Brian Custer, PhD, MPH

ADJ PROF-FY
Laboratory Medicine
Publications: 

An international review of the characteristics of viral nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) reveals a trend towards the use of smaller pool sizes and individual donation NAT.

Vox sanguinis

Faddy HM, Osiowy C, Custer B, Busch M, Stramer SL, Dean MM, Acutt J, Viennet E, van de Laar T, Tsoi WC, Styles C, Kiely P, Margaritis A, Kwon SY, Qiu Y, Deng X, Lewin A, Jørgensen SW, Erikstrup C, Juhl D, Sauleda S, Camacho Rodriguez BA, Soto Coral LJC, Gaviria García PA, Oota S, O'Brien SF, Wendel S, Castro E, Navarro Pérez L, Harvala H, Davison K, Reynolds C, Jarvis L, Grabarczyk P, Kopacz A, Letowska M, O'Flaherty N, Young F, Williams P, Burke L, Chua SS, Muylaert A, Page I, Jones A, Niederhauser C, Vermeulen M, Laperche S, Gallian P, Satake M, Addas-Carvalho M, Blanco S, Gallego SV, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Maamari K, Alawi FB, Pandey HC, França RA, Charlewood R, Virology and Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy subgroups of the ISBT WP-TTID

International review of blood donation nucleic acid amplification testing.

Vox sanguinis

Faddy HM, Osiowy C, Custer B, Busch M, Stramer SL, Adesina O, van de Laar T, Tsoi WC, Styles C, Kiely P, Margaritis A, Kwon SY, Qiu Y, Deng X, Lewin A, Jørgensen SW, Erikstrup C, Juhl D, Sauleda S, Camacho Rodriguez BA, Coral LJCS, Gaviria García PA, Oota S, O'Brien SF, Wendel S, Castro E, Navarro Pérez L, Harvala H, Davison K, Reynolds C, Jarvis L, Grabarczyk P, Kopacz A, Letowska M, O'Flaherty N, Young F, Williams P, Burke L, Chua SS, Muylaert A, Page I, Jones A, Niederhauser C, Vermeulen M, Laperche S, Gallian P, Sawadogo S, Satake M, Gharehbaghian A, Addas-Carvalho M, Blanco S, Gallego SV, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Maamari K, Alawi FB, Pandey HC, Mbanya D, França RA, Charlewood R, Virology and Surveillance; Risk Assessment and Policy subgroups of the ISBT Working Party on Transfu

A case-control study of risk factors for incident hepatitis B virus infection in South African blood donors.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Jentsch U, Vermeulen M, Berg KVD, Swanevelder R, Creel D, Jacobs G, Hemingway-Foday JJ, Nyoni C, Murphy EL, Custer B

End of selection criteria based on sexual orientation: An international symposium on alternatives to donation deferral.

Vox sanguinis

Lewin A, Goldman M, Busch MP, Davison K, van de Laar T, Tiberghien P, Shinar E, O'Brien SF, Lambert G, Field S, Hervig T, Tan DHS, Custer B, Drews SJ, Lanteri MC, Klochkov D, Widmer E, Domingue MP, Renaud C, Germain M

Associations of Temporal Cardiometabolic Patterns and Incident SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among U.S. Blood Donors With Serologic Evidence of Vaccination.

AJPM focus

Yu EA, Stone M, Bravo MD, Grebe E, Bruhn RL, Lanteri MC, Townsend M, Kamel H, Jones JM, Busch MP, Custer B

Syphilis seroprevalence and incidence in US blood donors from 2020 to 2022.

Transfusion

Conti G, Notari EP, Dodd RY, Kessler D, Custer B, Reik R, Lanteri MC, Hailu B, Yang H, Stramer SL, U.S. Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS)

Clinical outcomes in hospitalized plasma and platelet transfusion recipients prior to and following widespread blood donor SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination.

Transfusion

Roubinian NH, Greene J, Liu VX, Lee C, Mark DG, Vinson DR, Spencer BR, Bruhn R, Bravo M, Stone M, Custer B, Kleinman S, Busch MP, Norris PJ, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-P (REDS-IV)

HIV risk behavior profiles among men who have sex with men interested in donating blood: Findings from the Assessing Donor Variability and New Concepts in Eligibility study.

Transfusion

Custer B, Whitaker BI, Pollack LM, Buccheri R, Bruhn RL, Crowder LA, Stramer SL, Reik RA, Pandey S, Stone M, Di Germanio C, Buchacz K, Eder AF, Lu Y, Forshee RA, Anderson SA, Marks PW

Association of ABO and RhD blood groups with the risk of HIV infection.

PloS one

Jacobs G, Van den Berg K, Vermeulen M, Swanevelder R, Custer B, Murphy EL

The genetic determinants of recurrent somatic mutations in 43,693 blood genomes.

Science advances

Weinstock JS, Laurie CA, Broome JG, Taylor KD, Guo X, Shuldiner AR, O'Connell JR, Lewis JP, Boerwinkle E, Barnes KC, Chami N, Kenny EE, Loos RJF, Fornage M, Redline S, Cade BE, Gilliland FD, Chen Z, Gauderman WJ, Kumar R, Grammer L, Schleimer RP, Psaty BM, Bis JC, Brody JA, Silverman EK, Yun JH, Qiao D, Weiss ST, Lasky-Su J, DeMeo DL, Palmer ND, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Cho MH, Vasan RS, Johnson AD, Yanek LR, Becker LC, Kardia S, He J, Kaplan R, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Wiggins KL, Arnett DK, Irvin MR, Tiwari H, Correa A, Raffield LM, Gao Y, de Andrade M, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Manichaikul AW, Konkle BA, Johnsen JM, Wheeler MM, Custer BS, Duggirala R, Curran JE, Blangero J, Gui H, Xiao S, Williams LK, Meyers DA, Li X, Ortega V, McGarvey S, Gu CC, Chen YI, Lee WJ, Shoemaker MB, Darbar D, Roden D, Albert C, Kooperberg C, Desai P, Blackwell TW, Abecasis GR, Smith AV, Kang HM, Mathias R, Natarajan P, Jaiswal S, Reiner AP, Bick AG, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium

Aberrant activation of TCL1A promotes stem cell expansion in clonal haematopoiesis.

Nature

Weinstock JS, Gopakumar J, Burugula BB, Uddin MM, Jahn N, Belk JA, Bouzid H, Daniel B, Miao Z, Ly N, Mack TM, Luna SE, Prothro KP, Mitchell SR, Laurie CA, Broome JG, Taylor KD, Guo X, Sinner MF, von Falkenhausen AS, K??b S, Shuldiner AR, O'Connell JR, Lewis JP, Boerwinkle E, Barnes KC, Chami N, Kenny EE, Loos RJF, Fornage M, Hou L, Lloyd-Jones DM, Redline S, Cade BE, Psaty BM, Bis JC, Brody JA, Silverman EK, Yun JH, Qiao D, Palmer ND, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Cho MH, DeMeo DL, Vasan RS, Yanek LR, Becker LC, Kardia SLR, Peyser PA, He J, Rienstra M, Van der Harst P, Kaplan R, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Wiggins KL, Arnett DK, Irvin MR, Tiwari H, Cutler MJ, Knight S, Muhlestein JB, Correa A, Raffield LM, Gao Y, de Andrade M, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Tracy RP, Konkle BA, Johnsen JM, Wheeler MM, Smith JG, Melander O, Nilsson PM, Custer BS, Duggirala R, Curran JE, Blangero J, McGarvey S, Williams LK, Xiao S, Yang M, Gu CC, Chen YI, Lee WJ, Marcus GM, Kane JP, Pullinger CR, Shoemaker MB, Darbar D, Roden DM, Albert C, Kooperberg C, Zhou Y, Manson JE, Desai P, Johnson AD, Mathias RA, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Blackwell TW, Abecasis GR, Smith AV, Kang HM, Satpathy AT, Natarajan P, Kitzman JO, Whitsel EA, Reiner AP, Bick AG, Jaiswal S

Proceedings of the 2022 NHLBI and OASH state of the science in transfusion medicine symposium.

Transfusion

Custer B, Bloch EM, Bryant BJ, D'Alessandro A, Delaney M, Goel R, Hod EA, Josephson CD, Katz LM, Miller YM, Sayers MH, Seheult JN, Triulzi DJ, Berger J, Zou S, Hailu B, Glynn SA, Roubinian NH

Genetic regulation of fetal hemoglobin across global populations.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Cato LD, Li R, Lu HY, Yu F, Wissman M, Mkumbe BS, Ekwattanakit S, Deelen P, Mwita L, Sangeda RZ, Suksangpleng T, Riolueang S, Bronson PG, Paul DS, Kawabata E, Astle WJ, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Lopez de Lapuente Portilla A, Kang G, Zhang Y, Nouraie SM, Gordeuk VR, Gladwin MT, Garrett ME, Ashley-Koch A, Telen MJ, Custer B, Kelly S, Dinardo C, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Maximo C, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Mendez A, Hammerer-Lercher A, Sheehan VA, Weiss MJ, Franke L, Nilsson B, Butterworth AS, Viprakasit V, Nkya S, Sankaran VG

Estimated glomerular filtration rate in Brazilian adults with sickle cell disease: results from the REDS-III multicenter cohort study.

Annals of hematology

Belis?rio AR, Sim?es E Silva AC, Moura ICG, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, M?ximo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DOW, Ozahata MC, Mota RA, Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Custer B, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component Brazil

Surveillance for Zika, chikungunya and dengue virus incidence and RNAemia in blood donors at four Brazilian blood centers during 2016-2019.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Custer B, Grebe E, Buccheri R, Bakkour S, Stone M, Capuani L, Alencar C, Amorim L, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Mendrone-Junior A, Gonçalez T, Gao K, Livezey KW, Linnen JM, Brambilla D, McClure C, Busch MP, Sabino EC, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component Brazil

Factors Associated with Leg Ulcers in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil.

Advances in skin & wound care

Reis de Souza V, Kelly S, Cerdeira Sabino E, Mendes de Oliveira F, Silva T, Miranda Teixeira C, M?ximo C, Loureiro P, Barbara de Freitas Carneiro-Proietti A, Gomes I, Custer B, de Almeida-Neto C

Genome-wide association study of early ischaemic stroke risk in Brazilian individuals with sickle cell disease implicates ADAMTS2 and CDK18 and uncovers novel loci.

British journal of haematology

Earley EJ, Kelly S, Fang F, Alencar CS, Rodrigues DOW, Soares Cruz DT, Flanagan JM, Ware RE, Zhang X, Gordeuk V, Gladwin M, Zhang Y, Nouraie M, Nekhai S, Sabino E, Custer B, Dinardo C, Page GP, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) an

Research partnerships between blood services and public health authorities: An international, cross-sectional survey.

Vox sanguinis

Lewin A, Osiowy C, Erikstrup C, Custer B, Renaud C, Tiberghien P, Russell A, Lieshout-Krikke R, O'Brien SF, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Disea

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in the United States Before the Delta- and Omicron-Associated Surges: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Repeat Blood Donors.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Grebe E, Yu EA, Bravo MD, Welte A, Bruhn RL, Stone M, Green V, Williamson PC, Feldstein LR, Jones JM, Busch MP, Custer B

Blood Center Testing Allows the Detection and Rapid Treatment of Acute and Recent HIV Infection.

Viruses

van den Berg K, Vermeulen M, Bakkour S, Stone M, Jacobs G, Nyoni C, Barker C, McClure C, Creel D, Grebe E, Roubinian N, Jentsch U, Custer B, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Population-weighted seroprevalence from SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity among U.S. blood donations from January-December 2021.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Busch MP, Stramer SL, Stone M, Yu EA, Grebe E, Notari E, Saa P, Ferg R, Manrique IM, Weil N, Fink RV, Levy M, Green V, Cyrus S, Williamson PC, Haynes J, Groves J, Krysztof D, Custer B, Kleinman S, Biggerstaff BJ, Opsomer JD, Jones JM

National Blood Foundation 2021 Research and Development summit: Discovery, innovation, and challenges in advancing blood and biotherapies.

Transfusion

Holmberg JA, Henry SM, Burnouf T, Devine D, Marschner S, Boothby TC, Burger SR, Chou ST, Custer B, Blumberg N, Siegel DL, Spitalnik SL

Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking.

Nature human behaviour

Jang SK, Evans L, Fialkowski A, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Becker DM, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Jenkins BWC, Carson AP, Chavan S, Cupples LA, Custer B, Damrauer SM, David SP, de Andrade M, Dinardo CL, Fingerlin TE, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gharib SA, Glahn DC, Haessler J, Heckbert SR, Hokanson JE, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Hyman MC, Judy R, Justice AE, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kelly S, Kim W, Kooperberg C, Levy D, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Manichaikul AW, Gladwin MT, Martin LW, Nouraie M, Melander O, Meyers DA, Montgomery CG, North KE, Oelsner EC, Palmer ND, Payton M, Peljto AL, Peyser PA, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Qiao D, Rader DJ, Rafaels N, Redline S, Reed RM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Schwartz DA, Shadyab AH, Silverman EK, Smith NL, Smith JG, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tang W, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Vasan RS, Gordeuk VR, Wang Z, Wiggins KL, Yanek LR, Yang IV, Young KA, Young KL, Zhang Y, Liu DJ, Keller MC, Vrieze S

Is Severity Score Associated with Indication for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Individuals with Sickle Cell Anemia?

Transplantation and cellular therapy

Flor-Park MV, Ozahata MC, Moura ICG, Blatyta P, Kelly S, Oliveira CDL, Capuani L, Belisário AR, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Araujo AS, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Sabino E, Custer B, Rocha V

The Impact of Early Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) for HIV on the Sensitivity of the Latest Generation of Blood Screening and Point of Care Assays.

Viruses

Vermeulen M, van Schalkwyk C, Jacobs G, van den Berg K, Stone M, Bakkour S, Custer B, Jentsch U, Busch MP, Murphy E, Grebe E

Does Religiosity Predict Blood Donation in Brazil?

Journal of religion and health

Zucoloto M, Gonçalez T, McFarland W, Custer B, Martinez E

Cost-effectiveness of pathogen reduction technology for plasma and platelets in Québec: A focus on potential emerging pathogens.

Transfusion

Grégoire Y, Delage G, Custer B, Rochette S, Renaud C, Lewin A, Germain M

The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P): A research program striving to improve blood donor safety and optimize transfusion outcomes across the lifespan.

Transfusion

Josephson CD, Glynn S, Mathew S, Birch R, Bakkour S, Baumann Kreuziger L, Busch MP, Chapman K, Dinardo C, Hendrickson J, Hod EA, Kelly S, Luban N, Mast A, Norris P, Custer B, Sabino E, Sachais B, Spencer BR, Stone M, Kleinman S, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-

Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.

Science advances

Nakao T, Bick AG, Taub MA, Zekavat SM, Uddin MM, Niroula A, Carty CL, Lane J, Honigberg MC, Weinstock JS, Pampana A, Gibson CJ, Griffin GK, Clarke SL, Bhattacharya R, Assimes TL, Emery LS, Stilp AM, Wong Q, Broome J, Laurie CA, Khan AT, Smith AV, Blackwell TW, Codd V, Nelson CP, Yoneda ZT, Peralta JM, Bowden DW, Irvin MR, Boorgula M, Zhao W, Yanek LR, Wiggins KL, Hixson JE, Gu CC, Peloso GM, Roden DM, Reupena MS, Hwu CM, DeMeo DL, North KE, Kelly S, Musani SK, Bis JC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Johnsen JM, Preuss M, Tracy RP, Peyser PA, Qiao D, Desai P, Curran JE, Freedman BI, Tiwari HK, Chavan S, Smith JA, Smith NL, Kelly TN, Hidalgo B, Cupples LA, Weeks DE, Hawley NL, Minster RL, Samoan Obesity, Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations Study (OLaGA) Group, Deka R, Naseri TT, de Las Fuentes L, Raffield LM, Morrison AC, Vries PS, Ballantyne CM, Kenny EE, Rich SS, Whitsel EA, Cho MH, Shoemaker MB, Pace BS, Blangero J, Palmer ND, Mitchell BD, Shuldiner AR, Barnes KC, Redline S, Kardia SLR, Abecasis GR, Becker LC, Heckbert SR, He J, Post W, Arnett DK, Vasan RS, Darbar D, Weiss ST, McGarvey ST, de Andrade M, Chen YI, Kaplan RC, Meyers DA, Custer BS, Correa A, Psaty BM, Fornage M, Manson JE, Boerwinkle E, Konkle BA, Loos RJF, Rotter JI, Silverman EK, Kooperberg C, Danesh J, Samani NJ, Jaiswal S, Libby P, Ellinor PT, Pankratz N, Ebert BL, Reiner AP, Mathias RA, Do R, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Natarajan P

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) in Blood Donors in Brazil-A 10-Year Study (2007-2016).

Frontiers in medicine

Miranda C, Utsch-Gonçalves D, Piassi FCC, Loureiro P, Gomes I, Ribeiro MA, de Almeida-Neto C, Blatyta P, Amorim L, Garcia Mateos SO, Murphy EL, Custer B, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Sabino EC

Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease.

The Journal of clinical investigation

Liggett LA, Cato LD, Weinstock JS, Zhang Y, Nouraie SM, Gladwin MT, Garrett ME, Ashley-Koch A, Telen M, Custer B, Kelly S, Dinardo C, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti A, Maximo C, Reiner AP, Abecasis GR, Williams DA, Natarajan P, Bick AG, Sankaran VG

Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed.

Cell genomics

Taub MA, Conomos MP, Keener R, Iyer KR, Weinstock JS, Yanek LR, Lane J, Miller-Fleming TW, Brody JA, Raffield LM, McHugh CP, Jain D, Gogarten SM, Laurie CA, Keramati A, Arvanitis M, Smith AV, Heavner B, Barwick L, Becker LC, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Burchard EG, Celedón JC, Chang YPC, Custer B, Darbar D, de Las Fuentes L, DeMeo DL, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gladwin MT, Heckbert SR, Hidalgo BA, Irvin MR, Islam T, Johnson WC, Kaab S, Launer L, Lee J, Liu S, Moscati A, North KE, Peyser PA, Rafaels N, Seidman C, Weeks DE, Wen F, Wheeler MM, Williams LK, Yang IV, Zhao W, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Bowden DW, Cade BE, Chen Z, Cho MH, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Daya M, Deka R, Eng C, Fingerlin TE, Guo X, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Johnsen JM, Kenny EE, Levin AM, Liu C, Minster RL, Naseri T, Nouraie M, Reupena MS, Sabino EC, Smith JA, Smith NL, Su JL, Taylor JG, Telen MJ, Tiwari HK, Tracy RP, White MJ, Zhang Y, Wiggins KL, Weiss ST, Vasan RS, Taylor KD, Sinner MF, Silverman EK, Shoemaker MB, Sheu WH, Sciurba F, Schwartz DA, Rotter JI, Roden D, Redline S, Raby BA, Psaty BM, Peralta JM, Palmer ND, Nekhai S, Montgomery CG, Mitchell BD, Meyers DA, McGarvey ST, NHLBI CARE Network, Mak AC, Loos RJ, Kumar R, Kooperberg C, Konkle BA, Kelly S, Kardia SL, Kaplan R, He J, Gui H, Gilliland FD, Gelb BD, Fornage M, Ellinor PT, de Andrade M, Correa A, Chen YI, Boerwinkle E, Barnes KC, Ashley-Koch AE, Arnett DK, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Hematology and Hemostasis Working Group, TOPMed Structural Variation Working Group, Laurie CC, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Wilson JG, Rich SS, Levy D, Ruczinski I, Aviv A, Blackwell TW, Thornton T, O'Connell J, Cox NJ, Perry JA, Armanios M, Battle A, Pankratz N, Reiner AP, Mathias RA

Donor genetic and non-genetic factors affecting red blood cell transfusion effectiveness.

JCI insight

Roubinian NH, Reese SE, Qiao H, Plimier C, Fang F, Page GP, Cable RG, Custer B, Gladwin MT, Goel R, Harris B, Hendrickson JE, Kanias T, Kleinman S, Mast AE, Sloan SR, Spencer BR, Spitalnik SL, Busch MP, Hod EA

Economic implications of FDA platelet bacterial guidance compliance options: Comparison of single-step strategies.

Transfusion

Prioli KM, Abersone I, Kopko PM, Herman JH, Custer B, Pizzi LT

Current challenges of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence studies among blood donors: A scoping review.

Vox sanguinis

Saeed S, Uzicanin S, Lewin A, Lieshout-Krikke R, Faddy H, Erikstrup C, Osiowy C, Seed CR, Steele WR, Davison K, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Surveillance Risk Assessment and Policy (SRAP) Sub-group of the Transfusion Transmitted Infectious D

Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of whole blood pathogen reduction in Ghana.

Transfusion

Russell WA, Owusu-Ofori S, Owusu-Ofori A, Micah E, Norman B, Custer B

Estimated US Infection- and Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Based on Blood Donations, July 2020-May 2021.

JAMA

Jones JM, Stone M, Sulaeman H, Fink RV, Dave H, Levy ME, Di Germanio C, Green V, Notari E, Saa P, Biggerstaff BJ, Strauss D, Kessler D, Vassallo R, Reik R, Rossmann S, Destree M, Nguyen KA, Sayers M, Lough C, Bougie DW, Ritter M, Latoni G, Weales B, Sime S, Gorlin J, Brown NE, Gould CV, Berney K, Benoit TJ, Miller MJ, Freeman D, Kartik D, Fry AM, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Hall AJ, MacNeil A, Gundlapalli AV, Basavaraju SV, Gerber SI, Patton ME, Custer B, Williamson P, Simmons G, Thornburg NJ, Kleinman S, Stramer SL, Opsomer J, Busch MP

HIV residual risk in Canada for apheresis source plasma donation without deferral for men who have sex with men.

Vox sanguinis

Aubé E, Lewin A, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Pillonel J, Steele WR, Custer B, Davison KL, Germain M, Seed CR, Camirand Lemyre F, Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Subgroup of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Dis

Optimal portfolios of blood safety interventions: test, defer or modify?

Health care management science

Russell WA, Custer B, Brandeau ML

HIV primary drug resistance and associated HIV risk factors among HIV positive blood donors in Brazil from 2007 to 2017.

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)

Moreira CHV, Salomon T, Alencar CS, Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Preiss L, Loureiro P, Lopes ME, Teixeira CM, Mundim M, Carneiro-Proietti AB, de Almeida-Neto C, Custer B

HIV, HCV, and HBV incidence and residual risk in US blood donors before and after implementation of the 12-month deferral policy for men who have sex with men.

Transfusion

Steele WR, Dodd RY, Notari EP, Haynes J, Anderson SA, Williams AE, Reik R, Kessler D, Custer B, Stramer SL

Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Buss LF, Prete CA, Abrahim CMM, Mendrone A, Salomon T, de Almeida-Neto C, França RFO, Belotti MC, Carvalho MPSS, Costa AG, Crispim MAE, Ferreira SC, Fraiji NA, Gurzenda S, Whittaker C, Kamaura LT, Takecian PL, da Silva Peixoto P, Oikawa MK, Nishiya AS, Rocha V, Salles NA, de Souza Santos AA, da Silva MA, Custer B, Parag KV, Barral-Netto M, Kraemer MUG, Pereira RHM, Pybus OG, Busch MP, Castro MC, Dye C, Nascimento VH, Faria NR, Sabino EC

Diversity of variant alleles encoding Kidd, Duffy, and Kell antigens in individuals with sickle cell disease using whole genome sequencing data from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

Transfusion

Dinardo CL, Oliveira TGM, Kelly S, Ashley-Koch A, Telen M, Schmidt LC, Castilho S, Melo K, Dezan MR, Wheeler MM, Johnsen JM, Nickerson DA, Jain D, Custer B, Pereira AC, Sabino EC

Research initiatives of blood services worldwide in response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Vox sanguinis

O'Brien SF, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Lewin A, Erikstrup C, Steele WR, Uzicanin S, Custer B

Correction: Mortality among blood donors seropositive and seronegative for Chagas disease (1996-2000) in São Paulo, Brazil: A death certificate linkage study.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Capuani L, Bierrenbach AL, Alencar AP, Mendrone A, Ferreira JE, Custer B, Ribeiro ALP, Sabino EC

How Ancestry Influences the Chances of Finding Unrelated Donors: An Investigation in Admixed Brazilians.

Frontiers in immunology

Nunes K, Aguiar VRC, Silva M, Sena AC, de Oliveira DCM, Dinardo CL, Kehdy FSG, Tarazona-Santos E, Rocha VG, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Loureiro P, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Kelly S, Custer B, Weir BS, Sabino EC, Porto LC, Meyer D

Characterization of HIV risks in a Brazilian sickle cell disease population.

BMC public health

Blatyta PF, Kelly S, Goncalez TT, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Salomon T, Miranda C, Sabino E, Preiss L, Maximo C, Loureiro P, Custer B, de Almeida-Neto C

Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

Nature

Bick AG, Weinstock JS, Nandakumar SK, Fulco CP, Bao EL, Zekavat SM, Szeto MD, Liao X, Leventhal MJ, Nasser J, Chang K, Laurie C, Burugula BB, Gibson CJ, Lin AE, Taub MA, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Mitchell BD, Barnes KC, Moscati A, Fornage M, Redline S, Psaty BM, Silverman EK, Weiss ST, Palmer ND, Vasan RS, Burchard EG, Kardia SLR, He J, Kaplan RC, Smith NL, Arnett DK, Schwartz DA, Correa A, de Andrade M, Guo X, Konkle BA, Custer B, Peralta JM, Gui H, Meyers DA, McGarvey ST, Chen IY, Shoemaker MB, Peyser PA, Broome JG, Gogarten SM, Wang FF, Wong Q, Montasser ME, Daya M, Kenny EE, North KE, Launer LJ, Cade BE, Bis JC, Cho MH, Lasky-Su J, Bowden DW, Cupples LA, Mak ACY, Becker LC, Smith JA, Kelly TN, Aslibekyan S, Heckbert SR, Tiwari HK, Yang IV, Heit JA, Lubitz SA, Johnsen JM, Curran JE, Wenzel SE, Weeks DE, Rao DC, Darbar D, Moon JY, Tracy RP, Buth EJ, Rafaels N, Loos RJF, Durda P, Liu Y, Hou L, Lee J, Kachroo P, Freedman BI, Levy D, Bielak LF, Hixson JE, Floyd JS, Whitsel EA, Ellinor PT, Irvin MR, Fingerlin TE, Raffield LM, Armasu SM, Wheeler MM, Sabino EC, Blangero J, Williams LK, Levy BD, Sheu WH, Roden DM, Boerwinkle E, Manson JE, Mathias RA, Desai P, Taylor KD, Johnson AD, Auer PL, Kooperberg C, Laurie CC, Blackwell TW, Smith AV, Zhao H, Lange E, Lange L, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Wilson JG, Scheet P, Kitzman JO, Lander ES, Engreitz JM, Ebert BL, Reiner AP, Jaiswal S, Abecasis G, Sankaran VG, Kathiresan S, Natarajan P

10-year analysis of human immunodeficiency virus incidence in first-time and repeat donors in Brazil.

Vox sanguinis

de Oliveira Garcia Mateos S, Preiss L, Gonçalez TT, Di Lorenzo Oliveira C, Grebe E, Di Germanio C, Stone M, Amorim Filho L, Carneiro Proietti AB, Belisario AR, de Almeida-Neto C, Mendrone-Junior A, Loureiro P, Busch MP, Custer B, Cerdeira Sabino E

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood.

Nature communications

Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer SL, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Thornborrow E, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Simmons G, Hackett J, Busch MP, Chiu CY

HIV antiretroviral therapy and prevention use in US blood donors: a new blood safety concern.

Blood

Custer B, Quiner C, Haaland R, Martin A, Stone M, Reik R, Steele WR, Kessler D, Williamson PC, Anderson SA, Williams AE, Raymond HF, McFarland W, Robinson WT, Glick S, Sey K, Melton CD, Glynn SA, Stramer SL, Busch MP

HIV incidence in US first-time blood donors and transfusion risk with a 12-month deferral for men who have sex with men.

Blood

Grebe E, Busch MP, Notari EP, Bruhn R, Quiner C, Hindes D, Stone M, Bakkour S, Yang H, Williamson P, Kessler D, Reik R, Stramer SL, Glynn SA, Anderson SA, Williams AE, Custer B

Recently acquired infection among HIV-seropositive donors in the US from 2010-2018.

Transfusion

Quiner C, Bruhn R, Grebe E, Di Germanio C, Kessler D, Reik R, Williamson P, Hampton D, Fayed R, Anderson SA, Williams AE, Glynn SA, Busch MP, Stramer SL, Custer B

Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease.

BMC infectious diseases

Belisário AR, Blatyta PF, Vivanco D, Oliveira CDL, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, de Almeida-Neto C, Loureiro P, Máximo C, de Oliveira Garcia Mateos S, Flor-Park MV, de Oliveira Werneck Rodrigues D, Afonso Mota R, Gonçalez TT, Hoffmann TJ, Kelly S, Custer B

Use of a rapid electronic survey methodology to estimate blood donors' potential exposure to emerging infectious diseases: Application of a statistically representative sampling methodology to assess risk in US blood centers.

Transfusion

Whitaker BI, Walderhaug M, Hinkins S, Steele WR, Custer B, Kessler D, Leparc G, Gottschall JL, Bialkowski W, Stramer SL, Dodd RY, Crowder L, Vahidnia F, Shaz BH, Kamel H, Rebosa M, Stern M, Anderson SA

Blood utilization and characteristics of patients treated with chronic transfusion therapy in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease.

Transfusion

Kelly S, Belisário AR, Werneck Rodrigues DO, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Gonçalez TT, Loureiro P, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Mota RA, Dinardo C, Brambilla D, Preiss L, Sabino E, Custer B

Recovery of Iron Stores After Adolescents Donate Blood.

Pediatrics

Vassallo RR, Hilton JF, Bravo MD, Vittinghoff E, Custer B, Kamel H

Are different motivations and social capital score associated with return behaviour among Brazilian voluntary non-remunerated blood donors?

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)

Estrada FGMD, Oliveira CDL, Sabino EC, Custer B, Gonçalez TT, Murphy EL, Teles D, Mendrone-Junior A, Witkin SS, de Almeida-Neto C

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood from the San Francisco Bay Area.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer S, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Hackett J, Simmons G, Busch MP, Chiu CY

Influence of sickle cell disease on susceptibility to HIV infection.

PloS one

Kelly S, Jacobs ES, Stone M, Keating SM, Lee TH, Chafets D, Heitman J, Dimapasoc M, Operskalski E, Hagar W, Vichinsky E, Busch MP, Norris PJ, Custer B

Hb S/ß-Thalassemia in the REDS-III Brazil Sickle Cell Disease Cohort: Clinical, Laboratory and Molecular Characteristics.

Hemoglobin

Belisário AR, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Araújo A, Loureiro P, Máximo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DDOW, Ozahata MC, McClure C, Mota RA, Gomes Moura IC, Custer B, Kelly S

Donor compliance research: what are you thinking?

Transfusion

Custer B, Hughes SD

Prevalence of serologic markers of transfusion and sexually transmitted infections and their correlation with clinical features in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease.

Transfusion

Blatyta PF, Kelly S, Sabino E, Preiss L, Mendes F, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Werneck Rodrigues DO, Mota R, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Park M, Mendrone-Jr A, Gonçalez TT, de Almeida Neto C, Custer B

HIV residual risk in Canada under a three-month deferral for men who have sex with men.

Vox sanguinis

O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Pillonel J, Steele WR, Custer B, Davison KL, Germain M, Lewin A, Seed CR

Clinical and Genetic Predictors of Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease: Results from the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study III Brazil Cohort Study.

The journal of sexual medicine

Cintho Ozahata M, Page GP, Guo Y, Ferreira JE, Dinardo CL, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Loureiro P, Mota RA, Rodrigues DOW, Belisario AR, Maximo C, Flor-Park MV, Custer B, Kelly S, Sabino EC

Quality of life in pre-adolescent children with sickle cell disease in Brazil.

Pediatric hematology and oncology

Oliveira CDL, Kelly S, de Almeida-Neto C, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Camargos Piassi FC, Salomon T, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Rodrigues DW, Mota RA, Teixeira CM, Loureiro P, Sabino EC, Custer B

Factors that contribute to blood donation behavior among primary healthcare users: A structural approach.

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis

Zucoloto ML, Gonçalez TT, Gilchrist PT, Custer B, McFarland W, Martinez EZ

Diversity of RH and transfusion support in Brazilian sickle cell disease patients with unexplained Rh antibodies.

Transfusion

Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Dezan MR, Ribeiro IH, Castilho SL, Schimidt LC, Valgueiro MDC, Preiss LR, Custer B, Sabino EC, Westhoff CM

Changing the deferral for men who have sex with men - an improved model to estimate HIV residual risk.

Vox sanguinis

Davison KL, Gregoire Y, Germain M, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Steele WR, Pillonel J, Seed CR

Review of current transfusion therapy and blood banking practices.

Blood reviews

Storch EK, Custer BS, Jacobs MR, Menitove JE, Mintz PD

Discovery of False Elite Controllers: HIV Antibody-Positive RNA-Negative Blood Donors Found To Be on Antiretroviral Therapy.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Sykes W, Van den Berg K, Jacobs G, Jauregui A, Roubinian N, Wiesner L, Maartens G, Swanevelder R, Custer B, Busch M, Jentsch U, Murphy EL, Vermeulen M

Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Risk to Patients in the United States and Canada.

Transfusion medicine reviews

Delage G, Fearon M, Gregoire Y, Hogema BM, Custer B, Scalia V, Hawes G, Bernier F, Nguyen ML, Stramer SL

Identification and Characterization of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Candidates in a Sickle Cell Disease Cohort.

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Flor-Park MV, Kelly S, Preiss L, Custer B, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Araujo AS, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Sabino EC, Rocha V

Social and behavioral characteristics of male blood donors and their sexual partners: an analysis to define risk subsets.

Transfusion

Salomon T, Gomes I, Ozahata MC, Moreira CHV, Oliveira CDL, Gonçalez TT, Duarte ME, Miranda C, Carneiro Proietti AB, Sabino E, de Almeida Neto C, Custer B

Proceedings of the Food and Drug Administration public workshop on pathogen reduction technologies for blood safety 2018 (Commentary, p. 3026).

Transfusion

Atreya C, Glynn S, Busch M, Kleinman S, Snyder E, Rutter S, AuBuchon J, Flegel W, Reeve D, Devine D, Cohn C, Custer B, Goodrich R, Benjamin RJ, Razatos A, Cancelas J, Wagner S, Maclean M, Gelderman M, Cap A, Ness P

Health economic implications of testing blood donors in South Africa for HTLV 1 & 2 infection.

Vox sanguinis

Vermeulen M, van den Berg K, Sykes W, Reddy R, Ingram C, Poole C, Custer B

Does deferral for high-risk behaviors improve the safety of the blood supply?

Transfusion

Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Kaidarova Z, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Miranda C, Loureiro P, Lopes ME, de Almeida-Neto C, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Murphy EL, Custer B

The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 & 2 (HTLV-1/2) in South African blood donors.

Vox sanguinis

Vermeulen M, Sykes W, Coleman C, Custer B, Jacobs G, Jaza J, Kaidarova Z, Hlela C, Gessain A, Cassar O, Poole C, Ingram C, Murphy EL, Reddy R

Test seeking: are healthcare professionals referring people to blood centers for infections marker testing?

Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy

Moreno EC, Bruhn R, Sabino EC, Bolina-Santos E, Miranda C, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Lopes ME, Almeida-Neto C, Loureiro P, Capuani L, Takecian PL, Custer B, Gonçalez TT

Blood donation deferral policies among men who have sex with men in Brazil.

Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy

Zucoloto ML, Gonçalez TT, McFarland W, Custer B, Galdino G, Martinez EZ

Impact of one-time testing for Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies among blood donors in the United States.

Transfusion

Dodd RY, Groves JA, Townsend RL, Notari EP, Foster GA, Custer B, Busch MP, Stramer SL

Fear of blood, injections and fainting as barriers to blood donation in Brazil.

Vox sanguinis

Zucoloto ML, Gonçalez T, Menezes NP, McFarland W, Custer B, Martinez EZ

Development and evaluation of a transfusion medicine genome wide genotyping array.

Transfusion

Guo Y, Busch MP, Seielstad M, Endres-Dighe S, Westhoff CM, Keating B, Hoppe C, Bordbar A, Custer B, Butterworth AS, Kanias T, Mast AE, Kleinman S, Lu Y, Page GP

Comparison of the demographic and social profile of blood donors and nondonors in Brazil.

Health & social care in the community

Zucoloto ML, Gonçalez T, Custer B, McFarland W, Martinez EZ

Clinical and genetic ancestry profile of a large multi-centre sickle cell disease cohort in Brazil.

British journal of haematology

Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Kelly S, Miranda Teixeira C, Sabino EC, Alencar CS, Capuani L, Salomon Silva TP, Araujo A, Loureiro P, Máximo C, Lobo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Gonçalez TT, Hoppe C, Ferreira JE, Ozahata M, Page GP, Guo Y, Preiss LR, Brambilla D, Busch MP, Custer B

Addressing gaps in international blood availability and transfusion safety in low- and middle-income countries: a NHLBI workshop.

Transfusion

Custer B, Zou S, Glynn SA, Makani J, Tayou Tagny C, El Ekiaby M, Sabino EC, Choudhury N, Teo D, Nelson K, Peprah E, Price L, Engelgau MM

Ultraviolet light-based pathogen inactivation and alloimmunization after platelet transfusion: results from a randomized trial.

Transfusion

Norris PJ, Kaidarova Z, Maiorana E, Milani S, Lebedeva M, Busch MP, Custer B, Rebulla P

Genomic and epidemiological characterisation of a dengue virus outbreak among blood donors in Brazil.

Scientific reports

Faria NR, da Costa AC, Lourenço J, Loureiro P, Lopes ME, Ribeiro R, Alencar CS, Kraemer MUG, Villabona-Arenas CJ, Wu CH, Thézé J, Khan K, Brent SE, Romano C, Delwart E, Custer B, Busch MP, Pybus OG, Sabino EC

Use of Blood Donor Screening to Monitor Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Viruses, South Africa.

Emerging infectious diseases

Vermeulen M, Swanevelder R, Chowdhury D, Ingram C, Reddy R, Bloch EM, Custer BS, Murphy EL

Mortality among blood donors seropositive and seronegative for Chagas disease (1996-2000) in São Paulo, Brazil: A death certificate linkage study.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Capuani L, Bierrenbach AL, Pereira Alencar A, Mendrone A, Ferreira JE, Custer B, P Ribeiro AL, Cerdeira Sabino E

Correlation of West Nile Virus Incidence in Donated Blood with West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease Rates, United States, 2010-2012.

Emerging infectious diseases

Betsem E, Kaidarova Z, Stramer SL, Shaz B, Sayers M, LeParc G, Custer B, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Simultaneous estimation of detection sensitivity and absolute copy number from digital PCR serial dilution.

Computational biology and chemistry

Deng X, Custer BS, Busch MP, Bakkour S, Lee TH

Cost-utility and budget impact of methylene blue-treated plasma compared to quarantine plasma.

Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue

Babigumira JB, Lubinga SJ, Castro E, Custer B

A randomized trial to evaluate the use of text messaging, letter, and telephone call reminders to improve return of blood donors with reactive serologic tests.

Transfusion

Porto-Ferreira FA, de Almeida-Neto C, Murphy EL, Montebello SC, Nogueira FA, Koga da Silva EM, MacFarland W, Custer B

Self-reported historic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in a Brazilian blood donor HIV case-control study.

Transfusion

Bruhn R, Moreno E, Sabino EC, Ferreira NA, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Lopes ME, Sampaio D, Loureiro P, Custer B, Goncalez TT

Development of a multisystem surveillance database for transfusion-transmitted infections among blood donors in the United States.

Transfusion

Dodd RY, Notari EP, Nelson D, Foster GA, Krysztof DE, Kaidarova Z, Milan-Benson L, Kessler DA, Shaz BH, Vahidnia F, Custer B, Stramer SL

Recent viral infection in US blood donors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Vahidnia F, Stramer SL, Kessler D, Shaz B, Leparc G, Krysztof DE, Glynn SA, Custer B

Motivations for donating and attitudes toward screening policies in US blood donors with viral infection.

Transfusion

Vahidnia F, Stramer SL, Kessler D, Gonçalez TT, Shaz BH, Leparc G, Krysztof DE, Dodd RY, Glynn SA, Custer B

Zika virus: a new threat to the safety of the blood supply with worldwide impact and implications.

Transfusion

Lanteri MC, Kleinman SH, Glynn SA, Musso D, Keith Hoots W, Custer BS, Sabino EC, Busch MP

Transfusion-transmissible infection monitoring system: a tool to monitor changes in blood safety.

Transfusion

Custer B, Stramer SL, Glynn S, Williams AE, Anderson SA

Blood group A and D negativity are associated with symptomatic West Nile virus infection.

Transfusion

Kaidarova Z, Bravo MD, Kamel HT, Custer BS, Busch MP, Lanteri MC

Duration of Dengue Viremia in Blood Donors and Relationships Between Donor Viremia, Infection Incidence and Clinical Case Reports During a Large Epidemic.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Busch MP, Sabino EC, Brambilla D, Lopes ME, Capuani L, Chowdhury D, McClure C, Linnen JM, Prince H, Simmons G, Lee TH, Kleinman S, Custer B

Incidence of West Nile virus infection in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area during the 2012 epidemic.

Epidemiology and infection

Williamson PC, Custer B, Biggerstaff BJ, Lanciotti RS, Sayers MH, Eason SJ, Dixon MR, Winkelman V, Lanteri MC, Petersen LR, Busch MP

A retrospective analysis of false-positive infectious screening results in blood donors.

Transfusion

Vo MT, Bruhn R, Kaidarova Z, Custer BS, Murphy EL, Bloch EM

Blood donor deferral for men who have sex with men: the Blood Donation Rules Opinion Study (Blood DROPS).

Transfusion

Custer B, Sheon N, Siedle-Khan B, Pollack L, Spencer B, Bialkowski W, D'Andrea P, Sullivan M, Glynn S, Williams A

Inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers are differentially expressed in clinical stages of Chagas disease.

International journal of cardiology

Keating SM, Deng X, Fernandes F, Cunha-Neto E, Ribeiro AL, Adesina B, Beyer AI, Contestable P, Custer B, Busch MP, Sabino EC

Transfusion-Transmitted Dengue and Associated Clinical Symptoms During the 2012 Epidemic in Brazil.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Lopes ME, Capuani L, McClure C, Chowdhury D, Di-Lorenzo-Oliveira C, Oliveira LC, Linnen JM, Lee TH, Gonçalez T, Brambilla D, Kleinman S, Busch MP, Custer B

Introducing Pathogen Reduction Technology in Poland: A Cost-Utility Analysis.

Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie

Agapova M, Lachert E, Brojer E, Letowska M, Grabarczyk P, Custer B

Detection of bacterial contamination in apheresis platelets: is apheresis technology a factor?

Transfusion

Bravo M, Shaz BH, Kamel H, Vanderpool S, Tomasulo P, Custer B, Townsend M

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood by PCR is associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy and disease severity.

European journal of heart failure

Sabino EC, Ribeiro AL, Lee TH, Oliveira CL, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Antunes AP, Menezes MM, Ianni BM, Salemi VM, Nastari L, Fernandes F, Sachdev V, Carrick DM, Deng X, Wright D, Gonçalez TT, Murphy EL, Custer B, Busch MP

Risk factors for retrovirus and hepatitis virus infections in accepted blood donors.

Transfusion

Custer B, Kessler D, Vahidnia F, Leparc G, Krysztof DE, Shaz B, Kamel H, Glynn S, Dodd RY, Stramer SL

Downregulation of Cytokines and Chemokines by GB Virus C After Transmission Via Blood Transfusion in HIV-Positive Blood Recipients.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Lanteri MC, Vahidnia F, Tan S, Stapleton JT, Norris PJ, Heitman J, Deng X, Keating SM, Brambilla D, Busch MP, Custer B

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Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia

Loureiro P, de Almeida-Neto C, Proietti AB, Capuani L, Gonçalez TT, de Oliveira CD, Leão SC, Lopes MI, Sampaio D, Patavino GM, Ferreira JE, Blatyta PF, Duarte Lopes ME, Mendrone-Junior A, Salles NA, King M, Murphy E, Busch M, Custer B, Sabino EC

Predictors of hemoglobin recovery or deferral in blood donors with an initial successful donation.

Transfusion

Custer B, Bravo M, Bruhn R, Land K, Tomasulo P, Kamel H

Contribution of the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) to research on blood transfusion safety in Brazil.

Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia

Loureiro P, de Almeida-Neto C, Proietti AB, Capuani L, Gonçalez TT, de Oliveira CD, Leão SC, Lopes MI, Sampaio D, Patavino GM, Ferreira JE, Blatyta PF, Lopes ME, Mendrone-Junior A, Salles NA, King M, Murphy E, Busch M, Custer B, Sabino EC

Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Cohort of US Blood Donors: A 20-Year Study.

Journal of cancer epidemiology

Vahidnia F, Hirschler NV, Agapova M, Chinn A, Busch MP, Custer B

Knowledge of HIV testing and attitudes towards blood donation at three blood centres in Brazil.

Vox sanguinis

Miranda C, Moreno E, Bruhn R, Larsen NM, Wright DJ, Oliveira CD, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Loureiro P, de Almeida-Neto C, Custer B, Sabino EC, Gonçalez TT

Response to letters regarding article, "Ten-year incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic, Trypanosoma cruzi-seropositive former blood donors".

Circulation

Sabino EC, Ribeiro AL, Salemi VM, Ianni BM, Nastari L, Fernandes F, Di Lorenzo Oliveira C, Antunes AP, Menezes MM, Patavino GM, Capuani L, de Almeida-Neto C, Sachdev V, Carrick DM, Wright D, Kavounis K, Gonzalez TT, Custer B, Busch MP, Murphy EL, Carneiro-Proietti AB

Methodological Guidelines for Reducing the Complexity of Data Warehouse Development for Transactional Blood Bank Systems.

Decision support systems

Takecian PL, Oikawa MK, Braghetto KR, Rocha P, Lucena F, Kavounis K, Schlumpf KS, Acker S, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Custer B, Busch MP, Ferreira JE

Undisclosed human immunodeficiency virus risk factors identified through a computer-based questionnaire program among blood donors in Brazil.

Transfusion

Blatyta PF, Custer B, Gonçalez TT, Birch R, Lopes ME, Lopes Ferreira MI, Carneiro Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Page K, de Almeida-Neto C

Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among Brazilian blood donors: a multicentre case-control study using audio computer-assisted structured interviews.

Vox sanguinis

de Almeida-Neto C, Goncalez TT, Birch RJ, de Carvalho SM, Capuani L, Leão SC, Miranda C, Rocha PC, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Johnson BR, Wright DJ, Murphy EL, Custer B

Ten-year incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi-seropositive former blood donors.

Circulation

Sabino EC, Ribeiro AL, Salemi VM, Di Lorenzo Oliveira C, Antunes AP, Menezes MM, Ianni BM, Nastari L, Fernandes F, Patavino GM, Sachdev V, Capuani L, de Almeida-Neto C, Carrick DM, Wright D, Kavounis K, Goncalez TT, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Custer B, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Temporal distribution of blood donations in three Brazilian blood centers and its repercussion on the blood supply.

Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia

Oliveira CD, de Almeida-Neto C, Liu EJ, Sabino EC, Leão SC, Loureiro P, Wright D, Custer B, Gonçalez TT, Capuani L, Busch M, Proietti AB

Outpatient red blood cell transfusion payments among patients on chronic dialysis.

BMC nephrology

Gitlin M, Lee JA, Spiegel DM, Carson JL, Song X, Custer BS, Cao Z, Cappell KA, Varker HV, Wan S, Ashfaq A

Motivation and social capital among prospective blood donors in three large blood centers in Brazil.

Transfusion

Gonçalez TT, Di Lorenzo Oliveira C, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Moreno EC, Miranda C, Larsen N, Wright D, Leão S, Loureiro P, de Almeida-Neto C, Lopes MI, Proietti FA, Custer B, Sabino E

The impact of policies to restrict the use of plasma containing products and apheresis platelets from female donors to mitigate transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) in Brazil.

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis

Blatyta PF, Custer B, Liu J, Mendrone-Junior A, Wright DJ, Leão SC, Lopes MI, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, de Almeida-Neto C

Relationship between social capital and test seeking among blood donors in Brazil.

Vox sanguinis

Oliveira CD, Goncalez T, Wright D, Rocha PC, Miranda C, Capuani L, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Proietti FA, de Almeida-Neto C, Larsen NM, Sampaio D, Custer B

Advancing risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases for blood and blood products: proceedings of a public workshop.

Transfusion

Gallagher LM, Ganz PR, Yang H, Kessler DA, O'Brien SF, Custer BS, Busch MP, Dodd RY, Stramer SL, Walderhaug MO, Forshee RA, Williams AE, Epstein JS, Anderson SA

Analysis of donor deferral at three blood centers in Brazil.

Transfusion

Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Mendrone A, Lopes M, Leão S, Miranda C, Capuani L, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Basques F, Ferreira JE, Busch M, Custer B

Acquisition of GB virus type C and lower mortality in patients with advanced HIV disease.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Vahidnia F, Petersen M, Stapleton JT, Rutherford GW, Busch M, Custer B

Estimated cumulative incidence of West Nile virus infection in US adults, 1999-2010.

Epidemiology and infection

Petersen LR, Carson PJ, Biggerstaff BJ, Custer B, Borchardt SM, Busch MP

Blood transfusion utilization and recipient survival at Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil.

Transfusion

Goncalez TT, Sabino EC, Capuani L, Liu J, Wright DJ, Walsh JH, Ferreira JE, Chamone DA, Busch MP, Custer B

Neuroinvasive disease and West Nile virus infection, North Dakota, USA, 1999-2008.

Emerging infectious diseases

Carson PJ, Borchardt SM, Custer B, Prince HE, Dunn-Williams J, Winkelman V, Tobler L, Biggerstaff BJ, Lanciotti R, Petersen LR, Busch MP

Transmission of GB virus type C via transfusion in a cohort of HIV-infected patients.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Vahidnia F, Petersen M, Rutherford G, Busch M, Assmann S, Stapleton JT, Custer B

Epidemiologic and laboratory findings from 3 years of testing United States blood donors for Trypanosoma cruzi.

Transfusion

Custer B, Agapova M, Bruhn R, Cusick R, Kamel H, Tomasulo P, Biswas H, Tobler L, Lee TH, Caglioti S, Busch M

Vasovagal reactions in whole blood donors at three REDS-II blood centers in Brazil.

Transfusion

Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Leao S, Sampaio D, Takecian PL, Proietti AB, Proitetti AB, Murphy E, Busch M, Custer B

Hierarchical analysis of anaemia deferral in blood donor candidates: the individual in the population perspective.

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)

Oliveira CD, Martins G, Custer B, Proietti FA, Carneiro-Proietti AB, César CC

Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of transmission by transfusions at Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II blood centers in Brazil.

Transfusion

Sabino EC, Gonçalez TT, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sarr M, Ferreira JE, Sampaio DA, Salles NA, Wright DJ, Custer B, Busch M

Interdonation intervals and patterns of return among blood donors in Brazil.

Transfusion

de Almeida Neto C, Mendrone A, Custer B, Liu J, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Leão SA, Wright DJ, Murphy EL, Sabino EC

Demographics of successful, unsuccessful and deferral visits at six blood centers over a 4-year period.

Transfusion

Custer B, Schlumpf K, Simon TL, Spencer BR, Wright DJ, Wilkinson SL

Association between HLA class I and class II alleles and the outcome of West Nile virus infection: an exploratory study.

PloS one

Lanteri MC, Kaidarova Z, Peterson T, Cate S, Custer B, Wu S, Agapova M, Law JP, Bielawny T, Plummer F, Tobler LH, Loeb M, Busch MP, Bramson J, Luo M, Norris PJ

Number of recent sexual partners among blood donors in Brazil: associations with donor demographics, donation characteristics, and infectious disease markers.

Transfusion

Patavino GM, de Almeida-Neto C, Liu J, Wright DJ, Mendrone-Junior A, Ferreira MI, Carneiro AB, Custer B, Ferreira JE, Busch MP, Sabino EC

Adverse reactions and other factors that impact subsequent blood donation visits.

Transfusion

Custer B, Rios JA, Schlumpf K, Kakaiya RM, Gottschall JL, Wright DJ

Deconstructing the risk for malaria in United States donors deferred for travel to Mexico.

Transfusion

Spencer B, Kleinman S, Custer B, Cable R, Wilkinson SL, Steele W, High PM, Wright D

Factors associated with fainting: before, during and after whole blood donation.

Vox sanguinis

Bravo M, Kamel H, Custer B, Tomasulo P

Interventions to reduce the vasovagal reaction rate in young whole blood donors.

Transfusion

Tomasulo P, Kamel H, Bravo M, James RC, Custer B

A comparison of health care and blood supply system structures.

Vox sanguinis

AuBuchon JP, Custer B, Sher G

Male microchimerism in peripheral blood leukocytes from women with multiple sclerosis.

Chimerism

Bloch EM, Reed WF, Lee TH, Montalvo L, Shiboski S, Custer B, Barcellos LF

Donor return after temporary deferral.

Transfusion

Custer B, Schlumpf KS, Wright D, Simon TL, Wilkinson S, Ness PM

Enhanced classification of Chagas serologic results and epidemiologic characteristics of seropositive donors at three large blood centers in Brazil.

Transfusion

Sabino EC, Salles NA, Sarr M, Barreto AM, Oikawa M, Oliveira CD, Leao SC, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Custer B, Busch MP

Modeling the risk of an emerging pathogen entering the Canadian blood supply.

Transfusion

Kleinman S, Cameron C, Custer B, Busch M, Katz L, Kralj B, Matheson I, Murphy K, Preiksaitis J, Devine D

Genetic research in the blood bank: acceptability to Northern California donors.

Transfusion

Rice MS, Custer BS, Hindes DA, Hirschler NV, Nguyen KA, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Human immunodeficiency virus test-seeking blood donors in a large blood bank in São Paulo, Brazil.

Transfusion

Goncalez T, Sabino E, Sales N, Chen YH, Chamone D, Busch M, Murphy E, Custer B, McFarland W

Demographic correlates of low hemoglobin deferral among prospective whole blood donors.

Transfusion

Mast AE, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Custer B, Spencer B, Murphy EL, Simon TL

Duration of red blood cell storage and survival of transfused patients (CME).

Transfusion

Edgren G, Kamper-Jørgensen M, Eloranta S, Rostgaard K, Custer B, Ullum H, Murphy EL, Busch MP, Reilly M, Melbye M, Hjalgrim H, Nyrén O

Demographic profile of blood donors at three major Brazilian blood centers: results from the International REDS-II study, 2007 to 2008.

Transfusion

Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Sampaio D, Proietti FA, Gonçalez TT, Oliveira CD, Ferreira JE, Liu J, Custer B, Schreiber GB, Murphy EL, Busch MP

Risk for malaria in United States donors deferred for travel to malaria-endemic areas.

Transfusion

Spencer B, Steele W, Custer B, Kleinman S, Cable R, Wilkinson S, Wright D

Tregs control the development of symptomatic West Nile virus infection in humans and mice.

The Journal of clinical investigation

Lanteri MC, O'Brien KM, Purtha WE, Cameron MJ, Lund JM, Owen RE, Heitman JW, Custer B, Hirschkorn DF, Tobler LH, Kiely N, Prince HE, Ndhlovu LC, Nixon DF, Kamel HT, Kelvin DJ, Busch MP, Rudensky AY, Diamond MS, Norris PJ

Delayed adverse reactions to blood donation.

Transfusion

Kamel H, Tomasulo P, Bravo M, Wiltbank T, Cusick R, James RC, Custer B

Minority and foreign-born representation among US blood donors: demographics and donation frequency for 2006.

Transfusion

Murphy EL, Shaz B, Hillyer CD, Carey P, Custer BS, Hirschler N, Fang J, Schreiber GB

Risk assessment and cost-effectiveness/utility analysis.

Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization

Busch M, Walderhaug M, Custer B, Allain JP, Reddy R, McDonough B

Bacterial detection in apheresis platelets: blood systems experience with a two-bottle and one-bottle culture system.

Transfusion

Su LL, Kamel H, Custer B, Vanderpool S, Harpool D, Busch M, Tomasulo P

Increased all-cause, liver, and cardiac mortality among hepatitis C virus-seropositive blood donors.

American journal of epidemiology

Guiltinan AM, Kaidarova Z, Custer B, Orland J, Strollo A, Cyrus S, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Loss of T cell responses following long-term cryopreservation.

Journal of immunological methods

Owen RE, Sinclair E, Emu B, Heitman JW, Hirschkorn DF, Epling CL, Tan QX, Custer B, Harris JM, Jacobson MA, McCune JM, Martin JN, Hecht FM, Deeks SG, Norris PJ

The consequences of temporary deferral on future whole blood donation.

Transfusion

Custer B, Chinn A, Hirschler NV, Busch MP, Murphy EL

Persistence of West Nile virus-specific antibodies in viremic blood donors.

Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI

Prince HE, Tobler LH, Yeh C, Gefter N, Custer B, Busch MP

Strategies for testing blood donors for West Nile virus.

Transfusion

Stramer SL, Custer B, Busch MP, Dodd RY

Safety and donor acceptance of an abbreviated donor history questionnaire.

Transfusion

Kamel HT, Bassett MB, Custer B, Paden CJ, Strollo AM, McEvoy P, Busch MP, Tomasulo PA

Two-year experience with aerobic culturing of apheresis and whole blood-derived platelets.

Transfusion

Kleinman SH, Kamel HT, Harpool DR, Vanderpool SK, Custer B, Wiltbank TB, Nguyen KA, Tomasulo PA

Elevations in IL-10, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma from the earliest point of HIV Type 1 infection.

AIDS research and human retroviruses

Norris PJ, Pappalardo BL, Custer B, Spotts G, Hecht FM, Busch MP

Hormonal exposures and the risk of intracranial meningioma in women: a population-based case-control study.

BMC cancer

Custer B, Longstreth WT, Phillips LE, Koepsell TD, Van Belle G

West Nile virus infections projected from blood donor screening data, United States, 2003.

Emerging infectious diseases

Busch MP, Wright DJ, Custer B, Tobler LH, Stramer SL, Kleinman SH, Prince HE, Bianco C, Foster G, Petersen LR, Nemo G, Glynn SA

The cost-effectiveness of screening the U.S. blood supply for West Nile virus.

Annals of internal medicine

Custer B, Busch MP, Marfin AA, Petersen LR

Community blood supply model: development of a new model to assess the safety, sufficiency, and cost of the blood supply.

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making

Custer B, Johnson ES, Sullivan SD, Hazlet TK, Ramsey SD, Murphy EL, Busch MP

Active and passive cigarette smoking and risk of intracranial meningioma.

Neuroepidemiology

Phillips LE, Longstreth WT, Koepsell T, Custer BS, Kukull WA, van Belle G

Global epidemiology of hepatitis B virus.

Journal of clinical gastroenterology

Custer B, Sullivan SD, Hazlet TK, Iloeje U, Veenstra DL, Kowdley KV

Quantifying losses to the donated blood supply due to donor deferral and miscollection.

Transfusion

Custer B, Johnson ES, Sullivan SD, Hazlet TK, Ramsey SD, Hirschler NV, Murphy EL, Busch MP

Dental X-rays and the risk of intracranial meningioma: a population-based case-control study.

Cancer

Longstreth WT, Phillips LE, Drangsholt M, Koepsell TD, Custer BS, Gehrels JA, van Belle G

What's ahead for retiree health?

Business and health

Taulbee P, Chollet D, Custer B, Miller M, Snell N, Teat T, Levin R, Wodarczyk J