REDS-II Publications By Subject Area

Infectious Disease

Stramer SL, Collins C, Nugent T, Wang X, Fuschino M, Heitman JW, Law J, Krysztof1 DE, Todd D, Vermeulen NMJ, Harrington K, Kelvin DJ, Busch MP, St. George K, Hewlett IK, Linnen JM, and Norris PJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Sensitive detection assays for influenza RNA do not reveal viremia in US blood donors. J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 15;205(6):886-94. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir863. Epub 2012 Jan 31. PMID: 22293429. PMCID: PMC3282565.

Delwart E, Slikas E, Stramer SL, Kamel H, Kessler D, Krysztof D, Tobler LH, Carrick D, Steele W, Todd D, Wright DJ , Kleinman SH, and Busch MP for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II).Genetic diversity of recently acquired and prevalent HIV, HBV and HCV infections in US blood donors. J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 15;205(6):875-85. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir862. Epub 2012 Jan 31. PMID: 22293432. PMCID: PMC3282564.

Lee T-H, Kleinman S, Wen L, Montalvo L, Todd D, Wright DJ, Tobler L and Busch MP for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Distribution of B19 Virus DNA in Blood Compartments and Persistence of Virus in Blood Donors. Transfusion 2011 Sep;51(9):1896-908. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03035.x. Epub 2011 Feb 8. PMID: 21303368. PMCID: PMC3591477.

Spencer B, Kleinman S, Custer B, Cable R, Wilkinson SL, Steele WR, High PM, and Wright DJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Deconstructing the Risk for Malaria in United States Donors Deferred for Travel to Mexico. Transfusion 2011 Nov;51(11):2398-410. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03158.x. Epub 2011 May 12. PMID: 21564102. PMCID: PMC3645916.

Scott EA, Schlumpf KS, Mathew S, Mast AE, Busch MP and Gottschall JL for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Biospecimen repositories: Are blood donors willing to participate? Transfusion 2010 Sep;50(9):1943-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02667.x. PMID: 20456705. PMCID: PMC2990341.

Murphy EL, Fang J, Tu Y, Cable R, Hillyer C, Sacher R, Triulzi D, Gottschall J, and Busch M for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Hepatitis C virus prevalence and clearance among U.S. blood donors, 2006-2007: Associations with birth cohort, multiple pregnancies and body mass index . J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 15;202(4):576-84. doi: 10.1086/654882. PMID: 20617929. PMCID: PMC2932782.

Spencer BR, Steele WR, Custer B, Kleinman SH, Cable RG, Wilkinson S, Wright DJ for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Risk for Malaria in United States Donors Deferred for Travel to Malaria-Endemic Areas. Transfusion 2009 Nov;49(11):2335-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02290.x. PMID: 19903290. PMCID: PMC2777701.

Kleinman S, Glynn SA, Lee T-H, Tobler L, Schlumpf KS, Todd D, Qiao H, Yu MW and Busch MP for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). A Linked Donor-Recipient Study to Evaluate Parvovirus B19 Transmission by Blood Component Transfusion. Blood 2009 Oct 22;114(17):3677-83. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-06-225706. Epub 2009 Aug 17. PMID: 19687508. PMCID: PMC2766683.

Kleinman S, Glynn SA, Lee T-H, Tobler L, Montalvo L, Todd D, Kiss J, Venkatakrishna S, Busch MP for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Prevalence and quantitation of parvovirus B19 DNA levels in blood donors with a sensitive polymerase chain reaction screening assay. Transfusion 2007 Oct;47(10):1756-64. PMID: 17880600.

Likos AM, Kelvin DJ, Cameron CM, Rowe T, Kuehnert MJ and Norris PJ for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Influenza viremia and the potential for blood-borne transmission. Transfusion 2007 Jun;47(6):1080-8. PMID: 17524100.

Donor demographics, donor motivations, donor return behavior, donor deferral

Carey PM, High PM, Schlumpf KS, Johnson BR, Mast AE, Rios JA, Simon TL and Wilkinson SL for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Donation return time at fixed and mobile donation sites. Transfusion (Epub July 2011) doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03353.x. PMID: 21745215. PMCID: PMC3557842.

Murphy EL, Schlumpf KS, Wright D, Cable R, Roback J, Sacher R, Triulzi D, Gottschall J and Busch MP for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). BMI and obesity in U.S. blood donors: A potential public health role for the blood center. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Jun;15(6):964-71. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011003405. Epub 2012 Jan 10. PMID: 22230364. PMCID: PMC3518631.

Wilkinson SL, Berkowitz S, Vij V and Steele WR for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Donors’ perspectives on their postdonation information(PDI) event: A qualitative interview study of PDI donors. Transfusion 2012 May;52(5):1062-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03430.x. Epub 2011 Nov 14. PMID: 22082212.

Custer B, Schlumpf KS, Simon TL, Spencer BR, Wright DJ and Wilkinson SL for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Demographics of successful, unsuccessful and deferral visits at six blood centers over a 4-year period. Transfusion 2012 Apr;52(4):712-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03353.x. Epub 2011 Sep 26. PMID: 21950621. PMCID: PMC3261236.

Custer B, Rios JA, Schlumpf KS, Kakaiya RM, Gottschall JL and Wright DJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Adverse reactions and other factors that impact subsequent blood donation visits. Transfusion 2012 Jan;52(1):118-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03216.x. Epub 2011 Jun 17. PMID: 21682732. PMCID:PMC3607355.

Custer B, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Simon T, Wilkinson S and Ness P for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Donor return after temporary deferral. Transfusion 2011 Jun;51(6):1188-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02989.x. Epub 2010 Dec 13. PMID: 21155833. PMCID: PMC3536538.

Rios JA, Schlumpf KS, Kakaiya RM, Triulzi DJ, Hillyer CD, Kleinman S, Busch MP, Gottschall JL, Carey PM and Nemo G for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II).Blood donations from previously transfused or pregnant donors: a multi-center study to determine the frequency of allo-exposure. Transfusion 2011; 51(6): 1197-1206. PMCID: PMC3606016.

Wilkinson SL, Steele WR, High P and Wright DJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Characteristics of post donation information donors and comparison with appropriately deferred donors. Transfusion 2011; 51(7): 1503-1510. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03043.x. Epub 2011 Feb 8. PMID: 21303374.

Mast AE, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ and Simon TL for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Demographic Correlates of Low Hemoglobin Deferral among Prospective Whole Blood Donors. Transfusion 2010 August; 50(8): 1794-1802. Published online 2010 April 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02649.x PMCID: PMC3003699.

Rios JA, Fang J, Tu Y, Spencer B, Hillyer CD, Hillyer, KL, Eder A, Benjamin RJ for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II).The potential impact of selective donor deferrals based on estimated blood volume on vasovagal reactions and donor deferral rates. Transfusion 2010; 50(6): 1265-1275. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02578.x. Epub 2010 Jan 22. PMID: 20113451.

Murphy EL, Shaz B, Hillyer CD, Carey P, Custer BS, Hirschler N, Fang J, and Schreiber GB for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Minority and foreign-born representation among US blood donors: demographics and donation frequency for 2006. Transfusion 2009; 49(10): 2221-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02271.x. Epub 2009 Jun 23. PMID: 19555415. PMCID: PMC2784257.

Leukocyte Antibody Prevalence Study

Gottschall JL, Triulzi DJ, Curtis B, Kakaiya RM, Busch MP, Norris P, Glynn SA, Carrick D, Wright DJ and Kleinman S for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). The frequency and specificity of Human Neutrophil Antigen Antibodies in a blood donor population. Transfusion 2011; 51(4): 820-827. PMID: 20977484. PMCID: PMC3583295.

Carrick DM, Johnson B, Kleinman SH, Vorhaben R, Chance SC, Lee J-H, Roback JD, Pandey S, Sun Y, Busch MP and Norris PJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Agreement amongst HLA antibody detection assays is higher in ever pregnant donors and improved using a consensus cutoff. Transfusion 2011; 51(5): 1105-1116. PMID: 21087285. PMCID: PMC3089710.

Kleinman SH, Triulzi DJ, Carey PM, Gottschall JL, Murphy EL, Roback JD, Carrick D, Mathew S, Wright DJ, Cable R, Ness P, Gajic O, Hubmayr RD, Looney MR and Kakaiya RM for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). The Leukocyte Antibody Prevalence Study-II (LAPS-II): A retrospective cohort comparison study of transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) in recipients of high plasma volume HLA antibody positive or negative components. Transfusion 2011; 51(10): 2078-2091. PMCID: PMC3606005.

Carrick DM, Norris PJ, Endres RO, Pandey S, Kleinman SH, Wright DJ, Sun Y and Busch MP for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Establishing Assay Cutoffs for HLA Antibody Screening of Apheresis Donors. Transfusion 2011; 51(10): 2092-2101. PMID: 21332726. PMCID: PMC3108003.

Kakaiya R, Triulzi D, Wright D, Steele W, Kleinman S, Busch M, Norris PJ, Hillyer C, Gottschall J, Rios J, Carey P and Glynn S for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Prevalence of HLA antibodies in remotely transfused or alloexposed volunteer blood donors. Transfusion 2010; 50(6): 1328-1334. PMID: 20070615. PMCID: PMC2891258.

Endres RO, Kleinman S, Carrick DM, Steele WR, Sun Y, Wright DJ, Norris PJ and Busch MP for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Specificities of HLA Antibodies in Blood Donors: Baseline Data for a TRALI Lookback Study. Transfusion2010; 50(8): 1749-1760.

Norris PJ, Lee J-H, Carrick D, Gottschall JL, Lebedeva M, De Castro R, Kleinman SH and Busch MP for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Long-term in vitro reactivity for HLA antibodies and comparison of detection using serum vs. plasma.Transfusion 2009; 49(2): 243-251. PMID: 18980615. PMCID: PMC3058293.

Triulzi DJ, Kleinman S, Kakaiya RM, Busch MP, Norris P, Steele WR, Glynn SA, Hillyer CD, Carey P, Gottschall JL, Murphy EL, Rios JA, Ness PM, Wright DJ, Carrick D and Schreiber GB for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). The Effect of Previous Pregnancy and Transfusion on HLA Alloimmunization in Blood Donors and Implications for a Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) Risk Reduction Strategy. Transfusion 2009; 49(9): 1825-1835. PMID: 19453983. PMCID: PMC2841001.

Triulzi D, Busch M, Kakaiya R, Kleinman S, Roback J, and Schreiber G.Donor risk factors for white blood cell antibodies associated with transfusion-associated acute lung injury: REDS-II Leukocyte Antibody Prevalence Study (LAPS). (editorial) Transfusion 2006; 47(4): 563-564. PMID: 17381611.

REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) Study

Cable RG, Glynn SA, Gottschall JL, Kiss JE, Mast AE, Murphy EL, Sacher RA, Simon for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Iron Deficiency in Blood Donors: The REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) Study. Transfusion 2012 Apr;52(4):702-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03401.x. Epub 2011 Oct 24. PMID: 22023513. PMCID: PMC3618489.

Cable RG, Steele WR, Johnson B, Mast AE, Carey PM, Kiss JE and Wright DJ for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). The Difference Between Fingerstick And Venous Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Analyses Varies by Gender and Iron Stores. Transfusion 2011 (Oct 20 ePub; In Press) doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03389.x.

Cable RG, Glynn SA, Kiss JE, Mast AE, Steele WR, Murphy EL, Wright DJ, Sacher RA, Gottschall JL, Vij V and Simon TL for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Iron deficiency in blood donors: Analysis of enrollment data from the REDS-II Donor Iron Status Evaluation (RISE) Study. Transfusion 2011; 51(3): 511-522.

Bahrami SH, Guiltinan AM, Schlumpf KS, Scott E, Banks LL, D’Andrea P, Hartman EL, Vij V, Wright DJ, Spencer B and Murphy EL for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II). Donation frequency of blood donors participating in a prospective cohort study of iron status. Transfusion2011; 51(6): 1207-1212. PMID: 21658037. PMCID: PMC3250225.

Mast AE, Lee T-H, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Carrick DJ, Johnson B, Cable RG, Kiss JE, Glynn SA, Steele WR, Murphy EL, Sacher R and Busch MP for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II).The impact of HFE mutations on hemoglobin and iron status in individuals undergoing repeated iron loss through blood donation. Br J Haematol.. 2012 Feb;156(3):388-401. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08952.x. Epub 2011 Nov 25. PMID: 22118647. PMCID: PMC3508695.

REDS-II International Publications

Brazil

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. Contribution of the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) to research on blood transfusion safety in Brazil. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2014 Mar;36(2):152-8. doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140033. PubMed PMID: 24790542; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4005515.

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; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Knowledge of HIV testing and attitudes towards blood donation at three blood centres in Brazil. Vox Sang. 2014 May;106(4):344-53. doi: 10.1111/vox.12114. Epub 2013 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 24313562.

Deng X, Sabino EC, Cunha-Neto E, Ribeiro AL, Ianni B, Mady C, Busch MP, Seielstad M; REDSII Chagas Study Group from the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II Component International. Genome wide association study (GWAS) of Chagas cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive subjects. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 20;8(11):e79629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079629. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24324551; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3854669.

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. Temporal distribution of blood donations in three Brazilian blood centers and its repercussion on the blood supply. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter.2013;35(4):246-51. doi:10.5581/1516-8484.20130071. PubMed PMID: 24106441; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC3789428.

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; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) International Component, Brazil. Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among Brazilian blood donors: a multicentre case-control study using audio computer-assisted structured interviews. Vox Sang. 2013 Aug;105(2):91-9. doi: 10.1111/vox.12028. Epub 2013 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 23517235; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3733490.

Alencar CS, Sabino EC, Carvalho SM, Leao SC, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Capuani L, Oliveira CL, Carrick D, Birch RJ, Gonçalez TT, Keating S, Swanson PA, Hackett J Jr, Busch MP; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. HIV genotypes and primary drug resistance among HIV-seropositive blood donors in Brazil: role of infected blood donors as sentinel populations for molecular surveillance of HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jul 1;63(3):387-92. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31828ff979. PubMed PMID: 23507660.

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. Methodological Guidelines for Reducing the Complexity of Data Warehouse Development for Transactional Blood Bank Systems. Decis Support Syst. 2013 Jun 1;55(3):728-739. PubMed PMID: 23729945; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3665424.

Blatyta PF, Custer B, Gonçalez TT, Birch R, Lopes ME, Lopes Ferreira MI,Carneiro Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Page K, de Almeida-Neto C; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II International Component. Undisclosed human immunodeficiency virus risk factors identified through a computer-based questionnaire program among blood donors in Brazil. Transfusion. 2013 Nov;53(11):2734-43. doi: 10.1111/trf.12166. Epub 2013 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 23521083; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3708980.

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; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) International Component, Brazil. Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among Brazilian blood donors: a multicentre case-control study using audio computer-assisted structured interviews. Vox Sang. 2013 Aug;105(2):91-9. doi: 10.1111/vox.12028. Epub 2013 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 23517235; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC3733490.

Ribeiro AL, Sabino EC, Marcolino MS, Salemi VM, Ianni BM, Fernandes F, Nastari L, Antunes A, Menezes M, Oliveira CD, Sachdev V, Carrick DM, Busch MP, Murphy EL;NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive and seronegative former blood donors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(2):e2078. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002078. Epub 2013 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 23469305; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3585012.

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; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Ten-year incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic Trypanosomacruzi-seropositive former blood donors. Circulation. 2013 Mar 12;127(10):1105-15. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.123612. Epub 2013 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 23393012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3643805.

Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Leão S, Salles NA, Loureiro P, Sarr M, Wright D, Busch M, Proietti FA, Murphy EL; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (Reds-II), International Component. Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 and type 2 seroprevalence, incidence, and residual transfusion risk among blood donors in Brazil during 2007-2009. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Oct;28(10):1265-72. Epub 2012 May 3. PubMed PMID: 22324906; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3448098.

Sabino EC, Lee TH, Montalvo L, Nguyen ML, Leiby DA, Carrick DM, Otani MM, Vinelli E, Wright D, Stramer SL, Busch M; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) International Program. Antibody levels correlate withdetection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA by sensitive polymerase chain reaction assays in seropositive blood donors and possible resolution of infection over time. Transfusion. 2013 Jun;53(6):1257-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03902.x. Epub 2012 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 23002996; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3940448.

Blatyta PF, Custer B, Liu J, Mendrone-Junior A, Wright DJ, Leão SC, Lopes MI, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, de Almeida-Neto C; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDSII), International Component. 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. Transfus Apher Sci. 2013 Feb;48(1):15-20. doi:10.1016/j.transci.2012.07.010. Epub 2012 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 22985535; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3547161.

de Almeida-Neto C, Sabino EC, Liu J, Blatyta PF, Mendrone-Junior A, Salles NA, Leão SC, Wright DJ, Basques FV, Ferreira JE, Busch MP, Murphy EL; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Prevalence of serologic markers for hepatitis B and C viruses in Brazilian blood donors and incidence and residual risk of transfusion transmission of hepatitis C virus. Transfusion. 2013 Apr;53(4):827-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03840.x.Epub 2012 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 22882510; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3499633.

Goncalez TT, Sabino EC, Capuani L, Liu J, Wright DJ, Walsh JH, Ferreira JE, Chamone DA, Busch MP, Custer B; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) and International Component. Blood transfusion utilization and recipient survival at Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil.Transfusion. 2012 Apr;52(4):729-38. PubMed PMID: 22593845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3703955.

Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Mendrone A, Lopes M 1st, Leão S, Miranda C, Capuani L, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Basques F, Ferreira JE, Busch M, Custer B; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Analysis of donor deferral at three blood centers in Brazil. Transfusion. 2013 Mar;53(3):531-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03820.x. Epub 2012 Jul 31. PubMed PMID: 22845775; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3595366.

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; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Relationship between social capital and test seeking among blood donors in Brazil. Vox Sang. 2013 Feb;104(2):100-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01643.x. Epub 2012 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 22892075; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3564582.

de Almeida Neto C, Mendrone A Jr, Custer B, Liu J, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Leão SA, Wright DJ, Murphy EL, Sabino EC; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Interdonation intervals and patterns of return among blood donors in Brazil. Transfusion. 2012 Apr;52(4):722-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03358.x. Epub 2011 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 21981543; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257397.

Sabino EC, Gonçalez TT, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sarr M, Ferreira JE, Sampaio DA, Salles NA, Wright DJ, Custer B, Busch M; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, incidence, and residual risk of transmission by transfusions at Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II blood centers in Brazil. Transfusion. 2012 Apr;52(4):870-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03344.x. Epub 2011 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 21981109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257370.

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; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Number of recent sexual partners among blood donors in Brazil: associations with donor demographics, donation characteristics, and infectious disease markers. Transfusion. 2012 Jan;52(1):151-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03248.x. Epub 2011 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 21756264; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3607364.

Goncalez TT, Sabino EC, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Leao S, Sampaio D, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Murphy E, Busch MP and Custer B for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Vasovagal reactions in whole blood donors at 3 REDS-II blood centers in Brazil.Transfusion 2012 May;52(5):1070-1078. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03432.x. Epub 2011 Nov 11. PMID: 2207394. PMCID: PMC3687805.

de Almeida-Neto C, Liu J, Wright DJ, Mendrone-Junior A, Takecian PL, Sun Y, Ferreira JE, de Alencar Fischer Chamone D, Busch MP, Sabino EC; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Demographic characteristics and prevalence of serologic markers among blood donors who use confidential unit exclusion (CUE) in São Paulo, Brazil: implications for modification of CUE policies in Brazil.Transfusion. 2011 Jan;51(1):191-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02799.x. PubMed PMID: 20663108; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3170091.

Sabino EC, Salles NA, de Almeida-Neto C, Barreto AM, Basques F, Barros EA, Mendrone A Jr, Busch MP; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) and International Component. Performance of parallel screening of Brazilian blood donors with two human immunodeficiency virus immunoassays: implications for sequential immunoassay testing algorithms in other countries. Transfusion. 2011 Jan;51(1):175-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02773.x. PubMed PMID: 20633245; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3019293.

Sabino EC, Salles NA, Sarr M, Barreto AM, Oikawa M, Oliveira CD, Leao SC, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Custer B, Busch MP; NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Enhanced classification of Chagas serologic results and epidemiologic characteristics of seropositive donors at three large blood centers in Brazil. Transfusion. 2010 Dec;50(12):2628-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02756.x. PubMed PMID: 20576017; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2997114.

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. Demographic profile of blood donors at three major Brazilian blood centers: results from the International REDS-II study, 2007 to 2008.Transfusion. 2010 Apr;50(4):918-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02529.x. Epub 2009 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 20003051; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3079513.

Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Salles NA, de Almeida-Neto C, Mendrone-Jr A, Dorlhiac-Laccer PE, Liu J, Murphy EL, Schreiber GB; REDS-II International Brazil Study. The impact of simple donor education on donor behavioral deferral and infectious disease rates in São Paulo, Brazil. Transfusion. 2010 Apr;50(4):909-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02526.x. Epub 2009 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 20003056; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2949275.

China

Wang J, Liu J, Huang Y, Wright DJ, Li JL, Zhou ZM, He WL, Yang T, Yao F, Zhu XM, Wen G, Bi X, Tiemuer M, Wen X, Huang M, Cao RA, Yun ZQ, Lü YL, Ma HL, Guo N, Yu QL, Ness P, Shan H. The persistence of hepatitis C virus transmission risk in China despite serologic screening of blood donations.Transfusion. 2013 Oct; 53 Suppl 3:2489-97. doi: 10.1111/trf.12297. PMID: 23781978

Wang J, Liu J, Huang Y, Yang T, Yao F, Dong, X, Wen G, Bi X, Zhao M, Wen X, Huang M, Lü Y, Ma H, Yu Q, Wright D, Guo N, Ness P, Shan H. An analysis of risk factors for humann immunodeficiency virus infection among Chinese blood donors. Transfusion. 2013 Oct; 53 Suppl 3:2431-40. doi: 10.1111/trf.12062. PMID: 23305132. PMCID: PMC3626745 [Available on 2014/10/1]

Wang J, Liu J, Yao F, Wen G, Li J, Huang Y, Lü Y, Wen X, Wright D, Yu Q, Guo N, Ness P, Shan H; Prevalence, incidence, and residual risks for transfusion-transmitted human immunodeficiency virus Types 1 and 2 infection among Chinese blood donors. Transfusion. 2013 Jun; 53(6):1240-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03940.x. PMID: 23113801. PMCID: PMC3586939.

Guo N, Wang J, Yu Q, Yang T, Dong X, Wen G, Tiemuer MH, Li J, He W, Lv Y, Ma H, Wen X, Huang M, Ness P, Liu J, Wright DJ, Nelson K, Shan H. Long-term return behavior of Chinese whole blood donors. Transfusion 2013; 53(9):1985-91. PMID: 23461772.

Liu J, Huang Y, Wang J, Guo N, Li J, Xiangdong D, Hongli M, Meiheili T, Mei H, Wright DJ, Ness P and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component.The Increasing prevalence of Serologic Markers for Syphilis among Chinese Blood Donors in 2008-2010 during a Syphilis Epidemic. Transfusion; 2012 Aug;52(8):1741-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03527.x. Epub 2012 Feb 10. PMID: 22321121.

Zeng P, Wang J, Huang Y, Yang T, Guo X, Li J, Wen G, Yun Z, He M, Liu Y, Yuan Y, Schulman J, Glynn S, Ness P, Jackson JB and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component.The Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Genotype Diversity and Drug Resistance Mutations profile of Blood Donors from Five Chinese Blood Centers. Transfusion. Transfusion. 2012 May;52(5):1041-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03415.x. Epub 2011 Nov 2. PMID: 22044422.

Guo N, Wang J, Ness P, Yao F, Dong X, Bi X, Yun Z, Guo X, Huang Y, Dong X, Hei-hei-li Timuer, Weilan H, Ma H, Huang M, Liu, J, Wright DJ, Nelson K and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. First time donors responding to a national disaster may be an untapped resource for the blood center. Vox Sang 2012 May;102(4):338-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01557.x. Epub 2011 Oct 12. PMID: 21988212.

Ren R, Wang J-X, Huang Y, Yao F, Lv Y, Li J, Wen G, Wen X, Liu J, Dong X, Ma H, Zhou Z, Bi X, Tu L, King M, Nelson K, Ness P and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Hepatitis B virus nucleic acid testing in Chinese blood donors with normal and elevated alanine aminotransferase. Transfusion Dec;51(12):2588-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03215.x. Epub 2011 Jun 17. PMID: 21682731.

Guo N, Wang J, Ness P, Yao F, Dong X, Bi X, Mei H, Li J, He J, Lu Y, Ma H, Wen X, Huang M, Wright DJ, King M, High P, Nelson K and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Analysis of Chinese Donors’ Return Behavior. Transfusion 2011; 51(3): 523-530. PMID: 20849408. PMCID: PMC3025301.

Liu Y, Wang J, Huang Y, Yang T, Guo X, Li J, Wen G, Yun Z, Zeng P, He M, Ke L, Xu M, Liu G, Wright DJ, Liu J, Nelson, K, and Shan, H. for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Molecular Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B Virus in Blood Donors from Five Chinese Blood Centers. Arch Virol 157, 1699-707. PMID: 22669316. PMCID: PMC3431469

Wang J, Guo N, Guo X, Li J, Wen G-X, Yang T, Yun Z, Huang Y, Schreiber GB, Kavounis K, Ness P and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Who donates blood at 5 ethnically and geographically diverse blood centers in China in 2008.Transfusion 2010; 50(12): 2686-2694. PMID: 20553435.

Liu J, Huang Y, Wang J, Bi X, Li J, Lu Y, Wen X, Yao F, Dong X, He W, Huang M, Ma H, Mei H, King M, Wright D, Ness P and Shan H for the NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International Component. Impact of the May 12, 2008, earthquake on blood donations across five Chinese blood centers. Transfusion 2010; 50(9): 1972-1979. PMID: 20456694.