Issue 46, November 15, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 46, 11/15/10
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- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders, and Zoonoses - Malaria)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Communicable Diseases
- Contact network structure explains the changing epidemiology of pertussis
Rohani P, Zhong X, King AA.
Science. 2010 Nov 12;330(6006):982-985.
- Contact network structure explains the changing epidemiology of pertussis
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Food Safety
- Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 associated with raw milk, Connecticut, 2008
Guh A, Phan Q, Nelson R, Purviance K, Milardo E, Kinney S, Mshar P, Kasacek W, Cartter M.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
- Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 associated with raw milk, Connecticut, 2008
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of US travelers to Asia regarding seasonal influenza and H5N1 avian influenza prevention measures
Yanni EA, Marano N, Han P, Edelson PJ, Blumensaadt S, Becker M, Dwyer S, Crocker K, Daley T, Davis X, Gallagher N, Balaban V, McCarron M, Mounts A, Lipman H, Brown C, Kozarsky P.
J Travel Med. 2010 Nov;17(6):374-81.
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of US travelers to Asia regarding seasonal influenza and H5N1 avian influenza prevention measures
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Health Communication and Education
- School-based randomized controlled trial of an HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents
Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, O'Leary A, Ngwane Z, Icard LD, Bellamy SL, Jones SF, Landis JR, Heeren GA, Tyler JC, Makiwane MB.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Oct;164(10):923-9.
- School-based randomized controlled trial of an HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents
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Health Disparities
- State disparities in teenage birth rates in the United States
Mathews TJ, Sutton PD, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(46):1-8.
- State disparities in teenage birth rates in the United States
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Laboratory Sciences
- Nanobead-based interventions for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis
Griffiths G, Nystrom B, Sable SB, Khuller GK.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2010 Nov;8(11):827-34.
- Nanobead-based interventions for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis
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Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders
- Genome-scan for IQ discrepancy in autism: evidence for loci on chromosomes 10 and 16
Chapman NH, Estes A, Munson J, Bernier R, Webb SJ, Rothstein JH, Minshew NJ, et al..
Hum Genet. 2010 Oct 21.
- Age of diagnosis for autism: individual and community factors across 10 birth cohorts
Fountain C, King MD, Bearman PS.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Oct 25.
- Genome-scan for IQ discrepancy in autism: evidence for loci on chromosomes 10 and 16
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Zoonoses
- West Nile fever characteristics among viremic persons identified through blood donor screening
Zou S, Foster GA, Dodd RY, Petersen LR, Stramer SL.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;202(9):1354-61.
- West Nile fever characteristics among viremic persons identified through blood donor screening
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Zoonoses - Malaria
- Using serological measures to monitor changes in malaria transmission in Vanuatu
Cook J, Reid H, Iavro J, Kuwahata M, Taleo G, Clements A, McCarthy J, et al..
Malar J. 2010 ;9:169.
- Using serological measures to monitor changes in malaria transmission in Vanuatu
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CDC Authored Publications
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Comprehensive cancer control: progress and accomplishments
Rochester PW, Townsend JS, Given L, Krebill H, Balderrama S, Vinson C.
Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Nov 11.
- Recent trends in the prevalence of high blood pressure and its treatment and control, 1999-2008
Yoon SS, Ostchega Y, Louis T.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(48):1-8.
- Comprehensive cancer control: progress and accomplishments
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Communicable Diseases
- Sex and geographic patterns of human herpesvirus 8 infection in a nationally representative population-based sample in Uganda
Biryahwaho B, Dollard SC, Pfeiffer RM, Shebl FM, Munuo S, Amin MM, Hladik W, Parsons R, Mbulaiteye SM.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;202(9):1347-53.
- Sex and geographic patterns of human herpesvirus 8 infection in a nationally representative population-based sample in Uganda
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Where have all the vector control programs gone? Part one
Herring ME.
J Environ Health. 2010 Nov;73(4):30-31.
- Where have all the vector control programs gone? Part one
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- The evolving epidemiology of hepatitis A in the United States: incidence and molecular epidemiology from population-based surveillance, 2005-2007
Klevens RM, Miller JT, Iqbal K, Thomas A, Rizzo EM, Hanson H, Sweet K, Phan Q, Cronquist A, Khudyakov Y, Xia GL, Spradling P.
Arch Intern Med. 2010 Nov 8;170(20):1811-8.
- The evolving epidemiology of hepatitis A in the United States: incidence and molecular epidemiology from population-based surveillance, 2005-2007
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Food Safety
- A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections associated with multiple locations of a restaurant chain in Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
Patel MK, Chen S, Pringle J, Russo E, Vinaras J, Weiss J, Anderson S, Sunenshine R, Komatsu K, Schumacher M, Flood D, Theobald L, Bopp C, Wannemuehler K, White P, Angulo FJ, Behravesh CB.
J Food Prot. 2010 Oct;73(10):1858-63.
- A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections associated with multiple locations of a restaurant chain in Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
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Genetics and Genomics
- Evolution of canine and equine influenza (H3N8) viruses co-circulating between 2005 and 2008
Rivailler P, Perry IA, Jang Y, Davis CT, Chen LM, Dubovi EJ, Donis RO.
Virology. 2010 Dec 5;408(1):71-9.
- Evolution of canine and equine influenza (H3N8) viruses co-circulating between 2005 and 2008
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Health Behavior and Risk
- HIV-related attitudes and intentions for high-risk, substance-using men who have sex with men: associations and clinical implications for HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM
Mansergh G, McKirnan DJ, Flores SA, Hudson SM, Koblin BA, Purcell DW, Colfax GN.
J Cogn Psychother. 2010 ;24 (4):281-293.
- Pre-travel health advice-seeking behavior among US international travelers departing from Boston Logan International Airport
Larocque RC, Rao SR, Tsibris A, Lawton T, Anita Barry M, Marano N, Brunette G, Yanni E, Ryan ET.
J Travel Med. 2010 Nov;17(6):387-91.
- Trends in low-risk lifestyle factors among adults in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1996-2007
Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Tsai J, Greenlund KJ.
Prev Med. 2010 Nov;51(5):403-7.
- HIV-related attitudes and intentions for high-risk, substance-using men who have sex with men: associations and clinical implications for HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM
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Healthcare Economics
- The economic implications of influenza vaccination for adults with asthma
Trogdon JG, Nurmagambetov TA, Thompson HF.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov;39(5):403-10.
- The economic implications of influenza vaccination for adults with asthma
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Immunity and Immunization
- Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles
Song JM, Kim YC, Barlow PG, Hossain MJ, Park KM, Donis RO, Prausnitz MR, Compans RW, Kang SM.
Antiviral Res. 2010 Nov;88(2):244-7.
- Inside this year's flu vaccine
Bridges C.
Consum Rep Health. 2010 ;22(11):6-6.
- Type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus from patients with acute flaccid paralysis in China: current immunization strategy effectively prevented its sustained transmission
Zhang Y, Yan D, Zhu S, Wen N, Li L, Wang H, Liu J, Ye X, Ding Z, Wang D, Zhu H, Chen L, Hou X, An H, Liang X, Luo H, Kew O, Xu W.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 4.
- Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles
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Informatics
- Electronic medical record adoption and use in home health and hospice
Bercovitz A, Sengupta M, Jamison P.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(45):1-8.
- Electronic medical record adoption and use in home health and hospice
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Laboratory Sciences
- In-vitro oxidation of bisphenol A: Is bisphenol A catechol a suitable biomarker for human exposure to bisphenol A?
Ye X, Zhou X, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010 Nov 9.
- Quadratic variance models for adaptively preprocessing SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry data
Emanuele VA, Gurbaxani BM.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2010 ;11:512.
- Antimicrobial-resistant Nocardia isolates, United States, 1995-2004
Uhde KB, Pathak S, McCullum Jr I, Jannat-Khah DP, Shadomy SV, Dykewicz CA, Clark TA, Smith TL, Brown JM.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
- Correlation of the detection of Clostridium difficile toxins in stools and presence of the clostridia in tissues of children
Guarner J, Bhatnagar J, Shane AL, Jones T, DeLeon-Carnes MN, Schemankewitz E, Zaki SR.
Hum Pathol. 2010 Nov;41(11):1586-92.
- Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities
Rudolph KM, Debyle C, Reasonover A, Zulz T, Law DK, Zhou J, Tsang RS.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov 10.
- Spatial configuration of hepatitis E virus antigenic domain
Xing L, Wang JC, Li TC, Yasutomi Y, Lara J, Khudyakov Y, Schofield D, Emerson SU, Purcell RH, Takeda N, Miyamura T, Cheng RH.
J Virol. 2010 Nov 10.
- Robust gold nanoparticles stabilized by trithiol for application in chemiresistive sensors
Garg N, Mohanty A, Lazarus N, Schultz L, Rozzi TR, Santhanam S, Weiss L, Snyder JL, Fedder GK, Jin R.
Nanotechnology. 2010 ;21(40).
- Real-time fluorescence loop mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of malaria
Lucchi NW, Demas A, Narayanan J, Sumari D, Kabanywanyi A, Kachur SP, Barnwell JW, Udhayakumar V.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13733.
- In-vitro oxidation of bisphenol A: Is bisphenol A catechol a suitable biomarker for human exposure to bisphenol A?
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Occupational Safety and Health
- A method to determine the available UV-C dose for the decontamination of filtering facepiece respirators
Fisher EM, Shaffer RE.
J Appl Microbiol. 2010 Nov 4.
- Economic burden of dermatitis in US workers
Blanciforti LA.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1045-54.
- Evaluation of methods to determine excessive decline of forced expiratory volume in one second in workers exposed to diacetyl-containing flavorings
Chaisson NF, Kreiss K, Hnizdo E, Hakobyan A, Enright PL.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1119-23.
- Antioxidants and pulmonary function among police officers
Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Mnatsakanova A, Fekedulegn D, Tinney-Zara C, Joseph PN, Schunemann HJ, Violanti JM, Andrew ME, Ochs-Balcom HM.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1124-1131.
- Protecting the planet and its people: How do interventions to promote environmental sustainability and occupational safety and health overlap?
Cunningham TR, Galloway-Williams N, Geller ES.
J Safety Res. 2010 Oct;41(5):407-16.
- A method to determine the available UV-C dose for the decontamination of filtering facepiece respirators
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- U.S. primary care physicians' lung cancer screening beliefs and recommendations
Klabunde CN, Marcus PM, Silvestri GA, Han PK, Richards TB, Yuan G, Marcus SE, Vernon SW.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov;39(5):411-20.
- U.S. primary care physicians' lung cancer screening beliefs and recommendations
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Public Health, General
- Health promotion practice and the road ahead: addressing enduring gaps and encouraging greater practice-to-research translation
Rivera MD, Birnbaum AS.
Health Promot Pract. 2010 Nov;11(6):779-83.
- Visits to primary care delivery sites: United States, 2008
Hing E, Uddin S.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(47):1-8.
- Health promotion practice and the road ahead: addressing enduring gaps and encouraging greater practice-to-research translation
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Sciences, General
- Checking the foundation: recent radiobiology and the linear no-threshold theory
Ulsh BA.
Health Phys. 2010 Dec;99(6):747-58.
- Checking the foundation: recent radiobiology and the linear no-threshold theory
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Zoonoses
- An outbreak of dengue fever in St. Croix (US Virgin Islands), 2005
Mohammed H, Ramos M, Armstrong J, Munoz-Jordan J, Arnold-Lewis KO, Ayala A, Clark GG, Tull ES, Beatty ME.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13729.
- An outbreak of dengue fever in St. Croix (US Virgin Islands), 2005
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders
- Screening for autism in preterm children: diagnostic utility of the social communication questionnaire
Johnson S, Hollis C, Hennessy E, Kochhar P, Wolke D, Marlow N.
Arch Dis Child. 2010 Oct 27.
- Distortions and disconnections: disrupted brain connectivity in autism
Wass S.
Brain Cogn. 2010 Nov 3.
- Autism in adults. New biologicial findings and their translational implications to the cost of clinical services
Murphy DG, Beecham J, Craig M, Ecker C.
Brain Res. 2010 Oct 19.
- Health care expenditures for children with autism spectrum disorders in Medicaid
Wang L, Leslie DL.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;49(11):1165-71.
- Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability
Pagnamenta AT, Khan H, Walker S, Gerrelli D, Wing K, Bonaglia MC, Giorda R, et al..
J Med Genet. 2010 Oct 23.
- Altered functional connectivity in frontal lobe circuits is associated with variation in the autism risk gene CNTNAP2
Scott-Van Zeeland AA, Abrahams BS, Alvarez-Retuerto AI, Sonnenblick LI, Rudie JD, Ghahremani D, Mumford JA, et al..
Sci Transl Med. 2010 Nov 3;2(56):56ra80.
- Screening for autism in preterm children: diagnostic utility of the social communication questionnaire
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Zoonoses - Malaria
- Scaling up malaria control in Zambia: progress and impact 2005-2008
Chizema-Kawesha E, Miller JM, Steketee RW, Mukonka VM, Mukuka C, Mohamed AD, Miti SK, et al..
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):480-8.
- Malaria elimination in Asia-Pacific: an under-told story
Hsiang MS, Abeyasinghe R, Whittaker M, Feachem RG.
Lancet. 2010 May 8;375(9726):1586-7.
- Revisiting the circulation time of plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs
Bousema T, Okell L, Shekalaghe S, Griffin JT, Omar S, Sawa P, Sutherland C, et al..
Malar J. 2010 ;9:136.
- How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination
Cohen JM, Moonen B, Snow RW, Smith DL.
Malar J. 2010 ;9:213.
- Continued decline of malaria in the Gambia with implications for elimination
Ceesay SJ, Casals-Pascual C, Nwakanma DC, Walther M, Gomez-Escobar N, Fulford AJ, Takem EN, et al..
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(8):e12242.
- Why functional pre-erythrocytic and bloodstage malaria vaccines fail: a meta-analysis of fully protective immunizations and novel immunological model
Guilbride DL, Gawlinski P, Guilbride PD.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(5):e10685.
- That was then but this is now: malaria research in the time of an eradication agenda
Kappe SH, Vaughan AM, Boddey JA, Cowman AF.
Science. 2010 May 14;328(5980):862-6.
- Elimination meets reality in Hispaniola
Roberts L.
Science. 2010 May 14;328(5980):850-1.
- Scaling up malaria control in Zambia: progress and impact 2005-2008
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Evaluation of acute hepatitis C infection surveillance --- United States, 2008
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 5;59(43):1407-10.
- Increasing prevalence of parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children --- United States, 2003 and 2007
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 12;59(44):1439-43.
- Evaluation of acute hepatitis C infection surveillance --- United States, 2008
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Immunity and Immunization
- Controversy undermines support for state mandates on the human papillomavirus vaccine
Gollust SE, Dempsey AF, Lantz PM, Ubel PA, Fowler EF.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Nov;29(11):2041-6.
- Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination and trends in genital warts in Australia: analysis of national sentinel surveillance data
Donovan B, Franklin N, Guy R, Grulich AE, Regan DG, Ali H, Wand H, Fairley CK.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
- Controversy undermines support for state mandates on the human papillomavirus vaccine
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