Issue 33, August 20, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 33, 8/20/12

This week's key scientific topic of Communicable Diseases – HIV, coincides with this week's CDC Grand Rounds on High-Impact HIV Prevention.

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Communicable Diseases - HIV/AIDS

     1. Running in place: implications of HIV incidence estimates among urban men who have sex with men in the United States and other industrialized countries
        Stall R, Duran L, Wisniewski SR, Friedman MS, Marshal MP, McFarland W, Guadamuz TE, et al.
        AIDS Behav. 2009 Aug;13(4):615-29.
        
     2. Medical costs averted by HIV prevention efforts in the United States, 1991-2006
        Farnham PG, Holtgrave DR, Sansom SL, Hall HI.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Aug;54(5):565-7.
        
     3. Return on public health investment: CDC's expanded HIV testing initiative
        Hutchinson AB, Farnham PG, Duffy N, Wolitski RJ, Sansom SL, Dooley SW, Cleveland JC, et al.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Mar 1;59(3):281-6.
        
     4. A way forward: the national HIV/AIDS strategy and reducing HIV incidence in the United States
        Millett GA, Crowley JS, Koh H, Valdiserri RO, Frieden T, Dieffenbach CW, Fenton KA, et al.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec;55 Suppl 2:S144-7.
        
     5. The future of HIV prevention in the United States
        Mermin J, Fenton KA.
        JAMA. 2012 Jul 25;308(4):347-8.
        
     6. How much should we pay for a new HIV diagnosis? A mathematical model of HIV screening in US clinical settings
        Farnham PG, Sansom SL, Hutchinson AB.
        Med Decis Making. 2012 May-Jun;32(3):459-69.
        
     7. Vital Signs: HIV prevention through care and treatment--United States
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Dec 2;60(47):1618-23.
        
     8. Estimated HIV incidence in the United States, 2006-2009
        Prejean J, Song R, Hernandez A, Ziebell R, Green T, Walker F, Lin LS, et al.
        PLoS One. 2011 ;6(8):e17502.
        
     9. A mathematical model of comprehensive test-and-treat services and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in the United States
        Sorensen SW, Sansom SL, Brooks JT, Marks G, Begier EM, Buchacz K, Dinenno EA, et al.
        PLoS One. 2012 ;7(2):e29098.
        
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     10. Abdominal obesity, body mass index, and hypertension in US adults: NHANES 2007-2010
         Ostchega Y, Hughes JP, Terry A, Fakhouri TH, Miller I.
         Am J Hypertens. 2012 Aug 16.
         
     11. Demographic and clinical correlates of diabetes-related quality of life among youth with type 1 diabetes
         Lawrence JM, Yi-Frazier JP, Black MH, Anderson A, Hood K, Imperatore G, Klingensmith GJ, Naughton M, Mayer-Davis EJ, Seid M.
         J Pediatr. 2012 Aug;161(2):201-207 e2.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     12. Exploring discordance between biologic and self-reported measures of semen exposure: a qualitative study among female patients attending an STI clinic in Jamaica
         Carter MW, Bailey A, Snead MC, Costenbader E, Townsend M, Macaluso M, Jamieson DJ, Hylton-Kong T, Warner L, Steiner MJ.
         AIDS Behav. 2012 Aug 15.
         
     13. Changes in incidence and antifungal drug resistance in candidemia: results from population-based laboratory surveillance in Atlanta and Baltimore, 2008-2011
         Cleveland AA, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Stein B, Hollick R, Lockhart SR, Magill SS, Derado G, Park BJ, Chiller TM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Aug 14.
         
     14. Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among foreign-born persons living in the United States by country of origin
         Kowdley KV, Wang CC, Welch S, Roberts H, Brosgart CL.
         Hepatology. 2012 Aug;56(2):422-33.
         
     15. HIVQUAL-T: monitoring and improving HIV clinical care in Thailand, 2002-08
         Thanprasertsuk S, Supawitkul S, Lolekha R, Ningsanond P, Agins BD, McConnell MS, Fox KK, Srisongsom S, Chunwimaleung S, Gass R, Simmons N, Chaovavanich A, Jirajariyavej S, Leusaree T, Akksilp S, Mock PA, Chasombat S, Lertpiriyasuwat C, Tappero JW, Levine WC.
         Int J Qual Health Care. 2012 Aug;24(4):338-47.
         
     16. Development of a clinical screening index predictive of incident HIV infection among men who have sex with men in the United States
         Smith DK, Pals SL, Herbst JH, Shinde S, Carey JW.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 1;60(4):421-7.
         
     17. Risk factors for mechanical ventilation in U.S. children hospitalized with seasonal influenza and 2009 pandemic influenza A
         Eriksson CO, Graham DA, Uyeki TM, Randolph AG.
         Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Aug 14.
         
     18. Annular rash outbreak in a family
         Rangamani S, Van Schooneveld TC, Cornish NE, Varman M.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep;31(9):998.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     19. Yersinia pestis infection and laboratory conditions alter flea-associated bacterial communities
         Jones RT, Vetter SM, Montenieiri J, Holmes J, Bernhardt SA, Gage KL.
         ISME J. 2012 Aug 16.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     20. Correlation of prospective and cross-sectional measures of HIV type 1 incidence in a higher-risk cohort in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
         Sexton CJ, Costenbader EC, Vinh DT, Chen PL, Hoang TV, Lan NT, Feldblum P, Kim A, Giang LT.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Aug;28(8):866-73.
         
     21. When data are not missing at random: implications for measuring health conditions in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
         Frankel MR, Battaglia MP, Balluz L, Strine T.
         BMJ Open. 2012 ;2(4).
         

   • Food Safety

     22. Common source outbreaks of Campylobacter infection in the USA, 1997-2008
         Taylor EV, Herman KM, Ailes EC, Fitzgerald C, Yoder JS, Mahon BE, Tauxe RV.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Aug 15:1-10.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     23. Sociodemographic and risk behavior characteristics associated with unprotected sex with women among black men who have sex with men and women in New York City
         Tieu HV, Spikes P, Patterson J, Bonner S, Egan JE, Goodman K, Stewart K, Frye V, Xu G, Hoover DR, Koblin BA.
         AIDS Care. 2012 Sep;24(9):1111-9.
         

   • Health Disparities

     24. Measuring health disparities: trends in racial-ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity among 2- to 18-year old youth in the United States, 2001-2010
         Rossen LM, Schoendorf KC.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Aug 9.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     25. An economic evaluation of the use of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in the expanded program of immunization of Guizhou province, China
         Yin Z, Beeler Asay GR, Zhang L, Li Y, Zuo S, Hutin YJ, Ning G, Sandhu HS, Cairns L, Luo H.
         Vaccine. 2012 Aug 10;30(37):5569-77.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     26. Parental views of school-located delivery of adolescent vaccines
         Kelminson K, Saville A, Seewald L, Stokley S, Dickinson LM, Daley MF, Suh C, Kempe A.
         J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug;51(2):190-6.
         
     27. Understanding reduced rotavirus vaccine efficacy in low socio-economic settings
         Lopman BA, Pitzer VE, Sarkar R, Gladstone B, Patel M, Glasser J, Gambhir M, Atchison C, Grenfell BT, Edmunds WJ, Kang G, Parashar UD.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e41720.
         
     28. Challenges in confirming a varicella outbreak in the two-dose vaccine era
         Mahamud A, Wiseman R, Grytdal S, Basham C, Asghar J, Dang T, Leung J, Lopez A, Schmid DS, Bialek SR.
         Vaccine. 2012 Aug 7.
         

   • Informatics

     29. Tracking H1N1 vaccine doses administered using CDC's Countermeasure and Response Administration system
         Shimabukuro TT, Sapkota S, Nichols BL, Williams WG, Mullins SW, Lee L, Waite S, Andujar U, Faler G, Hill HH, Tropper J.
         J Emerg Manag. 2012 Jul-Aug;10(4):277-282.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     30. Effect of screening for partner violence on women's quality of life: a randomized controlled trial
         Klevens J, Kee R, Trick W, Garcia D, Angulo FR, Jones R, Sadowski LS.
         JAMA. 2012 Aug 15;308(7):681-9.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     31. Sequence quality analysis tool for HIV type 1 protease and reverse transcriptase
         Delong AK, Wu M, Bennett D, Parkin N, Wu Z, Hogan JW, Kantor R.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Aug;28(8):894-901.
         
     32. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis drug susceptibility and molecular diagnostic testing
         Kalokhe AS, Shafiq M, Lee JC, Ray SM, Wang YF, Metchock B, Anderson AM, Nguyen ML.
         Am J Med Sci. 2012 Aug 9.
         
     33. Respiratory and olfactory cytotoxicity of inhaled 2,3-pentanedione in Sprague-Dawley rats
         Hubbs AF, Cumpston AM, Goldsmith WT, Battelli LA, Kashon ML, Jackson MC, Frazer DG, Fedan JS, Goravanahally MP, Castranova V, Kreiss K, Willard PA, Friend S, Schwegler-Berry D, Fluharty KL, Sriram K.
         Am J Pathol. 2012 Aug 3.
         
     34. Characterization of poliovirus variants selected for resistance to the antiviral compound V-073
         Liu H, Roberts JA, Moore D, Anderson B, Pallansch MA, Pevear DC, Collett MS, Oberste MS.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Aug 13.
         
     35. Factors that impact turnaround time of surgical pathology specimens in an academic institution
         Patel S, Smith JB, Kurbatova E, Guarner J.
         Hum Pathol. 2012 Sep;43(9):1501-5.
         
     36. Single-walled carbon nanotubes induce fibrogenic effect by disturbing mitochondrial oxidative stress and activating NF-kappaB signaling
         He X, Young SH, Fernback JE, Ma Q.
         J Clin Toxicol. 2012 July.
         
     37. Patterns of cellular and HPV 16 methylation as biomarkers for cervical neoplasia
         Patel DA, Rozek LS, Colacino JA, Van Zomeren-Dohm A, Ruffin MT, Unger ER, Dolinoy DC, Swan DC, Onyekwuluje J, Degraffinreid CR, Paskett ED.
         J Virol Methods. 2012 Sep;184(1-2):84-92.
         
     38. Interferon-gamma release assays for prediction of tuberculosis
         Kawamura LM, Grinsdale JA, Ho CS, Jereb JA.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;12(8):584.
         
     39. Acute pulmonary dose-responses to inhaled multi-walled carbon nanotubes
         Porter DW, Hubbs AF, Chen TB, McKinney W, Mercer RR, Wolfarth MG, Battelli L, Wu N, Sriram K, Leonard S, Andrew ME, Willard P, Sujhi T, Morinobu E, Tsuruoka S, Munekane F, Frazier DG, Castranova V.
         Nanotoxicology. 2012 Aug 13.
         
     40. Graphene oxide, but not fullerenes, targets immunoproteasomes and suppresses antigen presentation by dendritic cells
         Tkach AV, Yanamala N, Stanley S, Shurin MR, Shurin GV, Kisin ER, Murray AR, Pareso S, Khaliullin T, Kotchey GP, Castranova V, Mathur S, Fadeel B, Star A, Kagan VE, Shvedova AA.
         Small. 2012 Aug 13.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     41. Health challenges of young travelers visiting friends and relatives compared with those traveling for other purposes
         Han P, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Macleod WB, Ooi WW, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Barnett ED.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep;31(9):915-919.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     42. Prevalence, management, and control of hypertension among US workers: does occupation matter?
         Davila EP, Kuklina EV, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW, Rolle I, Nsubuga P.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Aug 9.
         
     43. Occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents and risks of glioma and meningioma in adults
         Neta G, Stewart PA, Rajaraman P, Hein MJ, Waters MA, Purdue MP, Samanic C, Coble JB, Linet MS, Inskip PD.
         Occup Environ Med. 2012 Aug 3.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     44. Profitability and occupational injuries in U.S. underground coal mines
         Asfaw A, Mark C, Pana-Cryan R.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2012 Aug 9.
         

   • Physical Activity

     45. Physical activity: more of the same is not enough
         Hallal PC, Bauman AE, Heath GW, Kohl HW, Lee IM, Pratt M.
         Lancet. 2012 Jul 21;380(9838):190-91.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     46. Assessing spatial gaps in sexually transmissible infection services and morbidity: an illustration with Texas county-level data from 2007
         Owusu-Edusei K, Doshi SR.
         Sex Health. 2012 Sep;9(4):334-40.
         
     47. Factors associated with condom use problems during vaginal sex with main and non-main partners
         D'Anna L H, Korosteleva O, Warner L, Douglas J, Paul S, Metcalf C, McIlvaine E, Malotte CK.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Sep;39(9):687-693.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     48. The relationship between Toxoplasma gondii infection and mood disorders in the third National Health and Nutrition Survey
         Pearce BD, Kruszon-Moran D, Jones JL.
         Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Aug 15;72(4):290-5.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     49. Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys
         Giovino GA, Mirza SA, Samet JM, Gupta PC, Jarvis. M. J. , Bhala N, Peto R, Zatonski W, Hsia J, Morton J, Palipudi KM, Asma S.
         Lancet. 2012 18 Aug;380(9842):668-679.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.

   • MMWR in the Media

     50. Evolution of varicella surveillance - selected states, 2000-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Aug 17;61(32):609-12.
         
     51. Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - United States, 2012-13 influenza season
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Aug 17;61(32):613-8.
         
     52. Recommendations for the identification of chronic hepatitis C virus infection among persons born during 1945-1965
         Smith BD, Morgan RL, Beckett GA, Falck-Ytter Y, Holtzman D, Teo C, Jewett A, Baack B, Rein DB, Patel N, Alter M, Yartel A, Ward JW.
         MMWR Recomm Rep. 2012 Aug 17;61(RR-4):1-32.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     53. Multiple chronic conditions among adults aged 45 and over: trends over the past 10 years
         Freid VM, Bernstein AB, Bush MA.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Jul(100):1-8.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     54. Persistence of hepatitis A vaccine induced seropositivity in infants and young children by maternal antibody status: 10-year follow-up
         Sharapov UM, Bulkow LR, Negus SE, Spradling PR, Homan C, Drobeniuc J, Bruce M, Kamili S, Hu DJ, McMahon BJ.
         Hepatology. 2012 ;56(2):516-522.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     55. Safe infant sleep recommendations on the Internet: let's Google it
         Chung M, Oden RP, Joyner BL, Sims A, Moon RY.
         J Pediatr. 2012 Aug 3.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     56. Sodium and potassium intakes among US adults: NHANES 2003-2008
         Cogswell ME, Zhang Z, Carriquiry AL, Gunn JP, Kuklina EV, Saydah SH, Yang Q, Moshfegh AJ.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug 1.
         
     57. Low-calorie sweetener consumption is increasing in the United States
         Sylvetsky AC, Welsh JA, Brown RJ, Vos MB.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug 1.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     58. Small-molecule inhibition of BRDT for male contraception
         Matzuk MM, McKeown MR, Filippakopoulos P, Li Q, Ma L, Agno JE, Lemieux M, Picaud S, Yu RN, Qi J, Knapp S, Bradner JE.
         Cell. 2012 Aug 17;150(4):673-684.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     59. Prevalence and timing of oral sex with opposite-sex partners among females and males aged 15-24 years: United States, 2007-2010
         Copen CE, Chandra A, Martinez G.
         Natl Health Stat Report. 2012 Aug 16(56):1-16.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     60. Ending the tobacco epidemic
         Koh HK, Sebelius KG.
         JAMA. 2012 Aug 15.
         
     61. Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys
         Giovino GA, Mirza SA, Samet JM, Gupta PC, Jarvis. M. J. , Bhala N, Peto R, Zatonski W, Hsia J, Morton J, Palipudi KM, Asma S, for The GATS Collaborative Group .
         Lancet. 2012 18 Aug;380(9842):668-679.
         

   • Vital Statistics

     62. Death in the United States, 2010
         Minino AM, Murphy SL.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Jul(99):1-8.
         
   
   

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