Issue 23, June 07, 2010
- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Diseases - Influenza and Communicable Diseases - Polio)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- Communicable Diseases
- Potential threat of drug-resistant and vaccine-escape HBV mutants to public health
Teo CG, Locarnini SA.
Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):445-9.
- Late presentation for human immunodeficiency virus care in the United States and Canada
Althoff KN, Gange SJ, Klein MB, Brooks JT, Hogg RS, Bosch RJ, Horberg MA, Saag MS, Kitahata MM, Justice AC, Gebo KA, Eron JJ, Rourke SB, Gill MJ, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Calzavara LM, Deeks SG, Martin JN, Rachlis AR, Napravnik S, Jacobson LP, Kirk GD, Collier AC, Benson CA, Silverberg MJ, Kushel M, Goedert JJ, McKaig RG, Van Rompaey SE, Zhang J, Moore RD.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;50(11):1512-20.
- Potential threat of drug-resistant and vaccine-escape HBV mutants to public health
- Communicable Diseases - Influenza
- Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study
Baker MG, Thornley CN, Mills C, Roberts S, Perera S, Peters J, Kelso A, et al.
BMJ. 2010 ;340:c2424.
- Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study
- Community Health Services
- Beyond beta: lessons learned from implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention initiative
Garcia-Williams AG, Miller LJ, Burkitt KH, Cuerdon T, Jain R, Fine MJ, Jernigan JA, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May 28.
- Assessing bed net use and non-use after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution: a simple framework to guide programmatic strategies
Vanden Eng JL, Thwing J, Wolkon A, Kulkarni MA, Manya A, Erskine M, Hightower A, Slutsker L.
Malar J. 2010 May 18;9(1):133.
- Beyond beta: lessons learned from implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention initiative
- Environmental Health
- Current and historically used pesticides in residential soil from 11 homes in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Riederer AM, Smith KD, Barr DB, Hayden SW, Hunter Jr. RE, Ryan PB.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 May;58(4):908-17.
- Current and historically used pesticides in residential soil from 11 homes in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005
Farnon EC, Gould LH, Griffith KS, Osman MS, Kholy AE, Brair ME, Panella AJ, Kosoy O, Laven JJ, Godsey MS, Perea W, Hayes EB.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1146-52.
- Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005
- Health Communication and Education
- Stroke awareness: surveillance, educational campaigns, and public health practice
Payne GH, Fang J, Fogle CC, Oser CS, Wigand DA, Theisen V, Farris RP.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 July/August;16(4):345-358.
- Stroke awareness: surveillance, educational campaigns, and public health practice
- Informatics
- Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Mendelson M, Davis XM, Jensenius M, Keystone JS, von Sonnenburg F, Hale DC, Burchard GD, Field V, Vincent P, Freedman DO.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):991-995.
- Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Physical Activity
- Joint associations of physical activity and aerobic fitness on the development of incident hypertension. Coronary artery risk development in young adults
Carnethon MR, Evans NS, Church TS, Lewis CE, Schreiner PJ, Jacobs Jr. DR, Sternfeld B, Sidney S.
Hypertension. 2010 Jun 1.
- Joint associations of physical activity and aerobic fitness on the development of incident hypertension. Coronary artery risk development in young adults
- Communicable Diseases
- CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Years of potential life lost caused by prostate cancer deaths in the United States-projection from 2004 through 2050
Li C, Ekwueme DU.
Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 May 24.
- Years of potential life lost caused by prostate cancer deaths in the United States-projection from 2004 through 2050
- Communicable Diseases
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
Shieh WJ, Blau DM, Denison AM, Deleon-Carnes M, Adem P, Bhatnagar J, Sumner J, Liu L, Patel M, Batten B, Greer P, Jones T, Smith C, Bartlett J, Montague J, White E, Rollin D, Gao R, Seales C, Jost H, Metcalfe M, Goldsmith CS, Humphrey C, Schmitz A, Drew C, Paddock C, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR.
Am J Pathol. 2010 May 27.
- Challenges faced by the global polio eradication initiative
Wassilak S, Orenstein W.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 May;9(5):447-9.
- Outbreak of adenovirus type 4 infection in a long-term care facility for the elderly
Kandel R, Srinivasan A, D'Agata EM, Lu X, Erdman D, Jhung M.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May 28.
- Clinical aspects of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
Bautista E, Chotpitayasunondh T, Gao Z, Harper SA, Shaw M, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR, Hayden FG, Hui DS, Kettner JD, Kumar A, Lim M, Shindo N, Penn C, Nicholson KG.
N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1708-19.
- Hyperendemic H. pylori and tapeworm infections in a U.S.-Mexico border population
Cardenas VM, Mena KD, Ortiz M, Karri S, Variyam E, Behravesh CB, Snowden KF, Flisser A, Bristol JR, Mayberry LF, Ortega YR, Fukuda Y, Campos A, Graham DY.
Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):441-7.
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Multi-generation cross contamination of mail with Bacillus spp. spores by tumbling
Edmonds J, Clark P, Williams L, Lindquist HD, Martinez K, Gardner W, Shadomy S, Hornsby-Myers J.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May 28.
- Multi-generation cross contamination of mail with Bacillus spp. spores by tumbling
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Coevolution and HBV drug resistance
Khudyakov Y.
Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):505-15.
- Changing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients, New York City, 1992-2005
Harris TG, Li J, Hanna DB, Munsiff SS.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;50(11):1524-31.
- Recent population changes in HbA(1c) and fasting insulin concentrations among US adults with preserved glucose homeostasis
Cheng YJ, Kahn HS, Gregg EW, Imperatore G, Geiss LS.
Diabetologia. 2010 May 27.
- Is self-rated health associated with blood immune markers in healthy individuals?
Nakata A, Takahashi M, Otsuka Y, Swanson NG.
Int J Behav Med. 2010 May 29.
- Viral respiratory infections in hospitalized and community control children in Alaska
Singleton RJ, Bulkow LR, Miernyk K, DeByle C, Pruitt L, Hummel KB, Bruden D, Englund JA, Anderson LJ, Lucher L, Holman RC, Hennessy TW.
J Med Virol. 2010 Jul;82(7):1282-90.
- The impact of transient hypothyroidism on the increasing rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States
Parks JS, Lin M, Grosse SD, Hinton CF, Drummond-Borg M, Borgfeld L, Sullivan KM.
Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S54-63.
- Prevalence, nature, and correlates of sleep problems among children with fragile X syndrome based on a large scale parent survey
Kronk R, Bishop EE, Raspa M, Bickel JO, Mandel DA, Bailey Jr. DB.
Sleep. 2010 May 1;33(5):679-87.
- Coevolution and HBV drug resistance
- Food Safety
- Foodborne disease trends and reports
Gerner-Smidt P, Whichard JM.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2010 Jun;7(6):609-11.
- Foodborne disease trends and reports
- Health Behavior and Risk
- Prevalence and protective value of serosorting and strategic positioning among black and Latino men who have sex with men
Marks G, Millett GA, Bingham T, Lauby J, Murrill CS, Stueve A.
Sex Transm Dis. 2010 May;37(5):325-7.
- Prevalence and protective value of serosorting and strategic positioning among black and Latino men who have sex with men
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Transmission of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (formerly Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) to tissue-allograft recipients: a report of two cases
Cartwright EJ, Prabhu RM, Zinderman CE, Schobert WE, Jensen B, Noble-Wang J, Church K, Welsh C, Kuehnert M, Burke TL, Srinivasan A.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Jun;92-A(6):1501-1506.
- Transmission of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (formerly Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) to tissue-allograft recipients: a report of two cases
- Immunity and Immunization
- Infectivity and vaccination efficacy studies in animal models of HBV S and pol gene mutants
Kamili S.
Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):477-85.
- Infectivity and vaccination efficacy studies in animal models of HBV S and pol gene mutants
- Laboratory Sciences
- Sequence diversity of genes encoding botulinum neurotoxin type F
Raphael BH, Choudoir MJ, Luquez C, Fernandez R, Maslanka SE.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May 28.
- Reduced reactive oxygen species-generating capacity contributes to the enhanced cell growth of arsenic-transformed epithelial cells
Chang Q, Pan J, Wang X, Zhang Z, Chen F, Shi X.
Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 1.
- Mass spectrometric analysis of multiple pertussis toxins and toxoids
Williamson YM, Moura H, Schieltz D, Rees J, Woolfitt AR, Pirkle JL, Sampson JS, Tondella ML, Ades E, Carlone G, Barr JR.
J Biomed Biotechnol. 2010 ;2010:942365.
- Receptor specificity of influenza A H3N2 viruses isolated in mammalian cells and embryonated chicken eggs
Stevens J, Chen LM, Carney PJ, Garten R, Foust A, Le J, Pokorny BA, Manojkumar R, Silverman J, Devis R, Rhea K, Xu X, Bucher DJ, Paulson J, Cox NJ, Klimov A, Donis RO.
J Virol. 2010 Jun 2.
- Sequence diversity of genes encoding botulinum neurotoxin type F
- Maternal and Child Health
- Effect of laboratory practices on the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism
Hertzberg V, Mei J, Therrell BL.
Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S48-53.
- Effect of laboratory practices on the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Health hazards, injury problems, and workplace conditions of carpet-weaving children in three districts of Punjab, Pakistan
Awan S, Nasrullah M, Cummings KJ.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 Apr-Jun;16(2):115-21.
- Physiological effects of boot weight and design on men and women firefighters
Turner NL, Chiou S, Zwiener J, Weaver D, Spahr J.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Aug;7(8):477-82.
- Health hazards, injury problems, and workplace conditions of carpet-weaving children in three districts of Punjab, Pakistan
- Public Health Law
- Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care
Li R, Zhang P, Barker L, Hartsfield D.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 May 21;10(1):133.
- Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care
- Veterinary Medicine
- Physiologic reference ranges for captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Keckler MS, Gallardo-Romero NF, Langham GL, Damon IK, Karem KL, Carroll DS.
J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2010 ;49(3):274-281.
- Physiologic reference ranges for captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)
- Zoonoses
- Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh
Kendall EA, Larocque RC, Bui DM, Galloway R, Ari MD, Goswami D, Breiman RF, Luby S, Brooks WA.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1127-30.
- Identification of bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs
Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1140-5.
- Natural infection of vertebrate hosts by different lineages of Buggy Creek virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus)
Brown CR, Moore AT, O'Brien VA, Padhi A, Knutie SA, Young GR, Komar N.
Arch Virol. 2010 May;155(5):745-9.
- Host immunity to repeated rabies virus infection in big brown bats
Turmelle A, Jackson F, Green D, McCracken G, Rupprecht C.
J Gen Virol. 2010 Jun 2.
- Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally
Sutherland CJ, Tanomsing N, Nolder D, Oguike M, Jennison C, Pukrittayakamee S, Dolecek C, Hien TT, do Rosario VE, Arez AP, Pinto J, Michon P, Escalante AA, Nosten F, Burke M, Lee R, Blaze M, Otto TD, Barnwell JW, Pain A, Williams J, White NJ, Day NP, Snounou G, Lockhart PJ, Chiodini PL, Imwong M, Polley SD.
J Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;201(10):1544-50.
- Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
- Communicable Diseases - Influenza
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
Shieh WJ, Blau DM, Denison AM, Deleon-Carnes M, Adem P, Bhatnagar J, Sumner J, et al.
Am J Pathol. 2010 May 27.
- Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010
Pebody RG, McLean E, Zhao H, Cleary P, Bracebridge S, Foster K, Charlett A, et al.
Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(20).
- Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Strong M, Burrows J, Stedman E, Redgrave P.
Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(19):pii/19565.
- Clinical aspects of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
Bautista E, Chotpitayasunondh T, Gao Z, Harper SA, Shaw M, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1708-19.
- Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: a prospective cohort study
Bryant PA, Tebruegge M, Papadakis G, Clarke C, Barnett P, Daley AJ, South M, et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 May 7.
- Early pandemic influenza (2009 H1N1) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a clinical virological and epidemiological analysis
Hien TT, Boni MF, Bryant JE, Ngan TT, Wolbers M, Nguyen TD, Truong NT, et al.
PLoS Med. 2010 ;7(5):e1000277.
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
- Communicable Diseases - Polio
- The impact of age and comorbidity on the progression of disability in late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis
Stolwijk-Swuste JM, Tersteeg I, Beelen A, Lankhorst GJ, Nollet F.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Apr;91(4):523-8.
- Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study
Mushtaq MU, Majrooh MA, Ullah MZ, Akram J, Siddiqui AM, Shad MA, Waqas M, et al.
BMC Public Health. 2010 ;10:60.
- Global lessons from India's poliomyelitis elimination campaign
Arora NK, Chaturvedi S, Dasgupta R.
Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Mar;88(3):232-4.
- Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Tajikistan in 2010: risk for importation and impact on polio surveillance in Europe?
Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(17).
- Challenges faced by the global polio eradication initiative
Wassilak S, Orenstein W.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 May;9(5):447-9.
- Asymptomatic wild-type poliovirus infection in India among children with previous oral poliovirus vaccination
Grassly NC, Jafari H, Bahl S, Durrani S, Wenger J, Sutter RW, Bruce Aylward R.
J Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;201(10):1535-43.
- Randomized controlled clinical trial of fractional doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine administered intradermally by needle-free device in Cuba
Resik S, Tejeda A, Lago PM, Diaz M, Carmenates A, Sarmiento L, Alemani N, et al.
J Infect Dis. 2010 May 1;201(9):1344-52.
- Is there an ethical obligation to complete polio eradication?
Emerson CI, Singer PA.
Lancet. 2010 Apr 17;375(9723):1340-1.
- Optimal vaccine stockpile design for an eradicated disease: application to polio
Duintjer Tebbens RJ, Pallansch MA, Alexander JP, Thompson KM.
Vaccine. 2010 Jun 11;28(26):4312-4327.
- The global introduction of inactivated polio vaccine can circumvent the oral polio vaccine paradox
Heinsbroek E, Ruitenberg EJ.
Vaccine. 2010 May 14;28(22):3778-83.
- The impact of age and comorbidity on the progression of disability in late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis
- Communicable Diseases - Influenza
- Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
- MMWR in the Media
- Preliminary results: surveillance for Guillain-Barre syndrome after receipt of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine - United States, 2009-2010
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 ;59(21):657-661.
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
Eaton DK, Kann L, Kinchen S, Shanklin S, Ross J, Harris W, Lowry R, McManus T, Chyen D, Lim C, Whittle L, Brener ND, Wechsler H.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Sur Sum. 2010 ;59(SS05):1-142.
- Preliminary results: surveillance for Guillain-Barre syndrome after receipt of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine - United States, 2009-2010
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Gene-environment interactions in 7610 women with breast cancer: prospective evidence from the million women study
Travis RC, Reeves GK, Green J, Bull D, Tipper SJ, Baker K, Beral V, Peto R, Bell J, Zelenika D, Lathrop M.
Lancet. 2010 .
- Gene-environment interactions in 7610 women with breast cancer: prospective evidence from the million women study
- Maternal and Child Health
- Young age and termination of pregnancy during the second trimester are risk factors for repeat second-trimester abortion
Mentula MJ, Niinimaki M, Suhonen S, Hemminki E, Gissler M, Heikinheimo O.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr 30.
- Association of maternal weight gain in pregnancy with offspring obesity and metabolic and vascular traits in childhood
Fraser A, Tilling K, Macdonald-Wallis C, Sattar N, Brion MJ, Benfield L, Ness A, Deanfield J, Hingorani A, Nelson SM, Smith GD, Lawlor DA.
Circulation. 2010 Jun 1.
- Young age and termination of pregnancy during the second trimester are risk factors for repeat second-trimester abortion
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Effect of differing levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in cigarette smoke on the levels of biomarkers in smokers
Ashley DL, O'Connor RJ, Bernert JT, Watson CH, Polzin GM, Jain RB, Hammond D, Hatsukami DK, Giovino GA, Cummings KM, McNeill A, Shahab L, King B, Fong GT, Zhang L, Xia Y, Yan X, McCraw JM.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May 25;19(6):1389-98.
- Effect of differing levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in cigarette smoke on the levels of biomarkers in smokers
- MMWR in the Media
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