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- Population-based surveillance for cervical cancer precursors in three central cancer registries, United States 2009
Flagg EW, Datta SD, Saraiya M, Unger ER, Peters E, Cole L, Chen VW, Tucker T, Byrne MJ, Copeland G, Silva W, Watson M, Weinstock H. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Feb 28.
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- Outbreak of type A foodborne botulism at a boarding school, Uganda, 2008
Viray MA, Wamala J, Fagan R, Luquez C, Maslanka S, Downing R, Biggerstaff M, Malimbo M, Kirenga JB, Nakibuuka J, Ddumba E, Mbabazi W, Swerdlow DL. Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Feb 27:1-5.
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- The potential impact of expanding target age groups for polio immunization campaigns
Duintjer Tebbens RJ, Kalkowska DA, Wassilak SG, Pallansch MA, Cochi SL, Thompson KM. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 ;14:45. - Impact of rotavirus vaccine on childhood diarrheal hospitalization after introduction into the South African public immunization program
Msimang VM, Page N, Groome MJ, Moyes J, Cortese MM, Seheri M, Kahn K, Chagan M, Madhi SA, Cohen C. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Dec;32(12):1359-64.
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- Elevated transferrin saturation, health-related quality of life and telomere length
Mainous AG, Wright RU, Hulihan MM, Twal WO, McLaren CE, Diaz VA, McLaren GD, Argraves WS, Grant AM. Biometals. 2014 Feb;27(1):135-41. - Diabetes and colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the USA: National Health Interview Survey: 2008, 2010
Miller EA, Tarasenko YN, Parker JD, Schoendorf KC. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Feb 23. - Prescription practices for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 1999-2010
Ford ES, Mannino DM, Giles WH, Wheaton AG, Liu Y, Croft JB. COPD. 2014 Feb 25. - Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012
Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Flegal KM. JAMA. 2014 Feb 26;311(8):806-14. - Sleep duration and body mass index and waist circumference among US adults
Ford ES, Li C, Wheaton AG, Chapman DP, Perry GS, Croft JB. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Feb;22(2):598-607.
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- Brief sexual histories and routine HIV/STD testing by medical providers
Lanier Y, Castellanos T, Barrow RY, Jordan WC, Caine V, Sutton MY. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Feb 24. - Mortality associated with seasonal and pandemic influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among children less than 5 years of age in a high HIV-prevalence setting - South Africa, 1998-2009
Tempia S, Walaza S, Viboud C, Cohen AL, Madhi SA, Venter M, McAnerney JM, Cohen C. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 23. - Poxvirus viability and signatures in historical relics
McCollum AM, Li Y, Wilkins K, Karem KL, Davidson WB, Paddock CD, Reynolds MG, Damon IK. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):177-84. - Critically ill patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection in 2014
Napolitano LM, Angus DC, Uyeki TM. JAMA. 2014 Feb 24. - Factors associated with interruption of treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Plateau state, Nigeria. 2011
Ibrahim LM, Hadejia IS, Nguku P, Dankoli R, Waziri NE, Akhimien MO, Ogiri S, Oyemakinde A, Dalhatu I, Nwanyanwu O, Nsubuga P. Pan Afr Med J. 2014 ;17(78). - Risk factors for critical disease and death from hand, foot, and mouth disease
He Y, Yang J, Zeng G, Shen T, Fontaine RE, Zhang L, Shi G, Wang Y, Li Q, Long J. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Feb 26.
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- Trace-forward investigation of mice in response to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus outbreak
Edison L, Knust B, Petersen B, Gabel J, Manning C, Drenzek C, Stroher U, Rollin PE, Thoroughman D, Nichol ST. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):291-5. - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in employees and mice at multipremises feeder-rodent operation, United States, 2012
Knust B, Stroher U, Edison L, Albarino CG, Lovejoy J, Armeanu E, House J, Cory D, Horton C, Fowler KL, Austin J, Poe J, Humbaugh KE, Guerrero L, Campbell S, Gibbons A, Reed Z, Cannon D, Manning C, Petersen B, Metcalf D, Marsh B, Nichol ST, Rollin PE. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):240-7. - Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in 2 pet iguanas, California, USA
Zehnder AM, Hawkins MG, Koski MA, Lifland B, Byrne BA, Swanson AA, Rood MP, Gee JE, Elrod MG, Beesley CA, Blaney DD, Ventura J, Hoffmaster AR, Beeler ES. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):304-6. - Bartonella species in invasive rats and indigenous rodents from Uganda
Billeter SA, Borchert JN, Atiku LA, Mpanga JT, Gage KL, Kosoy MY. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Feb 27.
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- Prenatal phthalate exposures and neurobehavioral development scores in boys and girls at 6-10 years of age
Kobrosly RW, Evans S, Miodovnik A, Barrett ES, Thurston SW, Calafat AM, Swan SH. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Feb 21.
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- Multiple-serotype salmonella outbreaks in two state prisons - Arkansas, August 2012
Gicquelais RE, Morris JF, Matthews S, Gladden L, Safi H, Grayson C, Slayton RB, Newton AE, Bordonaro R, Wheeler JG, Smith N, Bosch SA, Haselow DT. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Feb 28;63(8):169-73.
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- Cryptosporidium parvum IId family: clonal population and dispersal from Western Asia to other geographical regions
Wang R, Zhang L, Axen C, Bjorkman C, Jian F, Amer S, Liu A, Feng Y, Li G, Lv C, Zhao Z, Qi M, Dong H, Wang H, Sun Y, Ning C, Xiao L. Sci Rep. 2014 ;4:4208.
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- Receipt of HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention counseling by HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States
Mizuno Y, Zhu J, Crepaz N, Beer L, Purcell DW, Johnson CH, Valverde EE, Skarbinski J. AIDS. 2013 Sep 19.
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- Racial disparities in the proportion of current, unresolved hepatitis C virus infections in the United States, 2003-2010
Liu G, Holmberg SD, Kamili S, Xu F. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Feb 27.
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- School-located vaccination of adolescents with insurance billing: cost, reimbursement, and vaccination outcomes
Daley MF, Kempe A, Pyrzanowski J, Vogt TM, Dickinson LM, Kile D, Fang H, Rinehart DJ, Shlay JC. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Mar;54(3):282-8. - Two-dose varicella vaccination coverage among children aged 7 years - six sentinel sites, United States, 2006-2012
Lopez AS, Cardemil C, Pabst LJ, Cullen KA, Leung J, Bialek SR. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Feb 28;63(8):174-7. - Prevention and control of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Briere EC, Rubin L, Moro PL, Cohn A, Clark T, Messonnier N. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2014 Feb 28;63(Rr-01):1-14. - Effectiveness of 2 rotavirus vaccines against rotavirus disease in Taiwanese infants
Chang WC, Yen C, Wu FT, Huang YC, Lin JS, Huang FC, Yu HT, Chi CL, Lin HY, Tate JE, Parashar UD, Wu HS, Hsiung CA. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Mar;33(3):e81-6. - Hepatitis B vaccine response among infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women
Ko SC, Schillie SF, Walker T, Veselsky SL, Nelson N, Lazaroff J, Crowley S, Dusek C, Loggins K, Onye K, Fenlon N, Murphy TV. Vaccine. 2014 Feb 20.
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- The prevalence and impact of intimate partner violence on maternal distress in a community of low-income Bangladeshi and displaced ethnic Bihari mothers: Dhaka, 2008-2009
Azziz-Baumgartner E, Homaira N, Hamadani JD, Tofail F, Dahlberg LL, Haque R, Luby SP, Naved RT. Violence Against Women. 2014 Jan;20(1):59-73.
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- Evaluation of protective ensemble thermal characteristics through sweating hot plate, sweating thermal manikin, and human tests
Kim JH, Powell JB, Roberge RJ, Shepherd A, Coca A. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Apr;11(4):259-67. - Determination of 234U/238U, 235U/238U and 236U/238U isotope ratios in urine using sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Xiao G, Jones RL, Saunders D, Caldwell KL. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2014 Feb 20.
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- Congenital rubella syndrome in child of woman without known risk factors, New Jersey, USA
Pitts SI, Wallace GS, Montana B, Handschur EF, Meislich D, Sampson AC, Canuso S, Horner J, Barskey AE, Abernathy ES, Icenogle JP. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):307-9. - Descriptive and risk factor analysis for choanal atresia: The National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997 - 2007
Kancherla V, Romitti PA, Sun L, Carey JC, Burns TL, Siega-Riz AM, Druschel CM, Lin AE, Olney RS. Eur J Med Genet. 2014 Feb 24. - Auditory risk estimates for youth target shooting
Meinke DK, Murphy WJ, Finan DS, Lankford JE, Flamme GA, Stewart M, Soendergaard J, Jerome TW. Int J Audiol. 2014 Mar;53 Suppl 2:S16-25.
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- Work-related traumatic injuries onboard freezer-trawlers and freezer-longliners operating in Alaskan waters during 2001-2012
Lucas DL, Kincl LD, Bovbjerg VE, Lincoln JM, Branscum AJ. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Mar 1. - Occupational risk factors for COPD phenotypes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study
Doney B, Hnizdo E, Graziani M, Kullman G, Burchfiel C, Baron S, Fujishiro K, Enright P, Hankinson JL, Stukovsky KH, Martin CJ, Donohue KM, Barr RG. COPD. 2014 Feb 25. - Short-term variability of pure-tone thresholds obtained with TDH-39P earphones
Flamme GA, Stephenson MR, Deiters KK, Hessenauer A, Vangessel DK, Geda K, Wyllys K, McGregor KD. Int J Audiol. 2014 Mar;53 Suppl 2:S5-s15. - The art of hearing conservation
Murphy WJ, Griest SE. Int J Audiol. 2014 Mar;53 Suppl 2:S2-4. - Youth injury on farms: a complex problem
Hard DL. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Mar;54(3):243-4. - Handling of thermal receipts as a source of exposure to bisphenol A
Ehrlich S, Calafat AM, Humblet O, Smith T, Hauser R. JAMA. 2014 Feb 26;311(8):859-60. - Is organic farming safer to farmers' health? A comparison between organic and traditional farming
Costa C, Garcia-Leston J, Costa S, Coelho P, Silva S, Pingarilho M, Valdiglesias V, Mattei F, Dall'armi V, Bonassi S, Laffon B, Snawder J, Teixeira JP. Toxicol Lett. 2014 Feb 24.
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- Gender disparities in utilization and outcome of comprehensive substance abuse treatment among racial/ethnic groups
Guerrero EG, Marsh JC, Cao D, Shin HC, Andrews C. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2013 Dec 21.
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- Eosinophilic meningoencephalomyelitis in an orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Emerson JA, Walden HS, Peters RK, Farina LL, Fredholm DV, Qvarnstrom Y, Xayavong M, Bishop H, Slapcinsky J, McIntosh A, Wellehan JF. Vet Q. 2013 Dec;33(4):191-4.
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- Novel paramyxovirus associated with severe acute febrile disease, South Sudan and Uganda, 2012
Albarino CG, Foltzer M, Towner JS, Rowe LA, Campbell S, Jaramillo CM, Bird BH, Reeder DM, Vodzak ME, Rota P, Metcalfe MG, Spiropoulou CF, Knust B, Vincent JP, Frace MA, Nichol ST, Rollin PE, Stroher U. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):211-6. - Investigation of inhalation anthrax case, United States
Griffith J, Blaney D, Shadomy S, Lehman M, Pesik N, Tostenson S, Delaney L, Tiller R, Devries A, Gomez T, Sullivan M, Blackmore C, Stanek D, Lynfield R. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):280-3. - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Greece
Papa A, Sidira P, Larichev V, Gavrilova L, Kuzmina K, Mousavi-Jazi M, Mirazimi A, Stroher U, Nichol S. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):288-90. - Co-circulation of West Nile virus variants, Arizona, USA, 2010
Plante JA, Burkhalter KL, Mann BR, Godsey MS, Mutebi JP, Beasley DW. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):272-5. - Andes hantavirus variant in rodents, southern Amazon Basin, Peru
Razuri H, Tokarz R, Ghersi BM, Salmon-Mulanovich G, Guezala MC, Albujar C, Mendoza AP, Tinoco YO, Cruz C, Silva M, Vasquez A, Pacheco V, Stroher U, Guerrero LW, Cannon D, Nichol ST, Hirschberg DL, Lipkin WI, Bausch DG, Montgomery JM. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):257-60. - Lethal factor and anti-protective antigen IgG levels associated with inhalation anthrax, Minnesota, USA
Sprenkle MD, Griffith J, Marinelli W, Boyer AE, Quinn CP, Pesik NT, Hoffmaster A, Keenan J, Juni BA, Blaney DD. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):310-4. - An investigational antiviral drug fludase effectively inhibits replication of zoonotic A(H7N9) influenza viruses and protects mice from lethality
Marjuki H, Mishin VP, Chesnokov AP, De La Cruz JA, Fry AM, Villanueva J, Gubareva LV. J Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 25. - Notes from the field: wildlife rabies on an island free from canine rabies for 52 years - Taiwan, 2013
Wu H, Chang SS, Tsai HJ, Wallace RM, Recuenco SE, Doty JB, Vora NM, Chang FY. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Feb 28;63(8):178.
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