Brian Custer, PhD, MPH
Professor
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (221)

Top publication keywords:
Trypanosoma cruziBlood SafetyZika Virus InfectionTransfusion ReactionBlood BanksBlood TransfusionAnemia, Sickle CellDonor SelectionBrazilAntibodies, ViralTransfusion MedicineHepatitis BZika VirusWest Nile virusBlood Donors

• 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 2024 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, …
• International review of blood donation nucleic acid amplification testing.
  Vox sanguinis 2024 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, …
• 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 2024 Jentsch U, Vermeulen M, van den Berg K, 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 2024 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, …
• Associations of Temporal Cardiometabolic Patterns and Incident SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among U.S. Blood Donors With Serologic Evidence of Vaccination.
  AJPM focus 2024 Yu EA, Stone M, Bravo MD, Grebe E, Bruhn RL, Lanteri MC, Townsend M, Kamel H, Jones JM, Busch MP, Custer B

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• Syphilis seroprevalence and incidence in US blood donors from 2020 to 2022.
  Transfusion 2024 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 2023 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-…
• Selected Topics From the State of the Science in Transfusion Medicine: Key Insights on Current Progress and Future Directions.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2023 Roubinian NH, Custer B
• 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 2023 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
• HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Blood Donor Deferral, Occult Infection, and Risk of HIV Transmission by Transfusion: A Fine Balance Between Evidence-Based Donor Selection Criteria and Transfusion Safety.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2023 Leblanc JF, Custer B, Van de Laar T, Drews SJ, Germain M, Lewin A
• Association of ABO and RhD blood groups with the risk of HIV infection.
  PloS one 2023 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 2023 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, …
• Aberrant activation of TCL1A promotes stem cell expansion in clonal haematopoiesis.
  Nature 2023 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 …
• Proceedings of the 2022 NHLBI and OASH state of the science in transfusion medicine symposium.
  Transfusion 2023 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 2023 Cato LD, Li R, Lu HY, Yu F, Wissman M, Mkumbe BS, Ekwattanakit S, Deelen P, Mwita L, Sangeda R, Suksangpleng T, Riolueang S, Bronson PG, Paul DS, Kawabata E, Astle WJ, Aguet F, Ardlie K, de Lapuente …
• Estimated glomerular filtration rate in Brazilian adults with sickle cell disease: results from the REDS-III multicenter cohort study.
  Annals of hematology 2023 Belisário AR, Simões E Silva AC, Moura ICG, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Máximo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DOW, Ozahata MC, Mota RA, Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Custer B, Recipient …
• Surveillance for Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Virus Incidence and RNAemia in Blood Donors at 4 Brazilian Blood Centers During 2016-2019.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2023 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…
• Risk of HLA antibody generation after receipt of Mirasol versus standard platelets in the MIPLATE randomized trial.
  Transfusion 2023 Kaidarova Z, Di Germanio C, Custer B, Norris PJ
• Factors Associated with Leg Ulcers in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil.
  Advances in skin & wound care 2023 Reis de Souza V, Kelly S, Cerdeira Sabino E, Mendes de Oliveira F, Silva T, Miranda Teixeira C, Máximo 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 2023 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, …
• Research partnerships between blood services and public health authorities: An international, cross-sectional survey.
  Vox sanguinis 2022 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 …
• 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 2022 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 2022 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 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection, Vaccination, and Hybrid Immunity Among US Blood Donations From January to December 2021.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Busch MP, Stramer SL, Stone M, Yu EA, Grebe E, Notari E, Saa P, Ferg R, Manrique IM, Weil N, Fink RV, Levy ME, Green V, Cyrus S, Williamson PC, Haynes J, Groves J, Krysztof D, Custer B, Kleinman S, …
• National Blood Foundation 2021 Research and Development summit: Discovery, innovation, and challenges in advancing blood and biotherapies.
  Transfusion 2022 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 2022 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 …
• Is Severity Score Associated With Indication for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Individuals With Sickle Cell Anemia?
  Transplantation and cellular therapy 2022 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, …
• 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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, …
• Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
  Science advances 2022 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, …
• 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 2022 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 2022 Liggett LA, Cato LD, Weinstock JS, Zhang Y, Nouraie SM, Gladwin MT, Garrett ME, Ashley-Koch A, Telen MJ, Custer B, Kelly S, Dinardo CL, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Maximo C, NHLBI …
• Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed.
  Cell genomics 2022 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 …
• Donor genetic and nongenetic factors affecting red blood cell transfusion effectiveness.
  JCI insight 2022 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 …
• Economic implications of FDA platelet bacterial guidance compliance options: Comparison of single-step strategies.
  Transfusion 2022 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 2021 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 …
• Individualized risk trajectories for iron-related adverse outcomes in repeat blood donors.
  Transfusion 2021 Russell WA, Scheinker D, Custer B
• Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of whole blood pathogen reduction in Ghana.
  Transfusion 2021 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 2021 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, …
• HIV residual risk in Canada for apheresis source plasma donation without deferral for men who have sex with men.
  Vox sanguinis 2021 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 …
• An international comparison of anti-SARS-COV-2 assays used for seroprevalence surveys from blood component providers.
  Vox sanguinis 2021 Lewin A, Drews SJ, Lieshout-Krikke R, Erikstrup C, Saeed S, Fady H, Uzicanin S, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Policy, the Virology Sub-groups of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted…
• An international comparison of HIV prevalence and incidence in blood donors and general population: a BEST Collaborative study.
  Vox sanguinis 2021 Germain M, Grégoire Y, Custer BS, Goldman M, Bravo M, Kamel H, Davison K, Field S, van den Hurk K, van de Laar TJW, Irving DO, Jones A, Liumbruno G, Morley S, O'Brien SF, Pillonel J, Steinsvåg CT, …
• Optimal portfolios of blood safety interventions: test, defer or modify?
  Health care management science 2021 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) 2021 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
• Author Correction: Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.
  Nature 2021 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, Niroula A, Lin AE, Taub MA, Aguet F, Ardlie K, …
• Factors driving availability of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: Insights from a demand, production, and supply model.
  Transfusion 2021 Russell WA, Grebe E, Custer B
• Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.
  Nature 2021 Taliun D, Harris DN, Kessler MD, Carlson J, Szpiech ZA, Torres R, Taliun SAG, Corvelo A, Gogarten SM, Kang HM, Pitsillides AN, LeFaive J, Lee SB, Tian X, Browning BL, Das S, Emde AK, Clarke WE, Loesch…
• 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 2021 Steele WR, Dodd RY, Notari EP, Haynes J, Anderson SA, Williams AE, Reik R, Kessler D, Custer B, Stramer SL, Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS)
• Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2020 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, …
• 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 2020 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, NHLBI Recipient …
• Research initiatives of blood services worldwide in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
  Vox sanguinis 2020 O'Brien SF, Lieshout-Krikke RW, Lewin A, Erikstrup C, Steele WR, Uzicanin S, Custer B, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Disea
• 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 2020 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 2020 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, …
• Characterization of HIV risks in a Brazilian sickle cell disease population.
  BMC public health 2020 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, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation …
• Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.
  Nature 2020 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…
• 10-year analysis of human immunodeficiency virus incidence in first-time and repeat donors in Brazil.
  Vox sanguinis 2020 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, …
• SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood.
  Nature communications 2020 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, …
• HIV antiretroviral therapy and prevention use in US blood donors: a new blood safety concern.
  Blood 2020 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, …
• HIV incidence in US first-time blood donors and transfusion risk with a 12-month deferral for men who have sex with men.
  Blood 2020 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
• Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus in United States blood donations, 2015 to 2019: The Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS).
  Transfusion 2020 Steele WR, Dodd RY, Notari EP, Xu M, Nelson D, Kessler DA, Reik R, Williams AE, Custer B, Stramer SL, Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS)
• Recently acquired infection among HIV-seropositive donors in the US from 2010-2018.
  Transfusion 2020 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, Transfusion-Transmissible Infections…
• Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease.
  BMC infectious diseases 2020 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,…
• 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 2020 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 …
• Blood utilization and characteristics of patients treated with chronic transfusion therapy in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease.
  Transfusion 2020 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, NHLBI Recipient …
• Recovery of Iron Stores After Adolescents Donate Blood.
  Pediatrics 2020 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) 2020 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 2020 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, …
• Influence of sickle cell disease on susceptibility to HIV infection.
  PloS one 2020 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, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation …
• Hb S/β-Thalassemia in the REDS-III Brazil Sickle Cell Disease Cohort: Clinical, Laboratory and Molecular Characteristics.
  Hemoglobin 2020 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, Recipient Epidemiology …
• Donor compliance research: what are you thinking?
  Transfusion 2020 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 2019 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, National …
• HIV residual risk in Canada under a three-month deferral for men who have sex with men.
  Vox sanguinis 2019 O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Pillonel J, Steele WR, Custer B, Davison KL, Germain M, Lewin A, Seed CR, Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Work
• 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 2019 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, International …
• Quality of life in pre-adolescent children with sickle cell disease in Brazil.
  Pediatric hematology and oncology 2019 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, Recipient …
• 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 2019 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 2019 Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Dezan MR, Ribeiro IH, Castilho SL, Schimidt LC, Valgueiro MDC, Preiss LR, Custer B, Sabino EC, Westhoff CM, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)-III
• Changing the deferral for men who have sex with men - an improved model to estimate HIV residual risk.
  Vox sanguinis 2019 Davison KL, Gregoire Y, Germain M, Custer B, O'Brien SF, Steele WR, Pillonel J, Seed CR, the Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Policy Sub-Group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Wo
• Review of current transfusion therapy and blood banking practices.
  Blood reviews 2019 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 2019 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, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor …
• Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Risk to Patients in the United States and Canada.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2019 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 2019 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, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-…
• Social and behavioral characteristics of male blood donors and their sexual partners: an analysis to define risk subsets.
  Transfusion 2019 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, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II…
• Proceedings of the Food and Drug Administration public workshop on pathogen reduction technologies for blood safety 2018 (Commentary, p. 3026).
  Transfusion 2019 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,…
• Health economic implications of testing blood donors in South Africa for HTLV 1 & 2 infection.
  Vox sanguinis 2019 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 2019 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, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-…
• Implementation of a script for predonation interviews: impact on human immunodeficiency virus risk in South African blood donors.
  Transfusion 2019 Mitchel J, Custer B, Kaidarova Z, Murphy EL, van den Berg K, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) South Africa Program
• The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 & 2 (HTLV-1/2) in South African blood donors.
  Vox sanguinis 2019 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 2019 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
• Screening the Blood Supply for Zika Virus in the 50 U.S. States and Puerto Rico: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
  Annals of internal medicine 2019 Russell WA, Stramer SL, Busch MP, Custer B
• Blood donation deferral policies among men who have sex with men in Brazil.
  Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy 2018 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 2018 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 2018 Zucoloto ML, Gonçalez T, Menezes NP, McFarland W, Custer B, Martinez EZ
• Development and evaluation of a transfusion medicine genome wide genotyping array.
  Transfusion 2018 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, National Heart, Lung, and Blood …
• Comparison of the demographic and social profile of blood donors and nondonors in Brazil.
  Health & social care in the community 2018 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 2018 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…
• Transition to a 1-year deferral for male blood donors who report sexual contact with men: staff perspectives at one blood collection organization.
  Transfusion 2018 Hughes SD, Custer B, Laborde N, Sheon N
• Addressing gaps in international blood availability and transfusion safety in low- and middle-income countries: a NHLBI workshop.
  Transfusion 2018 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 2018 Norris PJ, Kaidarova Z, Maiorana E, Milani S, Lebedeva M, Busch MP, Custer B, Rebulla P
• Blood donation history and eligibility assessment in a community-based sample of men who have sex with men.
  Transfusion 2018 Custer B, Murcia K, Robinson WT, McFarland W, Raymond HF
• Genomic and epidemiological characterisation of a dengue virus outbreak among blood donors in Brazil.
  Scientific reports 2017 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, …
• Erratum: An assessment of differences in costs and health benefits of serology and NAT screening of donations for blood transfusion in different Western countries.
  Vox sanguinis 2017 Janssen MP, van Hulst M, Custer B, ABO RBDM Health Economics and Outcomes Working Group & Collaborators
• Use of Blood Donor Screening to Monitor Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Viruses, South Africa.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2017 Vermeulen M, Swanevelder R, Chowdhury D, Ingram C, Reddy R, Bloch EM, Custer BS, Murphy EL, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) International Component
• An assessment of differences in costs and health benefits of serology and NAT screening of donations for blood transfusion in different Western countries.
  Vox sanguinis 2017 Janssen MP, van Hulst M, Custer B, ABO RBDM Health Economics and Outcomes Working Group & Collaborators
• Development of a web-based application and multicountry analysis framework for assessing interdicted infections and cost-utility of screening donated blood for HIV, HCV and HBV.
  Vox sanguinis 2017 Custer B, Janssen MP, Hubben G, Vermeulen M, van Hulst M
• 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 2017 Capuani L, Bierrenbach AL, Alencar AP, Mendrone A, Ferreira JE, Custer B, Ribeiro ALP, Sabino EC
• Correlation of West Nile Virus Incidence in Donated Blood with West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease Rates, United States, 2010-2012.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2017 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 2017 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 2016 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 2016 Porto-Ferreira FA, de Almeida-Neto C, Murphy EL, Montebello SC, Nogueira FA, Koga da Silva EM, MacFarland W, Custer B
• Erythrocytapheresis for chronic transfusion therapy in sickle cell disease: survey of current practices and review of the literature.
  Transfusion 2016 Kelly S, Quirolo K, Marsh A, Neumayr L, Garcia A, Custer B
• Self-reported historic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in a Brazilian blood donor HIV case-control study.
  Transfusion 2016 Bruhn R, Moreno E, Sabino EC, Ferreira NA, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Lopes ME, Sampaio D, Loureiro P, Custer B, Goncalez TT, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II…
• Development of a multisystem surveillance database for transfusion-transmitted infections among blood donors in the United States.
  Transfusion 2016 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, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS)-II
• 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 2016 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 2016 Vahidnia F, Stramer SL, Kessler D, Gonçalez TT, Shaz BH, Leparc G, Krysztof DE, Dodd RY, Glynn SA, Custer B, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
• Zika virus: a new threat to the safety of the blood supply with worldwide impact and implications.
  Transfusion 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology…
• Babesia screening: the importance of reporting and calibration in cost-effectiveness models.
  Transfusion 2016 Goodell AJ, Bloch E, Simon MS, Shaz B, Custer B
• Incidence of West Nile virus infection in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area during the 2012 epidemic.
  Epidemiology and infection 2016 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 2015 Vo MT, Bruhn R, Kaidarova Z, Custer BS, Murphy EL, Bloch EM
• Saving lives, maintaining safety, and science-based policy: qualitative interview findings from the Blood Donation Rules Opinion Study (Blood DROPS).
  Transfusion 2015 Hughes S, Sheon N, Siedle-Khan B, Custer B
• Blood donor deferral for men who have sex with men: the Blood Donation Rules Opinion Study (Blood DROPS).
  Transfusion 2015 Custer B, Sheon N, Siedle-Khan B, Pollack L, Spencer B, Bialkowski W, D'Andrea P, Sullivan M, Glynn S, Williams A, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III)
• Inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers are differentially expressed in clinical stages of Chagas disease.
  International journal of cardiology 2015 Keating SM, Deng X, Fernandes F, Cunha-Neto E, Ribeiro AL, Adesina B, Beyer AI, Contestable P, Custer B, Busch MP, Sabino EC, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), International …
• Transfusion-Transmitted Dengue and Associated Clinical Symptoms During the 2012 Epidemic in Brazil.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2015 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, International …
• Bimodal distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi antibody levels in blood donors from a highly endemic area of Argentina: what is the significance of low-reactive samples?
  Transfusion 2015 Remesar M, Sabino EC, Del Pozo A, Mayer A, 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 2015 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 2015 Bravo M, Shaz BH, Kamel H, Vanderpool S, Tomasulo P, Custer B, Townsend M
• Health economics and outcomes methods in risk-based decision-making for blood safety.
  Transfusion 2015 Custer B, Janssen MP, Alliance of Blood Operators Risk-Based Decision-Making (RBDM) Initiative
• Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood by PCR is associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy and disease severity.
  European journal of heart failure 2015 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, …
• Impact of increasing sample volume from 4 ml to 8 ml on bacterial detection rates in apheresis platelets: a meta-analysis.
  Vox sanguinis 2014 Bruhn R, Custer B, Vanderpool S, Townsend M, Kamel H, Tomasulo P
• Risk factors for retrovirus and hepatitis virus infections in accepted blood donors.
  Transfusion 2014 Custer B, Kessler D, Vahidnia F, Leparc G, Krysztof DE, Shaz B, Kamel H, Glynn S, Dodd RY, Stramer SL, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
• Downregulation of Cytokines and Chemokines by GB Virus C After Transmission Via Blood Transfusion in HIV-Positive Blood Recipients.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2014 Lanteri MC, Vahidnia F, Tan S, Stapleton JT, Norris PJ, Heitman J, Deng X, Keating SM, Brambilla D, Busch MP, Custer B, NHLBI REDS III Study
• Costs, consequences, and cost-effectiveness of strategies for Babesia microti donor screening of the US blood supply.
  Transfusion 2014 Goodell AJ, Bloch EM, Krause PJ, Custer B
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  Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia 2014 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, …
• Predictors of hemoglobin recovery or deferral in blood donors with an initial successful donation.
  Transfusion 2014 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 2014 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, …
• Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Cohort of US Blood Donors: A 20-Year Study.
  Journal of cancer epidemiology 2013 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 2013 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 (…
• Response to letters regarding article, "Ten-year incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic, Trypanosoma cruzi-seropositive former blood donors".
  Circulation 2013 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 …
• Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus RNA and antibody in first-time, lapsed, and repeat blood donations across five international regions and relative efficacy of alternative screening scenarios.
  Transfusion 2013 Bruhn R, Lelie N, Custer B, Busch M, Kleinman S, International NAT Study Group
• Methodological Guidelines for Reducing the Complexity of Data Warehouse Development for Transactional Blood Bank Systems.
  Decision support systems 2013 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 2013 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 …
• Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection among Brazilian blood donors: a multicentre case-control study using audio computer-assisted structured interviews.
  Vox sanguinis 2013 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…
• Risk perception and its role in attitudes toward blood transfusion: a qualitative systematic review.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2013 Ngo LT, Bruhn R, Custer B
• If the permanent deferral were lifted would men who have sex with men want to donate blood, and if so, who would be eligible?
  Transfusion 2013 Belanger GA, McFarland W, Raymond HF, Custer B
• Ten-year incidence of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi-seropositive former blood donors.
  Circulation 2013 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 …
• Temporal distribution of blood donations in three Brazilian blood centers and its repercussion on the blood supply.
  Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia 2013 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 2012 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 2012 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, NHLBI Retrovirus …
• 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 2012 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 …
• Relationship between social capital and test seeking among blood donors in Brazil.
  Vox sanguinis 2012 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 (…
• Advancing risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases for blood and blood products: proceedings of a public workshop.
  Transfusion 2012 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 2012 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, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor …
• 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 2012 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 2012 Petersen LR, Carson PJ, Biggerstaff BJ, Custer B, Borchardt SM, Busch MP
• Water administration and the risk of syncope and presyncope during blood donation: a randomized clinical trial.
  Transfusion 2012 van den Berg K, Lam J, Bruhn R, Custer B, Murphy EL
• Blood transfusion utilization and recipient survival at Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil.
  Transfusion 2012 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
• Neuroinvasive disease and West Nile virus infection, North Dakota, USA, 1999-2008.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2012 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 2012 Vahidnia F, Petersen M, Rutherford G, Busch M, Assmann S, Stapleton JT, Custer B
• Good evidence begets good policy: or so it should be.
  Transfusion 2012 Custer BS
• Epidemiologic and laboratory findings from 3 years of testing United States blood donors for Trypanosoma cruzi.
  Transfusion 2012 Custer B, Agapova M, Bruhn R, Cusick R, Kamel H, Tomasulo P, Biswas H, Tobler L, Lee TH, Caglioti S, Busch M
• Historical clinical and economic consequences of anemia management in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis using erythropoietin stimulating agents versus routine blood transfusions: a retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis.
  Journal of medical economics 2011 Naci H, de Lissovoy G, Hollenbeak C, Custer B, Hofmann A, McClellan W, Gitlin M
• Vasovagal reactions in whole blood donors at three REDS-II blood centers in Brazil.
  Transfusion 2011 Gonçalez TT, Sabino EC, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Leao S, Sampaio D, Takecian PL, Proietti AB, Proitetti AB, Murphy E, Busch M, Custer B, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), …
• Hierarchical analysis of anaemia deferral in blood donor candidates: the individual in the population perspective.
  Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) 2011 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 2011 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
• Interdonation intervals and patterns of return among blood donors in Brazil.
  Transfusion 2011 de Almeida Neto C, Mendrone A, 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
• Demographics of successful, unsuccessful and deferral visits at six blood centers over a 4-year period.
  Transfusion 2011 Custer B, Schlumpf K, Simon TL, Spencer BR, Wright DJ, Wilkinson SL, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
• Association between HLA class I and class II alleles and the outcome of West Nile virus infection: an exploratory study.
  PloS one 2011 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 2011 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), …
• Adverse reactions and other factors that impact subsequent blood donation visits.
  Transfusion 2011 Custer B, Rios JA, Schlumpf K, Kakaiya RM, Gottschall JL, Wright DJ, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
• Deconstructing the risk for malaria in United States donors deferred for travel to Mexico.
  Transfusion 2011 Spencer B, Kleinman S, Custer B, Cable R, Wilkinson SL, Steele W, High PM, Wright D, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II)
• Factors associated with fainting: before, during and after whole blood donation.
  Vox sanguinis 2011 Bravo M, Kamel H, Custer B, Tomasulo P
• Interventions to reduce the vasovagal reaction rate in young whole blood donors.
  Transfusion 2011 Tomasulo P, Kamel H, Bravo M, James RC, Custer B
• A comparison of health care and blood supply system structures.
  Vox sanguinis 2011 AuBuchon JP, Custer B, Sher G
• Male microchimerism in peripheral blood leukocytes from women with multiple sclerosis.
  Chimerism 2011 Bloch EM, Reed WF, Lee TH, Montalvo L, Shiboski S, Custer B, Barcellos LF
• Donor return after temporary deferral.
  Transfusion 2010 Custer B, Schlumpf KS, Wright D, Simon TL, Wilkinson S, Ness PM, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II
• Enhanced classification of Chagas serologic results and epidemiologic characteristics of seropositive donors at three large blood centers in Brazil.
  Transfusion 2010 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
• Modeling the risk of an emerging pathogen entering the Canadian blood supply.
  Transfusion 2010 Kleinman S, Cameron C, Custer B, Busch M, Katz L, Kralj B, Matheson I, Murphy K, Preiksaitis J, Devine D
• The cost-effectiveness of pathogen reduction technology as assessed using a multiple risk reduction model.
  Transfusion 2010 Custer B, Agapova M, Martinez RH
• Cost-effectiveness of screening the US blood supply for Trypanosoma cruzi.
  Transfusion 2010 Agapova M, Busch MP, Custer B
• Genetic research in the blood bank: acceptability to Northern California donors.
  Transfusion 2010 Rice MS, Custer BS, Hindes DA, Hirschler NV, Nguyen KA, Busch MP, Murphy EL
• Defining "adequate" pathogen reduction performance for transfused blood components.
  Transfusion 2010 Goodrich RP, Custer B, Keil S, Busch M
• Human immunodeficiency virus test-seeking blood donors in a large blood bank in São Paulo, Brazil.
  Transfusion 2010 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 2010 Mast AE, Schlumpf KS, Wright DJ, Custer B, Spencer B, Murphy EL, Simon TL, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II
• The cost of blood: did you pay too much or did you get a good deal?
  Transfusion 2010 Custer B
• Duration of red blood cell storage and survival of transfused patients (CME).
  Transfusion 2010 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 2009 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 2009 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 2009 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, …
• Delayed adverse reactions to blood donation.
  Transfusion 2009 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 2009 Murphy EL, Shaz B, Hillyer CD, Carey P, Custer BS, Hirschler N, Fang J, Schreiber GB, NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology in Blood Donors Study-II (REDS-II)
• Risk assessment and cost-effectiveness/utility analysis.
  Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization 2009 Busch M, Walderhaug M, Custer B, Allain JP, Reddy R, McDonough B
• Associations between West Nile virus infection and symptoms reported by blood donors identified through nucleic acid test screening.
  Transfusion 2009 Custer B, Kamel H, Kiely NE, Murphy EL, Busch MP
• Cost-effectiveness analysis: what it really means for transfusion medicine decision making.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2009 Custer B, Hoch JS
• Bacterial detection in apheresis platelets: blood systems experience with a two-bottle and one-bottle culture system.
  Transfusion 2008 Su LL, Kamel H, Custer B, Vanderpool S, Harpool D, Busch M, Tomasulo P
• Faint and prefaint reactions in whole-blood donors: an analysis of predonation measurements and their predictive value.
  Transfusion 2008 Wiltbank TB, Giordano GF, Kamel H, Tomasulo P, Custer B
• Increased all-cause, liver, and cardiac mortality among hepatitis C virus-seropositive blood donors.
  American journal of epidemiology 2008 Guiltinan AM, Kaidarova Z, Custer B, Orland J, Strollo A, Cyrus S, Busch MP, Murphy EL
• Modeling red cell procurement with both double-red-cell and whole-blood collection and the impact of European travel deferral on units available for transfusion.
  Transfusion 2007 Madden E, Murphy EL, Custer B
• Loss of T cell responses following long-term cryopreservation.
  Journal of immunological methods 2007 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 2007 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 2007 Prince HE, Tobler LH, Yeh C, Gefter N, Custer B, Busch MP
• Strategies for testing blood donors for West Nile virus.
  Transfusion 2006 Stramer SL, Custer B, Busch MP, Dodd RY
• Health outcomes research using large donor-recipient databases: a new frontier for assessing transfusion safety and contributing to public health.
  Vox sanguinis 2006 Busch M, Custer B
• Safety and donor acceptance of an abbreviated donor history questionnaire.
  Transfusion 2006 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 2006 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 2006 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 2006 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 2006 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 2005 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 2005 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 2004 Phillips LE, Longstreth WT, Koepsell T, Custer BS, Kukull WA, van Belle G
• Global epidemiology of hepatitis B virus.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2004 Custer B, Sullivan SD, Hazlet TK, Iloeje U, Veenstra DL, Kowdley KV
• Triggers for switching from minipool testing by nucleic acid technology to individual-donation nucleic acid testing for West Nile virus: analysis of 2003 data to inform 2004 decision making.
  Transfusion 2004 Custer B, Tomasulo PA, Murphy EL, Caglioti S, Harpool D, McEvoy P, Busch MP
• Quantifying losses to the donated blood supply due to donor deferral and miscollection.
  Transfusion 2004 Custer B, Johnson ES, Sullivan SD, Hazlet TK, Ramsey SD, Hirschler NV, Murphy EL, Busch MP
• Economic analyses of blood safety and transfusion medicine interventions: a systematic review.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2004 Custer B
• Dental X-rays and the risk of intracranial meningioma: a population-based case-control study.
  Cancer 2004 Longstreth WT, Phillips LE, Drangsholt M, Koepsell TD, Custer BS, Gehrels JA, van Belle G
• The association between breast carcinoma and meningioma in women.
  Cancer 2002 Custer BS, Koepsell TD, Mueller BA
• What's ahead for retiree health?
  Business and health 1990 Taulbee P, Chollet D, Custer B, Miller M, Snell N, Teat T, Levin R, Wodarczyk J