2023
Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation
Drews S, Kjemtrup A, Krause P, Lambert G, Leiby D, Lewin A, O'Brien S, Renaud C, Tonnetti L, Bloch E. Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2023, 61: e01268-22. PMID: 37750699, PMCID: PMC10595070, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01268-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood productsWhole blood-derived platelet concentratesNon-endemic areasNon-endemic regionsTTB casesMost patientsRed blood cellsClinical presentationSevere illnessBlood donorsDead-end hostsTick-borne parasitesHuman transmissionEndemic regionsClinical settingEpidemiologyBlood cellsCase numbersPlatelet concentratesTransfusionRisk
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
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