Issue 43, October 25, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 43, 10/25/10
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- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer and Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality and prediabetes prevalence
Boyle J, Thompson T, Gregg E, Barker L, Williamson D.
Popul Health Metr. 2010 Oct;8(29).
- Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality and prediabetes prevalence
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer
- A cluster-randomized trial of a primary care informatics-based system for breast cancer screening
Atlas SJ, Grant RW, Lester WT, Ashburner JM, Chang Y, Barry MJ, Chueh HC.
J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Sep 15.
- A cluster-randomized trial of a primary care informatics-based system for breast cancer screening
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Communicable Diseases
- Gender and age patterns in HSV-2 and HIV infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City
Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, McKnight C, Perlman D, Hagan H, Semaan S, Friedman SR.
Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Oct;37(10):637-43.
- Gender and age patterns in HSV-2 and HIV infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Widening gap in age at muscular dystrophy-associated death between blacks and whites, 1986-2005
Kenneson A, Vatave A, Finkel R.
Neurology. 2010 Sep 14;75(11):982-9.
- Widening gap in age at muscular dystrophy-associated death between blacks and whites, 1986-2005
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Health Communication and Education
- Prevalence of self-reported hypertension, advice received from health care professionals, and actions taken to reduce blood pressure among US adults - HealthStyles, 2008
Valderrama AL, Tong X, Ayala C, Keenan NL.
J Clin Hypertens. 2010 October;12 (10):784-792.
- Spontaneous diffusion of an effective skin cancer prevention program through Web-based access to program materials
Hall DM, Escoffery C, Nehl E, Glanz K.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A125.
- Prevalence of self-reported hypertension, advice received from health care professionals, and actions taken to reduce blood pressure among US adults - HealthStyles, 2008
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Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety
- Similar immunogenicity and safety of the A/H1N1 2009 pandemic influenza strain when used as a monovalent or a trivalent vaccine
Van der Vliet D, Pepin S, Lambert M, Fauchoux N, Donazzolo Y, Dupuy M, Dakowski C, et al.
Hum Vaccin. 2010 Oct 12;6(10).
- Risk perceptions, worry, or distrust: what drives pregnant women's decisions to accept the H1N1 vaccine?
Tucker Edmonds BM, Coleman J, Armstrong K, Shea JA.
Matern Child Health J. 2010 Oct 9.
- Similar immunogenicity and safety of the A/H1N1 2009 pandemic influenza strain when used as a monovalent or a trivalent vaccine
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Laboratory Sciences
- Urinary and serum metabolites of di-n-pentyl phthalate in rats
Silva MJ, Furr J, Samandar E, Preau Jr JL, Gray LE, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
Chemosphere. 2010 Oct 14.
- Urinary and serum metabolites of di-n-pentyl phthalate in rats
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Transmission of influenza A viruses between pigs and people, Iowa, 2002-2004
Terebuh P, Olsen CW, Wright J, Klimov A, Karasin A, Todd K, Zhou H, Hall H, Xu X, Kniffen T, Madsen D, Garten R, Bridges CB.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2010 Nov;4(6):387-96.
- Transmission of influenza A viruses between pigs and people, Iowa, 2002-2004
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CDC Authored Publications
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Utility of dysphagia screening results in predicting poststroke pneumonia
Lakshminarayan K, Tsai AW, Tong X, Vazquez G, Peacock JM, George MG, Luepker RV, Anderson DC.
Stroke. 2010 Oct 14.
- Utility of dysphagia screening results in predicting poststroke pneumonia
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Communicable Diseases
- Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
Homaira N, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Epstein JH, Sultana R, Khan MS, Podder G, Nahar K, Ahmed B, Gurley ES, Daszak P, Lipkin WI, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG, Luby SP.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Nov;138(11):1630-6.
- Is sexual contact a major mode of hepatitis C virus transmission?
Tohme RA, Holmberg SD.
Hepatology. 2010 Oct;52(4):1497-505.
- Preefficacy use and sharing of antiretroviral medications to prevent sexually-transmitted HIV infection among US men who have sex with men
Mansergh G, Koblin BA, Colfax GN, McKirnan DJ, Flores SA, Hudson SM.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Oct 1;55(2):e14-6.
- Hepatitis B. General information
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Division of Viral Hepatitis.
J Pract Nurs. 2010 Summer;60(2):5-6.
- Meningococcal disease: the organism, clinical presentation, and worldwide epidemiology
Al-Tawfiq JA, Clark TA, Memish ZA.
J Travel Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;17 Suppl:3-8.
- Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
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Community Health Services
- A historical overview of the United States-Mexico border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
Diaz-Kenney RV, Ruiz-Holguin R, de Cosio FG, Ramos R, Rodriguez B, Beckles GL, Valdez R, Thompson-Reid PE.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2010 Sep;28(3):143-50.
- A historical overview of the United States-Mexico border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Tracking origins and spread of sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum dhps alleles in Thailand
Alam MT, Vinayak S, Congpuong K, Wongsrichanalai C, Satimai W, Slutsker L, Escalante AA, Barnwell JW, Udhayakumar V.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Oct 18.
- New rabies virus variant found during an epizootic in white-nosed coatis from the Yucatan Peninsula
Arechiga-Ceballos N, Velasco-Villa A, Shi M, Flores-Chavez S, Barron B, Cuevas-Dominguez E, Gonzalez-Origel A, Aguilar-Setien A.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Nov;138(11):1586-9.
- Tracking origins and spread of sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum dhps alleles in Thailand
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Environmental Health
- Global environmental health: sustainability
Sabogal R.
J Environ Health. 2010 Oct;73(3):26-27.
- Global environmental health: sustainability
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- The accuracy of cancer mortality statistics based on death certificates in the United States
German RR, Fink AK, Heron M, Stewart SL, Johnson CJ, Finch JL, Yin D.
Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 15.
- Accuracy of assisted reproductive technology information on the Massachusetts birth certificate, 1997-2000
Zhang Z, Macaluso M, Cohen B, Schieve L, Nannini A, Chen M, Wright V.
Fertil Steril. 2010 Oct;94(5):1657-61.
- The accuracy of cancer mortality statistics based on death certificates in the United States
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Actions taken to reduce sodium intake among adults with self-reported hypertension: HealthStyles survey, 2005 and 2008
Ayala C, Tong X, Valderrama A, Ivy A, Keenan N.
J Clin Hypertens. 2010 October;12 (10):793-799.
- Mental- and physical-health indicators and sexually explicit media use behavior by adults
Weaver III JB, Weaver SS, Mays D, Hopkins GL, Kannenberg W, McBride D.
J Sex Med. 2010 Oct 4.
- Actions taken to reduce sodium intake among adults with self-reported hypertension: HealthStyles survey, 2005 and 2008
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Health Communication and Education
- Impact of unfounded vaccine safety concerns on the nationwide measles-rubella immunization campaign, Georgia, 2008
Khetsuriani N, Imnadze P, Baidoshvili L, Jabidze L, Tatishili N, Kurtsikashvili G, Lezhava T, Laurent E, Martin R.
Vaccine. 2010 Sep 7;28(39):6455-62.
- Impact of unfounded vaccine safety concerns on the nationwide measles-rubella immunization campaign, Georgia, 2008
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Health Disparities
- Access to health care and undiagnosed diabetes along the United States-Mexico border
Zhang X, Beckles GL, Bullard KM, Gregg EW, Albright AL, Barker L, Ruiz-Holguin R, Cerqueira MT, Frontini M, Imperatore G.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2010 Sep;28(3):182-9.
- Access to health care and undiagnosed diabetes along the United States-Mexico border
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Health care-associated infections studies project: Case 3
Wright MO, Hebden JN, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Horan T.
Am J Infect Control. 2010 Oct;38(8):642-3.
- Health care-associated infections studies project: Case 3
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Laboratory Sciences
- Determination of mean recency period for estimation of HIV type 1 incidence with the BED-capture EIA in persons infected with diverse subtypes
Parekh BS, Hanson DL, Hargrove J, Branson B, Green T, Dobbs T, Constantine N, Overbaugh J, McDougal JS.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Oct 18.
- Lipopolysaccharide hyperpolarizes guinea pig airway epithelium by increasing the activities of the epithelial Na(+) channel and the Na(+)-K(+) pump
Dodrill MW, Fedan JS.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2010 Oct;299(4):L550-8.
- Interpretation of HIV serologic testing results: Commentary
Branson BM.
Clinical Chemistry. 2010 Oct;56(10):1527-1527.
- An evaluation of the methods for deriving representative frequency response functions of the human whole-body system
Dong RG, McDowell TW, Welcome DE, Wu JZ.
Ind Health. 2010 ;48(5):596-605.
- MChip, a low density microarray, differentiates among seasonal human H1N1, North American swine H1N1, and the 2009 pandemic H1N1
Heil GL, McCarthy T, Yoon KJ, Liu S, Saad MD, Smith CB, Houck JA, Dawson ED, Rowlen KL, Gray GC.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2010 Nov;4(6):411-416.
- Variola and monkeypox utilize conserved mechanisms of virion motility and release that depend on Abl- and Src-family tyrosine kinases
Reeves PM, Smith SK, Olson VA, Thorne SH, Bornmann W, Damon IK, Kalman D.
J Virol. 2010 Oct 20.
- Determination of mean recency period for estimation of HIV type 1 incidence with the BED-capture EIA in persons infected with diverse subtypes
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Maternal and Child Health
- Prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and early childhood body mass index
Braun JM, Daniels JL, Poole C, Olshan AF, Hornung R, Bernert JT, Khoury J, Needham LL, Barr DB, Lanphear BP.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;24(6):524-534.
- Prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and early childhood body mass index
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Interpreting borderline BeLPT results
Middleton DC, Mayer AS, Lewin MD, Mroz MM, Maier LA.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct 18.
- Allergic contact dermatitis to synthetic rubber gloves: changing trends in patch test reactions to accelerators
Cao LY, Taylor JS, Sood A, Murray D, Siegel PD.
Arch Dermatol. 2010 Sep;146(9):1001-7.
- A persistent high human cost of protein: commercial fishing and aquaculture
Conway GA.
J Agromedicine. 2010 Oct;15(4):335-6.
- Occupational fatalities in the United States commercial fishing industry, 2000-2009
Lincoln JM, Lucas DL.
J Agromedicine. 2010 Oct;15(4):343-50.
- A method for analyzing vibration power absorption density in human fingertip
Wu JZ, Dong RG, Welcome DE, Xu XY.
J Sound Vib. 2010 Dec;329(26):5600-5614.
- Cohort mortality study of workers at seven beryllium processing plants: update and associations with cumulative and maximum exposure
Schubauer-Berigan MK, Couch JR, Petersen MR, Carreon T, Jin Y, Deddens JA.
Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct 15.
- Interpreting borderline BeLPT results
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Public Health, General
- Focusing on solid partnerships across multiple sectors for population health improvement
Bailey SB.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A115.
- Focusing on solid partnerships across multiple sectors for population health improvement
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Reproductive Health
- Cigarette smoking women of reproductive age who use oral contraceptives: results from the 2002 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems
McClave AK, Hogue CJ, Brunner Huber LR, Ehrlich AC.
Womens Health Issues. 2010 Oct 13.
- Cigarette smoking women of reproductive age who use oral contraceptives: results from the 2002 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Sex differences in relational and overt aggression in the late elementary school years
Kistner J, Counts-Allan C, Dunkel S, Drew CH, David-Ferdon C, Lopez C.
Aggress Behav. 2010 Sep;36(5):282-91.
- Adverse childhood experiences and frequent headaches in adults
Anda R, Tietjen G, Schulman E, Felitti V, Croft J.
Headache. 2010 Oct;50(9):1473-1481.
- Sex differences in relational and overt aggression in the late elementary school years
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Veterinary Medicine
- Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in native calves in Nigeria
Ayinmode AB, Olakunle FB, Xiao L.
Parasitol Res. 2010 Sep;107(4):1019-21.
- Isolation of Bartonella capreoli from elk
Bai Y, Cross PC, Malania L, Kosoy M.
Vet Microbiol. 2010 Sep 29.
- Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in native calves in Nigeria
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Zoonoses
- Anthrax: modern exposure science combats a deadly, ancient disease
Barr JR, Boyer AE, Quinn CP.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;20(7):573-4.
- Anthrax: modern exposure science combats a deadly, ancient disease
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer
- Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years: evaluation of the Swedish Mammography Screening in Young Women (SCRY) cohort
Hellquist BN, Duffy SW, Abdsaleh S, Bjorneld L, Bordas P, Tabar L, Vitak B, et al.
Cancer. 2010 Sep 29.
- Inequalities in adoption of cancer screening from a diffusion of innovation perspective: identification of late adopters
Hahm MI, Park EC, Choi KS, Lee HY, Park JH, Park S.
Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 12.
- Organizational change: a way to increase colon, breast and cervical cancer screening in primary care practices
Arroyave AM, Penaranda EK, Lewis CL.
J Community Health. 2010 Sep 11.
- Patient navigation to increase mammography screening among inner city women
Phillips CE, Rothstein JD, Beaver K, Sherman BJ, Freund KM, Battaglia TA.
J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Oct 8.
- Crossing the finish line: follow-up of abnormal test results in a multisite community health center
Chen ET, Eder M, Elder NC, Hickner J.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Aug;102(8):720-5.
- Meta-analyses of the effect of false-positive mammograms on generic and specific psychosocial outcomes
Salz T, Richman AR, Brewer NT.
Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1026-34.
- Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years: evaluation of the Swedish Mammography Screening in Young Women (SCRY) cohort
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Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety
- Parental reports of adverse events following simultaneously given dT-IPV and MMR vaccines in healthy 9-year-old children
Kemmeren JM, van der Maas NA, de Melker HE.
Eur J Pediatr. 2010 Sep 21.
- MF59(TM) as a vaccine adjuvant: a review of safety and immunogenicity
El Sahly H.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 Oct;9(10):1135-41.
- Immunogenicity and safety of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants and toddlers
Yeh SH, Gurtman A, Hurley DC, Block SL, Schwartz RH, Patterson S, Jansen KU, et al.
Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):e493-505.
- Safety of MF59-adjuvanted versus non-adjuvanted influenza vaccines in children and adolescents: an integrated analysis
Black S, Della Cioppa G, Malfroot A, Nacci P, Nicolay U, Pellegrini M, Sokal E, et al.
Vaccine. 2010 Oct 21;28(45):7331-6.
- Frequency of medically attended events following rapid revaccination with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
Schmidt MA, Crane B, Mullooly JP, Naleway AL.
Vaccine. 2010 Sep 25.
- The safety of immunizing with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) less than 2 years following previous tetanus vaccination: experience during a mass vaccination campaign of healthcare personnel during a respiratory illness outbreak
Talbot EA, Brown KH, Kirkland KB, Baughman AL, Halperin SA, Broder KR.
Vaccine. 2010 Sep 24.
- Parental reports of adverse events following simultaneously given dT-IPV and MMR vaccines in healthy 9-year-old children
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Drivers aged 16 or 17 years involved in fatal crashes - United States, 2004-2008
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1329-1334.
- HIV transmission through transfusion - Missouri and Colorado, 2008
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1335-1339.
- State Medicaid coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments - United States, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1340 -1343.
- Drivers aged 16 or 17 years involved in fatal crashes - United States, 2004-2008
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Persistent increase of prevalence of metabolic syndrome among US adults: NHANES III to NHANES 1999-2006
Mozumdar A, Liguori G.
Diabetes Care. 2010 Oct 1.
- Age and sex differences in hospitalizations associated with diabetes
Lee JM, Davis MM, Gebremariam A, Kim C.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Oct 12.
- Persistent increase of prevalence of metabolic syndrome among US adults: NHANES III to NHANES 1999-2006
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