Central Laboratory for Viral Activation Transfusion

Busch, Michael Paul

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: Division of Blood Diseases And Resources (NHLBI)
• Type: Research and Development Contracts (N01)
• Project #: N01HB057126-000
• Application #: 2312784
• Project Start: 1994-12-01
• Project End: 1997-11-30
• Budget Start: 1994-12-01
• Budget End: 1995-05-31
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: Blood Centers of the Pacific
• City: San Francisco
• State: CA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 94118

Publications

Asmuth, David M; Busch, Michael P; Laycock, Megan E et al. (2004) Hepatitis B and C viral load changes following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in patients with advanced HIV infection. Antiviral Res 63:123-31

Asmuth, David M; Kalish, Leslie A; Laycock, Megan E et al. (2003) Absence of HBV and HCV, HTLV-I and -II, and human herpes virus-8 activation after allogeneic RBC transfusion in patients with advanced HIV-1 infection. Transfusion 43:451-8

Murphy, Edward L; Grant, Robert M; Kropp, Jerry et al. (2003) Increased human T-lymphotropic virus type II proviral load following highly active retroviral therapy in HIV-coinfected patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:655-6

Roback, John D; Drew, W Lawrence; Laycock, Megan E et al. (2003) CMV DNA is rarely detected in healthy blood donors using validated PCR assays. Transfusion 43:314-21

Lee, Tzong-Hae; Wen, Li; Chrebtow, Vera et al. (2002) Quantitation of residual WBCs in filtered blood components by high-throughput, real-time kinetic PCR. Transfusion 42:87-93

Yomtovian, R; Gernsheimer, T; Assmann, S F et al. (2001) WBC reduction in RBC concentrates by prestorage filtration: multicenter experience. Transfusion 41:1030-6

Collier, A C; Kalish, L A; Busch, M P et al. (2001) Leukocyte-reduced red blood cell transfusions in patients with anemia and human immunodeficiency virus infection: the Viral Activation Transfusion Study: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 285:1592-601

Para, M F; Kalish, L A; Collier, A C et al. (2001) Qualitative and quantitative PCR measures of cytomegalovirus in patients with advanced HIV infection who require transfusions. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 26:320-5

Roback, J D; Hillyer, C D; Drew, W L et al. (2001) Multicenter evaluation of PCR methods for detecting CMV DNA in blood donors. Transfusion 41:1249-57

Eisenbud, R; Assmann, S F; Kalish, L A et al. (2001) Differences in difficulty adjudicating clinical events in patients with advanced HIV disease. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:43-6