2020
Antigen Discovery, Bioinformatics and Biological Characterization of Novel Immunodominant Babesia microti Antigens
Verma N, Puri A, Essuman E, Skelton R, Anantharaman V, Zheng H, White S, Gunalan K, Takeda K, Bajpai S, Lepore TJ, Krause PJ, Aravind L, Kumar S. Antigen Discovery, Bioinformatics and Biological Characterization of Novel Immunodominant Babesia microti Antigens. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 9598. PMID: 32533024, PMCID: PMC7293334, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66273-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotential biological functionsBiological functionsCellular localization studiesB. microtiEvolutionary relationshipsDomain architectureBioinformatics analysisRecombinant proteinsExtracellular domainLocalization studiesPrimary causative agentUnrelated groupsE. coliBiological characterizationNovel assayIntraerythrocytic parasitesBabesia microtiDistinct classesProteinCausative agentAntigen discoveryGlobal public health impactB. microti antibodiesB. microti antigenTransfusion of blood
2019
Human babesiosis
Krause PJ. Human babesiosis. International Journal For Parasitology 2019, 49: 165-174. PMID: 30690090, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of infectionSignificant health burdenNon-endemic areasTick-borne diseaseThin blood smearsBlood transfusionExchange transfusionHealth burdenSevere casesBlood smearsHuman babesiosisIntraerythrocytic parasitesTransfusionInfectionBabesiosisBurdenProtective measuresBabesia DNAClindamycinAzithromycinAtovaquoneDiseaseSmearsDiagnosis
2015
Human babesiosis
Chen T, Mamoun C, Krause P. Human babesiosis. 2015, 1295-1301. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139855952.226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman babesiosisB. microtiB. microti infectionHard-bodied ticksClustering of casesHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisAcute illnessRenal failureBlood transfusionMicroti infectionCommon causeBabesia duncaniEndemic areasEtiologic agentHuman infectionsHuman B. microti infectionIntraerythrocytic protozoaLyme diseaseBabesia microtiBabesia speciesDiseaseGranulocytic anaplasmosisBabesia infectionIntraerythrocytic parasitesInfection
2008
Human Babesiosis
Chen T, Krause P. Human Babesiosis. 2008, 1381-1388. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511722240.200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman babesiosisB. microtiBabesia speciesB. microti infectionHard-bodied ticksClustering of casesHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisEastern North AmericaAcute illnessBlood transfusionRenal failureMicroti infectionCommon causeBabesia duncaniEndemic areasEtiologic agentHuman B. microti infectionBabesial infectionIntraerythrocytic protozoaBabesia microtiLyme diseaseDiseaseGranulocytic anaplasmosisIntraerythrocytic parasitesNorth America
2007
ATOVAQUONE AND AZITHROMYCIN TREATMENT FOR BABESIOSIS IN AN INFANT
Raju M, Salazar JC, Leopold H, Krause PJ. ATOVAQUONE AND AZITHROMYCIN TREATMENT FOR BABESIOSIS IN AN INFANT. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2007, 26: 181-183. PMID: 17259886, DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000250622.11505.8f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyanotic heart diseaseBabesia microti infectionTreatment of childrenOral azithromycinThin blood smearsInitial presentationSevere anemiaHeart diseaseMicroti infectionPolymerase chain reactionHepatic enzymesBlood smearsInfantsIntraerythrocytic parasitesChain reactionTreatmentBabesiosisLaboratory testsFebrileThrombocytopeniaCyanoticAnemiaClindamycinSerologyAzithromycin