Issue 31, August 12, 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 Law)
• 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.

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Binational outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection, Mexico and USA, 2011
       Jackson BR, Zegarra JA, Lopez-Gatell H, Sejvar J, Arzate F, Waterman S, Nunez AS, Lopez B, Weiss J, Cruz RQ, Murrieta DY, Luna-Gierke R, Heiman K, Vieira AR, Fitzgerald C, Kwan P, Zarate-Bermudez M, Talkington D, Hill VR, Mahon B.
       Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug 7:1-11.
       
     • Household transmission of rotavirus in a community with rotavirus vaccination in Quininde, Ecuador
       Lopman B, Vicuna Y, Salazar F, Broncano N, Esona MD, Sandoval C, Gregoricus N, Bowen MD, Payne D, Vaca M, Chico M, Parashar U, Cooper PJ.
       PLoS One. 2013 ;8(7):e67763.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • HIV diagnoses and prevalence in the southern region of the United States, 2007-2010
       Prejean J, Tang T, Hall HI.
       J Community Health. 2013 Jun;38(3):414-26.
       
     • Health status, risk factors, and medical conditions among persons enrolled in Medicaid vs uninsured low-income adults potentially eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act
       Decker SL, Kostova D, Kenney GM, Long SK.
       JAMA. 2013 Jun 26;309(24):2579-86.
       
     • Adverse drug events resulting from use of drugs with sulphonamide-containing anti-malarials and artemisinin-based ingredients: findings on incidence and household costs from three districts with routine demographic surveillance systems in rural Tanzania
       Njau JD, Kabanywanyi AM, Goodman CA, MacArthur JR, Kapella BK, Gimnig JE, Kahigwa E, Bloland PB, Abdulla SM, Kachur SP.
       Malar J. 2013 ;12(1):236.
       

   • Food Safety

     • Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, and Staphylococcus aureus--United States, 1998-2008
       Bennett SD, Walsh KA, Gould LH.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;57(3):425-33.
       

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     • Preliminary laboratory report of fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections
       Lockhart SR, Pham CD, Gade L, Iqbal N, Scheel CM, Cleveland AA, Whitney AM, Noble-Wang J, Chiller TM, Park BJ, Litvintseva AP, Brandt ME.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug;51(8):2654-61.
       

   • Healthcare Economics

     • Cost-effectiveness of routine screening for critical congenital heart disease in US newborns
       Peterson C, Grosse SD, Oster ME, Olney RS, Cassell CH.
       Pediatrics. 2013 Aug 5.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • The association of mild, moderate, and binge prenatal alcohol exposure and child neuropsychological outcomes: a meta-analysis
       Flak AL, Su S, Bertrand J, Denny CH, Kesmodel US, Cogswell ME.
       Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Aug 1.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Updated US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
       Kuhar DT, Henderson DK, Struble KA, Heneine W, Thomas V, Cheever LW, Gomaa A, Panlilio AL.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Sep;34(9):875-92.
       
   
   

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. Association of church-sponsored activity participation and prevalence of overweight and obesity in African American Protestants, National Survey of American Life, 2001-2003
        Taylor J, Belay B, Park S, Onufrak S, Dietz W.
        Ethn Dis. 2013 Summer;23(3):322-8.
        
     2. Is obesity associated with reduced health-related quality of life in Latino, black and white children in the community?
        Wallander JL, Kerbawy S, Toomey S, Lowry R, Elliott MN, Escobar-Chaves SL, Franzini L, Schuster MA.
        Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Jul;37(7):920-5.
        
     3. The association of screen time, television in the bedroom, and obesity among school-aged youth: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health
        Wethington H, Pan L, Sherry B.
        J Sch Health. 2013 Aug;83(8):573-81.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Prolonged university outbreak of meningococcal disease associated with a serogroup B strain rarely seen in the United States
        Mandal S, Wu HM, Macneil JR, Machesky K, Garcia J, Plikaytis BD, Quinn K, King L, Schmink SE, Wang X, Mayer LW, Clark TA, Gaskell JR, Messonnier NE, Diorio M, Cohn AC.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;57(3):344-8.
        
     5. Elimination of perinatal HIV infection in the USA and other high-income countries: achievements and challenges
        Nesheim S, Harris LF, Lampe M.
        Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2013 Sep;8(5):446-55.
        
     6. Resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs: impact on multidrug-resistant TB outcomes
        Falzon D, Gandhi N, Migliori GB, Sotgiu G, Cox HS, Holtz TH, Hollm-Delgado MG, Keshavjee S, Deriemer K, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Lange CG, Bauer M, Menzies D.
        Eur Respir J. 2013 Jul;42(1):156-68.
        
     7. Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage and time to sputum culture conversion
        Click ES, Winston CA, Oeltmann JE, Moonan PK, MacKenzie WR.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Jul;17(7):878-84.
        
     8. HIV status among patients with tuberculosis and HIV testing practices by Connecticut health care providers
        Clark IT, Lobato MN, Gutierrez J, Sosa LE.
        J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2013 Jul-Aug;12(4):261-5.
        
     9. Hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection prevalence and associated risk factors in men who have sex with men, Bangkok, 2006-2008
        Linkins RW, Chonwattana W, Holtz TH, Wasinrapee P, Chaikummao S, Varangrat A, Tongtoyai J, Mock PA, Curlin ME, Sirivongrangson P, van Griensven F, McNicholl JM.
        J Med Virol. 2013 Sep;85(9):1499-505.
        
     10. "Eczema coxsackium" and unusual cutaneous findings in an enterovirus outbreak
         Mathes EF, Oza V, Frieden IJ, Cordoro KM, Yagi S, Howard R, Kristal L, Ginocchio CC, Schaffer J, Maguiness S, Bayliss S, Lara-Corrales I, Garcia-Romero MT, Kelly D, Salas M, Oberste MS, Nix WA, Glaser C, Antaya R.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e149-57.
         
     11. Patterns of treatment interruption among patients with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) and association with interim and final treatment outcomes
         Podewils LJ, Gler MT, Quelapio MI, Chen MP.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(7):e70064.
         
     12. Estimating chlamydia re-infection rates: an empirical example
         Torrone EA, Satterwhite CL, Scholes D, Yu O, Berman S, Peterman TA.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Aug;89(5):388-90.
         

   • Community Health Services

     13. Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study
         Kwambai TK, Dellicour S, Desai M, Ameh CA, Person B, Achieng F, Mason L, Laserson KF, Ter Kuile FO.
         BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2013 ;13:134.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     14. Radiation public health emergencies, community resilience, and the role of nuclear medicine technologists
         Pomerleau AC, Ansari A, Miller CW.
         J Nucl Med Technol. 2013 Aug 5.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     15. Deciphering serology to understand the ecology of infectious diseases in wildlife
         Gilbert AT, Fooks AR, Hayman DT, Horton DL, Muller T, Plowright R, Peel AJ, Bowen R, Wood JL, Mills J, Cunningham AA, Rupprecht CE.
         Ecohealth. 2013 Aug 6.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     16. Drug resistance beyond extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: individual patient data meta-analysis
         Migliori GB, Sotgiu G, Gandhi NR, Falzon D, Deriemer K, Centis R, Hollm-Delgado MG, Palmero D, Perez-Guzman C, Vargas MH, D'Ambrosio L, Spanevello A, Bauer M, Chan ED, Schaaf HS, Keshavjee S, Holtz TH, Menzies D.
         Eur Respir J. 2013 Jul;42(1):169-79.
         
     17. Influenza risk management: lessons learned from an A(H1N1) pdm09 outbreak investigation in an operational military setting
         Farrell M, Sebeny P, Klena JD, Demattos C, Pimentel G, Turner M, Joseph A, Espiritu J, Zumwalt J, Dueger E.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(7):e68639.
         
     18. Predictive accuracy of 29-comorbidity index for in-hospital deaths in US adult hospitalizations with a diagnosis of venous thromboembolism
         Tsai J, Abe K, Boulet SL, Beckman MG, Hooper WC, Grant AM.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(7):e70061.
         
     19. Inconsistencies between recorded opportunistic infections and WHO HIV staging in western Kenya
         Oluoch T, de Keizer N, Kwaro D, Wattoyi I, Okeyo N, Cornet R.
         Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013 ;192:1139.
         

   • Food Safety

     20. Outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype I 4,5,12:i:- infections: the challenges of hypothesis generation and microwave cooking
         Mody RK, Meyer S, Trees E, White PL, Nguyen T, Sowadsky R, Henao OL, Lafon PC, Austin J, Azzam I, Griffin PM, Tauxe RV, Smith K, Williams IT.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug 5:1-11.
         
     21. Clam-associated vibriosis, USA, 1988-2010
         Slayton RB, Newton AE, Depaola A, Jones JL, Mahon BE.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug 7:1-6.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     22. Reconstruction of viral population structure from next-generation sequencing data using multicommodity flows
         Skums P, Mancuso N, Artyomenko A, Tork B, Mandoiu I, Khudyakov Y, Zelikovsky A.
         BMC Bioinformatics. 2013 Jun 28;14 Suppl 9:S2.
         
     23. Dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis pneumonia: impact of applying different definitions of prophylaxis, mortality endpoints and mutant in a single cohort
         Yoon C, Subramanian A, Chi A, Crothers K, Meshnick SR, Taylor SM, Beard CB, Jarlsberg LG, Lawrence GG, Avery M, Swartzman A, Fong S, Roth B, Huang L.
         Med Mycol. 2013 Aug;51(6):568-75.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     24. Knowledge of and interest in using preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in Thailand
         Sineath RC, Finneran C, Sullivan P, Sanchez T, Smith DK, Griensven F, Wimonsate W, Stephenson R.
         J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2013 Jul-Aug;12(4):227-31.
         
     25. Parental and provider preferences and concerns regarding text message reminder/recall for early childhood vaccinations
         Hofstetter AM, Vargas CY, Kennedy A, Kitayama K, Stockwell MS.
         Prev Med. 2013 Aug;57(2):75-80.
         

   • Health Disparities

     26. Health disparities of adults with intellectual disabilities: What do we know? What do we do?
         Krahn GL, Fox MH.
         J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2013 Jul 31.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     27. Bacterial and clinical characteristics of health care- and community-acquired bloodstream infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
         Hattemer A, Hauser A, Diaz M, Scheetz M, Shah N, Allen JP, Porhomayon J, El-Solh AA.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Aug;57(8):3969-75.
         
     28. Concurrent outbreaks with co-infection of norovirus and Clostridium difficile in a long-term-care facility
         Ludwig A, Sato K, Schirmer P, Maniar A, Lucero-Obusan C, Fleming C, Ryono R, Oda G, Winters M, Holodniy M.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug;141(8):1598-603.
         
     29. Incidence trends in pathogen-specific central line-associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1990-2010
         Fagan RP, Edwards JR, Park BJ, Fridkin SK, Magill SS.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Sep;34(9):893-9.
         
     30. Prevalence and risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus precursor organism colonization among patients with chronic lower-extremity wounds in southeastern Michigan
         Tosh PK, Agolory S, Strong BL, Verlee K, Finks J, Hayakawa K, Chopra T, Kaye KS, Gilpin N, Carpenter CF, Haque NZ, Lamarato LE, Zervos MJ, Albrecht VS, McAllister SK, Limbago B, MacCannell DR, McDougal LK, Kallen AJ, Guh AY.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Sep;34(9):954-60.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     31. Safety of meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine in pregnancy: a review of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
         Zheteyeva Y, Moro PL, Yue X, Broder K.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun;208(6):478 e1-6.
         
     32. Adults with diabetes hospitalized with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09--U.S. 2009
         Ganatra RB, McKenna JJ, Bramley AM, Skarbinski J, Fry AM, Finelli L, Jain S.
         Diabetes Care. 2013 Jul;36(7):e94.
         
     33. Can clinical tests help monitor human papillomavirus vaccine impact?
         Meites E, Lin C, Unger ER, Steinau M, Patel S, Markowitz LE, Hariri S.
         Int J Cancer. 2013 Sep 1;133(5):1101-6.
         
     34. Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Cote d'Ivoire: health-care providers' knowledge of influenza and attitudes towards vaccination
         Coulibaly D, Nzussouo NT, Kadjo HA, Traore Y, Ekra DK, Cherif D, Kouassi PD, N'Gattia A K, Dagnan SN.
         J Infect Dev Ctries. 2013 ;7(7):499-506.
         
     35. 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-Rustempasic S, Gautam R, Bowen MD, Moore J, Tate JE, Parashar UD, Vazquez M.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e25-33.
         

   • Informatics

     36. PTT Advisor: A CDC-supported initiative to develop a mobile clinical laboratory decision support application for the iOS platform
         Savel TG, Lee BA, Ledbetter G, Brown S, Lavalley D, Taylor J, Thompson P.
         Online J Public Health Inform. 2013 ;5(2):215.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     37. On-line solid phase extraction-high performance liquid chromatography-isotope dilution-tandem mass spectrometry approach to quantify N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and oxidative metabolites in urine
         Kuklenyik P, Baker SE, Bishop AM, Morales AP, Calafat AM.
         Anal Chim Acta. 2013 Jul 17;787:267-73.
         
     38. Bioluminescence-based neuraminidase inhibition assay for monitoring influenza drug susceptibility in clinical specimens
         Marjuki H, Mishin VP, Sleeman K, Okomo-Adhiambo M, Sheu TG, Guo L, Xu X, Gubareva LV.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Aug 5.
         
     39. The effect of ultrafast laser wavelength on ablation properties and implications on sample introduction in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
         LaHaye NL, Harilal SS, Diwakar PK, Hassanein A, Kulkarni P.
         J Appl Phys. 2013 07/14/;114(2):023103-10.
         
     40. Performance of the Alere Determine HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Rapid Test with specimens from HIV-1 seroconverters from the US and HIV-2 infected individuals from Ivory Coast
         Masciotra S, Luo W, Youngpairoj AS, Kennedy MS, Wells S, Ambrose K, Sprinkle P, Owen SM.
         J Clin Virol. 2013 Aug 1.
         
     41. Pulmonary immune responses to Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunocompetent mouse model of repeated exposures
         Buskirk AD, Templeton SP, Nayak AP, Hettick JM, Law BF, Green BJ, Beezhold DH.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2013 Aug 6.
         
     42. Quantitation of influenza virus using field flow fractionation and multi-angle light scattering for quantifying influenza A particles
         Bousse T, Shore DA, Goldsmith CS, Hossain MJ, Jang Y, Davis CT, Donis RO, Stevens J.
         J Virol Methods. 2013 Jul 31.
         
     43. Are endosomal trafficking parameters better targets for improving mAb pharmacokinetics than FcRn binding affinity?
         Gurbaxani B, Dostalek M, Gardner I.
         Mol Immunol. 2013 Aug 1;56(4):660-674.
         
     44. Evaluation of the effectiveness of semen storage and sperm purification methods for spermatozoa transcript profiling
         Mao S, Goodrich RJ, Hauser R, Schrader SM, Chen Z, Krawetz SA.
         Syst Biol Reprod Med. 2013 Jul 19.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     45. Modeling the potential public health impact of prepregnancy obesity on adverse fetal and infant outcomes
         Honein MA, Devine O, Sharma AJ, Rasmussen SA, Park S, Kucik JE, Boyle C.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Jun;21(6):1276-83.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     46. Is there a reverse J-shaped association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and all-cause mortality? Results from the U.S. Nationally Representative NHANES
         Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Dawson-Hughes B, Yetley EA, Looker AC, Schleicher RL, Cao G, Burt V, Kramer H, Bailey RL, Dwyer JT, Zhang X, Gahche J, Coates PM, Picciano MF.
         J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jul;98(7):3001-9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     47. The cortisol response in policemen: intraindividual variation, not concentration level, predicts truncal obesity
         Sharp DS, Andrew ME, Fekedulegn DB, Burchfiel CM, Violanti JM, Wactawski-Wende J, Miller DB.
         Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Jul;25(4):499-507.
         
     48. Evaluation of exposures to healthcare personnel from cisplatin during a mock demonstration of intra-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy administration
         Kushnir CL, Fleury AC, Couch J, Hill MC, Spirtos NM.
         Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Aug;130(2):350-3.
         
     49. International guidelines for the in vivo assessment of skin properties in non-clinical settings: Part 2. transepidermal water loss and skin hydration
         Du Plessis J, Stefaniak A, Eloff F, John S, Agner T, Chou TC, Nixon R, Steiner M, Franken A, Kudla I, Holness L.
         Skin Res Technol. 2013 Aug;19(3):265-78.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     50. Field assessment of enclosed cab filtration system performance using particle counting measurements
         Organiscak JA, Cecala AB, Noll JD.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013 Sep;10(9):468-77.
         

   • Physical Activity

     51. Measurement accuracy of heart rate and respiratory rate during graded exercise and sustained exercise in the heat using the Zephyr BioHarness
         Kim JH, Roberge R, Powell JB, Shafer AB, Williams WJ.
         Int J Sports Med. 2013 Jun;34(6):497-501.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     52. Program collaboration and service integration: implementation successes and challenges
         Fenton KA, Steiner RJ.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Aug;40(8):675-7.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     53. Public health department accreditation and environmental public health: sustaining the collaboration
         Gerding J, Carlson VP, Wilcox R.
         J Environ Health. 2013 Jul-Aug;76(1):56-57.
         
     54. Enhancing HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted disease, and tuberculosis prevention in the United States through program collaboration and service integration: the case for broader implementation
         Steiner RJ, Aquino G, Fenton KA.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Aug;40(8):663-8.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     55. Empathic responsiveness in amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex in youths with psychopathic traits
         Marsh AA, Finger EC, Fowler KA, Adalio CJ, Jurkowitz IT, Schechter JC, Pine DS, Decety J, Blair RJ.
         J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2013 Aug;54(8):900-10.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     56. Differences in smoking and cessation characteristics among adult nondaily smokers in the United States: findings from the 2009-2010 National Adult Tobacco Survey
         Schauer GL, Malarcher AM, Berg CJ.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Aug 7.
         

   • Zoonoses

     57. Dogma in classifying dengue disease
         Farrar JJ, Hien TT, Horstick O, Hung NT, Jaenisch T, Junghanns T, Kroeger A, Laksono IS, Lum L, Martinez E, Simmons CP, Tami A, Tomashek KM, Wills BA.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Aug;89(2):198-201.
         
   
   

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 Law

     58. State adolescent consent laws and implications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
         Culp L, Caucci L.
         Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jan;44(1 Suppl 2):S119-24.
         
     59. Graduated driver licensing decal law: effect on young probationary drivers
         Curry AE, Pfeiffer MR, Localio R, Durbin DR.
         Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jan;44(1):1-7.
         
     60. Local legal infrastructure and population health
         Costich JF, Patton DJ.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1936-41.
         
     61. New Jersey's HIV exposure law and the HIV-related attitudes, beliefs, and sexual and seropositive status disclosure behaviors of persons living with HIV
         Galletly CL, Glasman LR, Pinkerton SD, Difranceisco W.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Nov;102(11):2135-40.
         
     62. Campylobacter jejuni infections associated with unpasteurized milk--multiple states, 2012
         Longenberger AH, Palumbo AJ, Chu AK, Moll ME, Weltman A, Ostroff SM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;57(2):263-6.
         
     63. Survey finds public support for legal interventions directed at health behavior to fight noncommunicable disease
         Morain S, Mello MM.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Mar;32(3):486-96.
         
     64. The politics and strategy of industry self-regulation: the pharmaceutical industry's principles for ethical direct-to-consumer advertising as a deceptive blocking strategy
         Arnold DG, Oakley JL.
         J Health Polit Policy Law. 2013 Jun;38(3):505-44.
         
     65. Federal legal preparedness tools for facilitating medical countermeasure use during public health emergencies
         Courtney B, Sherman S, Penn M.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Mar;41 Suppl 1:22-7.
         
     66. Regulating the way to obesity: unintended consequences of limiting sugary drink sizes
         Wilson BM, Stolarz-Fantino S, Fantino E.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(4):e61081.
         
   
   

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

     67. CDC Grand Rounds: Public health approaches to reducing U.S. infant mortality
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 9;62(31):625-8.
         
     68. Fatal West Nile virus infection after probable transfusion-associated transmission - Colorado, 2012
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 9;62(31):622-4.
         
     69. Heat illness and deaths - New York City, 2000-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 9;62(31):617-21.
         
     70. Vital signs: obesity among low-income, preschool-aged children - United States, 2008-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 9;62(31):629-34.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     71. Inactivated influenza vaccine during pregnancy and risks for adverse obstetric events
         Kharbanda EO, Vazquez-Benitez G, Lipkind H, Naleway A, Lee G, Nordin JD.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Aug 5.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     72. Relation between place of residence and postpartum depression
         Vigod SN, Tarasoff LA, Bryja B, Dennis CL, Yudin MH, Ross LE.
         CMAJ. 2013 Aug 6.
         
     73. Maternal breastfeeding history and Alzheimer's disease risk
         Fox M, Berzuini C, Knapp L.
         J Alzheimers Dis. 2013 .
         
     74. Infant feeding and childhood cognition at ages 3 and 7 years: effects of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity
         Belfort MB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Guthrie LB, Bellinger DC, Taveras EM, Gillman MW, Oken E.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Jul 29.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     75. Sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in 2- to 5-year-old children
         DeBoer MD, Scharf RJ, Demmer RT.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Aug 5.
         
   
   

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