Issue 14, April 8, 2014

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children starting antiretroviral therapy in Cote d'Ivoire
       Auld AF, Tuho MZ, Ekra KA, Kouakou J, Shiraishi RW, Adjorlolo-Johnson G, Marlink R, Ellerbrock TV.
       Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Apr;18(4):381-7.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Risk behaviors and risk factors for HIV infection among participants in the Bangkok Tenofovir Study, an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trial among people who inject drugs
       Martin M, Vanichseni S, Suntharasamai P, Sangkum U, Mock PA, Leethochawalit M, Chiamwongpaet S, Gvetadze RJ, Kittimunkong S, Curlin ME, Worrajittanon D, McNicholl JM, Paxton LA, Choopanya K.
       PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e92809.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Epidemiology and prevention of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United States
       Guh AY, Limbago BM, Kallen AJ.
       Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Mar 25.
       
     • Mucormycosis outbreak associated with hospital linens
       Duffy J, Harris J, Gade L, Sehulster L, Newhouse E, O'Connell H, Noble-Wang J, Rao C, Balajee SA, Chiller T.
       Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Mar 24.
       
   • Healthcare Economics
     • Changes over time in high out-of-pocket health-care burden in U.S. adults with diabetes, 2001-2011
       Li R, Baker LE, Shrestha S, Zhang P, Duru OK, Pearson-Clarke T, Gregg EW.
       Diabetes Care. 2014 Mar 25.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • High-throughput assay optimization and statistical interpolation of rubella-specific neutralizing antibody titers
       Lambert ND, Pankratz VS, Larrabee BR, Ogee-Nwankwo A, Chen MH, Icenogle JP, Poland GA.
       Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Mar;21(3):340-6.
       
     • Rapid strategy for screening by pyrosequencing of influenza virus reassortants - candidates for live attenuated vaccines
       Shcherbik SV, Pearce NC, Levine ML, Klimov AI, Villanueva JM, Bousse TL.
       PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e92580.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Perinatal quality collaboratives: improving care for mothers and infants
       Henderson ZT, Suchdev DB, Abe K, Johnston EO, Callaghan WM.
       J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Mar 21.
       
     • Predicting mortality among hospitalized children with respiratory illness in western Kenya, 2009-2012
       Emukule GO, McMorrow M, Ulloa C, Khagayi S, Njuguna HN, Burton D, Montgomery JM, Muthoka P, Katz MA, Breiman RF, Mott JA.
       PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e92968.
       
   • Zoonoses
     • A large-scale, rapid public health response to rabies in an organ recipient and the previously undiagnosed organ donor
       Wallace RM, Stanek D, Griese S, Krulak D, Vora NM, Pacha L, Kan V, Said M, Williams C, Burgess TH, Clausen SS, Austin C, Gabel J, Lehman M, Finelli LN, Selvaggi G, Joyce P, Gordin F, Benator D, Bettano A, Cersovsky S, Blackmore C, Jones SV, Buchanan BD, Fernandez AI, Dinelli D, Agnes K, Clark A, Gill J, Irmler M, Blythe D, Mitchell K, Whitman TJ, Zapor MJ, Zorich S, Witkop C, Jenkins P, Mora P, Droller D, Turner S, Dunn L, Williams P, Richards C, Ewing G, Chapman K, Corbitt C, Girimont T, Franka R, Recuenco S, Blanton JD, Feldman KA.
       Zoonoses Public Health. 2014 Mar 27.
       
   
   
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. Invasive cancer incidence - United States, 2010
        Henley JS, Singh S, King J, Wilson R, Ryerson B.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 28;63(12):253-9.
        
     2. Cervical cancer-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health professionals working in Brazil's network of primary care units
        Stormo AR, de Moura L, Saraiya M.
        Oncologist. 2014 Mar 25.
        
     3. Current cervical cancer screening knowledge, awareness, and practices among U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island providers: opportunities and challenges
        Townsend JS, Stormo AR, Roland KB, Buenconsejo-Lum L, White S, Saraiya M.
        Oncologist. 2014 Mar 25.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Household water treatment uptake during a public health response to a large typhoid fever outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe
        Imanishi M, Kweza P, Slayton RB, Urayai T, Ziro O, Mushayi W, Chizororo M, Kuonza L, Ayers T, Freeman M, Govore E, Duri C, Chonzi P, Zinyowera S, Manangazira P, Kilmarx PH, Mintz E, Lantagne D.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Mar 24.
        
     5. Relationship between level of hepatitis B virus DNA and liver disease: a population-based study of hepatitis B e antigen-negative persons with hepatitis B
        McMahon BJ, Bulkow L, Simons B, Zhang Y, Negus S, Homan C, Spradling P, Teshale E, Lau D, Snowball M, Livingston SE.
        Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Apr;12(4):701-706.e3.
        
     6. Subjective social status predicts wintertime febrile acute respiratory illness among women healthcare personnel
        Thompson MG, Naleway A, Ball S, Henkle EM, Sokolow LZ, Williams J, Reynolds S, Spencer S, Shay DK, Brennan B, Gaglani MJ.
        Health Psychol. 2014 Mar;33(3):282-91.
        
     7. Risk factors for treatment default in close contacts with latent tuberculous infection
        Fiske CT, Yan FX, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Sterling TR, Reichler MR.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Apr;18(4):421-7.
        
     8. Importance of tuberculosis control to address child survival
        Graham SM, Sismanidis C, Menzies HJ, Marais BJ, Detjen AK, Black RE.
        Lancet. 2014 Mar 21.
        
     9. The burden of influenza-like illness in the US workforce
        Tsai Y, Zhou F, Kim IK.
        Occup Med (Lond). 2014 Mar 22.
        
     10. Excess burden of depression among HIV-infected persons receiving medical care in the United States: data from the Medical Monitoring Project and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
         Do AN, Rosenberg ES, Sullivan PS, Beer L, Strine TW, Schulden JD, Fagan JL, Freedman MS, Skarbinski J.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e92842.
         
   • Environmental Health
     11. Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh
         Ram PK, Dutt D, Silk BJ, Doshi S, Rudra CB, Abedin J, Goswami D, Fry AM, Brooks WA, Luby SP, Cohen AL.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Mar 24.
         
     12. Evaluation of mortality among marines and navy personnel exposed to contaminated drinking water at USMC base Camp Lejeune: a retrospective cohort study
         Bove FJ, Ruckart PZ, Maslia M, Larson TC.
         Environ Health. 2014 ;13(1):10.
         
     13. The level of submicron fungal fragments in homes with asthmatic children
         Seo S, Choung JT, Cehn BT, Lindsley WG, Kim KY.
         Environ Res. 2014 Mar 20;131c:71-76.
         
     14. Age and sex differences in childhood and adulthood obesity association with phthalates: analyses of NHANES 2007-2010
         Buser MC, Murray HE, Scinicariello F.
         Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2014 Mar 5.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     15. Using the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System to inform HIV prevention efforts in the United States
         Paz-Bailey G, Raymond HF, Lansky A, Mermin J.
         AIDS Behav. 2014 Mar 23.
         
     16. Thirty-day laboratory-based surveillance for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area
         Pereira EC, Shaw KM, Snippes Vagnone PM, Harper JE, Kallen AJ, Limbago BM, Lynfield R.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;35(4):423-5.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     17. Full-genome sequence of a rare human G3P[9] rotavirus strain
         Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Roy S, Sturgeon M, Rungsrisuriyachai K, Esona MD, Degroat D, Qin X, Cortese MM, Bowen MD.
         Genome Announc. 2014 ;2(2).
         
     18. Genetic host specificity of hepatitis E virus
         Lara J, Purdy MA, Khudyakov YE.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Mar 22.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     19. Video surveillance captures student hand hygiene behavior, reactivity to observation, and peer influence in Kenyan primary schools
         Pickering AJ, Blum AG, Breiman RF, Ram PK, Davis J.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e92571.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     20. Understanding staff perceptions about Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae control efforts in Chicago long-term acute care hospitals
         Lyles RD, Moore NM, Weiner SB, Sikka M, Lin MY, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;35(4):367-74.
         
     21. Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection, colonization, and transmission related to a long-term care facility providing subacute care
         Mortensen E, Trivedi KK, Rosenberg J, Cody SH, Long J, Jensen BJ, Vugia DJ.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;35(4):406-11.
         
     22. Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections
         Magill SS, Edwards JR, Bamberg W, Beldavs ZG, Dumyati G, Kainer MA, Lynfield R, Maloney M, McAllister-Hollod L, Nadle J, Ray SM, Thompson DL, Wilson LE, Fridkin SK.
         N Engl J Med. 2014 Mar 27;370(13):1198-208.
         
   • Immune System Disorders
     23. Population-based incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: the Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance program
         Somers EC, Marder W, Cagnoli P, Lewis EE, DeGuire P, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Wang L, Wing JJ, Dhar JP, Leisen J, Shaltis D, McCune WJ.
         Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Feb;66(2):369-78.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     24. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine against life-threatening RT-PCR-confirmed influenza illness in US children, 2010-2012
         Ferdinands JM, Olsho LE, Agan AA, Bhat N, Sullivan RM, Hall M, Mourani PM, Thompson M, Randolph AG.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 26.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     25. CDC Grand Rounds: creating a healthier future through prevention of child maltreatment
         Saul J, Valle LA, Mercy JA, Turner S, Kaufmann R, Popovic T.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 28;63(12):260-3.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     26. Whole-genome single-nucleotide-polymorphism analysis for discrimination of Clostridium botulinum group I strains
         Gonzalez-Escalona N, Timme R, Raphael BH, Zink D, Sharma SK.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014 Apr;80(7):2125-32.
         
     27. Comparative review of and Francisella tularensis and Francisella novicida
         Kingry LC, Petersen JM.
         Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2014 ;4:35.
         
     28. Transcriptomic characterization of the novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus: specific host response and responses intermediate between avian (H5N1 and H7N7) and human (H3N2) viruses and implications for treatment options
         Josset L, Zeng H, Kelly SM, Tumpey TM, Katze MG.
         MBio. 2014 ;5(1):e01102-13.
         
     29. Estimating the effective density of engineered nanomaterials for in vitro dosimetry
         Deloid G, Cohen JM, Darrah T, Derk R, Rojanasakul L, Pyrgiotakis G, Wohlleben W, Demokritou P.
         Nat Commun. 2014 ;5:3514.
         
     30. How we determined the most reliable solid medium for studying treatment of tuberculosis
         Heilig CM, Feng PJ, Joloba ML, Johnson JL, Morgan K, Gitta P, Boom WH, Mayanja-Kizza H, Eisenach KD, Bozeman L, Goldberg SV.
         Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2014 Mar 4.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     31. Maternal smoking, xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme gene variants, and gastroschisis risk
         Jenkins MM, Reefhuis J, Gallagher ML, Mulle JG, Hoffmann TJ, Koontz DA, Sturchio C, Rasmussen SA, Witte JS, Richter P, Honein MA.
         Am J Med Genet A. 2014 Mar 25.
         
     32. Individual-level influences on population data
         Schoendorf KC.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2014 Mar 21.
         
   • Mining
     33. Deflagration-to-detonation transition in natural gas-air mixtures
         Zipf Jr RK, Gamezo VN, Mohamed KM, Oran ES, Kessler DA.
         Combust Flame. 2014 .
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     34. Introduction to a special issue: eliminating health and safety inequities at work
         Baron SL, Steege AL, Hughes JT, Beard SD.
         Am J Ind Med. 2014 Mar 28.
         
     35. Chemical markers of occupational exposure to teak wood dust
         Carrieri M, Bartolucci GB, Lee T, Barbero A, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Mar 26.
         
     36. Evaluation of smartphone sound measurement applications
         Kardous CA, Shaw PB.
         J Acoust Soc Am. 2014 ;135(4):EL186-EL192.
         
     37. Gender differences in work-related asthma: surveillance data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-2008
         White GE, Seaman C, Filios MS, Mazurek JM, Flattery J, Harrison RJ, Reilly MJ, Rosenman KD, Lumia ME, Stephens AC, Pechter E, Fitzsimmons K, Davis LK.
         J Asthma. 2014 Mar 27.
         
     38. Prevalence of workers with shifts in hearing by industry: a comparison of OSHA and NIOSH hearing shift criteria
         Masterson EA, Sweeney MH, Deddens JA, Themann CL, Wall DK.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Mar 21.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     39. Insights in Public Health: strengthening the epidemiology workforce through mentorship: practicum and fellowship experiences in the Family Health Services Division at the Hawai'i Department of Health
         Hayes D.
         Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Mar;73(3):94-7.
         
     40. Academic-health department collaborative relationships are reciprocal and strengthen public health practice: results from a study of academic research centers
         Neri EM, Ballman MR, Lu H, Greenlund KJ, Grunbaum JA.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 May-Jun;20(3):342-8.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     41. Models for count data with an application to healthy days measures: are you driving in screws with a hammer?
         Zhou H, Siegel PZ, Barile J, Njai RS, Thompson WW, Kent C, Liao Y.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     42. State Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments and barriers to coverage - United States, 2008-2014
         Singleterry J, Jump Z, Lancet E, Babb S, Macneil A, Zhang L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 28;63(12):264-9.
         
   • Zoonoses
     43. Inhibitors of the tick-borne, hemorrhagic fever-associated flaviviruses.
         Flint M, McMullan LK, Dodd KA, Bird BH, Khristova M, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Mar 24.
         
     44. Notes from the field: heartland virus disease - United States, 2012-2013
         Pastula DM, Turabelidze G, Yates KF, Jones TF, Lambert AJ, Panella AJ, Kosoy OI, Velez JO, Fisher M, Staples E.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 28;63(12):270-1.
         
     45. Demographic and clinical predictors of mortality from highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection: CART analysis of international cases
         Patel RB, Mathur MB, Gould M, Uyeki TM, Bhattacharya J, Xiao Y, Khazeni N.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e91630.
         
   
   
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).
   • Health Communication and Education - Marketing
     46. Influenza vaccine text message reminders for urban, low-income pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial
         Stockwell MS, Westhoff C, Kharbanda EO, Vargas CY, Camargo S, Vawdrey DK, Castano PM.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb;104 Suppl 1:e7-12.
         
     47. Examining the role of social media in effective crisis management: the effects of crisis origin, information form, and source on publics' crisis responses
         Jin Y, Liu B, Austin L.
         Comm Res. 2014 Feb ;41(1):74-94.
         
     48. The accessibility of family and peer norms in young adolescent risk behavior
         Rhodes N, Ewoldsen D, Shen L, Monahan J, Eno C.
         Comm Res. 2014 Feb;14(1):3-26.
         
     49. Exercise advice by humans versus computers: maintenance effects at 18 months
         King AC, Hekler EB, Castro CM, Buman MP, Marcus BH, Friedman RH, Napolitano MA.
         Health Psychol. 2014 Feb;33(2):192-6.
         
     50. The role of media and the Internet on vaccine adverse event reporting: a case study of human papillomavirus vaccination
         Eberth JM, Kline KN, Moskowitz DA, Montealegre JR, Scheurer ME.
         J Adolesc Health. 2014 Mar;54(3):289-95.
         
     51. Reputation, relationships, risk communication, and the role of trust in the prevention and control of communicable disease: a review
         Cairns G, de Andrade M, MacDonald L.
         J Health Commun. 2013 ;18(12):1550-65.
         
     52. Effects of scanning (routine health information exposure) on cancer screening and prevention behaviors in the general population
         Hornik R, Parvanta S, Mello S, Freres D, Kelly B, Schwartz JS.
         J Health Commun. 2013 ;18(12):1422-35.
         
     53. Adverse outcomes associated with media exposure to contradictory nutrition messages
         Nagler RH.
         J Health Commun. 2014 ;19(1):24-40.
         
     54. Parental cancer beliefs and trust in health information from medical authorities as predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability
         Nan X, Zhao X, Briones R.
         J Health Commun. 2014 ;19(1):100-14.
         
     55. Development and implementation of mass media campaigns to delay sexual initiation among African American and white youth
         Noar SM, Zimmerman RS, Palmgreen P, Cupp PK, Floyd BR, Mehrotra P.
         J Health Commun. 2014 ;19(2):152-69.
         
     56. Helpful or harmful? How frequent repetition affects perceived statement credibility
         Koch T, Zerback T.
         Journal of Communication. 2013 ;63(6):993-1010.
         
     57. Using the extended parallel process model to understand texting while driving and guide communication campaigns against it
         Cismaru M.
         Social Marketing Quarterly. 2014 March;20(1):66-82.
         
   
   

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