Publications

theobald smith--the discoverer of ticks as vectors of disease.	the cause of texas fever in cattle, which is characterised by lysis of erythrocytes leading to anaemia, icterus, haemoglobinuria, and death, remained unsolved for many decades and assorted theories were proposed as an explanation for a disease being transmitted by apparently healthy animals. from 1889 to 1893, theobald smith and frederick l. kilbourne could demonstrate in elegantly conducted experiments how the disease was spread from cattle to cattle by ticks serving as the vector of transmissi ...	2002	12422586
transmission of babesia microti by blood transfusion in texas.	in the usa, seasonal tickborne transmission of babesia microti occurs in the northeast and upper midwest. a resident of texas became infected through a red blood cell transfusion from an asymptomatic local donor who had summered in massachusetts. the patient's infection was diagnosed by blood smear examination in january, 7 weeks post-transfusion. he died 1 week later from variceal haemorrhage complicated by haemolysis. premortem patient specimens and archived blood from the donor unit tested po ...	2008	19138264