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ReviewTrends in parasitology2026

Babesia microti: Breaking the culture barrier.

Pratap Vydyam, Divya Beri, Cheryl A Lobo

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pratap VydyamLaboratory of Blood-Borne Parasites, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, Rye, NY, USA.
Divya BeriLaboratory of Blood-Borne Parasites, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, Rye, NY, USA.
Cheryl A LoboLaboratory of Blood-Borne Parasites, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, Rye, NY, USA. Electronic address: CLobo@nybc.org.

Funding

Sickle cell bone marrow niche and regulation of platelet activation and erythropoiesisP01HL149626 · NHLBI · NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER · PI Karina Yazdanbakhsh · 2020 to 2026
$24.4M
Designing a Robust Platform for the In vitro Propagation of Babesia Microti in Human RBCsR61AI187095 · NIAID · NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER · PI Cheryl Ann Lobo · 2025 to 2026
$854k
Structural and Functional Alteration of host RBCs by BabesiaK99AI182422 · NIAID · NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER · PI Divya Beri · 2025 to 2026
$269k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL149626NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI182422NIAID NIH HHS R61 AI187095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Babesia microti poses a significant threat to human health, underscoring the need for an improved in vitro culture system to reduce reliance on animal models and support drug and vaccine screening. Key challenges include the tropism of preferential host red blood cells (RBCs), parasite metabolic needs, culture medium formulation, and optimization of the microaerophilic environment (oxygenation).

Indexed as

Babesia microtiBabesiosisAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCulture MediaErythrocytesHumansCulture MediaBabesia microticulture medium formulationshuman erythrocyte subpopulationsin vitro culturemicroaerophilic conditions

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PMID42236358
PMCPMC13267015

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