2021
Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis
Bloch EM, Krause PJ, Tonnetti L. Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis. Pathogens 2021, 10: 1176. PMID: 34578209, PMCID: PMC8468711, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10091176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransfusion-transmitted babesiosisBlood donor testingHealthy blood donorsIntra-erythrocytic parasitesDonor surveillanceTransfusion transmissibleDonor testingHigh morbidityTransfusion recipientsSevere babesiosisBlood donorsBlood supplyBlood safetyHigh riskGlobal epidemiologyHuman babesiosisCausative agentMolecular assaysUnited StatesBabesiosisInfectionRiskMajor riskImmunopathogenesisMorbidity
2019
The Presence and Persistence of Pregnancy-Associated Red Blood Cell Alloantibodies in Blood Donors
Balbuena-Merle R, Hauser R, Karafin M, Tan S, Spencer B, Roubinian N, Wu Y, Triulzi D, Kleinman S, Gottschall J, Tormey C, Hendrickson J. The Presence and Persistence of Pregnancy-Associated Red Blood Cell Alloantibodies in Blood Donors. Blood 2019, 134: 2452. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-121388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRBC alloantibodiesTransfusion historyBlood donorsBlood donor databasePregnant femalesPersistent antibodiesPrior transfusionsPrior pregnancyAntibody screenMean durationPregnancy historyFemale healthy blood donorsRed blood cell alloantibodiesDonor databaseMean timeAntibody screen resultsHealthy blood donorsUS blood centersSubsequent donationsMajority of donorsSubsequent blood donationsAlloantibody specificitiesRBC alloimmunizationCell microchimerismAntigen exposure
2008
Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction
Hudnall SD, Chen T, Allison P, Tyring SK, Heath A. Herpesvirus prevalence and viral load in healthy blood donors by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. Transfusion 2008, 48: 1180-1187. PMID: 18422852, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01685.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpstein-Barr virusVaricella-zoster virusHealthy adult blood donorsAdult blood donorsBlood donorsHHV-6Human herpesvirusesViral loadHHV-7Primary infectionDonor samplesMedian viral loadHHV-6 DNAHealthy blood donorsHHV-8 DNAViral DNA loadReal-time polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time polymerase chain reactionHerpes simplex virus 1Single-donor samplesSimplex virus 1Polymerase chain reaction assaysReal-time polymerase chain reaction assaysTransfusion recipientsActive infection
1992
Cytomegalovirus antibody detection in blood donors and mothers of very low birth weight neonates by using three serologic methods
Eisenfeld L, McLaughlin J, Mayo D, Klevjer-Anderson P, Silver H, Krause P, Anderson J, Herson V, Savidakis J, Lazar A, Rosenkrantz T, DeSilva H, Ryan R, group C, LeConche D, Donovan T, Ellis K, Buchanan D, Raye J, Pisciotto P, Rowe D, Knox I, Philipps A, Whiteley D, Apollonio J, Schick J, Conlon M. Cytomegalovirus antibody detection in blood donors and mothers of very low birth weight neonates by using three serologic methods. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease 1992, 15: 125-128. PMID: 1315230, DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(92)90035-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibodies, ViralBlood DonorsCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornLatex Fixation TestsMaternal-Fetal ExchangePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayLow birth weight neonatesBirth weight neonatesBlood donorsLatex agglutinationWeight neonatesAntibody detectionSerologic methodsCMV seroprevalence ratesHealthy blood donorsCMV screeningCMV serologyPremature infantsSeroprevalence ratesAntibody seroprevalenceImmunofluorescent antibodyIFA assayBlood populationsBorderline valuesImmunosorbent assayMaternal populationMothersNeonatesSerumDonors
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