2018
Superior real‐time polymerase chain reaction detection of Babesia microti parasites in whole blood utilizing high‐copy BMN antigens as amplification targets
Grabias B, Clement J, Krause PJ, Lepore T, Kumar S. Superior real‐time polymerase chain reaction detection of Babesia microti parasites in whole blood utilizing high‐copy BMN antigens as amplification targets. Transfusion 2018, 58: 1924-1932. PMID: 29664114, DOI: 10.1111/trf.14642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigensBabesia microtiBlood DonorsHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionTransfusion ReactionConceptsParasites/mLBlood donorsBlood samplesSeroreactive antigensBabesia microti parasitesWhole bloodTransfusion-transmitted infectionsParasite nucleic acidsReal-time polymerase chain reactionWhole blood samplesPolymerase chain reaction detectionPolymerase chain reactionSensitive molecular assaysBlood productsClinical characterizationRT-PCR detectionReal-time polymerase chain reaction detectionLaboratory diagnosisBabesia microtiStudy designInfected ticksDilution panelsAntigenZoonotic diseaseBloodCommunity‐acquired and transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis are increasing: why and what to do?
Kumar S, Fish D, Krause PJ. Community‐acquired and transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis are increasing: why and what to do? Transfusion 2018, 58: 617-619. PMID: 29528151, DOI: 10.1111/trf.14518.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis
Levin AE, Krause PJ. Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis. Current Opinion In Hematology 2016, 23: 573-580. PMID: 27537475, PMCID: PMC5241272, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion-transmitted babesiosisBlood donorsB. microti antibodiesInfectious blood donorsAssociated mortality rateOptimal screening strategyTransfusion-transmitted pathogensSignificant health burdenAvailable screening toolsUnited States populationPathogen inactivation methodsMicroti antibodiesSevere illnessHealth burdenMortality rateUS FoodDrug AdministrationBabesia microtiScreening toolLaboratory screeningScreening strategyBabesiosisInactivation methodPCR assaysRecent studies
2009
EDITORIAL: The problem of transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis
Young C, Krause PJ. EDITORIAL: The problem of transfusion‐transmitted babesiosis. Transfusion 2009, 49: 2548-2550. PMID: 20163687, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02494.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research