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Trypanosoma cruzi in Los Angeles and Miami blood donors: impact of evolving donor demographics on seroprevalence and implications for transfusion transmission by Leiby, David A., Herron Jr, Ross M., Read, Elizabeth J., Lenes, Bruce A., Stumpf, Robert J.

“…BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, continues to be a concern for blood safety, as demonstrated by recent transfusion‐transmitted…”
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Prospective Evaluation of a Patient with Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Transmitted by Transfusion by Tames-Olmedo, Marilee T, Lenes, Bruce A, Leiby, David A, Tibbals, Melinda A

“…To the Editor: Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, is endemic in Latin America, with 16 million to 18 million people infected. 1 The…”
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Babesiosis and blood transfusion: flying under the radar by Leiby, D. A.

“…Infectious agents of disease continue to plague transfusion medicine as an increasing number of pathogens are described that pose a potential blood safety…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in US Blood Donors with Serologic Evidence of Infection by Leiby, David A., Herron, Ross M, Garratty, George, Herwaldt, Barbara L.

“…Trypanosoma cruzi infection (which causes Chagas disease) is typically undiagnosed and persists if untreated. We sought to affirm that T. cruzi-seropositive US…”
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Emerging infectious threats to the blood supply by Dodd, Roger Y, Leiby, David A

“…During the past 15 years, it has become clear that new agents and new strains of existing agents continue to emerge worldwide as protagonists of infectious…”
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Demonstrable parasitemia among Connecticut blood donors with antibodies to Babesia microti by Leiby, David A., Chung, Amy P.S., Gill, Jennifer E., Houghton, Raymond L., Persing, David H., Badon, Stanley, Cable, Ritchard G.

“…BACKGROUND: Reports of transfusion‐transmitted Babesia microti have risen steadily during the past several years, reflecting a concurrent increase in US cases…”
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Risk and prevention of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis and other tick-borne diseases by Cable, Ritchard G, Leiby, David A

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWTick-borne diseases have increasingly been recognized in the United States as public health problems. The importance of tick-borne diseases…”
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Transfusion-transmitted tick-borne infections: A cornucopia of threats by Leiby, David A., Gill, Jennifer E.

“…Over the past several decades, the frequency of contact between humans and ticks has increased dramatically. Concomitantly, several newly recognized tick-borne…”
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Threats to blood safety posed by emerging protozoan pathogens by Leiby, D. A.

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Relationship between tick bites and the seroprevalence of Babesia microti and Anaplasma phagocytophila (previously Ehrlichia sp.) in blood donors by Leiby, David A., Chung, Amy P.S., Cable, Ritchard G., Trouern-Trend, Jonathan, McCullough, Jeffrey, Homer, Mary J., Reynolds, Lisa D., Houghton, Raymond L., Lodes, Michael J., Persing, David H.

“…BACKGROUND : Tick‐borne diseases, particularly babesiosis and ehrlichiosis, represent recently emerging infections. Despite an increased recognition of the…”
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Chlamydia pneumoniae: another agent added to the growing list of transfusion-transmitted pathogens? by Leiby, David A.

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Serologic Testing for Trypanosoma cruzi: Comparison of Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay with Commercially Available Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay, Indirect Hemagglutination Assay, and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Kits by LEIBY, D. A, WENDEL, S, TAKAOKA, D. T, FACHINI, R. M, OLIVEIRA, L. C, TIBBALS, M. A

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Seroepidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi, Etiologic Agent of Chagas' Disease, in US Blood Donors by Leiby, David A., Read, Elizabeth J., Lenes, Bruce A., Yund, A. Jeffrey, Stumpf, Robert J., Kirchhoff, Louis V., Dodd, Roger Y.

“…A comprehensive seroepidemiologic study was conducted in two Red Cross regions (Los Angeles and Miami) to determine the prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi…”
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Can Ticks Be Vectors for Hepatitis C Virus? by Wurzel, Lois Gitlin, Leiby, David A, Cable, Ritchard G

“…To the Editor: We describe a case of acute Babesia microti infection temporally associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion in a blood donor in…”
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Growth of Francisella tularensis LVS in macrophages: the acidic intracellular compartment provides essential iron required for growth by Fortier, A.H. (EntreMed, Inc., Rockville, MD.), Leiby, D.A, Narayanan, R.B, Asafoadjei, E, Crawford, R.M, Nacy, C.A, Meltzer, M.S

“…Murine macrophages supported exponential intracellular growth of Francisella tularensis LVS in vitro with a doubling time of 4 to 6 h. LVS was internalized and…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi in a low- to moderate-risk blood donor population: seroprevalence and possible congenital transmission by Leiby, David A., Fucci, Mei-Chien Huang, Stumpf, Robert J.

“…BACKGROUND: Several recent studies documented the seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood donors at high risk for infection, but little information is…”
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Evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas' disease) among patients undergoing cardiac surgery by LEIBY, David A, RENTAS, Francisco J, NELSON, Kenrad E, STAMBOLIS, Veronica A, NESS, Paul M, PARNIS, Cheryl, MCALLISTER, Hugh A, YAWN, David H, STUMPF, Robert J, KIRCHHOFF, Louis V

“…Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' heart disease, is transmitted by triatomine insects and by blood transfusion. The emigration of several million people…”
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A Multi-Epitope Synthetic Peptide and Recombinant Protein for the Detection of Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in Radioimmunoprecipitation-Confirmed and Consensus-Positive Sera by Houghton, Raymond L., Benson, Darin R., Reynolds, Lisa D., McNeill, Patricia D., Sleath, Paul R., Lodes, Michael J., Skeiky, Yasir A. W., Leiby, David A., Badaro, Roberto, Reed, Steven G.

“…Peptide epitopes of Trypanosoma cruzi have been identified through expression cloning. A tripeptide (2/D/E) containing three epitopes (TcD, TcE, PEP-2) was…”
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Emerging infectious agents by Leiby, D A

“…As new agents of infectious disease continue to emerge and old antagonists reemerge, it is clear that the war on infectious disease is far from over. Indeed,…”
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A retrospective analysis of microbial contaminants in outdated random-donor platelets from multiple sites by Leiby, DA, Kerr, K.L., Campos, J.M., Dodd, R.Y.

“…BACKGROUND: Platelet components contaminated with bacteria are an important source of transfusion‐associated bacterial sepsis. Estimates of contamination rates…”
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