
Multistate Outbreak of Melioidosis Associated with Imported Aromatherapy Spray.
Jay E Gee, William A Bower, Amber Kunkel, Julia Petras, Jenna Gettings, Maria Bye, Melanie Firestone, Mindy G Elrod, Lindy Liu, David D Blaney, Allison Zaldivar, Chels...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Mar 3
4 citations
Development of the Global Mycetoma Working Group.
Rita M. Traxler, Karlyn D. Beer, David D. Blaney, Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Ahmed H. Fahal, Kingsley Asiedu, William A. Bower, Tom Chiller> ;Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2021 Apr 14
20 citations
Potential distributions of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis causing anthrax in Africa.
Daniel Romero-Alvarez, A. Townsend Peterson, Johanna S. Salzer, Claudia Pittiglio, Sean V. Shadomy, Rita M. Traxler, Antonio Vieira, William A. Bower, Henry Walke, Lin...> ;Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020 Mar 9
2 citations
Differentiating New from Newly Detected: Melioidosis in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Leisha D. Nolen, Eric Lirow, Jay E. Gee, Mindy G. Elrod, Cari B. Kolton, Lindy Liu, William A. Bower, Marissa Person, Maria Marfel, David D. Blaney> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019 Aug 1
11 citations
First Reported Human Cases of Leptospirosis in the United States Virgin Islands in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, September–November 2017
Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, Irene Guendel, Jonathan Strysko, Lisa LaPlace Ekpo, Renee L. Galloway, Jonathan S. Yoder, Amy M. Kahler, Aileen Artus, Alex R. Hoffmaster, W...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2019 Jun 5
6 citations
Development and Performance of a Checklist for Initial Triage After an Anthrax Mass Exposure Event.
Nathaniel Hupert, Marissa Person, Dan Hanfling, Rita M. Traxler, William A. Bower, Katherine A. Hendricks> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2019 Apr 16
2 citations
CNS Melioidosis in a Traveler Returning From Cabo, Mexico
Matthew A Donahue, Geoffrey Newcomb, Sara Spinella, Paritosh Prasad, Jane L. Liesveld, Cristina T Egan, Glenda Smith, Alexandra Newman, William A. Bower, David D. Blan...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2019 Jan 10
14 citations
Antimicrobial Treatment for Systemic Anthrax: Analysis of Cases from 1945 to 2014 Identified Through a Systematic Literature Review
Satish K. Pillai, Eileen Huang, Julie T. Guarnizo, Jamechia D. Hoyle, Stefan Katharios-Lanwermeyer, Theresa K Turski, William A. Bower, Katherine A. Hendricks, Dana Me...> ;Health Security. 2015 Dec 21
42 citations
Contact Investigation of Melioidosis Cases Reveals Regional Endemicity in Puerto Rico
Thomas J. Doker, Tyler M. Sharp, Brenda Rivera-Garcia, Janice Perez-Padilla, Tina J. Benoit, Esther M. Ellis, Mindy G. Elrod, Jay E. Gee, Wun-Ju Shieh, Cari A. Beesley...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015 Jan 15
21 citations
Fatal Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Initially Reported as a Bacillus Species, Ohio, 2013
Thomas J. Doker, Celia Quinn, Ellen D. Salehi, Joshua J. Sherwood, Tina J. Benoit, Mindy G. Elrod, Jay E. Gee, Sean V. Shadomy, William A. Bower, Alex R. Hoffmaster, H...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2014 Oct 1
21 citations
Prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax in pregnant women.
Dana Meaney-Delman, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Richard H. Beigi, Marianne E. Zotti, Yalonda Hutchings, William A. Bower, Tracee A. Treadwell, Denise J. Jamieson> ;Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2013 Oct 1
68 citations
Transmission of Cryptococcus neoformans by Organ Transplantation
John W. Baddley, Denise C. Schain, Asmita Gupte, Sundus A. Lodhi, Liise K. Kayler, Joao P. Frade, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, J. Steve Bynon, William A. Bower> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011 Feb 15
23 citations
Impact of routine hepatitis B immunization on the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the marshall islands and the federated States of micronesia.
Stephanie R. Bialek, Louisa Helgenberger, Gayle E. Fischer, William A. Bower, Mailynn Konelios, Jean-Paul Chaine, Gregory L. Armstrong, Ian T. Williams, Beth P. Bell> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2010 Jan 1
3 citations
The epidemiology of hepatitis A virus infections in four Pacific Island nations, 1995-2008.
Gayle E. Fischer, Nicola D. Thompson, Sandra S. Chaves, William A. Bower, Susan T. Goldstein, Gregory L. Armstrong, Ian T. Williams, Stephanie R. Bialek> ;Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2009 Sep 1
100 citations
The epidemiology of newly diagnosed chronic liver disease in gastroenterology practices in the United States: results from population-based surveillance.
Beth P. Bell, M. Michele Manos, Atif Zaman, Norah A. Terrault, Ann Thomas, Victor Navarro, Kathy B. Dhotre, Rosemary C. Murphy, Grace Van Ness, Nicole Stabach, Marie E...> ;The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2008 Nov 1
83 citations
Persistence of protection against hepatitis B virus infection among adolescents vaccinated with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine beginning at birth: a 15-year follow-up...
Stephanie R. Bialek, William A. Bower, Ryan T. Novak, Louisa Helgenberger, Steven B. Auerbach, Ian T. Williams, Beth P. Bell> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2008 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical CenterDecatur, Georgia