Selected Publications

Qianxuan She, Lakshmi Srinivasan, Erin Theiller, Bianca E Galis, T’Nia Napper, Andries Feder, Alex Arvanitis, Steven M Jones, Ericka Hayes, Karen M Puopolo, Robert N Baldassano, Michael Z David, Susan E Coffin, Kathleen A Gibbs, Kenneth Smith, Rebecca M Harris, Joseph P Zackular, Ahmed M Moustafa, Paul J Planet: Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit predicts invasive infection. Nature Communications February 2026.

Logan Grimes, Jeffrey Fink, Mike Elkan, Jessica Llewellyn, Rose C Patrick, Ana Luiza Jernigan, Benjamin M Lui, Kenneth P Smith, Rebecca M Harris, Erika Hayes, Robert F Potter: Identifying intra-hospital Norovirus GII transmission using whole-genome sequencing. Genome Medicine 2026.

Kenneth P Smith, Nicole A Loeven, Jeffrey Fink, Michael Elkan, Kevin Weller, Rebecca M Harris: Single-sample confirmation of positive gonorrhea and chlamydia results using the Roche cobas CT/NG and Cepheid Xpert CT/NG assays. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 10(6), November 2025.

Ariel J Hernandez-Leyva, Anne L Rosen, Christopher P Tomera, Elaina E Lin, Elikplim H Akaho, Allison M Blatz, William R Otto, Joey Logan, Lisa R Young, Rebecca M Harris, Samantha A Whiteside, Andrew L Kau, Audrey R Odom John: Upper and lower airway microbiota across infancy and childhood. Pediatric Research 98: 1449-1459, March 2025.

Teresa K Yamana, Swetha Rajagopal, Donald C Hall Jr, Ahmed M Moustafa, Andries Feder, Azad Ahmed, Colleen Bianco, Rebecca Harris, Susan Coffin, Amy E Campbell, Sen Pei, Joshua Chang Mell, Paul J Planet, Jeffrey Shaman: A two-variant model of SARS-COV-2 transmission: estimating the characteristics of a newly emerging strain. BMC Infectious Diseases 24(1): 938, September 2024.

Kathleen Chiotos, Giyoung Lee, Guy Sydney, Charlotte Woods-Hill, Heather Wolfe, Hannah R. Stinson, Joseph Piccione, Jennifer Blumenthal, Garrett Keim, Danielle Traynor, Aaditya Dudhia, Ashley Doll, Rebecca M. Harris, Jeffrey Gerber: Impact of a tracheal aspirate culture diagnostic test stewardship intervention in a tertiary care PICU. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 45(8): 943-951, August 2024.

Srushti Patel, Pierre Russo, Rebecca M. Harris, Kelly Maurer, Lijuan Hao, Rachell Suzanne Beard, Ludmila Perelygina, Kathleen E Sullivan: Surveillance for rubella virus in samples obtained from non-immunodeficient individuals. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 35(1), January 2024.

Eimear Kitt, Hee-won Yoon, Courtney E. Comar, Kenneth P. Smith, Rebecca Harris, Mathew D. Esona, Rashi Gautam, Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic, Amy Hopkins, Jose Jaimes, Lori K. Handy : Genotypic Investigation of a Rotavirus Cluster at a Quaternary Pediatric Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 44(10): 1680-1682, October 2023.

Jameson Dowling, Sarah Smathers, Daphne Werz, Kenneth Smith, Rebecca Harris, Cecelia Harrison, Julia Sammons, Ericka Hayes: Persistent Increased Invasive Pediatric Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) Infections with Correlated Increase in Superficial Infection and Pharyngitis (Poster). IDWeek - Boston, Massachusetts October 2023.

Catherine A Chapin, Tamir Diamond, Rebecca M Harris, Olivia Vaccaro, Kathleen Loomes, Estella M Alonso, Edward M Behrens: Adenovirus is not detected in liver tissue from a historical multicenter cohort of children with acute liver failure Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 77(3): 393-395, September 2023.