Sarah A. Hook

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sarah A. Hook is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah A. Hook has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Parasitology, 26 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sarah A. Hook's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (27 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (24 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (11 papers). Sarah A. Hook is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (27 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (24 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (11 papers). Sarah A. Hook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Haiti and Uganda. Sarah A. Hook's co-authors include Alison F. Hinckley, Paul S. Mead, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Amy Schwartz, Christina A. Nelson, James Meek, Katherine A. Feldman, Sara A. Niesobecki, Mark J. Delorey and Jennifer L. White and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Social Science & Medicine and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Sarah A. Hook

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015

2017 420 citations Amy Schwartz, Alison F. Hinckley et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah A. Hook United States	15	876	853	434	261	198	30	1.2k
Paul M. Lantos United States	26	852 1.0×	931 1.1×	448 1.0×	180 0.7×	80 0.4×	59	1.5k
Antonia Dibernardo Canada	19	929 1.1×	637 0.7×	551 1.3×	261 1.0×	128 0.6×	62	1.2k
Katherine A. Feldman United States	19	770 0.9×	661 0.8×	383 0.9×	200 0.8×	161 0.8×	42	1.3k
Jennifer L. White United States	17	794 0.9×	704 0.8×	522 1.2×	296 1.1×	129 0.7×	39	1.1k
Christina A. Nelson United States	20	916 1.0×	970 1.1×	641 1.5×	207 0.8×	145 0.7×	72	1.8k
David F. Neitzel United States	17	958 1.1×	905 1.1×	430 1.0×	328 1.3×	203 1.0×	34	1.2k
Iva Christova Bulgaria	21	1.1k 1.3×	494 0.6×	455 1.0×	551 2.1×	66 0.3×	85	1.4k
Naomi A. Drexler United States	14	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	588 1.4×	420 1.6×	226 1.1×	25	1.5k
Carolina Guevara Peru	20	846 1.0×	266 0.3×	752 1.7×	216 0.8×	121 0.6×	44	1.1k
Curtis L. Fritz United States	23	811 0.9×	612 0.7×	463 1.1×	246 0.9×	95 0.5×	45	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah A. Hook

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hook, Sarah A., et al.. (2025). Nonspecific Symptoms Attributable to Lyme Disease in High-Incidence Areas, United States, 2017–2021. Emerging infectious diseases. 31(14). 30–37.

Kugeler, Kiersten J., Alison F. Hinckley, Sarah A. Hook, et al.. (2025). Epidemiology of Lyme Disease as Identified Through Electronic Health Records in a Large Midwestern Health System, 2016–2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(2). ofae758–ofae758. 1 indexed citations

Schiffman, Elizabeth, Jenna Bjork, Daniel J. Phaneuf, et al.. (2025). Willingness to pay for residential property-based and community-based tick control methods in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 16(5). 102531–102531. 1 indexed citations

Hansen, AmberJean P., Sara A. Niesobecki, James Meek, et al.. (2024). Barriers to the Uptake of Tickborne Disease Prevention Measures: Connecticut, Maryland 2016-2017. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 31(1). E52–E60. 1 indexed citations

Hook, Sarah A., et al.. (2024). Optimizing identification of Lyme disease diagnoses in commercial insurance claims data, United States, 2016–2019. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 1322–1322. 3 indexed citations

Gidengil, Courtney A., Aaron M. Scherer, Andrew M. Parker, et al.. (2024). Lyme disease vaccine attitudes and intentions among parents of children aged 5–18 years in the United States. Vaccine. 42(8). 1899–1905. 3 indexed citations

Niesobecki, Sara A., Adam Rowe, AmberJean P. Hansen, et al.. (2023). Acceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(6). 102231–102231. 4 indexed citations

Ostfeld, Richard S., Shannon Duerr, Andrew Evans, et al.. (2023). Impacts Over Time of Neighborhood-Scale Interventions to Control Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease Incidence. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 23(3). 89–105. 12 indexed citations

Keesing, Felicia, Shannon Duerr, Andrew Evans, et al.. (2022). Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA. Emerging infectious diseases. 28(5). 957–966. 37 indexed citations

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Hook, Sarah A., AmberJean P. Hansen, Sara A. Niesobecki, et al.. (2021). Evaluating public acceptability of a potential Lyme disease vaccine using a population-based, cross-sectional survey in high incidence areas of the United States. Vaccine. 40(2). 298–305. 10 indexed citations

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Niesobecki, Sara A., et al.. (2021). Willingness to Pay for Select Tick-Borne Disease Prevention Measures in Endemic Areas. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 28(1). E37–E42. 12 indexed citations

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Hinckley, Alison F., Sara A. Niesobecki, Neeta P. Connally, et al.. (2021). Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut. Zoonoses and Public Health. 68(6). 578–587. 18 indexed citations

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Hinckley, Alison F., et al.. (2020). Love the ones you’re with: Characteristics and behaviour of Maryland pets and their owners in relation to tick encounters. Zoonoses and Public Health. 67(8). 876–881. 6 indexed citations

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Niesobecki, Sara A., AmberJean P. Hansen, Katherine A. Feldman, et al.. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in endemic areas. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 10(6). 101264–101264. 68 indexed citations

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Mead, Paul S., Nisha K. Duggal, Sarah A. Hook, et al.. (2018). Zika Virus Shedding in Semen of Symptomatic Infected Men. New England Journal of Medicine. 378(15). 1377–1385. 143 indexed citations

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Jones, Erin H., Alison F. Hinckley, Sarah A. Hook, et al.. (2017). Pet ownership increases human risk of encountering ticks. Zoonoses and Public Health. 65(1). 74–79. 56 indexed citations

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Mead, Paul S., Sarah A. Hook, Sara A. Niesobecki, et al.. (2017). Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 9(2). 319–324. 73 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Amy, Alison F. Hinckley, Paul S. Mead, Sarah A. Hook, & Kiersten J. Kugeler. (2017). Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2008–2015. PubMed. 66(22). 1–12. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hook, Sarah A., Christina A. Nelson, & Paul S. Mead. (2015). U.S. public's experience with ticks and tick-borne diseases: Results from national HealthStyles surveys. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 6(4). 483–488. 76 indexed citations

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Fawzi, Mary C. Smith, Eddy Eustache, Catherine Oswald, et al.. (2012). Psychosocial support intervention for HIV-affected families in Haiti: Implications for programs and policies for orphans and vulnerable children. Social Science & Medicine. 74(10). 1494–1503. 64 indexed citations

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