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Susan Burns
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 8
Citations - 730
Susan Burns is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Indicator bacteria. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications receiving 682 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan Burns include California Health and Human Services Agency.
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Water quality indicators and the risk of illness at beaches with nonpoint sources of fecal contamination.
John M. Colford,Timothy J. Wade,Kenneth Schiff,Catherine C. Wright,John F. Griffith,Sukhminder K. Sandhu,Susan Burns,Mark D. Sobsey,Greg L. Lovelace,Stephen B. Weisberg +9 more
TL;DR: Traditional fecal indicators currently used to monitor these beaches were not associated with health risks, and a need for alternative indicators of water quality where nonpoint sources are dominant fecal contributors is suggested.
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Using rapid indicators for Enterococcus to assess the risk of illness after exposure to urban runoff contaminated marine water
John M. Colford,Kenneth Schiff,John F. Griffith,Vince Yau,Benjamin F. Arnold,Catherine C. Wright,Joshua S. Gruber,Timothy J. Wade,Susan Burns,Jacqueline M. Hayes,Charles D. McGee,Mark Gold,Yiping Cao,Rachel T. Noble,Richard A. Haugland,Stephen B. Weisberg +15 more
TL;DR: Different relationships under different conditions at a single beach demonstrate the difficulties using these indicators to predict health risk.
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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of In-Home Drinking Water Intervention to Reduce Gastrointestinal Illness
John M. Colford,Timothy J. Wade,Timothy J. Wade,Sukhminder K. Sandhu,Sukhminder K. Sandhu,Catherine C. Wright,Sherline Lee,Susan Shaw,Kim R. Fox,Susan Burns,Anne Benker,M. Alan Brookhart,Mark J. van der Laan,Deborah A. Levy +13 more
TL;DR: No reduction in gastrointestinal illness was detected after in-home use of a device designed to be highly effective in removing microorganisms from water.
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Participant blinding and gastrointestinal illness in a randomized, controlled trial of an in-home drinking water intervention.
John M. Colford,Judy R. Rees,Timothy J. Wade,Asheena Khalakdina,Joan F. Hilton,Isaac J. Ergas,Susan Burns,Anne Benker,Catherine Ma,Cliff Bowen,Daniel C. Mills,Duc J. Vugia,Dennis D. Juranek,Deborah A. Levy +13 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that participants can be successfully blinded to treatment group assignment during a randomized trial of an in-home drinking water intervention and the principal health outcome measured was “highly credible gastrointestinal illness”.
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Swimmer illness associated with marine water exposure and water quality indicators: impact of widely used assumptions.
Benjamin F. Arnold,Kenneth Schiff,John F. Griffith,Joshua S. Gruber,Vincent Yau,Catherine C. Wright,Timothy J. Wade,Susan Burns,Jacqueline M. Hayes,Charles D. McGee,Mark Gold,Yiping Cao,Stephen B. Weisberg,John M. Colford +13 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the 3 days following a beach visit may be the most relevant period for health outcome measurement in recreational water studies, and under the water quality conditions observed in this study, fecal indicator bacteria levels were not associated with swimmer illness.