2021
Babesia microti: Pathogen Genomics, Genetic Variability, Immunodominant Antigens, and Pathogenesis
Puri A, Bajpai S, Meredith S, Aravind L, Krause PJ, Kumar S. Babesia microti: Pathogen Genomics, Genetic Variability, Immunodominant Antigens, and Pathogenesis. Frontiers In Microbiology 2021, 12: 697669. PMID: 34539601, PMCID: PMC8446681, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.697669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolymerase chain reactionPerinatal transmissionBlood transfusionModerate diseaseMost infectionsOrgan transplantationImmune evasionBlood smearsImmunodominant antigensHuman babesiosisInfection severityPathogenesisChain reactionPotential roleCell surface proteinsDiseaseDiagnosisHuman diseasesPathogen genomicsBabesiosisIxodid ticksPhylum ApicomplexaTransfusionTransplantationHumans
2014
Monitoring Human Babesiosis Emergence through Vector Surveillance New England, USA - Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Diuk-Wasser MA, Liu Y, Steeves TK, Folsom-O'Keefe C, Dardick KR, Lepore T, Bent SJ, Usmani-Brown S, Telford SR, Fish D, Krause PJ. Monitoring Human Babesiosis Emergence through Vector Surveillance New England, USA - Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014, 20: 225-231. PMID: 24447577, PMCID: PMC3901474, DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman babesiosisInfectious Diseases journal - CDCProtozoan Babesia microtiDisease-endemic areasTick-borne diseaseBabesiosis-endemic areasSame tick vectorInfection rateInfection ratioTick infection ratesLyme diseaseBabesia microtiHuman casesDiseaseDisease expansionBabesiosisReservoir hostsTick vectorHuman diseasesSurveillanceClose association