Elizabeth Hilborn

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3035-3101

Emerging infections, One health, Harmful algal blooms, Waterborne disease, Lyme disease, Environmental health

Works (72)

2021 journal article

Acute health effects associated with satellite-determined cyanobacterial blooms in a drinking water source in Massachusetts

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, 20(1).

author keywords: Remote sensing; Drinking water; Human illness; Cyanobacteria; Harmful algal blooms; Satellite imagery; Respiratory; Gastrointestinal; Dermal
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: July 26, 2021

2021 journal article

Environmental risk factors associated with pulmonary isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria, a population-based study in the southeastern United States

author keywords: Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria; Southeastern United States; Hydric soil; Acidic soil
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2020 journal article

Associations Between Dust Storms and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000–2015

GeoHealth, 4(8).

By: C. Rublee*, C. Sorensen*, J. Lemery*, T. Wade*, E. Sams*, E. Hilborn, J. Crooks*

author keywords: climate change</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; dust storm</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; health care utilization</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; health</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; respiratory</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>; critical care</AUTHOR_KEYWORD>
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2020 journal article

Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water - California, Maine, and Minnesota, 2018-2019.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2020 journal article

Surveillance for Harmful Algal Bloom Events and Associated Human and Animal Illnesses - One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System, United States, 2016-2018.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2019 journal article

Application of diagnostic criteria for non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease to a case series of mycobacterial-positive isolates

author keywords: Mycobacterium avium complex; Environmental mycobacteria; Lung diseases
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2019 journal article

Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastrointestinal Illness After a Major Water Pipe Break in 2010.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.).

author keywords: Acute gastrointestinal illness; Case-crossover study; Drinking water; Emergency department; Gastroenteritis; Water supply
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2018 journal article

Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water - United States, 2000-2014.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2018 journal article

Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water - United States, 2000-2014.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2018 journal article

Waterborne disease outbreaks associated with environmental and undetermined exposures to water - United States, 2013-2014.

American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

By: R. McClung*, D. Roth*, M. Vigar*, V. Roberts*, A. Kahler*, L. Cooley*, E. Hilborn, T. Wade* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Erratum: "Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness: Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2006-2007".

Environmental Health Perspectives.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Extreme precipitation and emergency room visits for influenza in Massachusetts: a case-crossover analysis

Environmental Health : a Global Access Science Source.

By: G. Smith*, K. Messier*, J. Crooks*, T. Wade*, C. Lin* & E. Hilborn

author keywords: Climate; Precipitation; Rainfall; Extreme weather; Influenza; Flu
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Indices of iron homeostasis correlate with airway obstruction in an NHANES III cohort.

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

author keywords: iron; ferritins; respiratory function tests; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; spirometry; vital capacity; forced expiratory volume
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Emergency Room Visits for Gastrointestinal Illness: Analysis of Massachusetts Data, 2006-2007.

Environmental Health Perspectives.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water - United States, 2013-2014.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal 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

By: D. Greenfield*, J. Moore*, J. Stewart*, E. Hilborn, B. George*, Q. Li*, J. Dickerson*, C. Keppler*, P. Sandifer*

author keywords: Vibrio; harmful algal blooms; stormwater ponds; South Carolina; phytoplankton
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2017 journal article

Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated With Environmental and Undetermined Exposures to Water - United States, 2013-2014.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2016 journal article

Cyanotoxins in inland lakes of the United States: Occurrence and potential recreational health risks in the EPA National Lakes Assessment 2007

author keywords: Cyanotoxins; Microcystins; Cylindrospermopsins; Saxitoxins; Cyanobacteria
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2016 journal article

Epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolations among central North Carolina residents, 2006–2010

The Journal of Infection.

author keywords: Nontuberculous; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium complex; Environmental mycobacteria; Epidemiology; Isolation prevalence; Human
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2016 journal article

The Association between Dust Storms and Daily Non-Accidental Mortality in the United States, 1993–2005

By: J. Crooks, W. Cascio, M. Percy*, J. Reyes*, L. Neas & E. Hilborn

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

A Prospective Study of Marine Phytoplankton and Reported Illness Among Recreational Beachgoers in Puerto Rico, 2009.

Environmental Health Perspectives.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Environmental influences on the seasonal distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

author keywords: pathogens; Vibrio; HABS; microbial ecology
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Environmental risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data

Epidemiology and Infection.

By: W. Krueger*, E. Hilborn, R. Converse* & T. Wade*

author keywords: Environmental exposure; Helicobacter pylori; nutrition surveys; seroepidemiological studies; seroprevalence
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Epidemiology and Ecology of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens: Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Environmental Health Perspectives.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal 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.

Environmental Health Perspectives.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Flooding and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Case-Crossover Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

By: C. Lin*, T. Wade* & E. Hilborn

author keywords: epidemiology; Clostridium difficile; community-associated; flooding; case-crossover
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal 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

By: K. Messier*, L. Jackson*, J. White* & E. Hilborn

author keywords: Land use; Landcover; Lyme disease; Landscape design; Negative binomial regression; New York
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

One Health and Cyanobacteria in Freshwater Systems: Animal Illnesses and Deaths Are Sentinel Events for Human Health Risks

By: E. Hilborn & V. Beasley*

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Outbreaks Associated With Environmental and Undetermined Water Exposures - United States, 2011-2012.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Self-Reported Acute Health Effects and Exposure to Companion Animals

Zoonoses and Public Health.

By: W. Krueger*, E. Hilborn, A. Dufour*, E. Sams* & T. Wade*

author keywords: Pets; acute disease; signs and symptoms; zoonotic diseases; allergy
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water - United States, 2011-2012.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2015 journal article

The Risk of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Dialysate: What Do We Know?

Seminars in Dialysis.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2014 journal article

Drinking water source and human Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data.

BMC Public Health.

author keywords: Nutrition surveys; Toxoplasma; Drinking water; Water wells; Cross-sectional studies
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2014 journal article

Effect of microcystin-LR on human placental villous trophoblast differentiation in vitro.

Environmental Toxicology.

author keywords: microcystin; human; in vitro; placenta; human chorionic gonadotropin
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2014 journal article

Flooding and emergency room visits for gastrointestinal illness in Massachusetts: a case-crossover study.

PloS One.

By: T. Wade*, C. Lin*, J. Jagai* & E. Hilborn

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2014 journal article

Recreational water-associated disease outbreaks--United States, 2009-2010.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5779330

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2013 journal article

Shared Mycobacterium avium genotypes observed among unlinked clinical and environmental isolates.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2013 journal article

Sublethal microcystin exposure and biochemical outcomes among hemodialysis patients.

PloS One.

By: E. Hilborn, R. Soares*, J. Servaites*, A. Delgado*, V. Magalhães*, W. Carmichael*, S. Azevedo*

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2012 journal article

Repeated holdout cross-validation of model to estimate risk of Lyme disease by landscape characteristics

By: E. Hilborn, D. Catanzaro* & L. Jackson*

author keywords: repeated holdout; cross validation; Lyme disease; landscape characterization; model validation
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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).

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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).

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2009 journal article

Structural analysis of biofilm formation by rapidly and slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2008 journal article

Ecosystem Effects Workgroup report.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2008 journal article

Human Health Effects Workgroup report.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2008 journal article

Molecular comparison of Mycobacterium avium isolates from clinical and environmental sources.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2008 journal article

Particulate matter in cigarette smoke alters iron homeostasis to produce a biological effect.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

author keywords: smoking; ferritin; oxidants; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2007 journal article

Serologic evaluation of human microcystin exposure

Environmental Toxicology.

By: E. Hilborn, W. Carmichael*, R. Soares*, M. Yuan*, J. Servaites*, H. Barton*, S. Azevedo*

author keywords: microcystins; human serum; toxicokinetics; MMPB; 2-methyl-3-methoxy-4-phenylbutyric acid
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2006 journal article

A comparison of analysis units for associating Lyme disease with forest-edge habitat

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, 7(2), 189–197.

By: L. Jackson*, J. Levine & E. Hilborn

author keywords: fragmentation; landscape; Maryland; modifiable areal unit problem; negative binomial model; roads; scale; spatial autocorrelation
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

Microcystin analysis in human sera and liver from human fatalities in Caruaru, Brazil 1996.

Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology.

author keywords: cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; human poisoning; microcystins
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2006 journal article

Persistence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in a drinking water system after addition of filtration treatment.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2006 journal article

Sublethal exposure from microcystins to renal insufficiency patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Environmental Toxicology.

author keywords: microcystins; cyanobacteria; serum; renal dialysis
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2006 journal article

Towards landscape design guidelines for reducing Lyme disease risk

International Journal of Epidemiology.

By: L. Jackson*, E. Hilborn & J. Thomas

author keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi; ecology; ecological design; GIS; Ixodes scapularis; landscape design; landscape ecology; Maryland
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2005 journal article

A simple colorimetric method to detect biological evidence of human exposure to microcystins.

Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology.

author keywords: microcystins; human exposure; immunoassay; ELISA
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2004 journal article

A dried blood spot method to evaluate cholinesterase activity in young children.

Archives of Environmental Health.

author keywords: children; cholinesterase; field study methods; pesticide exposure
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2003 journal article

Methods for Conducting a Field Study of Young Children

Journal of Children's Health, 1(4), 499–511.

By: E. Hilborn, D. Walsh*, P. Mendola* & M. Royster*

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2002 journal 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.

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology.

author keywords: agriculture; children; environment; GPS/GIS; organophosphates; pesticides
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2002 journal article

Phthalate monoesters levels in the urine of young children.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

By: E. Hilborn, M. Royster & D. Drabkowski

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2001 journal article

Improving waterborne disease outbreak investigations.

International Journal of Environmental Health Research.

author keywords: waterborne outbreaks; recall bias; misclassification bias
Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

2000 journal article

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157[ratio ]H7 infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with consumption of unpasteurized apple cider

Epidemiology and Infection.

By: E. Hilborn, P. Mshar, T. Fiorentino, Z. Dembek, T. Barrett, R. Howard, M. Cartter

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

1999 journal article

A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of mesclun lettuce.

Archives of Internal Medicine.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

1998 journal article

Statewide surveillance for ehrlichiosis--Connecticut and New York, 1994-1997.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

1996 journal article

Human rabies--Connecticut, 1995.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

1996 journal article

Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease--United States.

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

By: E. Hilborn, J. Fournie, M. Workgroup, R. Azevedo, N. Chernoff, I. Falconer, M. Hooth, K. Jensen ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

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

By: C. Lin, T. Wade & E. Hilborn

Source: ORCID
Added: December 30, 2022

Employment

2008 - present

North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Raleigh, NC, US
Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Population Health and Pathobiology

1997 - present

United States Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park Campus Durham, NC, US
Epidemiologist Public Health Environmental Systems Division

1995 - 1997

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, US
Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellow Epidemiology Program Office

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, US
Master of Public Health

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, US
BS Biology