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
2009
Update on Babesiosis
Vannier E, Krause PJ. Update on Babesiosis. Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Infectious Diseases 2009, 2009: 984568. PMID: 19727410, PMCID: PMC2734943, DOI: 10.1155/2009/984568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTick-borne infectious diseaseHuman babesiosisBlood safety riskSpecific antimicrobial therapyMultiple prevention strategiesFulminant diseaseThin blood smearsClinical featuresExchange transfusionModerate illnessImmunosuppressive drugsAsymptomatic infectionDefinitive diagnosisAsymptomatic carriersAntimicrobial therapyConvalescent seraSevere diseaseImmunocompromised individualsHigh riskSevere casesEndemic areasPrevention strategiesBabesia antibodiesHealthy adultsInfection range