Brian Custer

Biographic Data

ID5082424
NAMEBrian Custer
GIVEN NAMESBrian
FAMILY NAMECuster
SIGNATURECUSTER B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0001-6251-366X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Mortality from sickle cell disease in Brazil

    Open AccessPaula Fraiman Blatyta, Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Despite early diagnosis through neonatal screening and improved access to vaccines, antibiotics, and disease-modifying therapies, many individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) die before age 60. This study evaluated causes and independent predictors of mortality in a Brazilian SCD population using data from the multicenter REDS-III cohort [2013–2018], which included six centers. Eligible patients were randomly enrolled during routine visits. Cl…

  • Syphilis reactivity among blood donors in Brazil

    Open AccessNatalia A Braga, Sheila de Oliveira Garcia Mateos et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The prevalence of syphilis was < 3% among FTD and < 1% among RD. We found wide variability according to donor characteristics, with gender, age, race, and schooling significantly associated with prevalent and incident RPR-positive syphilis in multivariable models. Syphilis occurrence among blood donors can be used to assess disease patterns in low-risk populations

  • Does Religiosity Predict Blood Donation in Brazil

    Open AccessMiriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Thelma T Gonçalez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2022

  • Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking

    Open AccessSeon-Kyeong Jang, Luke Evans et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2022Cited by: 1References: 75

  • Characterization of HIV risks in a Brazilian sickle cell disease population

    Open AccessPaula Fraiman Blatyta, Shannon Kelly et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Besides the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV, which is now exceedingly rare, SCD and non-SCD participants demonstrated similar HIV risk behaviors. Causes other than risk behaviors such as factors inherent to SCD pathophysiology may explain the reported low prevalence of HIV in SCD

  • Comparison of the demographic and social profile of blood donors and nondonors in Brazil

    Open AccessMiriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Thelma T Gonçalez et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2018Cited by: 1References: 1

    Population-based studies on blood donation prevalence and its association with sociodemographic and behavioural factors are scarce, but remain the best approach to assess correlates of donation, including those which could be the target for donor recruitment campaigns. This study describes the population of primary healthcare users from the public system in a medium-sized Brazilian municipality to investigate the association of blood donation pra…

  • Recent viral infection in US blood donors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)

    Open AccessFarnaz Vahidnia, Susan L Stramer et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2016