Issue 25, June 24, 2013

The report consists of four components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Public Health Ethics)
• Public health articles noted in the media

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Prevalence, characteristics and clinical diagnosis of maturity onset diabetes of the young due to mutations in HNF1A, HNF4A, and glucokinase: results from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth
       Gilliam LK, Pihoker C, Ellard S, Hattersley AT, Dabelea D, Davis C, Dolan LM, Greenbaum CJ, Imperatore G, Lawrence JM, Marcovina SM, Mayer-Davis E, Rodriguez BL, Steck AK, Williams DE.
       J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jun 14.
       

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     • Mortality from a tornado outbreak, Alabama, April 27, 2011
       Chiu CH, Schnall AH, Mertzlufft CE, Noe RS, Wolkin AF, Spears J, Casey-Lockyer M, Vagi SJ.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Jun 13.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Review of hepatitis B surveillance in China: improving information to frame future directions in prevention and control
       Cui F, Drobeniuc J, Hadler S, Hutin YJ, Ma F, Wiersma S, Wang F, Wu J, Zheng H, Zhou L, Zuo S.
       Vaccine. 2013 Jun 12.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Antimicrobial resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica isolated from animals, retail meats, and humans in the United States and Canada
       Glenn LM, Lindsey RL, Folster JP, Pecic G, Boerlin P, Gilmour MW, Harbottle H, Zhao S, McDermott PF, Fedorka-Cray PJ, Frye JG.
       Microb Drug Resist. 2013 Jun;19(3):175-84.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Prevalence of anogenital warts among participants in private health plans in the United States, 2003-2010: potential impact of human papillomavirus vaccination
       Flagg EW, Schwartz R, Weinstock H.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Jun 13.
       
     • Reduction in human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among young women following HPV vaccine introduction in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2003-2010
       Markowitz LE, Hariri S, Lin C, Dunne EF, Steinau M, McQuillan G, Unger ER.
       J Infect Dis. 2013 Jun 19.
       
     • Influenza illness and hospitalizations averted by influenza vaccination in the United States, 2005-2011
       Kostova D, Reed C, Finelli L, Cheng P, Gargiullo P, Shay D, Singleton J, Meltzer M, Lu P, Bresee J.
       PLoS One. 2013 .
       

   • Nutritional Sciences

     • Prevalence and predictors of children's dietary supplement use: the 2007 National Health Interview Survey
       Dwyer J, Nahin RL, Rogers GT, Barnes PM, Jacques PM, Sempos CT, Bailey R.
       Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jun;97(6):1331-7.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Zoonotic disease risk and prevention practices among biologists and other wildlife workers--results from a national survey, US National Park Service, 2009
       Bosch SA, Musgrave K, Wong D.
       J Wildl Dis. 2013 Jul;49(3):475-585.
       

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     • Associations between pain clinic density and distributions of opioid pain relievers, drug-related deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Florida
       Sauber-Schatz EK, Mack KA, Diekman ST, Paulozzi LJ.
       Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jun 13.
       
   
   

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

     1. Occurrence of radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee and hip among African Americans and whites: a population-based prospective cohort study
        Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Helmick CG, Badley EM, Cibere J, Callahan LF, Jordan JM.
        Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Jun;65(6):928-35.
        
     2. Trends in the prevalence of obstructive and restrictive lung function among adults in the United States: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 1988-1994 to 2007-2010
        Ford ES, Mannino DM, Wheaton AG, Giles WH, Presley-Cantrell L, Croft JB.
        Chest. 2013 May 1;143(5):1395-406.
        
     3. Race/ethnicity disparities in dysglycemia among U.S. women of childbearing age found mainly in the nonoverweight/nonobese
        Marcinkevage JA, Alverson CJ, Narayan KM, Kahn HS, Ruben J, Correa A.
        Diabetes Care. 2013 Jun 18.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Haemophilus influenzae acute endometritis with bacteremia: case report and literature review
        Martin D, Dbouk RH, Deleon-Carnes M, Del Rio C, Guarner J.
        Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;76(2):235-6.
        
     5. Expanding HIV testing: back to the future
        Branson BM, Viall A, Marum E.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jul;63 Suppl 2:S117-21.
        
     6. Adult male circumcision: reflections on successes and challenges
        Justman J, Goldberg A, Reed J, Bock N, Njeuhmeli E, Goldzier Thomas A.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jul;63 Suppl 2:S140-3.
        
     7. Predicting U.S. tuberculosis case counts through 2020
        Woodruff RS, Winston CA, Miramontes R.
        PLoS One. 2013 ;8(6):e65276.
        
     8. Diversity of circulating rotavirus strains in children hospitalized with diarrhea in India, 2005-2009
        Kang G, Desai R, Arora R, Chitamabar S, Naik TN, Krishnan T, Deshpande J, Gupte MD, Venkatasubramaniam S, Gentsch JR, Parashar UD.
        Vaccine. 2013 Jun 12;31(27):2879-2883.
        
     9. Seroprevalence of measles, mumps and rubella among children in American Samoa, 2011, and progress towards West Pacific Region goals of elimination
        Mahamud A, Masunu-Faleafaga Y, Walls L, Williams N, Garcia P, Teshale E, Williams R, Dulski T, Bellini WJ, Kutty PK.
        Vaccine. 2013 Jun 12.
        

   • Environmental Health

     10. Environmental exposure to the plasticizer 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, diisononyl ester (DINCH) in US adults (2000-2012)
         Silva MJ, Jia T, Samandar E, Preau JL, Calafat AM.
         Environ Res. 2013 Jun 15.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     11. Lack of patient registration in the electronic TB register for sputum smear-positive patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
         Bristow CC, Dilraj A, Margot B, Podewils LJ.
         Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2013 Jun 12.
         
     12. Identifying pregnancy episodes, outcomes, and mother-infant pairs in the Vaccine Safety Datalink
         Naleway AL, Gold R, Kurosky S, Riedlinger K, Henninger ML, Nordin JD, Kharbanda EO, Irving S, Cheetham TC, McCarthy NL.
         Vaccine. 2013 Jun 12;31(27):2898-903.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     13. Human G9P[8] rotavirus strains circulating in Cameroon, 1999-2000: genetic relationships with other G9 strains and detection of a new G9 subtype
         Esona MD, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Foytich K, Roy S, Banyai K, Armah G, Steele A, Volotao E, Gomez M, Silva M, Gautam R, Quaye O, Tam K, Forbi J, Seheri M, Page N, Nyangao J, Ndze V, Aminu M, Bowen M, Gentsch J.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Jun 13.
         
     14. Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-3 (PvMSP3): expression of an 11 member multigene family in blood-stage parasites
         Jiang J, Barnwell JW, Meyer EV, Galinski MR.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(5):e63888.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     15. "A man's gonna do what a man wants to do": African American and Hispanic women's perceptions about heterosexual relationships: a qualitative study
         McLellan-Lemal E, Toledo L, O'Daniels C, Villar-Loubet O, Simpson C, Adimora AA, Marks G.
         BMC Womens Health. 2013 May 24;13(1):27.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     16. Medical costs associated with type 2 diabetes complications and comorbidities
         Li R, Bilik D, Brown MB, Zhang P, Ettner SL, Ackermann RT, Crosson JC, Herman WH.
         Am J Manag Care. 2013 May;19(5):421-30.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     17. Effectiveness of monovalent rotavirus vaccine in Bolivia: case-control study
         Patel MM, Patzi M, Pastor D, Nina A, Roca Y, Alvarez L, Iniguez V, Rivera R, Tam KI, Quaye O, Bowen M, Parashar U, De Oliveira LH.
         BMJ. 2013 ;346:f3726.
         
     18. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine for preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations in adults, 2011-2012 influenza season
         Talbot HK, Zhu Y, Chen Q, Williams JV, Thompson MG, Griffin MR.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;56(12):1774-7.
         
     19. Progress towards demonstrating the impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines globally
         Hajjeh R, Mulholland K, Schuchat A, Santosham M.
         J Pediatr. 2013 Jul;163(1 Suppl):S1-3.
         
     20. Evaluation of the effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine introduction against radiologically-confirmed hospitalized pneumonia in young children in Ukraine
         Pilishvili T, Chernyshova L, Bondarenko A, Lapiy F, Sychova I, Cohen A, Flannery B, Hajjeh R.
         J Pediatr. 2013 Jul;163(1 Suppl):S12-8.
         
     21. Effectiveness of monovalent and pentavalent rotavirus vaccine
         Cortese MM, Immergluck LC, Held M, Jain S, Chan T, Grizas AP, Khizer S, Barrett C, Quaye O, Mijatovic-Rustemapasic S, Gautam R, Bowen MD, Moore J, Tate JE, Parashar UD, Vazquez M.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Jun 17.
         
     22. Long-term safety assessment of live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccines: deliberations from a WHO technical consultation
         Bentsi-Enchill AD, Schmitz J, Edelman R, Durbin A, Roehrig JT, Smith PG, Hombach J, Farrar J.
         Vaccine. 2013 May 28;31(23):2603-9.
         
     23. Cost-benefit analysis of hospital based postpartum vaccination with combined tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap)
         Ding Y, Yeh SH, Mink CA, Zangwill KM, Allred NJ, Hay JW.
         Vaccine. 2013 May 24;31(22):2558-64.
         
     24. Determining the effectiveness of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against rotavirus hospitalizations and emergency department visits using two study designs
         Donauer S, Payne DC, Edwards KM, Szilagyi PG, Hornung RW, Weinberg GA, Chappell J, Hall CB, Parashar UD, Staat MA.
         Vaccine. 2013 May 31;31(24):2692-7.
         
     25. Postlicensure surveillance for pre-specified adverse events following the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children
         Tseng HF, Sy LS, Liu IL, Qian L, Marcy SM, Weintraub E, Yih K, Baxter R, Glanz JM, Donahue J, Naleway A, Nordin J, Jacobsen SJ.
         Vaccine. 2013 May 24;31(22):2578-83.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     26. Chemical characterization of domestic oral tobacco products: total nicotine, pH, unprotonated nicotine and tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines
         Lawler TS, Stanfill SB, Zhang L, Ashley DL, Watson CH.
         Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Jul;57:380-6.
         
     27. Consideration of kaolinite interference correction for quartz measurements in coal mine dust
         Lee T, Chisholm WP, Kashon M, Key-Schwartz RJ, Harper M.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013 Aug;10(8):425-34.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     28. Requirements for the clinical evaluation of new anti-tuberculosis agents in children
         Donald PR, Ahmed A, Burman WJ, Cotton MF, Graham SM, Mendel C, McIlleron H, Mac Kenzie WR, Nachman S, Schaaf HS, Starke JR, Wingfield C, Hesseling AC.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Jun;17(6):794-9.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     29. Evaluation of Vitamin D Standardization Program protocols for standardizing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data: a case study of the program's potential for national nutrition and health surveys
         Cashman KD, Kiely M, Kinsella M, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Tian L, Zhang Y, Lucey A, Flynn A, Gibney MJ, Vesper HW, Phinney KW, Coates PM, Picciano MF, Sempos CT.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jun;97(6):1235-42.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     30. A comparison of work-exacerbated asthma cases from clinical and epidemiological settings
         Henneberger P, Liang X, Lemiere C.
         Can Respir J. 2013 May-Jun;20(3):159-64.
         
     31. Pooling job physical exposure data from multiple independent studies in a consortium study of carpal tunnel syndrome
         Kapellusch JM, Garg A, Bao SS, Silverstein BA, Burt SE, Dale AM, Evanoff BA, Gerr FE, Harris-Adamson C, Hegmann KT, Merlino LA, Rempel DM.
         Ergonomics. 2013 May 22.
         
     32. Flat fold and cup-shaped n95 filtering facepiece respirator face seal area and pressure determinations: a stereophotogrammetry study
         Niezgoda G, Kim JH, Roberge RJ, Benson SM.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013 Aug;10(8):419-24.
         
     33. Negative impacts of shiftwork and long work hours
         Caruso CC.
         Rehabil Nurs. 2013 Jun 18.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     34. Community and federal collaboration to assess pregnancy outcomes in Alaska Native women, 1997-2005
         Kim SY, England LJ, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Wilson HG, Klejka J, Tucker M, Lewis C, Kendrick JS.
         Matern Child Health J. 2013 Jun 18.
         
     35. Reach and cost-effectiveness of the PrePex device for safe male circumcision in Uganda
         Duffy K, Galukande M, Wooding N, Dea M, Coutinho A.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(5):e63134.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     36. Breaking down P values and 95% confidence intervals: what infection preventionists should know about statistical certainty
         Ellingson K.
         Am J Infect Control. 2013 Jun 13.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     37. Encouraging smokers to talk with their physicians about quitting
         McAfee T.
         JAMA. 2013 Jun 12;309(22):2329-30.
         

   • Zoonoses

     38. Detection of novel porcine bocaviruses in fecal samples of asymptomatic pigs in Cameroon
         Ndze VN, Cadar D, Csagola A, Kisfali P, Kovacs E, Farkas S, Ngu AF, Esona MD, Dan A, Tuboly T, Banyai K.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Jul;17:277-82.
         
     39. Identification of host blood from engorged mosquitoes collected in Western Uganda using cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences
         Crabtree MB, Kading RC, Mutebi JP, Lutwama JJ, Miller BR.
         J Wildl Dis. 2013 Jul;49(3):611-26.
         
     40. Prevalence of antibodies to alphaviruses and flaviviruses in free-ranging game animals and nonhuman primates in the greater Congo basin
         Kading RC, Borland EM, Cranfield M, Powers AM.
         J Wildl Dis. 2013 Jul;49(3):587-99.
         
   
   

3. 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).

   • Public Health Ethics

     41. Climate change is a bioethics problem
         Macpherson CC.
         Bioethics. 2013 Jul;27(6):305-8.
         
     42. "Let's get the best quality research we can": public awareness and acceptance of consent to use existing data in health research: a systematic review and qualitative study
         Hill EM, Turner EL, Martin RM, Donovan JL.
         BMC Med Res Methodol. 2013 ;13:72.
         
     43. Reducing health inequities: the contribution of core public health services in BC
         Pauly BB, Macdonald M, Hancock T, Martin W, Perkin K.
         BMC Public Health. 2013 ;13:550.
         
     44. Ethical issues in obtaining collateral information on alcohol and drug use: experience from Asia and Africa
         Varma DS, Chandra PS, O'Leary CC, Reich W, Cottler LB.
         Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;26(4):330-4.
         
     45. The legacy of the U. S. Public Health Services Study of untreated syphilis in African American men at Tuskegee on the Affordable Care Act and health care reform fifteen years after President Clinton's apology
         Mays VM.
         Ethics Behav. 2012 Nov 1;22(6):411-418.
         
     46. Public preferences regarding informed consent models for participation in population-based genomic research
         Platt J, Bollinger J, Dvoskin R, Kardia SL, Kaufman D.
         Genet Med. 2013 May 9.
         
     47. Beyond procedural ethics: foregrounding questions of justice in global health research ethics training for students
         Hunt MR, Godard B.
         Glob Public Health. 2013 May 24.
         
     48. "Ever vigilant" in "ethically impossible": structural injustice and responsibility in PHS research in Guatemala
         Galarneau C.
         Hastings Cent Rep. 2013 May-Jun;43(3):36-45.
         
     49. Preventing sin: the ethics of vaccines against smoking
         Lieber SR, Millum J.
         Hastings Cent Rep. 2013 May-Jun;43(3):23-33.
         
     50. Ethics and data protection in human biomarker studies in environmental health
         Casteleyn L, Dumez B, Van Damme K, Anwar WA.
         Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2013 Apr 6.
         
     51. Equity in public health: an epigenetic perspective
         Stapleton G, Schroder-Back P, Townend D.
         Public Health Genomics. 2013 May 9.
         
     52. Ethics gone awry: the US Public Health Service studies in Guatemala; 1946-1948
         Zenilman JM.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Jun;89(4):295-300.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

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

   • MMWR in the Media

     53. Homemade chemical bomb incidents - 15 states, 2003-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Jun 21;62(24):498-500.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     54. A large community outbreak of blastomycosis in Wisconsin with geographic and ethnic clustering
         Roy M, Benedict K, Deak E, Kirby MA, McNiel JT, Sickler CJ, Eckardt E, Marx RK, Heffernan RT, Meece JK, Klein BS, Archer JR, Theurer J, Davis JP, Park BJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jun 3.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     55. Hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
         Assiri A, McGeer A, Perl TM, Price CS, Al Rabeeah AA, Cummings DA, Alabdullatif ZN, Assad M, Almulhim A, Makhdoom H, Madani H, Alhakeem R, Al-Tawfiq JA, Cotten M, Watson SJ, Kellam P, Zumla AI, Memish ZA.
         N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 19.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     56. Perinatal air pollutant exposures and autism spectrum disorder in the children of Nurses' Health Study II participants
         Roberts AL, Lyall K, Hart JE, Laden F., Just AC, Bobb JF, Koenen KC, Ascherio A, Weisskopf MG.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2013 .
         
   
   

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