Issue 25, June 24, 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
     • Clinical trial enrollment among adolescents with cancer: supplement overview
       Tai E, Beaupin L, Bleyer A.
       Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133 Suppl 3:S85-90.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Investigation of an outbreak of acute respiratory disease in Cote d'Ivoire in April 2007
       Ekaza E, Kadjo HA, Coulibaly D, Koutouan GG, Coulibaly-N'Golo GM, Kouakou B, Talla Nzussouo N, Olsen SJ, Ekra DK, Akoua-Koffi CG, Gilbernair EA, Bretin-Dosso MC.
       Afr J Infect Dis. 2014 nd;8(2):31-35.
       
     • Population pharmacokinetics of rifapentine and desacetyl rifapentine in healthy volunteers: nonlinearities in clearance and bioavailability
       Savic RM, Lu Y, Bliven-Sizemore E, Weiner M, Nuermberger E, Burman W, Dorman SE, Dooley KE.
       Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Jun;58(6):3035-3042.
       
     • Influenza virus infectivity and virulence following ocular-only aerosol inoculation of ferrets
       Belser JA, Gustin KM, Katz JM, Maines TR, Tumpey TM.
       J Virol. 2014 Jun 11.
       
   • Global Health
     • Illness in travelers returned from Brazil: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics
       Wilson ME, Chen LH, Han PV, Keystone JS, Cramer JP, Segurado A, Hale D, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, von Sonnenburg F, Leder K.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2014 May;58(10):1347-56.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Progress toward measles elimination - Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2008-2012
       Teleb N, Lebo E, Ahmed H, Hossam AR, El Sayed el T, Dabbagh A, Strebel P, Rota P, Alexander J.
       MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jun 13;63(23):511-5.
       
     • Rotavirus vaccines and health care utilization for diarrhea in the United States (2007-2011)
       Leshem E, Moritz RE, Curns AT, Zhou F, Tate JE, Lopman BA, Parashar UD.
       Pediatrics. 2014 Jun 9.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Classification system for the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Case Registry and its application
       Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Camperlengo L, Ludvigsen R, Cottengim C, Anderson RN, Andrew T, Covington T, Hauck FR, Kemp J, MacDorman M.
       Pediatrics. 2014 Jun 9.
       
   • Nutritional Sciences
     • Consumer support for policies to reduce the sodium content in school cafeterias
       Patel SM, Gunn JP, Merlo CL, Tong X, Cogswell ME.
       J Child Nutr Manag. 2014 Spr;38(1).
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     • Numerical and experimental study on flame spread over conveyor belts in a large-scale tunnel
       Yuan L, Mainiero RJ, Rowland JH, Thomas RA, Smith AC.
       J Loss Prevent Proc. 2014 May 10;30(1):55-62.
       
   
   
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. Medical costs and productivity losses of cancer survivors - United States, 2008-2011
        Ekwueme DU, Yabroff KR, Guy GP, Banegas MP, de Moor JS, Li C, Han X, Zheng Z, Soni A, Davidoff A, Rechis R, Virgo KS.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jun 13;63(23):505-10.
        
     2. Psychosocial barriers and facilitators to clinical trial enrollment and adherence for adolescents with cancer
        Buchanan ND, Block R, Smith AW, Tai E.
        Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133 Suppl 3:S123-30.
        
     3. Treatment setting, clinical trial enrollment, and subsequent outcomes among adolescents with cancer: a literature review
        Tai E, Buchanan N, Westervelt L, Elimam D, Lawvere S.
        Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133 Suppl 3:S91-7.
        
     4. Understanding and addressing the lack of clinical trial enrollment among adolescents with cancer
        Tai E, Buchanan N, Eliman D, Westervelt L, Beaupin L, Lawvere S, Bleyer A.
        Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133 Suppl 3:S98-s103.
        
     5. Cognitive and affective influences on perceived risk of ovarian cancer
        Peipins LA, McCarty F, Hawkins NA, Rodriguez JL, Scholl LE, Leadbetter S.
        Psychooncology. 2014 Jun 11.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     6. Sexual risk behaviour and viral suppression among HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States
        Mattson CL, Freedman M, Fagan JL, Frazier EL, Beer L, Huang P, Valverde EE, Johnson C, Sanders C, McNaghten AD, Sullivan P, Lansky A, Mermin J, Heffelfinger J, Skarbinski J, Med Monitoring P.
        AIDS. 2014 May;28(8):1203-1211.
        
     7. Is primary Mycobacterium avium complex prophylaxis necessary in patients with CD4 <50 cells/muL who are virologically suppressed on cART?
        Yangco BG, Buchacz K, Baker R, Palella FJ, Armon C, Brooks JT.
        AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Jun;28(6):280-3.
        
     8. Risk factors for influenza A(H7N9) disease - China, 2013
        Liu B, Havers F, Chen E, Yuan Z, Yuan H, Ou J, Shang M, Kang K, Liao K, Liu F, Li D, Ding H, Zhou L, Zhu W, Ding F, Zhang P, Wang X, Yao J, Xiang N, Zhou S, Liu X, Song Y, Su H, Wang R, Cai J, Cao Y, Wang X, Bai T, Wang J, Feng Z, Zhang Y, Widdowson MA, Li Q.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 13.
        
     9. HIV testing among sexually active Hispanic/Latino MSM in Miami-Dade County and New York City: opportunities for increasing acceptance and frequency of testing
        Joseph HA, Belcher L, O'Donnell L, Fernandez MI, Spikes PS, Flores SA.
        Health Promot Pract. 2014 Jun 11.
        
     10. On-site availability of legionella testing in acute care hospitals, United States
         Garrison LE, Shaw KM, McCollum JT, Dexter C, Vagnone PM, Thompson JH, Giambrone G, White B, Thomas S, Carpenter LR, Nichols M, Parker E, Petit S, Hicks LA, Langley GE.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jul;35(7):898-900.
         
     11. Successful discontinuation of the placebo arm and provision of an effective HIV prevention product after a positive interim efficacy result: the Partners PrEP Study experience
         Ndase P, Celum C, Campbell J, Bukusi E, Kiarie J, Katabira E, Mugo N, Tumwesigye E, Wangisi J, Were E, Brantley J, Donnell D, Baeten JM.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Jun 1;66(2):206-12.
         
     12. Electronic medical record systems are associated with appropriate placement of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in rural health facilities in Kenya: a retrospective pre-post study
         Oluoch T, Katana A, Ssempijja V, Kwaro D, Langat P, Kimanga D, Okeyo N, Abu-Hanna A, de Keizer N.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jun 9.
         
     13. Prevalence and causes of elevated serum aminotransferase levels in a population-based cohort of persons with chronic hepatitis B virus infection
         Spradling PR, Bulkow L, Teshale EH, Negus S, Homan C, Simons B, McMahon BJ.
         J Hepatol. 2014 Jun 6.
         
     14. Risk factors for pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx in Alaska Native adults and children
         Reisman J, Rudolph K, Bruden D, Hurlburt D, Bruce MG, Hennessy T.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 Jun;3(2):104-111.
         
     15. Rifapentine pharmacokinetics and tolerability in children and adults treated once weekly with rifapentine and isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection
         Weiner M, Savic RM, Mac Kenzie WR, Wing D, Peloquin CA, Engle M, Bliven E, Prihoda TJ, Gelfond JA, Scott NA, Abdel-Rahman SM, Kearns GL, Burman WJ, Sterling TR, Villarino ME.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 ;3(2):132-145.
         
     16. Venue-based recruitment of women at elevated risk for HIV: an HIV Prevention Trials Network study
         Haley DF, Golin C, El-Sadr W, Hughes JP, Wang J, Roman Isler M, Mannheimer S, Kuo I, Lucas J, DiNenno E, Justman J, Frew PM, Emel L, Rompalo A, Polk S, Adimora AA, Rodriquez L, Soto-Torres L, Hodder S.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Jun;23(6):541-51.
         
     17. Insights into pediatric herpes simplex encephalitis from a cohort of 21 children from the California Encephalitis Project, 1998-2011
         To TM, Soldatos A, Sheriff H, Schmid DS, Espinosa N, Cosentino G, Preas CP, Glaser CA.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun 6.
         
     18. Reaching youth with sexually transmitted disease testing: building on successes, challenges, and lessons learned from local get yourself tested campaigns
         Friedman AL, Bozniak A, Ford J, Hill A, Olson K, Ledsky R, Inokuchi D, Brookmeyer K.
         Soc Mar Q. 2014 Jun;20(2):116-138.
         
   • Community Health Services
     19. Health care utilization for acute illnesses in an urban setting with a refugee population in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
         Mohamed AH, Dalal W, Nyoka R, Burke H, Ahmed J, Auko E, Shihaji W, Ndege I, Breiman RF, Eidex RB.
         BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 May 2;14(1):200.
         
     20. Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net ownership and use among children under five years of age following a targeted distribution in central Uganda
         Wanzira H, Yeka A, Kigozi R, Rubahika D, Nasr S, Sserwanga A, Kamya M, Filler S, Dorsey G, Steinhardt L.
         Malar J. 2014 May 19;13(1):185.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     21. Phylodynamics of vampire bat-transmitted rabies in Argentina
         Torres C, Lema C, Dohmen FG, Beltran F, Novaro L, Russo S, Freire MC, Velasco-Villa A, Mbayed VA, Cisterna DM.
         Mol Ecol. 2014 May;23(9):2340-52.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     22. Real-time PCR assays for genotyping of Cryptococcus gattii in North America
         Kelley EJ, Driebe EM, Etienne K, Brandt ME, Schupp JM, Gillece JD, Trujillo JS, Lockhart SR, Deak E, Keim PS, Engelthaler DM.
         BMC Microbiol. 2014 May 13;14(1):125.
         
     23. Draft genome sequences of nine enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from Kenya
         Hazen TH, Humphrys MS, Ochieng JB, Parsons M, Bopp CA, O'Reilly CE, Mintz E, Rasko DA.
         Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 12;2(3).
         
     24. Evolutionary genetics of genotype H1 measles viruses in China from 1993-2012
         Xu S, Zhang Y, Rivailler P, Wang H, Ji Y, Zhen Z, Mao N, Li C, Bellini WJ, Xu W, Rota P.
         J Gen Virol. 2014 Jun 9.
         
     25. Dense genotyping of immune-related loci identifies variants associated with clearance of HPV among HIV-positive women in the HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS)
         Sudenga SL, Wiener HW, King CC, Rompalo AM, Cu-Uvin S, Klein RS, Shah KV, Sobel JD, Jamieson DJ, Shrestha S.
         PLoS One. 2014 Jun 11;9(6):e99109.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     26. Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2013
         Kann L, Kinchen S, Shanklin SL, Flint KH, Hawkins J, Harris WA, Lowry R, Olsen EO, McManus T, Chyen D, Whittle L, Taylor E, Demissie Z, Brener N, Thornton J, Moore J, Zaza S.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2014 Jun 13;63 Suppl 4:1-168.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     27. What's the appeal? Testing public service advertisements to raise awareness about gynecologic cancer
         Cooper CP, Gelb CA, Chu J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Jun;23(6):488-92.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     28. Epidemiology of invasive mold infections in lung transplant recipients
         Doligalski CT, Benedict K, Cleveland AA, Park B, Derado G, Pappas PG, Baddley JW, Zaas DW, Harris MT, Alexander BD.
         Am J Transplant. 2014 Jun;14(6):1328-33.
         
     29. Transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris through solid organ transplantation: utility of organ recipient serology to guide clinical management
         Gupte AA, Hocevar SN, Lea AS, Kulkarni RD, Schain DC, Casey MJ, Zendejas-Ruiz IR, Chung WK, Mbaeyi C, Roy SL, Visvesvara GS, da Silva AJ, Tallaj J, Eckhoff D, Baddley JW.
         Am J Transplant. 2014 Jun;14(6):1417-24.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     30. Economic review of immunization information systems to increase vaccination rates: a Community Guide systematic review
         Patel M, Pabst L, Chattopadhyay S, Hopkins D, Groom H, Myerburg S, Morgan JM.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Jun 6.
         
     31. Annual patient time costs associated with medical care among cancer survivors in the United States
         Yabroff KR, Guy GP, Ekwueme DU, McNeel T, Rozjabek HM, Dowling E, Li C, Virgo KS.
         Med Care. 2014 Jul;52(7):594-601.
         
     32. Insurance and billing concerns among patients seeking free and confidential sexually transmitted disease care: New York City sexually transmitted disease clinics 2012
         Washburn K, Goodwin C, Pathela P, Blank S.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Jul;41(7):463-6.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     33. Control of Japanese encephalitis in Asia: the time is now
         Hills S, Martin R, Marfin A, Fischer M.
         Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Jun 13:1-4.
         
     34. A rapid immunization strategy with a live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine elicits protective neutralizing antibody responses in non-human primates
         Ambuel Y, Young G, Brewoo JN, Paykel J, Weisgrau KL, Rakasz EG, Haller AA, Royals M, Huang CY, Capuano S, Stinchcomb DT, Partidos CD, Osorio JE.
         Front Immunol. 2014 Jun 5;5:263.
         
     35. Immunization information systems to increase vaccination rates: a Community Guide systematic review
         Groom H, Hopkins DP, Pabst LJ, Morgan JM, Patel M, Calonge N, Coyle R, Dombkowski K, Groom AV, Kurilo MB, Rasulnia B, Shefer A, Town C, Wortley PM, Zucker J.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Jun 6.
         
     36. Neurovirulence and immunogenicity of attenuated recombinant vesicular stomatitis viruses in nonhuman primates
         Clarke DK, Nasar F, Chong S, Johnson JE, Coleman JW, Lee M, Witko SE, Kotash CS, Abdullah R, Megati S, Luckay A, Nowak B, Lackner A, Price RE, Little P, Kalyan N, Randolf V, Javadian A, Zamb TJ, Parks CL, Egan MA, Eldridge J, Hendry M, Udem SA.
         J Virol. 2014 Jun 15;88(12):6690-6701.
         
     37. An outbreak of measles in an undervaccinated community
         Gahr P, DeVries AS, Wallace G, Miller C, Kenyon C, Sweet K, Martin K, White K, Bagstad E, Hooker C, Krawczynski G, Boxrud D, Liu G, Stinchfield P, LeBlanc J, Hickman C, Bahta L, Barskey A, Lynfield R.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Jun 9.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     38. ATV riding and helmet use among youth aged 12-17 years, USA, 2011: results from the YouthStyles survey
         Shults RA, West BA.
         Inj Prev. 2014 Jun 10.
         
     39. The association between substance use and intimate partner violence within black male same-sex relationships
         Wu E, El-Bassel N, McVinney LD, Hess L, Fopeano MV, Hwang HG, Charania M, Mansergh G.
         J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jun 11.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     40. Quantifying silica in filter-deposited mine dusts using infrared spectra and partial least squares regression
         Weakley AT, Miller AL, Griffiths PR, Bayman SJ.
         Anal Bioanal Chem. 2014 May 16.
         
     41. Population structure of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b isolates from sporadic human listeriosis in the United States, 2003-2008
         Lee S, Ward TJ, Graves LM, Tarr CL, Siletzky RM, Kathariou S.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014 Apr 4.
         
     42. Evidence for soft selective sweeps in the evolution of pneumococcal multidrug-resistance and vaccine escape
         Croucher NJ, Chewapreecha C, Hanage WP, Harris SR, McGee L, van der Linden M, Song JH, Ko KS, de Lencastre H, Turner C, Yang F, Sa-Leao R, Beall B, Klugman KP, Parkhill J, Turner P, Bentley SD.
         Genome Biol Evol. 2014 Jun 10.
         
     43. Measures of viral load using Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Assay on venous and fingerstick dried blood spots from provider-collected specimens in Malawian District Hospitals
         Rutstein SE, Kamwendo D, Lugali L, Thengolose I, Tegha G, Fiscus SA, Nelson JA, Hosseinipour MC, Sarr A, Gupta S, Chimbwandira F, Mwenda R, Mataya R.
         J Clin Virol. 2014 May 22.
         
     44. Changing plasmid types responsible for extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the USA, 1996-2009
         Folster JP, Pecic G, Stroika S, Rickert R, Whichard JM.
         J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2014 Jun;2(2):87-91.
         
     45. Citrullination alters immunomodulatory function of LL-37 essential for prevention of endotoxin-induced sepsis
         Koziel J, Bryzek D, Sroka A, Maresz K, Glowczyk I, Bielecka E, Kantyka T, Pyrc K, Svoboda P, Pohl J, Potempa J.
         J Immunol. 2014 Jun 1;192(11):5363-72.
         
     46. HIV reverse transcriptase drug resistance mutations during early infection reveal greater transmission diversity than in env
         Lipscomb JT, Switzer WM, Li JF, Masciotra S, Owen SM, Johnson JA.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 12.
         
     47. Ischemic stroke injury is mediated by aberrant cdk5
         Meyer DA, Torres-Altoro MI, Tan Z, Tozzi A, Di Filippo M, DiNapoli V, Plattner F, Kansy JW, Benkovic SA, Huber JD, Miller DB, Greengard P, Calabresi P, Rosen CL, Bibb JA.
         J Neurosci. 2014 Jun 11;34(24):8259-67.
         
     48. Locking and blocking the viral landscape of an alphavirus with neutralizing antibodies
         Porta J, Jose J, Roehrig JT, Blair CD, Kuhn RJ, Rossmann MG.
         J Virol. 2014 Jun 11.
         
     49. Small interfering RNA inhibition of Andes virus replication
         Chiang CF, Albarino CG, Lo MK, Spiropoulou CF.
         PLoS One. 2014 Jun;9(6):e99764.
         
     50. Regulatory T cells modulate granulomatous inflammation in an HLA-DP2 transgenic murine model of beryllium-induced disease
         Mack DG, Falta MT, McKee AS, Martin AK, Simonian PL, Crawford F, Gordon T, Mercer RR, Hoover MD, Marrack P, Kappler JW, Tuder RM, Fontenot AP.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 10;111(23):8553-8.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     51. Performance of racial and ethnic minority-serving hospitals on delivery-related indicators
         Creanga AA, Bateman BT, Mhyre JM, Kuklina E, Shilkrut A, Callaghan WM.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun 5.
         
     52. Preventing sexual violence and HIV in children
         Sommarin C, Kilbane T, Mercy JA, Moloney-Kitts M, Ligiero DP.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Jul 1;66 Suppl 2:S217-23.
         
     53. Promotora de salud: promoting folic acid use among Hispanic women
         deRosset L, Mullenix A, Flores A, Mattia-Dewey D, Mai CT.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Jun;23(6):525-31.
         
     54. Integration of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) postpartum services with other HIV care and treatment services within the maternal and child health setting in Zimbabwe, 2012
         Wiegert K, Dinh TH, Mushavi A, Mugurungi O, Kilmarx PH.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(6):e98236.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     55. Evaluation of a pilot promotora program for Latino forest workers in southern Oregon
         Bush DE, Wilmsen C, Sasaki T, Barton-Antonio D, Steege AL, Chang C.
         Am J Ind Med. 2014 Jun 2.
         
     56. Exposure controls for nanomaterials at three manufacturing sites
         Heitbrink WA, Lo LM, Dunn KH.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Jun 11.
         
     57. Prevalence rates for depression by industry: a claims database analysis
         Wulsin L, Alterman T, Bushnell TP, Li J, Shen R.
         Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2014 Jun 8.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     58. Toxocariasis: a review for pediatricians
         Woodhall DM, Fiore AE.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 ;3(2):154-159.
         
     59. Efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy, Mansa, Zambia
         Tan KR, Katalenich BL, Mace KE, Nambozi M, Taylor SM, Meshnick SR, Wiegand RE, Chalwe V, Filler SJ, Kamuliwo M, Craig AS.
         Malar J. 2014 Jun 9;13(1):227.
         
     60. Notes from the field: knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antimalarial chemoprophylaxis in U.S. Peace Corps volunteers - Africa, 2013
         Landman KZ, Tan KR, Arguin PM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jun 13;63(23):516-7.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     61. The component model of infrastructure: a practical approach to understanding public health program infrastructure
         Lavinghouze SR, Snyder K, Rieker PP.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun 12:e1-e11.
         
     62. The national haemophilia program standards, evaluation and oversight systems in the United States of America
         Skinner MW, Soucie JM, McLaughlin K.
         Blood Transfus. 2014 Apr;12 Suppl 3:e542-8.
         
     63. Assessing value in biomedical research: the PQRST of appraisal and reward
         Ioannidis JP, Khoury MJ.
         JAMA. 2014 Jun 9.
         
     64. Strategies, actions, and outcomes of pilot state programs in public health genomics, 2003-2008
         St Pierre J, Bach J, Duquette D, Oehlke K, Nystrom R, Silvey K, Zlot A, Giles R, Johnson J, Anders HM, Gwinn M, Bowen S, Khoury MJ.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 Jun 12;11:E97.
         
   • Zoonoses
     65. Heartland virus associated death in Tennessee
         Muehlenbachs A, Fata CR, Lambert AJ, Paddock CD, Velez JO, Blau DM, Staples JE, Karlekar MB, Bhatnagar J, Nasci RS, Zaki SR.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 9.
         
     66. Rift Valley fever virus encephalitis is associated with an ineffective systemic immune response and activated T cell infiltration into the CNS in an immunocompetent mouse model
         Dodd KA, McElroy AK, Jones TL, Zaki SR, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jun;8(6):e2874.
         
   
   
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).
   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid
     67. Serum cotinine and whole blood folate concentrations in pregnancy
         Prasodjo A, Pfeiffer CM, Fazili Z, Xu Y, Liddy S, Yolton K, Savitz DA, et al .
         Ann Epidemiol. 2014 ;24(7):498-503 e1.
         
     68. Interaction between the SLC19A1 gene and maternal first trimester fever on offspring neural tube defects
         Pei L, Zhu H, Ye R, Wu J, Liu J, Ren A, Li Z, et al .
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 .
         
     69. Pattern and factors associated with congenital anomalies among young infants admitted at Bugando medical centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
         Mashuda F, Zuechner A, Chalya PL, Kidenya BR, Manyama M.
         BMC Res Notes. 2014 ;7:195.
         
     70. Relationships of maternal folate and vitamin B12 status during pregnancy with perinatal depression: the GUSTO study
         Chong MF, Wong JX, Colega M, Chen LW, van Dam RM, Tan CS, Lim AL, et al .
         J Psychiatr Res. 2014 ;55:110-6.
         
     71. Promotora de salud: promoting folic acid use among Hispanic women
         deRosset L, Mullenix A, Flores A, Mattia-Dewey D, Mai CT.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 ;23(6):525-31.
         
     72. First trimester multivitamin/mineral use is associated with reduced risk of pre-eclampsia among overweight and obese women
         Vanderlelie J, Scott R, Shibl R, Lewkowicz J, Perkins A, Scuffham PA.
         Matern Child Nutr. 2014 .
         
     73. Core state preconception health indicators - Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
         Robbins CL, Zapata LB, Farr SL, Kroelinger CD, Morrow B, Ahluwalia I, D'Angelo DV, et al .
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2014 ;63(3):1-62.
         
     74. Maternal prepregnancy folate intake and risk of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth
         Gaskins AJ, Rich-Edwards JW, Hauser R, Williams PL, Gillman MW, Ginsburg ES, Missmer SA, et al .
         Obstet Gynecol. 2014 ;124(1):23-31.
         
     75. Maternal high-dose folic acid during pregnancy and asthma medication in the offspring
         Zetstra-van der Woude PA, De Walle HE, Hoek A, Bos HJ, Boezen HM, Koppelman GH, de Jong-van den Berg LT, et al .
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 .
         
     76. Preventive effects of folic acid supplementation on adverse maternal and fetal outcomes
         Kim MW, Ahn KH, Ryu KJ, Hong SC, Lee JS, Nava-Ocampo AA, Oh MJ, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(5):e97273.
         
   
   

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