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
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