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 ResearchConceptsParasites/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 diseaseBlood
2014
Blood transfusion transmission of the tick‐borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in mice
Krause PJ, Hendrickson JE, Steeves TK, Fish D. Blood transfusion transmission of the tick‐borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in mice. Transfusion 2014, 55: 593-597. PMID: 25251880, DOI: 10.1111/trf.12879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion transmissionRed blood cellsBorrelia miyamotoiBlood transfusion transmissionMurine transfusion modelFever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoiSpirochete clearanceRecipient bloodC57BL/6 miceMouse recipientsTransfusion modelMouse modelTransfusionMurine bloodHuman infectionsWet mountLyme diseaseStudy designBlood cellsMiceMiyamotoiSpirochetemiaFever spirochetesBloodBodied ticks
2003
Coevolution of Markers of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Skin and Peripheral Blood of Patients with Erythema Migrans
Salazar J, Pope C, Sellati T, Feder H, Kiely T, Dardick K, Buckman R, Moore M, Caimano M, Pope J, Krause P, Radolf J. Coevolution of Markers of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Skin and Peripheral Blood of Patients with Erythema Migrans. The Journal Of Immunology 2003, 171: 4934-4934. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.9.4934-a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Lactobacillus acidophilus Sepsis in a Neonate
Thompson C, McCarter Y, Krause P, Herson V. Lactobacillus acidophilus Sepsis in a Neonate. Journal Of Perinatology 2001, 21: 258-260. PMID: 11533845, DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200509.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
1999
Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States
Eskow E, Krause P, Spielman A, Freeman K, Aslanzadeh J. Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1999, 37: 2051-2052. PMID: 10325378, PMCID: PMC85028, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2051-2052.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicroti infectionBlood samplesB. microti antibodiesSerial blood samplesBabesia microti infectionB. microti infectionCollected blood samplesMicroti antibodiesAcute babesiosisImmunofluorescent antibodyHuman B. microti infectionBabesial antigensHuman babesiosisB. microtiInfectionBabesiosisAntibodiesPCR techniqueUnited StatesLocal acquisitionResidentsPatientsSymptomsAntigenBlood