Elizabeth Hilborn
Emerging infections, One health, Harmful algal blooms, Vector-borne disease, Waterborne disease, Environmental health, Climate and health
Works (74)
2024 article
Epidemiologic and clinical features of cyanobacteria harmful algal bloom exposures reported to the National Poison Data System, United States, 2010–2022: a descriptive analysis
Bloch, R. A., Beuhler, M. C., Hilborn, E. D., Faulkner, G., & Rhea, S. (2024, October 5). Environmental Health, Vol. 23.
2023 article
Geographic Variability, Seasonality, and Increase in ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Harmful Blue-Green Algae Calls—United States and Canada, 2010–2022
Bloch, R. A., Faulkner, G., Hilborn, E. D., Wismer, T., Martin, N., & Rhea, S. (2023, August 15). Toxins, Vol. 15, p. 505.
Contributors: R. Bloch n , G. Faulkner n, n , T. Wismer *, N. Martin * & S. Rhea n
2021 article
Acute health effects associated with satellite-determined cyanobacterial blooms in a drinking water source in Massachusetts
Wu, J., Hilborn, E. D., Schaeffer, B. A., Urquhart, E., Coffer, M. M., Lin, C. J., & Egorov, A. I. (2021, July 16). Environmental Health.
2020 article
Associations Between Dust Storms and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000–2015
Rublee, C. S., Sorensen, C. J., Lemery, J., Wade, T. J., Sams, E. A., Hilborn, E. D., & Crooks, J. L. (2020, June 29). GeoHealth.
2020 article
Environmental risk factors associated with pulmonary isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria, a population-based study in the southeastern United States
DeFlorio-Barker, S., Egorov, A., Smith, G. S., Murphy, M. S., Stout, J. E., Ghio, A. J., … Hilborn, E. D. (2020, December 18). The Science of The Total Environment.
2020 article
Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water — California, Maine, and Minnesota, 2018–2019
Esschert, K. L. V., Mattioli, M. C., Hilborn, E. D., Roberts, V. A., Yu, A. T., Lamba, K., … Hlavsa, M. C. (2020, June 25). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2020 article
Surveillance for Harmful Algal Bloom Events and Associated Human and Animal Illnesses — One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System, United States, 2016–2018
Roberts, V. A., Vigar, M., Backer, L., Veytsel, G. E., Hilborn, E. D., Hamelin, E. I., … Yoder, J. S. (2020, December 17). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2019 article
Application of diagnostic criteria for non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease to a case series of mycobacterial-positive isolates
Ghio, A. J., Smith, G. S., DeFlorio-Barker, S., Messier, K. P., Hudgens, E., Murphy, M. S., … Hilborn, E. D. (2019, November 15). Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
2019 article
Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastrointestinal Illness After a Major Water Pipe Break in 2010
Lin, C. J., Richardson, D. B., Hilborn, E. D., Weinberg, H., Engel, L. S., & Wade, T. J. (2019, August 15). Epidemiology.
2018 article
Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water — United States, 2000–2014
Hlavsa, M. C., Cikesh, B. L., Roberts, V. A., Kahler, A. M., Vigar, M., Hilborn, E. D., … Yoder, J. S. (2018, May 17). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2018 article
Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water — United States, 2000–2014
Graciaa, D. S., Cope, J. R., Roberts, V. A., Cikesh, B. L., Kahler, A. M., Vigar, M., … Hlavsa, M. C. (2018, June 28). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2017 article
Erratum: “Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness: Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2006–2007”
Jagai, J. S., DeFlorio-Barker, S., Lin, C. J., Hilborn, E. D., & Wade, T. J. (2017, December 21). Erratum: “Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness: Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2006–2007.” Environmental Health Perspectives.
2017 article
Extreme precipitation and emergency room visits for influenza in Massachusetts: a case-crossover analysis
Smith, G. S., Messier, K. P., Crooks, J. L., Wade, T. J., Lin, C. J., & Hilborn, E. D. (2017, October 17). Environmental Health.
2017 article
Indices of iron homeostasis correlate with airway obstruction in an NHANES III cohort
Ghio, A., & Hilborn, E. (2017, July 1). International Journal of COPD.
2017 article
Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness: Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2006–2007
Jagai, J. S., DeFlorio-Barker, S., Lin, C. J., Hilborn, E. D., & Wade, T. J. (2017, November 1). Environmental Health Perspectives.
2017 article
Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2013–2014
Benedict, K. M., Reses, H., Vigar, M., Roth, D. M., Roberts, V. A., Mattioli, M., … Hill, V. R. (2017, November 9). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2017 article
Temporal and Environmental Factors Driving Vibrio Vulnificus and V. Parahaemolyticus Populations and Their Associations With Harmful Algal Blooms in South Carolina Detention Ponds and Receiving Tidal Creeks
Greenfield, D. I., Moore, J. G., Stewart, J. R., Hilborn, E. D., George, B. J., Li, Q., … Sandifer, P. A. (2017, November 1). GeoHealth.
2017 article
Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated With Environmental and Undetermined Exposures to Water — United States, 2013–2014
McClung, R. P., Roth, D. M., Vigar, M., Roberts, V. A., Kahler, A. M., Cooley, L. A., … Hill, V. R. (2017, November 9). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2017 article
Waterborne disease outbreaks associated with environmental and undetermined exposures to water — United States, 2013-2014
McClung, R. P., Roth, D. M., Vigar, M., Roberts, V. A., Kahler, A. M., Cooley, L. A., … Hill, V. R. (2017, December 23). American Journal of Transplantation.
2016 article
Cyanotoxins in inland lakes of the United States: Occurrence and potential recreational health risks in the EPA National Lakes Assessment 2007
Loftin, K. A., Graham, J. L., Hilborn, E. D., Lehmann, S. C., Meyer, M. T., Dietze, J. E., & Griffith, C. B. (2016, May 26). Harmful Algae.
2016 article
Epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolations among central North Carolina residents, 2006–2010
Smith, G. S., Ghio, A. J., Stout, J. E., Messier, K. P., Hudgens, E. E., Murphy, M. S., … Hilborn, E. D. (2016, March 18). Journal of Infection.
2016 article
The Association between Dust Storms and Daily Non-Accidental Mortality in the United States, 1993–2005
Crooks, J. L., Cascio, W. E., Percy, M. S., Reyes, J., Neas, L. M., & Hilborn, E. D. (2016, January 1).
2015 article
A Prospective Study of Marine Phytoplankton and Reported Illness Among Recreational Beachgoers in Puerto Rico, 2009
Lin, C. J., Wade, T. J., Sams, E. A., Dufour, A. P., Chapman, A. D., & Hilborn, E. D. (2015, September 18). Environmental Health Perspectives.
2015 article
Environmental influences on the seasonal distribution ofVibrio parahaemolyticusin the Pacific Northwest of the USA
Paranjpye, R. N., Nilsson, W. B., Liermann, M., Hilborn, E. D., George, B. J., Li, Q., … Sandifer, P. A. (2015, October 9). FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
2015 article
Environmental risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data
KRUEGER, W. S., HILBORN, E. D., CONVERSE, R. R., & WADE, T. J. (2015, January 16). Epidemiology and Infection.
2015 article
Epidemiology and Ecology of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens: Legionella pneumophila , Mycobacterium avium , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Falkinham, J. O., Hilborn, E. D., Arduino, M. J., Pruden, A., & Edwards, M. A. (2015, March 20). Environmental Health Perspectives.
2015 article
Extreme Precipitation and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness in Areas with and without Combined Sewer Systems: An Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2003–2007
Jagai, J. S., Li, Q., Wang, S., Messier, K. P., Wade, T. J., & Hilborn, E. D. (2015, April 9). Environmental Health Perspectives.
2015 article
Flooding and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Case-Crossover Analysis
Lin, C., Wade, T., & Hilborn, E. (2015, June 17). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
2015 article
One Health and Cyanobacteria in Freshwater Systems: Animal Illnesses and Deaths Are Sentinel Events for Human Health Risks
Hilborn, E., & Beasley, V. (2015, April 20). Toxins.
2015 article
Outbreaks Associated With Environmental and Undetermined Water Exposures — United States, 2011–2012
Beer, K. D., Gargano, J. W., Roberts, V. A., Reses, H. E., Hill, V. R., Garrison, L. E., … Yoder, J. S. (2015, August 12). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2015 journal article
Outbreaks of Illness Associated with Recreational Water--United States, 2011-2012.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4584744
2015 article
Self‐Reported Acute Health Effects and Exposure to Companion Animals
Krueger, W. S., Hilborn, E. D., Dufour, A. P., Sams, E. A., & Wade, T. J. (2015, October 30). Zoonoses and Public Health.
2015 article
Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2011–2012
Beer, K. D., Gargano, J. W., Roberts, V. A., Hill, V. R., Garrison, L. E., Kutty, P. K., … Yoder, J. S. (2015, August 12). MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
2015 article
The Risk of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Dialysate: What Do We Know?
Hilborn, E. D., & Ward, R. A. (2015, August 19). Seminars in Dialysis.
2014 journal article
Algal bloom-associated disease outbreaks among users of freshwater lakes--United States, 2009-2010.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5779332
2014 article
Drinking water source and human Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data
Krueger, W. S., Hilborn, E. D., Converse, R. R., & Wade, T. J. (2014, July 10). BMC Public Health.
2014 article
Effect of microcystin-LR on human placental villous trophoblast differentiationin vitro
Douglas, G. C., Thirkill, T. L., Kumar, P., Loi, M., & Hilborn, E. D. (2014, October 27). Environmental Toxicology.
2014 article
Flooding and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness in Massachusetts: A Case-Crossover Study
Wade, T. J., Lin, C. J., Jagai, J. S., & Hilborn, E. D. (2014, October 17). PLoS ONE.
2014 article
Landscape risk factors for Lyme disease in the eastern broadleaf forest province of the Hudson River valley and the effect of explanatory data classification resolution
Messier, K. P., Jackson, L. E., White, J. L., & Hilborn, E. D. (2014, October 22). Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology.
2014 journal article
Recreational water-associated disease outbreaks--United States, 2009-2010.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5779330
2013 article
Shared Mycobacterium avium Genotypes Observed among Unlinked Clinical and Environmental Isolates
Dirac, M. A., Weigel, K. M., Yakrus, M. A., Becker, A. L., Chen, H.-L., Fridley, G., … Cangelosi, G. A. (2013, July 13). Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
2013 report
State of the Science and Research Needs for Opportunistic Pathogens in Premise Plumbing
https://www.waterrf.org/research/projects/state-science-and-research-needs-opportunistic-pathogens-premise-plumbing
2013 article
Sublethal Microcystin Exposure and Biochemical Outcomes among Hemodialysis Patients
Hilborn, E. D., Soares, R. M., Servaites, J. C., Delgado, A. G., Magalhães, V. F., Carmichael, W. W., & Azevedo, S. M. F. O. (2013, July 24). PLoS ONE.
2013 journal article
Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water and other nonrecreational water - United States, 2009-2010.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4585624
2011 article
Repeated holdout cross-validation of model to estimate risk of Lyme disease by landscape characteristics
Hilborn, E. D., Catanzaro, D. G., & Jackson, L. E. (2011, June 1). International Journal of Environmental Health Research.
2011 journal article
Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks and other health events associated with recreational water --- United States, 2007--2008.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Surveillance Summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002).
2011 journal article
Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water---United States, 2007--2008.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Surveillance Summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002).
2010 chapter
Environment and Lyme Disease Risk
In Handbook of Disease Outbreaks: Prevention, Detection and Control. http://www.novapublishers.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19167
2009 article
Structural Analysis of Biofilm Formation by Rapidly and Slowly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Williams, M. M., Yakrus, M. A., Arduino, M. J., Cooksey, R. C., Crane, C. B., Banerjee, S. N., … Donlan, R. M. (2009, February 7). Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
2008 article
Ecosystem Effects Workgroup Report
Ibelings, B. W., Fournie, J. W., Hilborn, E. D., Codd, G. A., Coveney, M., Dyble, J., … Hilborn, E. D. (2008, January 1). Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
2008 article
Human Health Effects Workgroup Report
Hilborn, E. D., Fournie, J. W., Azevedo, S. M. F. O., Chernoff, N., Falconer, I. R., Hooth, M. J., … Shaw, G. R. (2008, January 1). Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
2008 article
Molecular Comparison of Mycobacterium avium Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources
Hilborn, E. D., Yakrus, M. A., Covert, T. C., Harris, S. I., Donnelly, S. F., Schmitt, M. T., … Stelma, G. N. (2008, June 7). Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
2008 article
Particulate Matter in Cigarette Smoke Alters Iron Homeostasis to Produce a Biological Effect
Ghio, A. J., Hilborn, E. D., Stonehuerner, J. G., Dailey, L. A., Carter, J. D., Richards, J. H., … Pinkerton, K. E. (2008, August 21). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
2007 article
Serologic evaluation of human microcystin exposure
Hilborn, E. D., Carmichael, W. W., Soares, R. M., Yuan, M., Servaites, J. C., Barton, H. A., & Azevedo, S. M. F. O. (2007, August 14). Environmental Toxicology.
2006 article
A comparison of analysis units for associating Lyme disease with forest-edge habitat
Jackson, L., Levine, J., & Hilborn, E. (2006, December 1). Community Ecology, Vol. 7, pp. 189–197.
2006 article
Microcystin analysis in human sera and liver from human fatalities in Caruaru, Brazil 1996
Yuan, M., Carmichael, W. W., & Hilborn, E. D. (2006, August 1). Toxicon.
2006 article
Persistence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Drinking Water System after Addition of Filtration Treatment
Hilborn, E. D., Covert, T. C., Yakrus, M. A., Harris, S. I., Donnelly, S. F., Rice, E. W., … Stelma, G. N. (2006, September 1). Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
2006 article
Sublethal exposure from microcystins to renal insufficiency patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Soares, R. M., Yuan, M., Servaites, J. C., Delgado, A., Magalhães, V. F., Hilborn, E. D., … Azevedo, S. M. F. O. (2006, March 9). Environmental Toxicology.
2006 article
Towards landscape design guidelines for reducing Lyme disease risk
Jackson, L. E., Hilborn, E. D., & Thomas, J. C. (2006, January 4). International Journal of Epidemiology.
2005 article
A simple colorimetric method to detect biological evidence of human exposure to microcystins
Hilborn, E. D., Carmichael, W. W., Yuan, M., & Azevedo, S. M. F. O. (2005, June 17). Toxicon.
2004 article
A Dried Blood Spot Method to Evaluate Cholinesterase Activity in Young Children
Hilborn, E. D., & Padilla, S. (2004, September 1). Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal.
2003 article
Methods for Conducting a Field Study of Young Children
Hilborn, E., Walsh, D., Mendola, P., & Royster, M. (2003, January 1). Journal of Children s Health, Vol. 1, pp. 499–511.
2002 article
A pilot study of global positioning system/geographical information system measurement of residential proximity to agricultural fields and urinary organophosphate metabolite concentrations in toddlers
ROYSTER, M. I. C. H. A. E. L. O., HILBORN, E. L. I. Z. A. B. E. T. H. D., BARR, D. A. N. A., CARTY, C. A. R. A. L., RHONEY, S. C. O. T. T., & WALSH, D. E. B. R. A. (2002, November 1). Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
2002 article
Phthalate Monoesters Levels in the Urine of Young Children
Brock, J. W., Caudill, S. P., Silva, M. J., Needham, L. L., & Hilborn, E. D. (2002, March 1). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
2002 journal article
Survey of U.S. Public Health Laboratories: Microbial Pathogens of the Contaminant Candidate List
Journal of the American Water Works Association, 94(6), 88–96. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41298366
2001 article
Improving waterborne disease outbreak investigations
Craun, G. F., Frost, F. J., Calderon, R. L., Hilborn, E. D., Fox, K. R., Reasoner, D. J., … Dufour, A. P. (2001, September 1). International Journal of Environmental Health Research.
2000 article
An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157[ratio ]H7 infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with consumption of unpasteurized apple cider
HILBORN, E. D., MSHAR, P. A., FIORENTINO, T. R., DEMBEK, Z. F., BARRETT, T. J., HOWARD, R. T., & CARTTER, M. L. (2000, February 1). Epidemiology and Infection.
1999 article
A Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Associated With Consumption of Mesclun Lettuce
Hilborn, E. D., Mermin, J. H., Mshar, P. A., Hadler, J. L., Voetsch, A., Wojtkunski, C., … Slutsker, L. (1999, August 9). Archives of Internal Medicine.
1998 journal article
Statewide surveillance for ehrlichiosis--Connecticut and New York, 1994-1997.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
1997 journal article
Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection and cryptosporidiosis associated with drinking unpasteurized apple cider--Connecticut and New York, October 1996.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
1996 journal article
Human rabies--Connecticut, 1995.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
1996 journal article
Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease--United States.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
article
Chapter 26: Human Health Effects Workgroup Report
Hilborn, E. D., Fournie, J. W., Workgroup, M. S., Azevedo, R. M., Chernoff, N., Falconer, I. R., … Shaw, G. R. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summarydoi%3D10.1.1.326.3498
article
www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article Flooding and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Case-Crossover Analysis
Lin, C. J., Wade, T. J., & Hilborn, E. D. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summarydoi%3D10.1.1.696.8105
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