Issue 16, April 19, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 16, 4/19/10

Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC's new weekly digest!

The report consists of three components:

• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity, and Laboratory Sciences - Disease Models)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Cancers of the breast, uterus, ovary and cervix among Alaska Native women, 1974-2003
        Day GE, Lanier AP, Bulkow L, Kelly JJ, Murphy N.
        Int J Circumpolar Health. 2010 Feb;69(1):72-86.
        
     2. Preventing complications from 2009 influenza A (H1N1) in persons with underlying lung diseases: a formidable challenge for 2010 Year of the Lung
        Castro KG, Bell BP, Schuchat A.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Feb;14(2):127-9.
        
     3. A response to Jason et al. (2009), "evaluating the Centers for Disease Control's empirical chronic fatigue syndrome case definition"
        Reeves WC, Gurbaxani BM, Lin JS, Unger ER.
        J Disabil Policy Stud. 2010 ;20(4):229-232.
        
     4. Fecal occult blood testing beliefs and practices of U.S. primary care physicians: serious deviations from evidence-based recommendations
        Nadel MR, Berkowitz Z, Klabunde CN, Smith RA, Coughlin SS, White MC.
        J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Apr 10.
        
     5. Vision, hearing, balance, and sensory impairment in Americans aged 70 years and over: United States, 1999-2006
        Dillon CF, Gu Q, Hoffman HJ, Ko CW.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Apr(31):1-8.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     6. Staphylococcus aureus community-onset pneumonia in patients admitted to children's hospitals during autumn and winter of 2006-2007
        Kallen AJ, Reed C, Patton M, Arnold KE, Finelli L, Hageman J.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2010 May;138(5):666-72.
        

   • Environmental Health

     7. Sea-level-rise disaster in Micronesia: sentinel event for climate change?
        Keim ME.
        Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Mar;4(1):81-7.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     8. Differences in birth weight for gestational age distributions according to the measures used to assign gestational age
        Callaghan WM, Dietz PM.
        Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Apr 1;171(7):826-36.
        
     9. Regression models to predict corrected weight, height and obesity prevalence from self-reported data: data from BRFSS 1999-2007
        Jain RB.
        Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Apr 13.
        

   • Global Health

     10. First report worldwide of an infant botulism case due to Clostridium botulinum type E (Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2010) 48, 1, (326-328))
         Luquez C, Dykes JK, Yu PA, Raphael BH, Maslanka SE.
         Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010 March;48(3):1017.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     11. Inconsistent condom use among young men who have sex with men, male sex workers, and transgenders in Thailand
         Chemnasiri T, Netwong T, Visarutratana S, Varangrat A, Li A, Phanuphak P, Jommaroeng R, Akarasewi P, van Griensven F.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Apr;22(2):100-9.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     12. Sexuality education policies and sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States of America
         Hogben M, Chesson H, Aral SO.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2010 Apr;21(4):293-7.
         
     13. Socioeconomic influences on the effects of a genetic testing direct-to-consumer marketing campaign
         Bowen DJ, Harris J, Jorgensen CM, Myers MF, Kuniyuki A.
         Public Health Genomics. 2010 ;13(3):131-42.
         

   • Health Disparities

     14. Trends in paediatric dental caries by poverty status in the United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004
         Dye BA, Arevalo O, Vargas CM.
         Int J Paediatr Dent. 2010 Mar;20(2):132-43.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     15. Comparing film and digital radiographs for reliability of pneumoconiosis classifications: a modeling approach
         Sen A, Lee SY, Gillespie BW, Kazerooni EA, Goodsitt MM, Rosenman KD, Lockey JE, Meyer CA, Petsonk EL, Wang ML, Franzblau A.
         Acad Radiol. 2010 Apr;17(4):511-9.
         
     16. Lack of effect of compartmentalized drug resistance mutations on HIV-1 pol divergence in antiretroviral-experienced women
         Kelley CF, Sullivan ST, Lennox JL, Evans-Strickfaden T, Hart CE.
         AIDS. 2010 Apr 12.
         
     17. Investigation of an apparent outbreak of Rhodococcus equi bacteremia
         Langer AJ, Feja K, Lasker BA, Hinrikson HP, Morey RE, Pellegrini GJ, Smith TL, Robertson C.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 May;67(1):95-100.
         
     18. Improving molecular detection of fungal DNA in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues: comparison of five tissue DNA extraction methods using panfungal PCR
         Munoz-Cadavid C, Rudd S, Zaki S, Patel M, Moser S, Brandt M, Gomez B.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 14.
         
     19. Differences and changes of HPV16 variant status in HIV-positive adults are not uncommon
         Steinau M, Swan DC, Onyekwuluje JM, Brooks JT, Vellozzi C, Unger ER, Sun Study Investigators.
         J Gen Virol. 2010 Apr 14.
         
     20. Development and evaluation of porcine cysticercosis QuickELISA in Triturus EIA analyzer
         Handali S, Pattabhi S, Lee YM, Silva-Ibanez M, Kovalenko VA, Levin AE, Gonzalez AE, Roberts JM, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Hancock K, Tsang VC.
         J Immunoassay Immunochem. 2010 Jan;31(1):60-70.
         
     21. Viral shedding and clinical illness in naturally acquired influenza virus infections
         Lau LL, Cowling BJ, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Lau EH, Lipsitch M, Cheng CK, Houck PM, Uyeki TM, Peiris JS, Leung GM.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 31.
         
     22. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in human microvascular endothelial cells: role in endothelial permeability
         Qian Y, Ducatman A, Ward R, Leonard S, Bukowski V, Lan Guo N, Shi X, Vallyathan V, Castranova V.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010 Jan;73(12):819-36.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     23. A perspective on CDC's efforts in Safe Motherhood: 2001 to the present
         Brown-Bryant R, Brumbaugh K.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Apr 12.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     24. Associations of job strain and occupation with subclinical atherosclerosis: The CARDIA Study
         Greenlund KJ, Kiefe CI, Giles WH, Liu K.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 May;20(5):323-31.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     25. Rapid detection and suppression of mining equipment cab fires
         De Rosa MI, Litton CD.
         Fire Technol. 2010 Apr;46(2):425-435.
         
     26. Postaccident mine communications and tracking systems
         Novak T, Snyder DP, Kohler JL.
         IEEE Trans Ind Appl. 2010 Mar-Apr;46(2):712-719.
         
     27. Whole-body vibration exposure comparison of seat designs for low- and mid-seam shuttle cars in underground coal mines
         Mayton AG, Jobes CC, Ambrose DH, Kittusamy NK.
         Trans Soc Min Metal Explor. 2010 Jan;326:132-142.
         

   • Public Health Law

     28. The social distancing law project template: a method for jurisdictions to assess understanding of relevant legal authorities
         Leeb K, Chrysler D, Goodman RA.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Mar;4(1):74-80.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     29. Positive youth development as a strategy to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health
         Gavin LE, Catalano RF, Markham CM.
         J Adolesc Health. 2010 Mar;46(3 Suppl):S1-6.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     30. High school completion rates among men with hemophilia
         Drake JH, Soucie JM, Cutter SC, Forsberg AD, Baker JR, Riske B.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4 Suppl):S489-94.
         
     31. The association of attendance at religious services and involvement in church/religious activities and youth assets, by gender, with youth's engagement in sexual intercourse
         Mueller T, Bensyl D, Vesely SK, Oman RF, Aspy CB.
         Health Educ. 2010 ;110(2):125-134.
         

   • Zoonoses

     32. Hookworms of dogs and cats as agents of cutaneous larva migrans
         Bowman DD, Montgomery SP, Zajac AM, Eberhard ML, Kazacos KR.
         Trends Parasitol. 2010 Apr;26(4):162-7.
         
     33. Public health issues concerning the widespread distribution of canine heartworm disease
         Lee AC, Montgomery SP, Theis JH, Blagburn BL, Eberhard ML.
         Trends Parasitol. 2010 Apr;26(4):168-73.
         
     34. Epidemiologic and zoonotic aspects of ascarid infections in dogs and cats
         Lee AC, Schantz PM, Kazacos KR, Montgomery SP, Bowman DD.
         Trends Parasitol. 2010 Apr;26(4):155-61.
         
     35. Lyme borreliosis in dogs and humans in the USA
         Little SE, Heise SR, Blagburn BL, Callister SM, Mead PS.
         Trends Parasitol. 2010 Apr;26(4):213-8.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity

     36. Vegetarian diets and childhood obesity prevention
         Sabate J, Wien M.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 17.
         
     37. Comparing maternal and paternal intergenerational transmission of obesity risk in a large population-based sample
         Whitaker KL, Jarvis MJ, Beeken RJ, Boniface D, Wardle J.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr 7.
         
     38. Soda taxes, soft drink consumption, and children's body mass index
         Sturm R, Powell LM, Chriqui JF, Chaloupka FJ.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Apr 1.
         
     39. Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976-2006
         Wang YC, Gortmaker SL, Taveras EM.
         Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 Mar 17.
         
     40. Childhood obesity and schools: evidence from the national survey of children's health
         Li J, Hooker NH.
         J Sch Health. 2010 Feb;80(2):96-103.
         
     41. Neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to 10-year weight gain in the Black Women's Health Study
         Coogan PF, Cozier YC, Krishnan S, Wise LA, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Apr 1.
         
     42. Breakfast trends in children and adolescents: frequency and quality
         Alexy U, Wicher M, Kersting M.
         Public Health Nutr. 2010 Mar 18:1-8.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences - Disease Models

     43. A review of data needed to parameterize a dynamic model of measles in developing countries
         Szusz EK, Garrison LP, Bauch CT.
         BMC Res Notes. 2010 ;3:75.
         
     44. Modeling optimal intervention strategies for cholera
         Miller Neilan RL, Schaefer E, Gaff H, Fister KR, Lenhart S.
         Bull Math Biol. 2010 Mar 4.
         
     45. Emergence of viral diseases: mathematical modeling as a tool for infection control, policy and decision making
         Louz D, Bergmans HE, Loos BP, Hoeben RC.
         Crit Rev Microbiol. 2010 Mar 10.
         
     46. Mathematical models for assessing the role of airflow on the risk of airborne infection in hospital wards
         Noakes CJ, Sleigh PA.
         J R Soc Interface. 2009 Dec 6;6 Suppl 6:S791-800.
         
     47. FluTE, a publicly available stochastic influenza epidemic simulation model
         Chao DL, Halloran ME, Obenchain VJ, Longini Jr. IM.
         PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 ;6(1):e1000656.
         
     48. The shifting demographic landscape of influenza
         Bansal S, Pourbohloul B, Grenfell B, Meyers LA.
         PLoS Curr Influenza. 2009 :RRN1047.
         
     49. The impact of the demographic transition on dengue in Thailand: insights from a statistical analysis and mathematical modeling
         Cummings DA, Iamsirithaworn S, Lessler JT, McDermott A, Prasanthong R, Nisalak A, Jarman RG, et al.
         PLoS Med. 2009 Sep;6(9):e1000139.
         
     50. The impact of realistic age structure in simple models of tuberculosis transmission
         Brooks-Pollock E, Cohen T, Murray M.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(1):e8479.
         
     51. Calculation of disease dynamics in a population of households
         Ross JV, House T, Keeling MJ.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(3):e9666.
         
     52. Identifying sub-optimal responses to ivermectin in the treatment of river blindness
         Churcher TS, Pion SD, Osei-Atweneboana MY, Prichard RK, Awadzi K, Boussinesq M, Collins RC, et al.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 29;106(39):16716-21.
         
     53. The risk of transfusion-transmitted infections in sub-Saharan Africa
         Jayaraman S, Chalabi Z, Perel P, Guerriero C, Roberts I.
         Transfusion. 2010 Feb;50(2):433-42.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     54. Preliminary foodnet data on the incidence of infection with pathogens transmitted commonly through food - 10 states, 2009
         Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 April 16;59(14):418-422.
         
     55. Update: Influenza activity - United States, August 30, 2009-March 27, 2010, and composition of the 2010 - 11 influenza vaccine
         Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 April 16;59(14):423-430.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     56. Association of anti-smoking legislation with rates of hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions
         Naiman A, Glazier RH, Moineddin R.
         CMAJ. 2010 Apr 12.
         
     57. Fecal occult blood testing beliefs and practices of U.S. primary care physicians: serious deviations from evidence-based recommendations
         Nadel MR, Berkowitz Z, Klabunde CN, Smith RA, Coughlin SS, White MC.
         J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Apr 10.
         
     58. The pediatric obesity epidemic continues unabated in Bogalusa, Louisiana
         Broyles S, Katzmarzyk PT, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Bouchard C, Freedman DS, Berenson GS.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 5.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     59. Likely transmission of norovirus on an airplane, October 2008
         Kirking HL, Cortes J, Burrer S, Hall AJ, Cohen NJ, Lipman H, Kim C, Daly ER, Fishbein DB.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 May 1;50(9):1216-21.
         
     60. Reduced clearance of penile human papillomavirus infection in uncircumcised men
         Hernandez BY, Shvetsov YB, Goodman MT, Wilkens LR, Thompson P, Zhu X, Ning L.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 May 1;201(9):1340-3.
         
     61. 2009 influenza A(H1N1) seroconversion rates and risk factors among distinct adult cohorts in Singapore
         Chen MI, Lee VJ, Lim WY, Barr IG, Lin RT, Koh GC, Yap J, Cui L, Cook AR, Laurie K, Tan LW, Tan BH, Loh J, Shaw R, Durrant C, Chow VT, Kelso A, Chia KS, Leo YS.
         JAMA. 2010 Apr 14;303(14):1383-91.
         
     62. Invasive pneumococcal disease in Alaskan children: impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the role of water supply
         Wenger JD, Zulz T, Bruden D, Singleton R, Bruce MG, Bulkow L, Parks D, Rudolph K, Hurlburt D, Ritter T, Klejka J, Hennessy T.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar;29(3):251-6.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     63. Weight gain in pregnancy and childhood body composition: findings from the Southampton women's survey
         Crozier SR, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Cooper C, Harvey NC, Cole ZA, Robinson SM.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr 7.
         
     64. Impact of bariatric surgery on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: retrospective analysis of insurance claims data
         Bennett WL, Gilson MM, Jamshidi R, Burke AE, Segal JB, Steele KE, Makary MA, Clark JM.
         BMJ. 2010 ;340:c1662.
         
     65. Increasing incidence of kidney stones in children evaluated in the emergency department
         Sas DJ, Hulsey TC, Shatat IF, Orak JK.
         J Pediatr. 2010 Mar 31.
         
     66. Mothers' spanking of 3-year-old children and subsequent risk of children's aggressive behavior
         Taylor CA, Manganello JA, Lee SJ, Rice JC.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 12.
         

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