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Last published 2025
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Sarah Sylvester

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Assistant Professor

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

3 h-index 11 pubs 47 cited

  • Female
  • Virus Shedding
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • BK Virus
  • DNA, Viral
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • JC Virus
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Polyomavirus
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
  • Prospective Studies
  • Tumor Virus Infections

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Biography and Research Information

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Sarah Sylvester's research program focuses on viral infections and their impact on human health, with a particular emphasis on polyomaviruses and their shedding patterns during pregnancy. Her work includes a prospective longitudinal study investigating the dynamics of pregnancy-associated polyomavirus urinary excretion. Sylvester also contributes to clinical research in pediatrics, examining infectious disease diagnostics and management. Recent publications include a study on improving pediatric Clostridioides difficile testing practices and case reports on perinatal stroke and invasive Group A Streptococcus infection in infants. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 3, with 11 total publications and 47 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 11
  • Citations: 47

Selected Publications

  • Perinatal Stroke Presenting as Arm Swelling: A Case Report (2025)
    Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine DOI OpenAlex
  • Improving Pediatric Clostridioides difficile Testing Practices: Implementation of a 2-Tier Diagnostic Pathway (2023)
    JAP Academy Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • An unexpected complication of prophylactic enoxaparin in an adolescent female (2023)
    JAP Academy Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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