Issue 15, April 16, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 15, 4/16/12

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This week’s Science Clips features articles related to the April 17, 2012 release of CDC Vital Signs on pediatric and adolescent injury prevention (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). Those articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information on the subject.

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1. CDC Vital Signs

   • Childhood Injury Prevention

     1. *A review of unintentional injuries in adolescents
        Sleet DA, Ballesteros MF, Borse NN.
        Annu Rev Public Health. 2010 Apr 21;31:195-212 4 p following 212.
        
     2. *Unintentional injuries in pediatrics
        Judy K.
        Pediatr Rev. 2011 Oct;32(10):431-8; quiz 439.
        
     3. Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969-2000
        Singh GK, Kogan MD.
        Am J Public Health. 2007 Sep;97(9):1658-65.
        
     4. Graduated driver licensing for reducing motor vehicle crashes among young drivers
        Russell KF, Vandermeer B, Hartling L.
        Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 (10):CD003300.
        
     5. Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers---United States, 1999--2008
        Paulozzi L, Jones C, Mack K, Rudd R.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Nov 4;60(43):1487-92.
        
     6. An analysis of the significant decline in motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2008
        Longthorne A, Subramanian R, Chen C.
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. DOT HS 811 346. 2010 .
        
     7. Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1980-2008
        Warner M, Chen L, Makuc D, Anderson R, Minino A.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2011 (81):1-8.
        
     8. SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: expansion of recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment
        Moon RY, Darnall R, Goodstein M, Hauck F.
        Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):e1341-67.
        
     9. Prevention of drowning
        Weiss J.
        Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1):e253-62.
        
     10. World report on childhood injury prevention
         Peden M, Oyegbite K, Ozanne-Smith J, Hyder A, Branche C, Rahman A.
         World Health Organization. 2008 .
         
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     11. Trajectories of kidney function decline in the 2 years before initiation of long-term dialysis
         O'Hare AM, Batten A, Burrows NR, Pavkov ME, Taylor L, Gupta I, Todd-Stenberg J, Maynard C, Rodriguez RA, Murtagh FE, Larson EB, Williams DE.
         Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Apr;59(4):513-22.
         
     12. Patterns of colorectal cancer test use, including CT colonography, in the 2010 National Health Interview Survey
         Shapiro JA, Klabunde C, Thompson TD, Nadel M, Seeff LC, White A.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Apr 6.
         
     13. The body adiposity index (hip circumference / height(1.5)) is not a more accurate measure of adiposity than is BMI, waist circumference, or hip circumference
         Freedman DS, Thornton J, Pi-Sunyer FX, Heymsfield SB, Wang J, Pierson Jr RN, Blanck HM, Gallagher D.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Apr 9.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     14. Fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1999-2007
         Dahlgren FS, Holman RC, Paddock CD, Callinan LS, McQuiston JH.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr;86(4):713-9.
         
     15. Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic procedures -- an emerging public health problem?
         Apostolou A, Bolcen SJ, Dave V, Jani N, Lasker BA, Tan CG, Montana B, Brown JM, Genese CA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 5.
         
     16. The roles of Clostridium difficile and norovirus among gastroenteritis-associated deaths in the United States, 1999-2007
         Hall AJ, Curns AT, McDonald LC, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 4.
         
     17. Reaching the last one percent: progress and challenges in global polio eradication
         Kew O.
         Curr Opin Virol. 2012 Apr;2(2):188-98.
         
     18. Effect of HIV infection on tolerability and bacteriologic outcomes of tuberculosis treatment
         Bliven-Sizemore EE, Johnson JL, Goldberg S, Burman WJ, Villarino ME, Chaisson RE, Consortium FT.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Feb 8.
         
     19. Increasing directly observed therapy related to improved tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Taiwan
         Bloss E, Chan PC, Cheng NW, Wang KF, Yang SL, Cegielski P.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Apr;16(4):462-467.
         
     20. Reasons for non-participation in an international multicenter trial of a new drug for tuberculosis treatment
         Lamunu D, Chapman KN, Nsubuga P, Muzanyi G, Mulumba Y, Mugerwa MA, Goldberg S, Bozeman L, Engle M, Saukkonen J, Mastranunzio S, Mayanja-Kizza H, Johnson JL.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Apr;16(4):480-485.
         
     21. Symptom screen for identification of highly infectious tuberculosis in people living with HIV in southeast Asia
         Kim L, Heilig CM, McCarthy KD, Phanuphak N, Chheng P, Nong K, Quy HT, Sar B, Cain KP, Varma JK.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 6.
         
     22. Development of a clinical screening index predictive of incident HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States
         Pals SL, Herbst JH, Shinde S, Carey JW.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 6.
         
     23. In vitro characterization of a nineteenth-century therapy for smallpox
         Arndt W, Mitnik C, Denzler KL, White S, Waters R, Jacobs BL, Rochon Y, Olson VA, Damon IK, Langland JO.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e32610.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     24. The integration of mental and behavioral health into disaster preparedness, response, and recovery
         Pfefferbaum B, Flynn BW, Schonfeld D, Brown LM, Jacobs GA, Dodgen D, Donato D, Kaul RE, Stone B, Norwood AE, Reissman DB, Herrmann J, Hobfoll SE, Jones RT, Ruzek JI, Ursano RJ, Taylor RJ, Lindley D.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar;6(1):60-66.
         
     25. The H1N1 crisis: a case study of the integration of mental and behavioral health in public health crises
         Pfefferbaum B, Schonfeld D, Flynn BW, Norwood AE, Dodgen D, Kaul RE, Donato D, Stone B, Brown LM, Reissman DB, Jacobs GA, Hobfoll SE, Jones RT, Herrmann J, Ursano RJ, Ruzek JI.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar;6(1):67-71.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     26. Existence of the Rdl mutant alleles among the Anopheles malaria vector in Indonesia
         Asih PB, Syahrani L, Rozi IE, Pratama NR, Marantina SS, Arsyad DS, Mangunwardoyo W, Hawley W, Laihad F, Shinta S, Sukowati S, Lobo NF, Syafruddin D.
         Malar J. 2012 Feb 25;11(1):57.
         

   • Drug Safety

     27. Peramivir use for treatment of hospitalized patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 under Emergency Use Authorization, October 2009 - June 2010
         Yu Y, Garg S, Yu PA, Kim HJ, Patel A, Merlin T, Redd S, Uyeki TM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 5.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     28. Severe outcomes are associated with genogroup 2 genotype 4 norovirus outbreaks: a systematic literature review
         Desai R, Hembree CD, Handel A, Matthews JE, Dickey BW, McDonald S, Hall AJ, Parashar UD, Leon JS, Lopman B.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 4.
         
     29. A model-based tool to predict the propagation of infectious disease via airports
         Hwang GM, Mahoney PJ, James JH, Lin GC, Berro AD, Keybl MA, Goedecke DM, Mathieu JJ, Wilson T.
         Travel Med Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;10(1):32-42.
         

   • Food Safety

     30. Vibrio mimicus infection associated with crayfish consumption, Spokane, Washington, 2010
         Kay MK, Cartwright EJ, Maceachern D, McCullough J, Barzilay E, Mintz E, Duchin JS, MacDonald K, Turnsek M, Tarr C, Talkington D, Newton A, Marfin AA.
         J Food Prot. 2012 Apr;75(4):762-4.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     31. Prospective study of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) variant C677T and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among 6000 US adults
         Yang Q, Bailey L, Clarke R, Flanders WD, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Khoury MJ, Friedman JM.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
         
     32. F8 gene mutation type and inhibitor development in patients with severe hemophilia A: systematic review and meta-analysis
         Gouw SC, van den Berg HM, Oldenburg J, Astermark J, de Groot PG, Margaglione M, Thompson AR, van Heerde W, Boekhorst J, Miller CH, le Cessie S, van der Bom JG.
         Blood. 2012 Mar 22;119(12):2922-34.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     33. Emergency health risk communication during the 2007 San Diego wildfires: comprehension, compliance, and recall
         Sugerman DE, Keir JM, Dee DL, Lipman H, Waterman SH, Ginsberg M, Fishbein DB.
         J Health Commun. 2012 Apr 11.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     34. Comparative tuberculosis (TB) prevention effectiveness in children of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines from different sources, Kazakhstan
         Favorov M, Ali M, Tursunbayeva A, Aitmagambetova I, Kilgore P, Ismailov S, Chorba T.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e32567.
         
     35. Impact of preexisting adenovirus vector immunity on immunogenicity and protection conferred with an adenovirus-based H5N1 influenza vaccine
         Pandey A, Singh N, Vemula SV, Couetil L, Katz JM, Donis R, Sambhara S, Mittal SK.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e33428.
         
     36. Pertussis control: time for something new?
         Clark TA, Messonnier NE, Hadler SC.
         Trends Microbiol. 2012 Apr 9.
         
     37. Improved equity in measles vaccination from integrating insecticide-treated bednets in a vaccination campaign, Madagascar
         Goodson JL, Kulkarni MA, Vanden Eng JL, Wannemuehler KA, Cotte AH, Desrochers RE, Randriamanalina B, Luman ET.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2012 Jan 24.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     38. Partnering strategies for childhood agricultural safety and health
         Hard DL.
         J Agromedicine. 2012 Apr;17(2):225-31.
         
     39. Educating coaches about concussion in sports: evaluation of the CDC's "Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports" initiative
         Covassin T, Elbin RJ, Sarmiento K.
         J Sch Health. 2012 May;82(5):233-238.
         
     40. Prehospital injury deaths - strengthening the case for prevention: nationwide cohort study
         Gedeborg R, Chen LH, Thiblin I, Byberg L, Melhus H, Michaelsson K, Warner M.
         J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Mar;72(3):765-772.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     41. Human papillomavirus antibody reference reagents for use in postvaccination surveillance serology
         Bissett SL, Wilkinson D, Tettmar KI, Jones N, Stanford E, Panicker G, Faust H, Borrow R, Soldan K, Unger ER, Dillner J, Minor P, Beddows S.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Mar;19(3):449-51.
         
     42. Epidemiologic cutoff values for triazole drugs in Cryptococcus gattii: correlation of molecular type and in vitro susceptibility
         Lockhart SR, Iqbal N, Bolden CB, Debess EE, Marsden-Haug N, Worhle R, Thakur R, Harris JR.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 9.
         
     43. Comparison of HIV-1 resistance profiles in plasma RNA versus PBMC DNA in heavily treated patients in Honduras, a resource-limited country
         Diallo K, Murillo WE, de Rivera IL, Albert J, Zhou Z, Nkengasong J, Zhang G, Sabatier JF, Yang C.
         Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2012 ;3(1):56-65.
         
     44. Evaluation of a high-throughput diagnostic system for detection of HIV-1 in dried blood spot samples from infants in Mozambique
         Jani IV, Sabatier J, Vubil A, Subbarao S, Bila D, de Sousa A, Mabunda N, Garcia A, Skaggs B, Ellenberger D, Ramos A.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1458-60.
         
     45. Frequency of decreased susceptibility and resistance to echinocandins among fluconazole-resistant bloodstream isolates of Candida glabrata
         Pfaller MA, Castanheira M, Lockhart SR, Ahlquist AM, Messer SA, Jones RN.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1199-203.
         
     46. Resveratrol inhibits paraquat-induced oxidative stress and fibrogenic response by activating the Nrf2 pathway
         He X, Wang L, Szklarz G, Bi Y, Ma Q.
         J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012 Apr 4.
         
     47. Elucidating the role of the complement control protein in monkeypox pathogenicity
         Hudson PN, Self J, Weiss S, Braden Z, Xiao Y, Girgis NM, Emerson G, Hughes C, Sammons SA, Isaacs SN, Damon IK, Olson VA.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(4):e35086.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     48. Secular trends in pediatric BMI
         Ogden CL, Freedman DS.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     49. Selling Sprinkles micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Western Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
         Suchdev PS, Ruth LJ, Woodruff BA, Mbakaya C, Mandava U, Flores-Ayala R, Jefferds ME, Quick R.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
         
     50. Assessing vitamin status in large population surveys by measuring biomarkers and dietary intake - two case studies: folate and vitamin D
         Pfeiffer CM, Schleicher RL, Johnson CL, Coates PM.
         Food Nutr Res. 2012 ;56.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     51. Comparison of filter and wall deposits from samplers used to collect airborne lead-containing dusts at field sites
         Chisholm WP, Lee T, Slaven JE, Nelson J, Harper M.
         Aerosol Sci Technol. 2012 ;46(4):411-418.
         
     52. Gender differences in acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries among farmworkers in the United States, 1998-2007
         Kasner EJ, Keralis JM, Mehler L, Beckman J, Bonnar-Prado J, Lee SJ, Diebolt-Brown B, Mulay P, Lackovic M, Waltz J, Schwartz A, Mitchell Y, Moraga-McHaley S, Roisman R, Gergely R, Calvert GM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Apr 11.
         
     53. Prevalence and work-relatedness of carpal tunnel syndrome in the working population, United States, 2010 National Health Interview Survey
         Luckhaupt SE, Dahlhamer JM, Ward BW, Sweeney MH, Sestito JP, Calvert GM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Apr 11.
         
     54. Socioeconomic status and lifetime risk for workplace eye injury reported by a US population aged 50 years and over
         Luo H, Beckles GL, Fang X, Crews JE, Saaddine JB, Zhang X.
         Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2012 Apr;19(2):103-10.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     55. News from the CDC: scaling up sustainable intervention delivery - lessons learned from the CDC Arthritis Program
         Brady TJ, Sniezek J, Ramsey LA.
         Transl Behav Med. 2012 March;2(1):3-5.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     56. Physician characteristics and beliefs associated with use of pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women
         Stormo AR, Cooper CP, Hawkins NA, Saraiya M.
         Prev Med. 2012 Mar 28.
         
     57. Trends in health worker performance after implementing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy in Benin
         Rowe AK, Osterholt DM, Kouame J, Piercefield E, Herman KM, Onikpo F, Lama M, Deming MS.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2012 April;17(4):438-446.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     58. Recency of pap testing and future testing plans among women aged 18-64: analysis of the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey
         Ashok M, Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Tangka F, Saraiya M.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Apr 5.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     59. Use of pooled samples from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
         Caudill SP.
         Stat Med. 2012 Apr 11.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     60. Subtance use and type and severity of injury among hospitalized trauma cases: Ohio, 2004-2007
         Socie E, Duffy RE, Erskine T.
         J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2012 Mar;73(2):260-7.
         
     61. The conundrum of smoking cessation and weight gain
         Flegal KM.
         Prev Med. 2012 Mar;54(3-4):193-4.
         

   • Zoonoses

     62. Anthrax outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010
         Chakraborty A, Khan SU, Hasnat MA, Parveen S, Islam MS, Mikolon A, Chakraborty RK, Ahmed BN, Ara K, Haider N, Zaki SR, Hoffmaster AR, Rahman M, Luby SP, Hossain MJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr;86(4):703-10.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     63. Antibodies cross-reactive to influenza A (H3N2) variant virus and impact of 2010-11 seasonal influenza vaccine on cross-reactive antibodies - United States
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):237-41.
         
     64. Human Orf virus infection from household exposures - United States, 2009-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):245-8.
         
     65. Influenza outbreaks at two correctional facilities - Maine, March 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 6;61(13):229-32.
         
     66. Rabies risk assessment of exposures to a bat on a commercial airliner - United States, August 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):242-4.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     67. Increasing incidence of melanoma among young adults: an epidemiological study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
         Reed KB, Brewer JD, Lohse CM, Bringe KE, Pruitt CN, Gibson LE.
         Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Apr;87(4):328-34.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     68. Maternal metabolic conditions and risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders
         Krakowiak P, Walker CK, Bremer AA, Baker AS, Ozonoff S, Hansen RL, Hertz-Picciotto I.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Apr 9.