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Rebecca Smith

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Ethiopia

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Chakraborty S, Black H, Hussain A, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2026). Tick-borne diseases in Illinois (USA): A retrospective case analysis. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 17(4)

Chakraborty S, Hussain A, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2026). Harnessing survey data across multiple demographic groups in Illinois to assess survey questions and reveal insights about ticks and tick-borne disease risk: a meta-comparison study. BMC public health

Chakraborty S, Hussain A, Mahakapuge TAN, Kumsa B, Sander W, Smith R. (2026). Measuring the trends in tick and tick-borne pathogen studies and their impact on tick-borne disease surveillance in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Ethiopia: a comparative analysis. Journal of medical entomology, 63(1)

Bajwa MR, Adegbole CA, Smith RL. (2026). Temporal trends of Shigella outbreaks in the United States, 2009-2022. Frontiers in public health, (14)

Dariotis JK, Eldreth DA, Xi C, Noor I, Smith RL. (2025). COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Adults, Youth, and Childcare Providers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR research protocols, (14)

Harp RD, Holcomb KM, Retkute R, Prusokiene A, Prusokas A, Ertem Z, Ajelli M, Kummer AG, Litvinova M, Merler S, Piontti APY, Poletti P, Vespignani A, Wilke ABB, Zardini A, Smith KH, Armstrong P, DeFelice N, Keyel A, Shepard J, Smith R, Tyre A, Humphreys J, Cohnstaedt LW, Hosseini S, Scoglio C, Gorris ME, Barnard M, Moser SK, Spencer JA, McCarter MSJ, Lee C, Nolan MS, Barker CM, Staples JE, Nett RJ, Johansson MA. (2025). Evaluation of the 2022 West Nile virus forecasting challenge, USA. Parasites & vectors, 18(1)

Hussain A, Varga C, Allan BF, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2025). Corrigendum to "Spatial distribution and clustering of medically important tick species in Illinois: Implications for tick-borne disease risk" [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 16 (2025) 102533]. Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Pratt A, Prezioso T, Mateus-Pinilla N, Pepin KM, Smith R. (2025). Interactions Between Humans and White-Tailed Deer in Illinois: A Cross-Sectional Survey. EcoHealth

Gieser DP, Arya AR, Smith RL, Vozenilek JA, Raman V, Handler JA. (2025). A quantitative and qualitative assessment of differential privacy's ability to support collaborative research using a real-world data analysis. JAMIA open, 8(6)

Hussain A, Varga C, Allan BF, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2025). Spatial distribution and clustering of medically important tick species in Illinois: Implications for tick-borne disease risk. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 16(5)

She B, Smith RL, Pytlarz I, Sundaram S, Paré PE. (2024). A framework for counterfactual analysis, strategy evaluation, and control of epidemics using reproduction number estimates. PLoS computational biology, 20(11)

Prezioso T, Boakes A, Wrathall J, Reger WJ, Bhowmick S, Smith RL. (2024). A network evaluation of human and animal movement data across multiple swine farm systems in North America. Preventive veterinary medicine, (234)

Farjo M, Koelle K, Martin MA, Gibson LL, Walden KKO, Rendon G, Fields CJ, Alnaji FG, Gallagher N, Luo CH, Mostafa HH, Manabe YC, Pekosz A, Smith RL, McManus DD, Brooke CB. (2024). Within-host evolutionary dynamics and tissue compartmentalization during acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of virology

Kopsco HL, Gronemeyer P, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2023). Current and Future Habitat Suitability Models for Four Ticks of Medical Concern in Illinois, USA. Insects, 14(3)

Chakraborty S, Gao S, Allan BF, Smith RL. (2023). Effects of cattle on vector-borne disease risk to humans: A systematic review. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 17(12)

Chakraborty S, Steckler TL, Gronemeyer P, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2023). Farmers' Knowledge and Practices About Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in Illinois. Journal of agromedicine

Crist SD, Kopsco H, Miller A, Gronemeyer P, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of veterinary professionals towards ticks and tick-borne diseases in Illinois. One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), (14)

Ke R, Martinez PP, Smith RL, Gibson LL, Achenbach CJ, McFall S, Qi C, Jacob J, Dembele E, Bundy C, Simons LM, Ozer EA, Hultquist JF, Lorenzo-Redondo R, Opdycke AK, Hawkins C, Murphy RL, Mirza A, Conte M, Gallagher N, Luo CH, Jarrett J, Conte A, Zhou R, Farjo M, Rendon G, Fields CJ, Wang L, Fredrickson R, Baughman ME, Chiu KK, Choi H, Scardina KR, Owens AN, Broach J, Barton B, Lazar P, Robinson ML, Mostafa HH, Manabe YC, Pekosz A, McManus DD, Brooke CB. (2022). Longitudinal Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reveals Limited Infectious Virus Shedding and Restricted Tissue Distribution. Open forum infectious diseases, 9(7)

Carson DA, Kopsco H, Gronemeyer P, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith GS, Sandstrom EN, Smith RL. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Illinois medical professionals related to ticks and tick-borne disease. One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), (15)

Maino Vieytes CA, Rodriguez-Zas SL, Madak-Erdogan Z, Smith RL, Zarins KR, Wolf GT, Rozek LS, Mondul AM, Arthur AE. (2022). Adherence to a priori-Defined Diet Quality Indices Throughout the Early Disease Course Is Associated With Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: An Application Involving Marginal Structural Models. Frontiers in nutrition, (9)

Allender MC, Adkesson MJ, Langan JN, Delk KW, Meehan T, Aitken-Palmer C, McEntire MM, Killian ML, Torchetti M, Morales SA, Austin C, Fredrickson R, Olmstead C, Ke R, Smith R, Hostnik ET, Terio K, Wang L. (2022). Multi-species outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a zoological institution, with the detection in two new families of carnivores. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(5)

Mori J, Smith RL. (2022). Risk of Legionellosis in residential areas around farms irrigating with municipal wastewater. Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis

Ranoa DRE, Holland RL, Alnaji FG, Green KJ, Wang L, Fredrickson RL, Wang T, Wong GN, Uelmen J, Maslov S, Weiner ZJ, Tkachenko AV, Zhang H, Liu Z, Ibrahim A, Patel SJ, Paul JM, Vance NP, Gulick JG, Satheesan SP, Galvan IJ, Miller A, Grohens J, Nelson TJ, Stevens MP, Hennessy PM, Parker RC Jr., Santos E, Brackett C, Steinman JD, Fenner MR Jr., Dohrer K, DeLorenzo M, Wilhelm-Barr L, Brauer BR, Best-Popescu C, Durack G, Wetter N, Kranz DM, Breitbarth J, Simpson C, Pryde JA, Kaler RN, Harris C, Vance AC, Silotto JL, Johnson M, Valera EA, Anton PK, Mwilambwe L, Bryan SP, Stone DS, Young DB, Ward WE, Lantz J, Vozenilek JA, Bashir R, Moore JS, Garg M, Cooper JC, Snyder G, Lore MH, Yocum DL, Cohen NJ, Novakofski JE, Loots MJ, Ballard RL, Band M, Banks KM, Barnes JD, Bentea I, Black J, Busch J, Conte A, Conte M, Curry M, Eardley J, Edwards A, Eggett T, Fleurimont J, Foster D, Fouke BW, Gallagher N, Gastala N, Genung SA, Glueck D, Gray B, Greta A, Healy RM, Hetrick A, Holterman AA, Ismail N, Jasenof I, Kelly P, Kielbasa A, Kiesel T, Kindle LM, Lipking RL, Manabe YC, Mayes J, McGuffin R, McHenry KG, Mirza A, Moseley J, Mostafa HH, Mumford M, Munoz K, Murray AD, Nolan M, Parikh NA, Pekosz A, Pflugmacher J, Phillips JM, Pitts C, Potter MC, Quisenberry J, Rear J, Robinson ML, Rosillo E, Rye LN, Sherwood M, Simon A, Singson JM, Skadden C, Skelton TH, Smith C, Stech M, Thomas R, Tomaszewski MA, Tyburski EA, Vanwingerden S, Vlach E, Watkins RS, Watson K, White KC, Killeen TL, Jones RJ, Cangellaris AC, Martinis SA, Vaid A, Brooke CB, Walsh JT, Elbanna A, Sullivan WC, Smith RL, Goldenfeld N, Fan TM, Hergenrother PJ, Burke MD. (2022). Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a large public university. Nature communications, 13(1)

Hatcher KM, Smith RL, Li Z, Flaws JA, Davies CR, Mahoney MM. (2022). Preliminary findings reveal that phthalate exposure is associated with both subjective and objective measures of sleep in a small population of midlife women. Maturitas, (157)

Lyons LA, Mateus-Pinilla N, Smith RL. (2022). Effects of tick surveillance education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of local health department employees. BMC public health, 22(1)

Keyel AC, Gorris ME, Rochlin I, Uelmen JA, Chaves LF, Hamer GL, Moise IK, Shocket M, Kilpatrick AM, DeFelice NB, Davis JK, Little E, Irwin P, Tyre AJ, Helm Smith K, Fredregill CL, Elison Timm O, Holcomb KM, Wimberly MC, Ward MJ, Barker CM, Rhodes CG, Smith RL. (2021). A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 15(9)

Smith RL, Gibson LL, Martinez PP, Ke R, Mirza A, Conte M, Gallagher N, Conte A, Wang L, Fredrickson R, Edmonson DC, Baughman ME, Chiu KK, Choi H, Jensen TW, Scardina KR, Bradley S, Gloss SL, Reinhart C, Yedetore J, Owens AN, Broach J, Barton B, Lazar P, Henness D, Young T, Dunnett A, Robinson ML, Mostafa HH, Pekosz A, Manabe YC, Heetderks WJ, McManus DD, Brooke CB. (2021). Longitudinal assessment of diagnostic test performance over the course of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Journal of infectious diseases

Chiang C, Pacyga DC, Strakovsky RS, Smith RL, James-Todd T, Williams PL, Hauser R, Meling DD, Li Z, Flaws JA. (2021). Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and serum hormone levels in pre- and perimenopausal women from the Midlife Women's Health Study. Environment international, (156)

Warner GR, Pacyga DC, Strakovsky RS, Smith R, James-Todd T, Williams PL, Hauser R, Meling DD, Li Z, Flaws JA. (2021). Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and hot flashes in women from an urban convenience sample of midlife women. Environmental research, (197)

Lyons LA, Brand ME, Gronemeyer P, Mateus-Pinilla N, Ruiz MO, Stone CM, Tuten HC, Smith RL. (2021). Comparing Contributions of Passive and Active Tick Collection Methods to Determine Establishment of Ticks of Public Health Concern Within Illinois. Journal of medical entomology, 58(4)

Mader EM, Ganser C, Geiger A, Harrington LC, Foley J, Smith RL, Mateus-Pinilla N, Teel PD, Eisen RJ. (2021). A Survey of Tick Surveillance and Control Practices in the United States. Journal of medical entomology, 58(4)

Smith RL, Brooke CB. (2021). Response to Bender et al. The Journal of infectious diseases, 224(11)

Dariotis JK, Sloane SM, Smith RL. (2021). "I took it off most of the time 'cause I felt comfortable": unmasking, trusted others, and lessons learned from a coronavirus disease 2019 reinfection: a case report. Journal of medical case reports, 15(1)

Smith BP, Cardoso-Mendoza E, Flaws JA, Madak-Erdogan Z, Smith RL. (2021). Racial differences in lifestyle, demographic, and health factors associated with quality of life (QoL) in midlife women. Women's midlife health, 7(1)

Richards VP, Nigsch A, Pavinski Bitar P, Sun Q, Stuber T, Ceres K, Smith RL, Robbe Austerman S, Schukken Y, Grohn YT, Stanhope MJ. (2021). Evolutionary genomic and bacteria GWAS analysis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and dairy cattle Johne's disease phenotypes. Applied and environmental microbiology

Hatcher KM, Smith RL, Chiang C, Li Z, Flaws JA, Mahoney MM. (2020). Association of phthalate exposure and endogenous hormones with self-reported sleep disruptions: results from the Midlife Women's Health Study. Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 27(11)

Mori J, Uprety S, Mao Y, Koloutsou-Vakakis S, Nguyen TH, Smith RL. (2021). Quantification and Comparison of Risks Associated with Wastewater Use in Spray Irrigation. Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 41(5)

Gutema FD, Agga GE, Makita K, Smith RL, Mourits M, Tufa TB, Leta S, Beyene TJ, Asefa Z, Urge B, Ameni G. (2020). Evaluation of the Control Options of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Frontiers in veterinary science, (7)

Uelmen JA, Irwin P, Bartlett D, Brown W, Karki S, Ruiz MO, Fraterrigo J, Li B, Smith RL. (2020). Effects of Scale on Modeling West Nile Virus Disease Risk. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 104(1)

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