2024
Absence of Anti-Babesia microti antibody in commercial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
Kostka J, Maharjan A, Kumar S, Hackenyos D, Krause P, Dieckhaus K. Absence of Anti-Babesia microti antibody in commercial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024, 18: e0012035. PMID: 38484010, PMCID: PMC10965045, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous immunoglobulinB. microti antibodiesBabesiosis patientsSpectrum of disease severityCommercial intravenous immunoglobulinEffective treatment strategiesSevere organ damageHost antibody responseImmunocompromised patientsAdjunctive therapyOrgan damageTreatment strategiesAcute andClinical trialsMicroti antibodiesAsymptomatic infectionAntibody responseTherapeutic benefitTherapeutic effectPatientsDisease severityAntibodiesImmunofluorescence assayProtozoan infectionsCommercial samples
2023
Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation
Drews S, Kjemtrup A, Krause P, Lambert G, Leiby D, Lewin A, O'Brien S, Renaud C, Tonnetti L, Bloch E. Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2023, 61: e01268-22. PMID: 37750699, PMCID: PMC10595070, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01268-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood productsWhole blood-derived platelet concentratesNon-endemic areasNon-endemic regionsTTB casesMost patientsRed blood cellsClinical presentationSevere illnessBlood donorsDead-end hostsTick-borne parasitesHuman transmissionEndemic regionsClinical settingEpidemiologyBlood cellsCase numbersPlatelet concentratesTransfusionRiskNeurologic Complications of Babesiosis, United States, 2011–2021 - Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Locke S, O’Bryan J, Zubair A, Rethana M, Moffarah A, Krause P, Farhadian S. Neurologic Complications of Babesiosis, United States, 2011–2021 - Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2023, 29: 1127-1135. PMID: 37209667, PMCID: PMC10202888, DOI: 10.3201/eid2906.221890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurologic complicationsNeurologic symptomsRisk factorsYale-New Haven HospitalInfectious Diseases journal - CDCHigh-grade parasitemiaNeurologic risk factorsRange of symptomsAdult patientsRenal failureDiabetes mellitusFrequent symptomsHospital admissionImpaired consciousnessMedical recordsEndemic areasParasitic infectionsPatientsSymptomsIntraerythrocytic protozoaComplicationsBabesiosisNew HavenDeliriumMellitusThe impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection
Jajosky R, O’Bryan J, Spichler-Moffarah A, Jajosky P, Krause P, Tonnetti L. The impact of ABO and RhD blood types on Babesia microti infection. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023, 17: e0011060. PMID: 36696414, PMCID: PMC9901808, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB. microti infectionABO blood typeBabesia microti infectionMicroti infectionBlood donorsBlood typeDisease severityPlasmodium falciparum malaria patientsFalciparum malaria patientsHigher peak parasitemiaRed blood cell antigensType BImpact of ABOBlood cell antigensBlood type BMalaria patientsTransfusion strategyInfected donorsRhD blood typeSevere diseasePeak parasitemiaB antigensCell antigensPossible associationRhD antigen
2022
Animal models of the immunology and pathogenesis of human babesiosis
Kumar A, Kabra A, Igarashi I, Krause P. Animal models of the immunology and pathogenesis of human babesiosis. Trends In Parasitology 2022, 39: 38-52. PMID: 36470781, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal modelsHuman babesiosisBabesia infectionImmunological mechanismsModerate diseaseOrgan dysfunctionPathologic responseDisease complicationsAsymptomatic infectionSevere diseaseAnimal studiesInfectionPathological processesDiseaseBabesiosisBabesia speciesAnimalsDomestic animalsComplicationsDysfunctionPathogenesisImmunologyCardiac Complications of Human Babesiosis
Spichler-Moffarah A, Ong E, O’Bryan J, Krause PJ. Cardiac Complications of Human Babesiosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: e1385-e1391. PMID: 35983604, PMCID: PMC10169432, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYale-New Haven HospitalCardiac complicationsRisk factorsIntensive care unit stayCardiovascular disease risk factorsHuman babesiosisCommon cardiac complicationHigh-grade parasitemiaLife-threatening complicationsDisease risk factorsLonger median lengthQT interval prolongationHigh mortality rateUnit stayComplication groupTick-borne diseaseAdult patientsCardiac outcomesMost patientsThin blood smearsHeart failureInterval prolongationModerate illnessRecord reviewAtrial fibrillationBroad Antimicrobial Resistance in a Case of Relapsing Babesiosis Successfully Treated With Tafenoquine
Rogers R, Krause PJ, Norris AM, Ting MH, Nagami EH, Cilley B, Vannier E. Broad Antimicrobial Resistance in a Case of Relapsing Babesiosis Successfully Treated With Tafenoquine. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 741-744. PMID: 35684960, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010–2016 - Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Bloch EM, Day JR, Krause PJ, Kjemtrup A, O’Brien S, Tobian AAR, Goel R. Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with Babesiosis, United States, 2010–2016 - Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022, 28: 354-362. PMID: 35076004, PMCID: PMC8798708, DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.210213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Inpatient Sample databaseInfectious Diseases journal - CDCAnalysis of hospitalizationsHospitalized patientsAdvanced ageMortality rateHospitalizationSample databaseObservation periodEpidemiologyHigher severityPatientsBabesiosisDiagnosisUnited StatesReporting dataBabesiaAdmissionIllnessIncidenceDiseaseSeverity
2021
Recurrence of Human Babesiosis Caused by Reinfection - Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Ho J, Carey E, Carey DE, Krause PJ. Recurrence of Human Babesiosis Caused by Reinfection - Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2659-2661. PMID: 34546166, PMCID: PMC8462340, DOI: 10.3201/eid2710.211240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases
Ng YQ, Gupte TP, Krause PJ. Tick hypersensitivity and human tick‐borne diseases. Parasite Immunology 2021, 43: e12819. PMID: 33428244, DOI: 10.1111/pim.12819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypersensitivity reactionsImmune responseBlood mealTick-borne diseasesGeneralized hypersensitivity reactionHuman tick-borne diseasesHost immune responseLocal hypersensitivity reactionsLaboratory animal modelsItch responseCausative pathogenTick exposureSuch vaccinesTick salivary proteinsAnimal modelsAnti-tick vaccinesMost vector-borne diseasesTick salivaHuman investigationsDiseaseTick attachmentFuture preventionBlood coagulationHypersensitivity studiesVaccineClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis
Krause PJ, Auwaerter PG, Bannuru RR, Branda JA, Falck-Ytter YT, Lantos PM, Lavergne V, Meissner HC, Osani MC, Rips JG, Sood SK, Vannier E, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 72: 185-189. PMID: 33501959, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyDiseases SocietyInfectious disease specialistsClinical practice guidelinesPrimary care physiciansTransfusion medicine specialistsEvidence-based guidanceHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisRheumatology guidelinesDisease guidelinesCare physiciansDisease specialistsEmergency physiciansPractice guidelinesAmerican CollegeMedicine specialistsAmerican AcademyDisease controlLyme diseaseGranulocytic anaplasmosisDiagnosisPhysiciansBabesiosisGuidelinesTreatment
2020
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi seroprevalence in California blood donors
Brummitt SI, Kjemtrup AM, Harvey DJ, Petersen JM, Sexton C, Replogle A, Packham AE, Bloch EM, Barbour AG, Krause PJ, Green V, Smith WA. Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi seroprevalence in California blood donors. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0243950. PMID: 33370341, PMCID: PMC7769429, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseBlood donorsB. miyamotoiB. burgdorferiEndemic countiesWestern blotBorrelia miyamotoiB. burgdorferi antibodiesAdult blood donorsBorrelia burgdorferiIgG Western blotBlood donor seraRisk of infectionELISA test systemBurgdorferi antibodiesDonor seraC6 ELISAClinical casesEquivocal samplesHuman casesDiseaseAntibodiesI. pacificus ticksMiyamotoiBurgdorferiClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck-Ytter YT, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie WR, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner HC, Nigrovic LE, Nocton J, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips J, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao J, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, Zemel LS. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 72: e1-e48. PMID: 33417672, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1215.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyClinical practice guidelinesLyme diseaseDiseases SocietyPractice guidelinesAmerican CollegeEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesAmerican AcademyTick-borne rickettsial infectionInfectious disease specialistsPrimary care physiciansRheumatologic manifestationsCare physiciansErythema migransDisease specialistsMultidisciplinary panelEmergency physiciansFamily physiciansRickettsial infectionTick-borne pathogensDiseaseSeparate guidelinesPhysiciansDiagnosisPreventionClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck-Ytter YT, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie WR, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner HC, Nigrovic LE, Nocton JJJ, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips J, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao J, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, Zemel LS. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 72: 1-8. PMID: 33483734, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab049.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyClinical practice guidelinesLyme diseaseDiseases SocietyPractice guidelinesAmerican CollegeEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesAmerican AcademyTick-borne rickettsial infectionInfectious disease specialistsPrimary care physiciansRheumatologic manifestationsCare physiciansErythema migransDisease specialistsMultidisciplinary panelEmergency physiciansFamily physiciansRickettsial infectionTick-borne pathogensDiseaseSeparate guidelinesPhysiciansDiagnosisPreventionClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Academy of Neurology, and American College of Rheumatology: 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck-Ytter YT, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie WR, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner HC, Nigrovic LE, Nocton JJJ, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips J, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao J, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, Zemel LS. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Academy of Neurology, and American College of Rheumatology: 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease. Neurology 2020, 96: 262-273. PMID: 33257476, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011151.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyClinical practice guidelinesLyme diseaseDiseases SocietyPractice guidelinesAmerican CollegeEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesAmerican AcademyTick-borne rickettsial infectionInfectious disease specialistsPrimary care physiciansRheumatologic manifestationsCare physiciansErythema migransDisease specialistsMultidisciplinary panelEmergency physiciansFamily physiciansRickettsial infectionTick-borne pathogensDiseaseSeparate guidelinesPhysiciansDiagnosisPreventionClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis
Krause PJ, Auwaerter PG, Bannuru RR, Branda JA, Falck-Ytter YT, Lantos PM, Lavergne V, Meissner HC, Osani MC, Rips JG, Sood SK, Vannier E, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Management of Babesiosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 72: e49-e64. PMID: 33252652, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyDiseases SocietyInfectious disease specialistsClinical practice guidelinesPrimary care physiciansTransfusion medicine specialistsEvidence-based guidanceHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisRheumatology guidelinesDisease guidelinesCare physiciansDisease specialistsEmergency physiciansPractice guidelinesAmerican CollegeMedicine specialistsAmerican AcademyDisease controlLyme diseaseGranulocytic anaplasmosisDiagnosisPhysiciansBabesiosisGuidelinesTreatmentClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck‐Ytter Y, Aguero‐Rosenfeld M, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie WR, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner H, Nigrovic LE, Nocton J, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips J, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao J, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, Zemel LS. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease. Arthritis Care & Research 2020, 73: 1-9. PMID: 33251700, DOI: 10.1002/acr.24495.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsClinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, Falck-Ytter YT, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Auwaerter PG, Baldwin K, Bannuru RR, Belani KK, Bowie WR, Branda JA, Clifford DB, DiMario FJ, Halperin JJ, Krause PJ, Lavergne V, Liang MH, Meissner H, Nigrovic LE, Nocton J, Osani MC, Pruitt AA, Rips J, Rosenfeld LE, Savoy ML, Sood SK, Steere AC, Strle F, Sundel R, Tsao J, Vaysbrot EE, Wormser GP, Zemel LS. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2020, 73: 12-20. PMID: 33251716, DOI: 10.1002/art.41562.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsParasite burden and red blood cell exchange transfusion for babesiosis
O'Bryan J, Gokhale A, Hendrickson JE, Krause PJ. Parasite burden and red blood cell exchange transfusion for babesiosis. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2020, 36: 127-134. PMID: 33179803, PMCID: PMC9517950, DOI: 10.1002/jca.21853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-organ dysfunctionPeak parasitemia levelsRed blood cell exchange transfusionParasitemia levelsExchange transfusionPeak parasitemiaDisease severityParasite burdenYale-New Haven HospitalBabesia microti parasitemiaHigh-grade parasitemiaRetrospective chart reviewBabesia microti infectionNew Haven HospitalAntimicrobial agentsChart reviewHepatic dysfunctionPatient demographicsClinical statusMedian lengthLaboratory indicatorsMicroti infectionDegree of hemolysisNineteen subjectsDysfunctionThe emergence of human Powassan virus infection in North America
Campbell O, Krause PJ. The emergence of human Powassan virus infection in North America. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2020, 11: 101540. PMID: 32993949, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPowassan virusPOWV infectionSymptomatic casesLong-term neurological sequelaePowassan virus infectionState health department websitesPOWV diseaseTickborne flavivirusNeurological sequelaeHealth department websitesVirus infectionDisease controlInfection prevalenceInfectionPrevalence researchUnited StatesSurveillance effortsAge distributionIncidenceOld beingSurveillance informationGreater awarenessLiterature reviewDisease incidenceMorbidity