issue 47, November 22, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 47, 11/22/10
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- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases - Influenza)
- 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
- Comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions: partnering to launch successful colorectal cancer screening initiatives
Seeff LC, Major A, Townsend JS, Provost E, Redwood D, Espey D, Dwyer D, Villanueva R, Larsen L, Rowley K, Leonard B.
Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Nov 18.
- Comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions: partnering to launch successful colorectal cancer screening initiatives
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Communicable Diseases - Influenza
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in postpartum women in California
Louie JK, Jamieson DJ, Rasmussen SA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Nov 10.
- Influenza vaccine given to pregnant women reduces hospitalization due to influenza in their infants
Benowitz I, Esposito DB, Gracey KD, Shapiro ED, Vazquez M.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 15;51(12):1355-1361.
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in postpartum women in California
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Health Communication and Education
- Preventing AIDS through live movement and sound: efficacy of a theater-based HIV prevention intervention delivered to high-risk male adolescents in juvenile justice settings
Lauby JL, LaPollo AB, Herbst JH, Painter TM, Batson H, Pierre A, Milnamow M.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Oct;22(5):402-16.
- Preventing AIDS through live movement and sound: efficacy of a theater-based HIV prevention intervention delivered to high-risk male adolescents in juvenile justice settings
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Healthcare Economics
- How health insurance design affects access to care and costs, by income, in eleven countries
Schoen C, Osborn R, Squires D., Doty MM, Pierson R, Applebaum S.
Health Affairs. 2010 Nov 2010;29(12).
- How health insurance design affects access to care and costs, by income, in eleven countries
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Immunity and Immunization
- Single-dose mucosal immunization with a candidate universal influenza vaccine provides rapid protection from virulent H5N1, H3N2 and H1N1 viruses
Price GE, Soboleski MR, Lo CY, Misplon JA, Quirion MR, Houser KV, Pearce MB, Pappas C, Tumpey TM, Epstein SL.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13162.
- Single-dose mucosal immunization with a candidate universal influenza vaccine provides rapid protection from virulent H5N1, H3N2 and H1N1 viruses
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Laboratory Sciences
- Distinguishing acute from chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection based on antibody reactivities to specific HCV structural and non-structural proteins
Araujo AC, Astrakhantseva IV, Fields HA, Kamili S.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov 17.
- Distinguishing acute from chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection based on antibody reactivities to specific HCV structural and non-structural proteins
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Injury surveillance for youth on farms in the U.S., 2006
Hendricks KJ, Goldcamp EM.
J Agric Saf Health. 2010 Nov;16(4):279-91.
- Risk of lung cancer associated with quantitative beryllium exposure metrics within an occupational cohort
Schubauer-Berigan MK, Deddens JA, Couch JR, Petersen MR.
Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov 16.
- Injury surveillance for youth on farms in the U.S., 2006
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Community responses to naturally occurring asbestos: implications for public health practice
Culley MR, Zorland J, Freire K.
Health Educ Res. 2010 Oct;25(5):877-91.
- Community responses to naturally occurring asbestos: implications for public health practice
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CDC Authored Publications
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Genetics and Genomics
- Discriminative accuracy of genomic profiling comparing multiplicative and additive risk models
Moonesinghe R, Khoury MJ, Liu T, Janssens AC.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2010 Nov 17.
- Human monoclonal antibodies to West Nile virus identify epitopes on the prM protein
Calvert AE, Kalantarov GF, Chang GJ, Trakht I, Blair CD, Roehrig JT.
Virology. 2010 Nov 15.
- Regulation of the expression of the varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 66 gene
Folster JM, Jensen NJ, Ruyechan WT, Inoue N, Schmid DS.
Virus Res. 2010 Nov 10.
- Discriminative accuracy of genomic profiling comparing multiplicative and additive risk models
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Healthcare Economics
- Cost of breast cancer treatment in Medicaid: implications for state programs providing coverage for low-income women
Subramanian S, Trogdon J, Ekwueme DU, Gardner JG, Whitmire JT, Rao C.
Med Care. 2010 Nov 12.
- Cost of breast cancer treatment in Medicaid: implications for state programs providing coverage for low-income women
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Injury and Violence
- Prevalence and characteristics of general and football-specific emergency medical service activations by high school and collegiate certified athletic trainers: a national study
Decoster LC, Swartz EE, Cappaert TA, Hootman JM.
Clin J Sport Med. 2010 Nov;20(6):436-44.
- Prevalence and characteristics of general and football-specific emergency medical service activations by high school and collegiate certified athletic trainers: a national study
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Laboratory Sciences
- Interlaboratory evaluation of a standardized inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry method for the determination of trace elements in air filter samples: preliminary results
Ashley K, Brisson MJ, Howe AM.
Anal Methods. 2010 ;2(11):1823-26.
- Multilaboratory comparison of Streptococcus pneumoniae opsonophagocytic killing assays and their level of agreement for the determination of functional antibody activity in human reference sera
Rose CE, Romero-Steiner S, Burton RL, Carlone GM, Goldblatt D, Nahm MH, Ashton L, Haston M, Ekstrom N, Haikala R, Kayhty H, Henckaerts I, Durant N, Poolman JT, Fernsten P, Yu X, Hu BT, Jansen KU, Blake M, Simonetti E, Hermans PW, Plikaytis BD.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Nov 17.
- Improved selectivity for the analysis of maternal serum and cord serum for polyfluoroalkyl chemicals
Kato K, Basden BJ, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
J Chromatogr A. 2010 Oct 21.
- Cross-platform evaluation of commercial real-time reverse transcription PCR master mix kits using a quantitative 5'nuclease assay for Ebola virus
Stephens KW, Hutchins RJ, Dauphin LA.
Mol Cell Probes. 2010 Dec;24(6):370-5.
- Intestinal epithelia activate anti-viral signaling via intracellular sensing of rotavirus structural components
Frias AH, Vijay-Kumar M, Gentsch JR, Crawford SE, Carvalho FA, Estes MK, Gewirtz AT.
Mucosal Immunol. 2010 Nov;3(6):622-32.
- Dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes by a natural lung surfactant for pulmonary in vitro and in vivo toxicity studies
Wang L, Castranova V, Mishra A, Chen B, Mercer RR, Schwegler-Berry D, Rojanasakul Y.
Part Fibre Toxicol. 2010 ;7:31.
- Measurement of multiple drugs in urine, water, and on surfaces using fluorescence covalent microbead immunosorbent assay
Smith J, Sammons D, Robertson S, Biagini R, Snawder J.
Toxicol Mech Methods. 2010 ;20(9):587-593.
- Multivalent dendrimeric compounds containing carbohydrates expressed on immune cells inhibit infection by primary isolates of HIV-1
Rosa Borges A, Wieczorek L, Johnson B, Benesi AJ, Brown BK, Kensinger RD, Krebs FC, Wigdahl B, Blumenthal R, Puri A, McCutchan FE, Birx DL, Polonis VR, Schengrund CL.
Virology. 2010 Dec 5;408(1):80-8.
- Interlaboratory evaluation of a standardized inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry method for the determination of trace elements in air filter samples: preliminary results
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Maternal and Child Health
- HIV-1 and breastfeeding: biology of transmission and advances in prevention
Bulterys M, Ellington S, Kourtis AP.
Clin Perinatol. 2010 Dec;37(4):807-24.
- Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: pathogenesis, mechanisms and pathways
Kourtis AP, Bulterys M.
Clin Perinatol. 2010 Dec;37(4):721-37.
- Preface. Perinatal HIV infection
Kourtis AP, Bulterys M.
Clin Perinatol. 2010 Dec;37(4):xix-xxi.
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: the role of cesarean delivery
Legardy-Williams JK, Jamieson DJ, Read JS.
Clin Perinatol. 2010 Dec;37(4):777-85.
- HIV drug resistance and mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Weidle PJ, Nesheim S.
Clin Perinatol. 2010 Dec;37(4):825-42.
- HIV-1 and breastfeeding: biology of transmission and advances in prevention
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Nutritional Studies
- Contributions of enriched cereal-grain products, ready-to-eat cereals, and supplements to folic acid and vitamin B-12 usual intake and folate and vitamin B-12 status in US children: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006
Yeung LF, Cogswell ME, Carriquiry AL, Bailey LB, Pfeiffer CM, Berry RJ.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Nov 17.
- Contributions of enriched cereal-grain products, ready-to-eat cereals, and supplements to folic acid and vitamin B-12 usual intake and folate and vitamin B-12 status in US children: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Postural stability effects of random vibration at the feet of construction workers in simulated elevation
Simeonov P, Hsiao H, Powers J, Ammons D, Kau T, Amendola A.
Appl Ergon. 2010 Nov 9.
- Factors associated with the prevalence of non-ROPS tractors on farms in the U.S.
Myers J.
J Agric Saf Health. 2010 Nov;16(4):267-80.
- Postural stability effects of random vibration at the feet of construction workers in simulated elevation
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Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
- The diesel exhaust in miners study: I. Overview of the exposure assessment process
Stewart PA, Coble JB, Vermeulen R, Schleiff P, Blair A, Lubin J, Attfield M, Silverman DT.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Oct;54(7):728-746.
- The diesel exhaust in miners study: II. Exposure monitoring surveys and development of exposure groups
Coble JB, Stewart PA, Vermeulen R, Yereb D, Stanevich R, Blair A, Silverman DT, Attfield M.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Oct;54(7):747-761.
- The diesel exhaust in miners study: III. Interrelations between respirable elemental carbon and gaseous and particulate components of diesel exhaust derived from area sampling in underground non-metal mining facilities
Vermeulen R, Coble JB, Yereb D, Lubin JH, Blair A, Portengen L, Stewart PA, Attfield M, Silverman DT.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Oct;54(7):762-773.
- The diesel exhaust in miners study: IV. Estimating historical exposures to diesel exhaust in underground non-metal mining facilities
Vermeulen R, Coble JB, Lubin JH, Portengen L, Blair A, Attfield MD, Silverman DT, Stewart PA.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Oct;54(7):774-788.
- The diesel exhaust in miners study: I. Overview of the exposure assessment process
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Physical Activity
- Range of motion measurements: reference values and a database for comparison studies
Soucie JM, Wang C, Forsyth A, Funk S, Denny M, Roach KE, Boone D.
Haemophilia. 2010 Nov 11.
- Range of motion measurements: reference values and a database for comparison studies
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Program Evaluation
- Strategies used by community-based organizations to evaluate their locally developed HIV prevention interventions: lessons learned from the CDC's innovative interventions project
Painter TM, Ngalame PM, Lucas B, Lauby JL, Herbst JH.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Oct;22(5):387-401.
- Strategies used by community-based organizations to evaluate their locally developed HIV prevention interventions: lessons learned from the CDC's innovative interventions project
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Public Health Law
- Effectiveness of policies restricting hours of alcohol sales in preventing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms
Hahn RA, Kuzara JL, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Middleton JC, Lawrence B.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Dec;39(6):590-604.
- Effectiveness of policies maintaining or restricting days of alcohol sales on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms
Middleton JC, Hahn RA, Kuzara JL, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey T, Lawrence B.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Dec;39(6):575-589.
- Effectiveness of policies restricting hours of alcohol sales in preventing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- Translating HIV interventions into practice: community-based organizations' experiences with the diffusion of effective behavioral interventions (DEBIs)
Dolcini MM, Gandelman AA, Vogan SA, Kong C, Leak TN, King AJ, Desantis L, O'Leary A.
Soc Sci Med. 2010 Nov;71(10):1839-46.
- Translating HIV interventions into practice: community-based organizations' experiences with the diffusion of effective behavioral interventions (DEBIs)
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Statistics as Topic
- Development, reliability, and validity of an urban trail use survey
Spruijt-Metz D, Wolch J, Jerrett M, Byrne J, Hsieh S, Myles R, Xie B, Wang L, Chou CP, Reynolds KD.
Am J Health Promot. 2010 Sep-Oct;25(1):2-11.
- Development, reliability, and validity of an urban trail use survey
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Communicable Diseases - Influenza
- Children hospitalized with 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) in California
Louie JK, Gavali S, Acosta M, Samuel MC, Winter K, Jean C, Glaser CA, et al.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Nov;164(11):1023-31.
- Immunogenicity of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine in children with cancer in the United Kingdom
Bate J, Yung CF, Hoschler K, Sheasby L, Morden J, Taj M, Heath PT, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 15;51(12):e95-e105.
- Protective efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination against seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infection during 2009 in Hong Kong
Cowling BJ, Ng S, Ma ES, Cheng CK, Wai W, Fang VJ, Chan KH, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 15;51(12):1370-1379.
- The infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong
Wu JT, Ma ES, Lee CK, Chu DK, Ho PL, Shen AL, Ho A, et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 15;51(10):1184-91.
- The 2009 pandemic H1N1 and triple ressortant swine H1N1 influenza viruses replicate efficiently but elicit an attenuated inflammatory response in polarized human bronchial epithelial cells
Zeng H, Pappas C, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
J Virol. 2010 Nov 3.
- Safety and immunogenicity following administration of a live, attenuated monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to children and adults in two randomized controlled trials
Mallory RM, Malkin E, Ambrose CS, Bellamy T, Shi L, Yi T, Jones T, et al.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13755.
- Children hospitalized with 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) in California
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Smoking restrictions in large-hub airports - United States, 2002 and 2010
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 19;59(45):1484-1487.
- Smoking restrictions in large-hub airports - United States, 2002 and 2010
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Communicable Diseases
- Long term risk for hypertension, renal impairment, and cardiovascular disease after gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7: a prospective cohort study
Clark WF, Sontrop JM, Macnab JJ, Salvadori M, Moist L, Suri R, Garg AX.
BMJ. 2010 ;341:c6020.
- Long term risk for hypertension, renal impairment, and cardiovascular disease after gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7: a prospective cohort study
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Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy and criminal offending among adult offspring
Paradis AD, Fitzmaurice GM, Koenen KC, Buka SL.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Nov 15.
- Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a systematic review
Coker TR, Chan LS, Newberry SJ, Limbos MA, Suttorp MJ, Shekelle PG, Takata GS.
JAMA. 2010 Nov 17;304(19):2161-2169.
- Maternal smoking during pregnancy and criminal offending among adult offspring
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Physical Activity
- What men should know about the impact of physical activity on their health
Alford L.
Int J Clin Pract. 2010 Dec;64(13):1731-4.
- What men should know about the impact of physical activity on their health
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Secondhand smoke exposure and the risk of hearing loss
Fabry DA, Davila EP, Arheart KL, Serdar B, Dietz NA, Bandiera FC, Lee DJ.
Tob Control. 2010 Nov 15.
- Secondhand smoke exposure and the risk of hearing loss
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