Issue 39, November 11, 2013

The report consists of three components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• 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

     • Near-elimination of folate-deficiency anemia by mandatory folic acid fortification in older US adults: reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study 2003-2007
       Odewole OA, Williamson RS, Zakai NA, Berry RJ, Judd SE, Qi YP, Adedinsewo DA, Oakley GP.
       Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Oct;98(4):1042-7.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Strengthening the network of mentored, underrepresented minority scientists and leaders to reduce HIV-related health disparities
       Sutton MY, Lanier YA, Willis LA, Castellanos T, Dominguez K, Fitzpatrick L, Miller KS.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct 17.
       
     • Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
       Farhat MR, Shapiro BJ, Kieser KJ, Sultana R, Jacobson KR, Victor TC, Warren RM, et.al..
       Nat Genet. 2013 Oct;45(10):1183-9.
       
     • Intravaginal ring eluting tenofovir disoproxil fumarate completely protects macaques from multiple vaginal simian-HIV challenges
       Smith JM, Rastogi R, Teller RS, Srinivasan P, Mesquita PM, Nagaraja U, McNicholl JM, Hendry RM, Dinh CT, Martin A, Herold BC, Kiser PF.
       Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 1;110(40):16145-50.
       
     • The economic burden of sixteen measles outbreaks on United States public health departments in 2011
       Ortega-Sanchez IR, Vijayaraghavan M, Barskey AE, Wallace GS.
       Vaccine. 2013 Oct 14.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • We can have it all: improved surveillance outcomes and decreased prsonnel costs associated with electronic reportable disease surveillance, North Carolina, 2010
       Samoff E, Dibiase L, Fangman MT, Fleischauer AT, Waller AE, Macdonald PD.
       Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct 17.
       

   • Food Safety

     • Yersinia enterocolitica infections associated with improperly pasteurized milk products: southwest Pennsylvania, March-August, 2011
       Longenberger AH, Gronostaj MP, Yee GY, Johnson LM, Lando JF, Voorhees RE, Waller K, Weltman AC, Moll M, Lyss SB, Cadwell BL, Gladney LM, Ostroff SM.
       Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Oct 16:1-11.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • How school healthy is your state? A state-by-state comparison of school health practices related to a healthy school environment and health education
       Brener ND, Wechsler H, McManus T.
       J Sch Health. 2013 Oct;83(10):743-9.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Vaccination coverage levels among children enrolled in the Vaccine Safety Datalink
       McCarthy NL, Irving S, Donahue JG, Weintraub E, Gee J, Belongia E, Baggs J.
       Vaccine. 2013 Oct 14.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • Safe, stable, nurturing relationships as a moderator of intergenerational continuity of child maltreatment: a meta-analysis
       Schofield TJ, Lee RD, Merrick MT.
       J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct;53(4 Suppl):S32-8.
       
   
   

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. Associations between insulin and heart rate variability in police officers
        Charles LE, Andrew ME, Sarkisian K, Shengqiao L, Mnatsakanova A, Violanti JM, Wilson M, Gu JK, Miller DB, Burchfiel CM.
        Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Oct 18.
        
     2. Fraction of gestational diabetes mellitus attributable to overweight and obesity by race/ethnicity, california, 2007-2009
        Kim SY, Saraiva C, Curtis M, Wilson HG, Troyan J, England l, Sharma AJ.
        Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct;103(10):e65-72.
        
     3. Epidemiology of pyrazinamide-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 1999-2009
        Kurbatova EV, Cavanaugh JS, Dalton T, S. Click E, Cegielski JP.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;57(8):1081-93.
        
     4. Diabetes and risk of hospitalized fall injury among older adults
        Yau RK, Strotmeyer ES, Resnick HE, Sellmeyer DE, Feingold KR, Cauley JA, Vittinghoff E, De Rekeneire N, Harris TB, Nevitt MC, Cummings SR, Shorr RI, Schwartz AV.
        Diabetes Care. 2013 Oct 15.
        
     5. Cost-effectiveness of alternative thresholds of the fasting plasma glucose test to identify the target population for type 2 diabetes prevention in adults aged ?45 Years
        Zhuo X, Zhang P, Kahn HS, Gregg EW.
        Diabetes Care. 2013 Oct 17.
        
     6. Association of UV index and sunscreen use among white high school sudents in the United States
        Everett Jones S, O'Malley Olsen E, Michael SL, Saraiya M.
        J Sch Health. 2013 Oct;83(10):750-6.
        
     7. AMIGAS: building a cervical cancer screening intervention for public health practice
        Smith JL, Wilson KM, Orians CE, Byrd TL.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Sep;22(9):718-23.
        
     8. Patterns of multisite pain and associations with risk factors
        Coggon D, Ntani G, Palmer KT, Felli VE, Harari R, Barrero LH, Felknor SA, et al.
        Pain. 2013 Sep;154(9):1769-77.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     9. Lessons learned from use of social network strategy in HIV testing programs targeting African American men who have sex with men
        McCree DH, Millett G, Baytop C, Royal S, Ellen J, Halkitis PN, Kupprat SA, Gillen S.
        Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct;103(10):1851-6.
        
     10. An assessment of the performance of self-reported vaccination status for hepatitis B, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008
         Denniston M, Byrd K, Monina Klevens R, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Jiles R.
         American Journal of Public Health. 2013 ;103(10):1865-1873.
         
     11. HIV incidence among men with and those without sexually transmitted rectal infections: estimates from matching against an HIV case registry
         Pathela P, Braunstein SL, Blank S, Schillinger JA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;57(8):1203-9.
         
     12. Validation of sputum smear results in the electronic TB Register for the management of tuberculosis, South Africa
         Dilraj A, Bristow CC, Connolly C, Margot B, Dlamini S, Podewils LJ.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Oct;17(10):1317-21.
         
     13. Human antibodies that neutralize respiratory droplet transmissible H5N1 influenza viruses
         Thornburg NJ, Nannemann DP, Blum DL, Belser JA, Tumpey TM, Deshpande S, Fritz GA, Sapparapu G, Krause JC, Lee JH, Ward AB, Lee DE, Li S, Winarski KL, Spiller BW, Meiler J, Crowe JE.
         J Clin Invest. 2013 Oct 1;123(10):4405-9.
         
     14. Seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2--United States, 1999-2010
         Bradley H, Markowitz LE, Gibson T, McQuillan GM.
         J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 16.
         
     15. "To share or not to share?" serosorting by hepatitis C status in the sharing of drug injection equipment among NHBS-IDU2 participants
         Smith BD, Jewett A, Burt RD, Zibbell JE, Yartel AK, Dinenno E.
         J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 16.
         
     16. Multiplex microsphere immunoassays for the detection of IgM and IgG to arboviral diseases
         Basile AJ, Horiuchi K, Panella AJ, Laven J, Kosoy O, Lanciotti RS, Venkateswaran N, Biggerstaff BJ.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(9):e75670.
         
     17. Development of a reverse genetics system to generate recombinant Marburg virus derived from a bat isolate
         Albarino CG, Uebelhoer LS, Vincent JP, Khristova ML, Chakrabarti AK, McElroy A, Nichol ST, Towner JS.
         Virology. 2013 Nov;446(1-2):230-7.
         

   • Community Health Services

     18. Factors associated with adverse mental health outcomes in locally recruited aid workers assisting Iraqi refugees in Jordan
         Eriksson C, Cardozo B, Ghitis F, Sabin M, Crawford C, Zhu J, Rijnen B, Kaiser R.
         Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2013 Jul;22(6):660-680.
         

   • Drug Safety

     19. Inhibition of glutathione biosynthesis alters compartmental redox status and the thiol proteome in organogenesis-stage rat conceptuses
         Harris C, Shuster DZ, Roman Gomez R, Sant KE, Reed MS, Pohl J, Hansen JM.
         Free Radic Biol Med. 2013 Oct;63:325-37.
         

   • Environmental Health

     20. Aerosol generation by modern flush toilets
         Johnson D, Lynch R, Marshall C, Mead K, Hirst D.
         Aerosol Sci Technol. 2013 2013;47(9):1047-1057.
         
     21. Low-wind and other microclimatic factors in near-road black carbon variability: a case study and assessment implications
         Liang MS, Keener TC, Birch ME, Baldauf R, Neal J, Yang YJ.
         Atmospheric Environment. 2013 ;80:204-215.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     22. Editorial commentary: looking to the future: vertical vs horizontal prevention of Clostridium difficile infections
         McDonald LC.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;57(8):1103-5.
         

   • Food Safety

     23. Evaluation of the hypersensitivity potential of alternative butter flavorings
         Anderson SE, Franko J, Wells JR, Lukomska E, Meade BJ.
         Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Sep 2;62C:373-381.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     24. Joint effects between five identified risk variants, allergy, and autoimmune conditions on glioma risk
         Safaeian M, Rajaraman P, Hartge P, Yeager M, Linet M, Butler MA, Ruder AM, Purdue MP, Hsing A, Beane-Freeman L, Hoppin JA, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Inskip PD, Brenner A, Rothman N, Chatterjee N, Gillanders EM, Chanock SJ, Wang SS.
         Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Oct;24(10):1885-91.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     25. Complex interventions and their implications for systematic reviews: a pragmatic approach
         Petticrew M, Anderson L, Elder R, Grimshaw J, Hopkins D, Hahn R, Krause L, Kristjansson E, Mercer S, Sipe T, Tugwell P, Ueffing E, Waters E, Welch V.
         J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Nov;66(11):1209-14.
         
     26. Trends in professional development for and collaboration by health education teachers-41 states, 2000-2010
         Brener ND, McManus T, Wechsler H, Kann L.
         J Sch Health. 2013 Oct;83(10):734-42.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     27. Healthcare-associated infections studies project: an American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration-LabID Clostridium Difficile event 2013
         Hebden JN, Anttila A, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Wright MO, Horan T.
         Am J Infect Control. 2013 Oct;41(10):916-7.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     28. Cost and threshold analysis of an HIV/STI/hepatitis prevention intervention for young men leaving prison: Project START
         Johnson AP, Macgowan RJ, Eldridge GD, Morrow KM, Sosman J, Zack B, Margolis A.
         AIDS Behav. 2013 Oct;17(8):2676-84.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     29. The role of attitudes about vaccine safety, efficacy, and value in explaining parents reported vaccination behavior
         LaVail K, Kennedy A.
         Health Education & Behavior. 2013 ;40(5):544-551.
         
     30. Impact of varicella vaccination on varicella-related hospitalizations among American Indian/Alaska Native people
         Singleton RJ, Holman RC, Person MK, Steiner CA, Redd JT, Hennessy TW, Groom A, Holve S, Seward JF.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Oct 16.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     31. Bathroom injuries in children less than 15 years old
         Head EN, Stevens JA, Haileyesus T.
         Inj Prev. 2013 Oct;19(5):316-9.
         
     32. Tests of the mitigating effects of caring and supportive relationships in the study of abusive disciplining over two generations
         Herrenkohl TI, Klika JB, Brown EC, Herrenkohl RC, Leeb RT.
         J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct;53(4 Suppl):S18-24.
         
     33. Safe, stable, nurturing relationships break the intergenerational cycle of abuse: a prospective nationally representative cohort of children in the United kingdom
         Jaffee SR, Bowes L, Ouellet-Morin I, Fisher HL, Moffitt TE, Merrick MT, Arseneault L.
         J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct;53(4 Suppl):S4-S10.
         
     34. Examining the role of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships in the intergenerational continuity of child maltreatment-introduction to the special issue
         Merrick MT, Leeb RT, Lee RD.
         J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct;53(4 Suppl):S1-3.
         
     35. Breaking the cycle of maltreatment: the role of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships
         Thornberry TP, Henry KL, Smith CA, Ireland TO, Greenman SJ, Lee RD.
         J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct;53(4 Suppl):S25-31.
         
     36. "Above all things, be glad and young": Advancing research on violence in adolescence
         McDonald R, Merrick M.
         Psychology of Violence. 2013 Oct;3(4):289-296.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     37. Two-stage experimental design for dose-response modeling in toxicology studies
         Wang K, Yang F, Porter DW, Wu NQ.
         ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2013 Sep;1(9):1119-1128.
         
     38. Evaluation of pump pulsation in respirable size-selective sampling: Part I. pulsation measurements
         Lee EG, Lee L, Mohlmann C, Flemmer MM, Kashon M, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2013 Sep 24.
         
     39. Investigation of terpinolene + ozone or terpinolene + nitrate radical reaction products using denuder/filter apparatus
         Harrison JC, Wells JR.
         Atmos Environ. 2013 ;80:524-532.
         
     40. The influence of laser pulse duration and energy on ICP-MS signal intensity, elemental fractionation, and particle size distribution in NIR fs-LA-ICP-MS
         Diwakar PK, Harilal SS, LaHaye NL, Hassanein A, Kulkarni P.
         J Anal At Spectrom. 2013 ;28(9):1420-1429.
         
     41. A new approach to design safe CNTs with an understanding of redox potential
         Tsuruoka S, Cassee FR, Castranova V.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2013 Sep 2;10(1):44.
         
     42. Biodegradation of single-walled carbon nanotubes by eosinophil peroxidase
         Andon FT, Kapralov AA, Yanamala N, Feng W, Baygan A, Chambers BJ, Hultenby K, Ye F, Toprak MS, Brandner BD, Fornara A, Klein-Seetharaman J, Kotchey GP, Star A, Shvedova AA, Fadeel B, Kagan VE.
         Small. 2013 Aug 26;9(16):2721-9.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     43. Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols: concentrations in amniotic fluid and variability in urinary concentrations during pregnancy
         Philippat C, Wolff MS, Calafat AM, Ye X, Bausell R, Meadows M, Stone J, Slama R, Engel SM.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Oct;121(10):1225-31.
         
     44. Dietary predictors of maternal prenatal blood mercury levels in the ALSPAC Birth Cohort Study
         Golding J, Steer C, Hibbeln J, Emmett P, Lowery T, Jones R.
         Environmental Health Perspectives. 2013 ;121(10):1214-1218.
         

   • Mining

     45. Measurements of medium-frequency propagation characteristics of a transmission line in an underground coal mine
         Li J, Whisner B, Waynert JA.
         IEEE Trans Ind Appl. 2013 ;49(5):1984-91.
         
     46. Evaluation of visual performance when using incandescent, fluorescent, and led machine lights in mesopic conditions
         Reyes MA, Gallagher S, Sammarco JJ.
         IEEE Trans Ind Appl. 2013 ;49:1992-1999.
         
     47. Measurements and modeling of through-the-earth communications for coal mines
         Yan L, Waynert JA, Sunderman C.
         IEEE Trans Ind Appl. 2013 ;49:1979-1983.
         
     48. Attenuation constants of radio waves in lossy-walled rectangular waveguides
         Zhou C, Waynert J, Plass T, Jacksha R.
         Prog Electromagn Res. 2013 Aug;142:75-105.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     49. Sodium and potassium intakes among US infants and preschool children, 2003-2010
         Tian N, Zhang Z, Loustalot F, Yang Q, Cogswell ME.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Oct;98(4):1113-22.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     50. Diseases attributable to asbestos exposure: years of potential life lost, United States, 1999-2010
         Bang KM, Mazurek JM, Wood JM, Hendricks SA.
         Am J Ind Med. 2013 Sep 20.
         
     51. Renewable energy and occupational health and safety research directions: a white paper from the Energy Summit, Denver Colorado, April 11-13, 2011
         Mulloy KB, Sumner SA, Rose C, Conway GA, Reynolds SJ, Davidson ME, Heidel DS, Layde PM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2013 Nov;56(11):1359-70.
         
     52. Evaluation of pump pulsation in respirable size-selective sampling: Part II. changes in sampling efficiency
         Lee EG, Lee T, Kim SW, Lee L, Flemmer MM, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2013 Sep 24.
         
     53. Carbon nanotubes among diesel exhaust particles: real samples or contaminants?
         Jung HS, Miller A, Park K, Kittelson DB.
         J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2013 2013;63(10):1199-1204.
         
     54. Filter performance degradation of electrostatic N95 and P100 filtering facepiece respirators by dioctyl phthalate aerosol loading
         Rengasamy S, Miller A, Vo E, Eimer BC.
         J Eng Fiber Fabr. 2013 Jul-Sep;8(3):62-69.
         
     55. The musculoskeletal loading profile of the thumb during pipetting based on tendon displacement
         Wu JZ, Sinsel EW, Shroyer JF, Welcome DE, Zhao KD, An KN, Buczek FL.
         Med Eng Phys. 2013 Sep 6.
         
     56. Lung tumor promotion by chromium-containing welding particulate matter in a mouse model
         Zeidler-Erdely PC, Meighan TG, Erdely A, Battelli LA, Kashon ML, Keane M, Antonini JM.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2013 Sep 5;10(1):45.
         
     57. Evaluating an entertainment-education telenovela to promote workplace safety
         Castaneda DE, Organista KC, Rodriguez L, Check P.
         SAGE Open. 2013 July 1, 2013;3(3).
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     58. Use of reservoir simulation and in-mine ventilation measurements to estimate coal seam properties
         Erdogan SS, Karacan CO, Okandan E.
         Int J Rock Mech Min Sci. 2013 ;63:148-158.
         
     59. Experimental study on CO and CO2 emissions from spontaneous heating of coals at varying temperatures and O2 concentrations
         Yuan L, Smith AC.
         J Loss Prevent Proc. 2013.
         
     60. Intake belt air safety by the numbers
         Martikainen A, Dougherty H.
         Saf Sci. 2014 ;62:130-135.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     61. Trends and outcomes for donor oocyte cycles in the United States, 2000-2010
         Kawwass JF, Monsour M, Crawford S, Kissin DM, Session DR, Kulkarni AD, Jamieson DJ.
         JAMA. 2013 Oct 17.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     62. Attitudes toward mental illness in adults by mental illness-related factors and chronic disease status: 2007 and 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
         Kobau R, Zack MM.
         Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov;103(11):2078-89.
         

   • Zoonoses

     63. Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach
         Parola P, Paddock CD, Socolovschi C, Labruna MB, Mediannikov O, Kernif T, Abdad MY, Stenos J, Bitam I, Fournier PE, Raoult D.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2013 Oct;26(4):657-702.
         
     64. Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of locally grown strawberries contaminated by deer
         Laidler MR, Tourdjman M, Buser GL, Hostetler T, Repp KK, Leman R, Samadpour M, Keene WE.
         Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013 15 Oct;57(8):1129-1134.
         
     65. Human exposure to rabid free-ranging cats: a continuing public health concern in Pennsylvania
         Campagnolo ER, Lind LR, Long JM, Moll ME, Rankin JT, Martin KF, Deasy MP, Dato VM, Ostroff SM.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2013 Oct 15.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

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

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     66. Population-based influence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: the Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Program
         Somers E, Marder W, Cagnoli P, Lewis E, DeGuire P, Gordon C, Helmick C, Wang L, Wing J, Dhar JP, Leisen J, Shaltis D, McCune W.
         Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2013 .
         
     67. Recreational physical activity and leisure-time sitting in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk
         Hildebrand JS, Gapstur SM, Campbell PT, Gaudet MM, Patel AV.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Oct;22(10):1906-12.
         

   • MMWR in the Media

     68. Histoplasmosis in a state where it is not known to be endemic - Montana, 2012-2013
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Oct 25;62(42):834-837.
         
     69. Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis - January 2012-June 2013
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Oct 25;62(42):829-33.
         
     70. Provisional CDC Guidelines for the Use of Safety Monitoring of Bedaquiline Fumarate (Sirturo) for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
         Mase S, Chorba T, Lobue P, Casto K.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Oct 25;62(rr09):1-12.
         
   
   

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