Issue 15, April 15, 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.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Association between upper digestive tract microbiota and cancer-predisposing states in the esophagus and stomach
       Yu G, Gail MH, Shi J, Klepac-Ceraj V, Paster BJ, Dye BA, Wang GQ, Wei WQ, Fan JH, Qiao YL, Dawsey SM, Freedman ND, Abnet CC.
       Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Apr 3.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Ciprofloxacin resistance and gonorrhea incidence rates in 17 cities, United States, 1991-2006
       Chesson HW, Kirkcaldy RD, Gift TL, Owusu-Edusei K, Weinstock HS.
       Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):612-9.
       
     • Effects of early versus delayed initiation of antiretroviral treatment on clinical outcomes of HIV-1 infection: results from the phase 3 HPTN 052 randomised controlled trial
       Grinsztejn B, Hosseinipour MC, Ribaudo HJ, Swindells S, Eron J, Chen YQ, Wang L, Ou SS, Anderson M, McCauley M, Gamble T, Kumarasamy N, Hakim JG, Kumwenda J, Pilotto JH, Godbole SV, Chariyalertsak S, de Melo MG, Mayer KH, Eshleman SH, Piwowar-Manning E, Makhema J, Mills LA, Panchia R, Sanne I, Gallant J, Hoffman I, Taha TE, Nielsen-Saines K, Celentano D, Essex M, Havlir D, Cohen MS.
       Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;14(4):281-90.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Efficiency of points of dispensing for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2009
       Saha S, Dean B, Teutsch S, Borse RH, Meltzer MI, Bagwell D, Plough A, Fielding J.
       Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):590-5.
       
   • Injury and Violence
     • The impact of alcohol and road traffic policies on crash rates in Botswana, 2004-2011: a time-series analysis
       Sebego M, Naumann RB, Rudd RA, Voetsch K, Dellinger AM, Ndlovu C.
       Accid Anal Prev. 2014 Mar 2;70c:33-39.
       
     • Characteristics of U.S. suicide decedents in 2005-2010 who had received mental health treatment
       Niederkrotenthaler T, Logan JE, Karch DL, Crosby A.
       Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Mar 1;65(3):387-90.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Circulating lethal toxin decreases the ability of neutrophils to respond to Bacillus anthracis
       Weiner ZP, Ernst SM, Boyer AE, Gallegos-Candela M, Barr JR, Glomski IJ.
       Cell Microbiol. 2014 Apr;16(4):504-18.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Socioeconomic status, child enrichment factors, and cognitive performance among preschool-age children: results from the Follow-Up of Growth and Development Experiences study
       Christensen DL, Schieve LA, Devine O, Drews-Botsch C.
       Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Mar 26.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Do hearing protectors protect hearing?
       Groenewold MR, Masterson EA, Themann CL, Davis RR.
       Am J Ind Med. 2014 Apr 3.
       
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     • Are tobacco control policies effective in reducing young adult smoking?
       Farrelly MC, Loomis BR, Kuiper N, Han B, Gfroerer J, Caraballo RS, Pechacek TF, Couzens GL.
       J Adolesc Health. 2014 Apr;54(4):481-6.
       
   
   
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. Allergic sensitization in Canadian chronic rhinosinusitis patients
        Green BJ, Beezhold DH, Gallinger Z, Barron CS, Melvin R, Bledsoe TA, Kashon ML, Sussman GL.
        Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2014 ;10(1):15.
        
     2. Peripheral nerve function and lower extremity muscle power in older men
        Ward RE, Caserotti P, Faulkner K, Boudreau RM, Zivkovic S, Lee C, Goodpaster BH, Cawthon PM, Newman AB, Cauley JA, Strotmeyer ES.
        Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Apr;95(4):726-33.
        
     3. Discordance between self-report and genetic confirmation of sickle cell disease status in African-American adults
        Bean CJ, Hooper WC, Ellingsen D, Debaun MR, Sonderman J, Blot WJ.
        Public Health Genomics. 2014 Mar 28.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Influenza-like illness and presenteeism among school employees
        de Perio MA, Wiegand DM, Brueck SE.
        Am J Infect Control. 2014 Apr;42(4):450-2.
        
     5. Use of drug-susceptibility testing for management of drug-resistant tuberculosis, Thailand, 2004-2008
        Lam E, Nateniyom S, Whitehead S, Anuwatnonthakate A, Monkongdee P, Kanphukiew A, Inyaphong J, Sitti W, Chiengsorn N, Moolphate S, Kavinum S, Suriyon N, Limsomboon P, Danyutapolchai J, Sinthuwattanawibool C, Podewils LJ.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):408-16.
        
     6. Pharmacokinetic interaction of rifapentine and raltegravir in healthy volunteers
        Weiner M, Egelund EF, Engle M, Kiser M, Prihoda TJ, Gelfond JA, Mac Kenzie W, Peloquin CA.
        J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Apr;69(4):1079-85.
        
     7. Varicella outbreak in a daycare: challenges and opportunities for preventing varicella outbreaks in this setting
        Daskalaki I, Thermitus R, Perella D, Viner K, Spells N, Mohanty S, Lopez A, Johnson C.
        Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Apr;33(4):420-2.
        
     8. Incidence and predictors of first line antiretroviral regimen modification in western Kenya
        Inzaule S, Otieno J, Kalyango J, Nafisa L, Kabugo C, Nalusiba J, Kwaro D, Zeh C, Karamagi C.
        PLoS One. 2014 ;9(4):e93106.
        
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     9. The use of community assessment for public health emergency response to evaluate NWS warnings
        Chiu CH, Noe RS, Martin JP, Wolkin AF, Vagi SJ.
        Bull Am Meteorol Soc. 2014 ;95(1):18-21.
        
     10. Invasive fungal infections after natural disasters
         Benedict K, Park BJ.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):349-55.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     11. Investigating a crow die-off in January-February 2011 during the introduction of a new clade of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 into Bangladesh
         Khan SU, Berman L, Haider N, Gerloff N, Rahman MZ, Shu B, Rahman M, Dey TK, Davis TC, Das BC, Balish A, Islam A, Teifke JP, Zeidner N, Lindstrom S, Klimov A, Donis RO, Luby SP, Shivaprasad HL, Mikolon AB.
         Arch Virol. 2014 Mar;159(3):509-18.
         
     12. Exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi and other tick-borne pathogens in Gettysburg National Military Park, south-central Pennsylvania, 2009
         Han GS, Stromdahl EY, Wong D, Weltman AC.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Apr 1.
         
   • Environmental Health
     13. Development of indicators for measuring outcomes of water safety plans
         Lockhart G, Oswald WE, Hubbard B, Medlin E, Gelting RJ.
         J Water Sanit Hyg Dev. 2014 ;4(1):171-181.
         
   • Food Safety
     14. Notes from the field: multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to soft-ripened cheese - United States, 2013
         Choi MJ, Jackson KA, Medu C, Beal J, Rigdon CE, Cloyd TC, Forstner MJ, Ball J, Bosch S, Bottichio L, Cantu V, Melka DC, Ishow W, Slette S, Melka DC, Irvin K, Melka DC, Wise M, Tarr C, Mahon B, Smith KE, Silk BJ.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Apr 4;63(13):294-5.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     15. Mediation effects of problem drinking and marijuana use on HIV sexual risk behaviors among childhood sexually abused South African heterosexual men
         Icard LD, Jemmott JB, Teitelman A, O'Leary A, Heeren GA.
         Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Feb;38(2):234-42.
         
   • Health Disparities
     16. Residential segregation and obesity among a national sample of Hispanic adults
         Corral I, Landrine H, Zhao L.
         J Health Psychol. 2014 Apr;19(4):503-8.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     17. A polymicrobial outbreak of surgical site infections following cardiac surgery at a community hospital in Florida, 2011-2012
         Nguyen DB, Gupta N, Abou-Daoud A, Klekamp BG, Rhone C, Winston T, Hedberg T, Scuteri A, Evans C, Jensen B, Moulton-Meissner H, Torok T, Berrios-Torres SI, Noble-Wang J, Kallen A.
         Am J Infect Control. 2014 Apr;42(4):432-5.
         
     18. Medicare reimbursement attributable to catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the inpatient setting: a retrospective cohort analysis
         Yi SH, Baggs J, Gould CV, Scott RD, Jernigan JA.
         Med Care. 2014 Apr 1.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     19. Barriers and facilitators to influenza vaccination and vaccine coverage in a cohort of health care personnel
         Naleway AL, Henkle EM, Ball S, Bozeman S, Gaglani MJ, Kennedy ED, Thompson MG.
         Am J Infect Control. 2014 Apr;42(4):371-5.
         
     20. Effect of breastfeeding on immunogenicity of oral live-attenuated human rotavirus vaccine: a randomized trial in HIV-uninfected infants in Soweto, South Africa
         Groome MJ, Moon SS, Velasquez D, Jones S, Koen A, van Niekerk N, Jiang B, Parashar UD, Madhi SA.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2014 Apr 1;92(4):238-45.
         
     21. Distribution of pandemic influenza vaccine and reporting of doses administered, New York, New York, USA
         Marcello RK, Papadouka V, Misener M, Wake E, Mandell R, Zucker JR.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):525-31.
         
     22. Progress toward measles preelimination - African Region, 2011-2012
         Masresha BG, Kaiser R, Eshetu M, Katsande R, Luce R, Fall A, Dosseh AR, Naouri B, Byabamazima CR, Perry R, Dabbagh AJ, Strebel P, Kretsinger K, Goodson JL, Nshimirimana D.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Apr 4;63(13):285-91.
         
     23. Effectiveness of the monovalent rotavirus vaccine in Colombia: a case-control study
         Cotes-Cantillo K, Paternina-Caicedo A, Coronell-Rodriguez W, Alvis-Guzman N, Parashar UD, Patel M, De la Hoz-Restrepo F.
         Vaccine. 2014 Mar 31.
         
     24. Safety of diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated poliovirus (DTaP-IPV) vaccine
         Daley MF, Yih WK, Glanz JM, Hambidge SJ, Narwaney KJ, Yin R, Li L, Nelson JC, Nordin JD, Klein NP, Jacobsen SJ, Weintraub E.
         Vaccine. 2014 Mar 31.
         
   • Informatics
     25. EHR adopters vs. non-adopters: impacts of, barriers to, and federal initiatives for EHR adoption
         Jamoom EW, Patel V, Furukawa MF, King J.
         Healthcare. 2014 March;2(1):33-39.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     26. An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury
         Florence C, Shepherd J, Brennan I, Simon TR.
         Inj Prev. 2014 Apr;20(2):108-14.
         
     27. Pathway from child sexual and physical abuse to risky sex among emerging adults: the role of trauma-related intrusions and alcohol problems
         Walsh K, Latzman NE, Latzman RD.
         J Adolesc Health. 2014 Apr;54(4):442-8.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     28. Analysis of crystalline silica in bulk materials
         Harper M, Key-Schwartz R.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Mar 28.
         
     29. Evaluation of luciferase and GFP-expressing Nipah viruses for rapid quantitative antiviral screening
         Lo MK, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         Antiviral Res. 2014 Mar 27.
         
     30. Burkholderia pseudomallei type G in Western Hemisphere
         Gee JE, Allender CJ, Tuanyok A, Elrod MG, Hoffmaster AR.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):661-3.
         
     31. Sensitive testing of plasma HIV-1 RNA and Sanger sequencing of cellular HIV-1 DNA for the detection of drug resistance prior to starting first-line antiretroviral therapy with etravirine or efavirenz
         Geretti AM, Conibear T, Hill A, Johnson JA, Tambuyzer L, Thys K, Vingerhoets J, Van Delft Y.
         J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Apr;69(4):1090-7.
         
     32. Serological measures of malaria transmission in Haiti: comparison of longitudinal and cross-sectional methods
         Arnold BF, Priest JW, Hamlin KL, Moss DM, Colford JM, Lammie PJ.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(4):e93684.
         
     33. Metallic nickel nanoparticles may exhibit higher carcinogenic potential than fine particles in JB6 cells
         Magaye R, Zhou Q, Bowman L, Zou B, Mao G, Xu J, Castranova V, Zhao J, Ding M.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(4):e92418.
         
     34. What is the most reliable solid culture medium for tuberculosis treatment trials?
         Joloba ML, Johnson JL, Feng PJ, Bozeman L, Goldberg SV, Morgan K, Gitta P, Boom HW, Heilig CM, Mayanja-Kizza H, Eisenach KD.
         Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2014 Mar 19.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     35. Case-control analysis of maternal prenatal analgesic use and cardiovascular malformations: Baltimore-Washington Infant Study
         Marsh CA, Cragan JD, Alverson CJ, Correa A.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Mar 26.
         
     36. Cardiac arrest during hospitalization for delivery in the United States, 1998-2011
         Mhyre JM, Tsen LC, Einav S, Kuklina EV, Leffert LR, Bateman BT.
         Anesthesiology. 2014 Apr;120(4):810-8.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     37. Mortality among a cohort of U.S. commercial airline cockpit crew
         Yong LC, Pinkerton LE, Yiin JH, Anderson JL, Deddens JA.
         Am J Ind Med. 2014 Apr 3.
         
     38. Collection efficiencies of high flow rate personal respirable samplers when measuring Arizona road dust and analysis of quartz by X-ray diffraction
         Stacey P, Lee T, Thorpe A, Roberts P, Frost G, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 May;58(4):512-23.
         
     39. Prevalence of obesity by occupation among US workers: the National Health Interview Survey 2004-2011
         Gu JK, Charles LE, Bang KM, Ma CC, Andrew ME, Violanti JM, Burchfiel CM.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Mar 27.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     40. Human schistosomiasis
         Colley DG, Bustinduy AL, Secor WE, King CH.
         Lancet. 2014 Mar 31.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     41. Implementing systematic review in Toxicological Profiles: ATSDR and NIEHS/NTP collaboration
         Murray HE, Thayer KA.
         J Environ Health. 2014 ;76(8):34-35.
         
     42. Development of Haiti's rural water, sanitation and hygiene workforce
         Hubbard B, Lockhart G, Gelting RJ, Bertrand F.
         J Water Sanit Hyg Dev. 2014 ;4(1):159-163.
         
     43. Sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in Central America
         Sabogal RI, Medlin E, Aquino G, Gelting RJ.
         J Water Sanit Hyg Dev. 2014 ;4(1):89-99.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     44. Higher urinary lignan concentrations in women but not men are positively associated with shorter time to pregnancy
         Mumford SL, Sundaram R, Schisterman EF, Sweeney AM, Barr DB, Rybak ME, Maisog JM, Parker DL, Pfeiffer CM, Louis GM.
         J Nutr. 2014 Mar;144(3):352-8.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     45. CDC Grand Rounds: global tobacco control
         Asma S, Song Y, Cohen J, Eriksen M, Pechacek T, Cohen N, Iskander J.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Apr 4;63(13):277-80.
         
     46. Notes from the field: calls to poison centers for exposures to electronic cigarettes - United States, September 2010-February 2014
         Chatham-Stephens K, Law R, Taylor E, Melstrom P, Bunnell R, Wang B, Apelberg B, Schier JG.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Apr 4;63(13):292-3.
         
   • Zoonoses
     47. Identification of risk factors for plague in the West Nile Region of Uganda
         Eisen RJ, Macmillan K, Atiku LA, Mpanga JT, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Graham CB, Beogler KA, Enscore RE, Gage KL.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Mar 31.
         
     48. Genetic characterization of clade 2.3.2.1 avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, Indonesia, 2012
         Dharmayanti NL, Hartawan R, Wibawa H, Balish A, Donis R, Davis CT, Samaan G.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):677-80.
         
   
   

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