Issue 37, September 16, 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. 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).
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Cardiovascular Diseases
     1. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs - 2014.
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. 2014 Apr 24.
        
     2. Million Hearts-where population health and clinical practice intersect
        Wright JS, Wall HK, Briss PA, Schooley M.
        Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012 ;5(4):589-91.
        
     3. 2014 hypertension recommendations from the Eighth Joint National Committee panel members raise concerns for elderly black and female populations
        Krakoff LR, Gillespie RL, Ferdinand KC, Fergus IV, Akinboboye O, Williams KA, Walsh MN, et al .
        J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 ;64(4):394-402.
        
     4. Integrating sodium reduction strategies in the procurement process and contracting of food venues in the County of Los Angeles government, 2010-2012
        Cummings PL, Kuo T, Gase LN, Mugavero K.
        J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 ;20(1 Suppl 1):S16-22.
        
     5. Improved blood pressure control associated with a large-scale hypertension program
        Jaffe MG, Lee GA, Young JD, Sidney S, Go AS.
        JAMA. 2013 ;310(7):699-705.
        
     6. Progress of health plans toward meeting the Million Hearts clinical target for high blood pressure control - United States, 2010-2012
        Patel MM, Datu B, Roman D, Barton MB, Ritchey MD, Wall HK, Loustalot F.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 ;63(6):127-30.
        
     7. Million Hearts: prevalence of leading cardiovascular disease risk factors-United States, 2005-2012
        Ritchey MD, Wall HK, Gillespie C, George MG, Jamal A.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 ;63(21):462-7.
        
     8. Progress toward sodium reduction in the United States
        Levings J, Cogswell M, Curtis CJ, Gunn J, Neiman A, Angell SY.
        Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2012 ;32(4):301-6.
        
     9. Using the electronic health record to connect primary care patients to evidence-based telephonic tobacco quitline services: a closed-loop demonstration project
        Adsit RT, Fox BM, Tsiolis T, Ogland C, Simerson M, Vind LM, Bell SM, et al .
        Transl Behav Med. 2014 :1-9.
        
   
   
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
     10. Demographic factors associated with overuse of Pap testing
         Kepka D, Breen N, King JB, Meissner HI, Roland KB, Benard VB, Saraiya M.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug 27.
         
     11. Social determinants of disparities in weight among US children and adolescents
         Rossen LM, Talih M.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Aug 1.
         
     12. Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of selected cardiovascular risk factors among adults living in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
         Hosey GM, Samo M, Gregg EW, Padden D, Bibb SG.
         BMC Public Health. 2014 ;14(1):895.
         
     13. Characteristics and survival of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with spina bifida in the United States Renal Data System (USRDS)
         Ouyang L, Bolen J, Valdez R, Joseph D, Baum MA, Thibadeau J.
         J Urol. 2014 Aug 25.
         
     14. Patterns in lung cancer incidence rates and trends by histologic type in the United States, 2004-2009
         Houston KA, Henley SJ, Li J, White MC, Richards TB.
         Lung Cancer. 2014 Aug 12.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     15. Factors associated with adherence and concordance between measurement strategies in an HIV daily oral tenofovir/emtricitibine as pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) clinical trial, Botswana, 2007-2010
         Kebaabetswe PM, Stirratt MJ, McLellan-Lemal E, Henderson FL, Gray SC, Rose CE, Williams T, Paxton LA.
         AIDS Behav. 2014 Sep 4.
         
     16. Quantification of rifapentine, a potent anti-tuberculosis drug, from dried blood spot samples using liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric analysis
         Parsons TL, Marzinke MA, Hoang T, Bliven-Sizemore E, Weiner M, Mac Kenzie W, Dorman SE, Dooley KE.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep 2.
         
     17. Hormonal contraceptive methods and risk of HIV acquisition in women: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence
         Polis CB, Phillips SJ, Curtis KM, Westreich DJ, Steyn PS, Raymond E, Hannaford P, Turner AN.
         Contraception. 2014 Oct;90(4):360-390.
         
     18. Recent population expansions of hepatitis B virus in the United States
         Ramachandran S, Purdy MA, Xia GL, Campo DS, Dimitrova ZE, Teshale EH, Teo CG, Khudyakov YE.
         J Virol. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     19. Global tuberculosis: perspectives, prospects, and priorities
         Frieden TR, Brudney KF, Harries AD.
         JAMA. 2014 Sep 4.
         
     20. Increases in HIV testing among men who have sex with men - National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas, 2008 and 2011
         Cooley LA, Oster AM, Rose CE, Wejnert C, Le BC, Paz-Bailey G.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(9):e104162.
         
     21. Effectiveness of the U.S. National HIV Testing Day campaigns in promoting HIV testing: evidence from CDC-funded HIV testing sites, 2010
         Van Handel M, Mulatu MS.
         Public Health Rep. 2014 Sep;129(5):446-54.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     22. Public health emergency planning for children in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) disasters
         Bartenfeld MT, Peacock G, Griese SE.
         Biosecur Bioterror. 2014 Jul-Aug;12(4):201-7.
         
   • Environmental Health
     23. Total and methyl mercury in whole blood measured for the first time in the U.S. population: NHANES 2011-2012
         Mortensen ME, Caudill SP, Caldwell KL, Ward CD, Jones RL.
         Environ Res. 2014 Aug 28;134C:257-264.
         
     24. Changes in serum concentrations of maternal poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances over the course of pregnancy and predictors of exposure in a multiethnic cohort of Cincinnati, Ohio pregnant women during 2003-2006
         Kato K, Wong LY, Chen A, Dunbar C, Webster GM, Lanphear BP, Calafat AM.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Aug 19;48(16):9600-8.
         
     25. Prenatal phthalate and early childhood bisphenol A exposures increase asthma risk in inner-city children
         Whyatt RM, Rundle AG, Perzanowski MS, Just AC, Donohue KM, Calafat AM, Hoepner L, Perera FP, Miller RL.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Aug 28.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     26. Differences in healthy life expectancy for the US population by sex, race/ethnicity and geographic region: 2008
         Chang MH, Molla MT, Truman BI, Athar H, Moonesinghe R, Yoon PW.
         J Public Health (Oxf). 2014 Aug 30.
         
   • Food Safety
     27. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Vibrio navarrensis isolates associated with human illness
         Gladney LM, Tarr CL.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep 3.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     28. Beyond public health genomics: proposals from an international working group
         Boccia S, Mc Kee M, Adany R, Boffetta P, Burton H, Cambon-Thomsen A, Cornel MC, Gray M, Jani A, Maria Knoppers B, Khoury MJ, et al .
         Eur J Public Health. 2014 Aug 27.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     29. Surveillance for respiratory health care-associated infections among inpatients in 3 Kenyan hospitals, 2010-2012
         Ndegwa LK, Katz MA, McCormick K, Nganga Z, Mungai A, Emukule G, Kollmann MK, Mayieka L, Otieno J, Breiman RF, Mott JA, Ellingson K.
         Am J Infect Control. 2014 Sep;42(9):985-90.
         
     30. Medication injection safety knowledge and practices among anesthesiologists: New York State, 2011
         Gounder P, Beers R, Bornschlegel K, Hinterland K, Balter S.
         J Clin Anesth. 2013 Nov;25(7):521-8.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     31. Comprehensive analysis and selection of anthrax vaccine adsorbed immune correlates of protection in rhesus macaques
         Chen L, Schiffer JM, Dalton S, Sabourin CL, Niemuth NA, Plikaytis BD, Quinn CP.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     32. Notes from the field: reports of expired live attenuated influenza vaccine being administered - United States, 2007-2014
         Haber P, Schembri CP, Lewis P, Hibbs B, Shimabukuro T.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Sep 5;63(35):773.
         
     33. Pain in adolescent girls receiving HPV vaccine with concomitantly administered vaccines
         Walter EB, Kemper AR, Dolor RJ, Dunne EF.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Aug 28.
         
     34. Disparities in influenza vaccination coverage among women with live-born infants: PRAMS surveillance during the 2009-2010 influenza season
         Ahluwalia IB, Ding H, Harrison L, D'Angelo D, Singleton JA, Bridges C.
         Public Health Rep. 2014 Sep;129(5):408-16.
         
     35. Trends in childhood influenza vaccination coverage-U.S., 2004-2012
         Santibanez TA, Lu PJ, O'Halloran A, Meghani A, Grabowsky M, Singleton JA.
         Public Health Rep. 2014 Sep;129(5):417-27.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     36. Incidents of potential public health significance identified using national surveillance of US poison center data (2008-2012)
         Law RK, Sheikh S, Bronstein A, Thomas R, Spiller HA, Schier JG.
         Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2014 Sep 1:1-6.
         
     37. Prevalence and characteristics of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization - National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011
         Breiding MJ, Smith SG, Basile KC, Walters ML, Chen J, Merrick MT.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2014 Sep 5;63 Suppl 8:1-18.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     38. Differences in risk factors for second and third degree hypospadias in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         Woud SG, Rooij IA, Gelder MM, Olney RS, Carmichael SL, Roeleveld N, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 Sep 2.
         
     39. Methods for the year 6 follow-up study of children in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II
         Fein SB, Li R, Chen J, Scanlon KS, Grummer-Strawn LM.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S4-S12.
         
     40. Fruit and vegetable intake during infancy and early childhood
         Grimm KA, Kim SA, Yaroch AL, Scanlon KS.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S63-9.
         
     41. Infant feeding and long-term outcomes: results from the year 6 follow-up of children in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II
         Grummer-Strawn LM, Li R, Perrine CG, Scanlon KS, Fein SB.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S1-3.
         
     42. Bottle-feeding practices during early infancy and eating behaviors at 6 years of age
         Li R, Scanlon KS, May A, Rose C, Birch L.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S70-7.
         
     43. Breastfeeding and risk of infections at 6 years
         Li R, Dee D, Li CM, Hoffman HJ, Grummer-Strawn LM.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S13-20.
         
     44. Breastfeeding and later psychosocial development of children at 6 years of age
         Lind JN, Li R, Perrine CG, Schieve LA.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S36-41.
         
     45. A longitudinal analysis of sugar-sweetened beverage intake in infancy and obesity at 6 years
         Pan L, Li R, Park S, Galuska DA, Sherry B, Freedman DS.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S29-35.
         
     46. The association of sugar-sweetened beverage intake during infancy with sugar-sweetened beverage intake at 6 years of age
         Park S, Pan L, Sherry B, Li R.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S56-62.
         
     47. Breastfeeding duration is associated with child diet at 6 years
         Perrine CG, Galuska DA, Thompson FE, Scanlon KS.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S50-5.
         
     48. Adherence to breastfeeding guidelines and maternal weight 6 years after delivery
         Sharma AJ, Dee DL, Harden SM.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134 Suppl 1:S42-9.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     49. Human and animal evidence supports lower occupational exposure limits for poorly-soluble respirable particles: letter to the editor re: 'low-toxicity dusts: current exposure guidelines are not sufficiently protective' by Cherrie, Brosseau, Hay and Donaldson
         Kuempel ED, Attfield MD, Stayner LT, Castranova V.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Sep 5.
         
     50. Simulated effects head movement on contact pressures between headforms and N95 filtering facepiece respirators-part 1: headform model and validation
         Lei Z, Ji X, Li N, Yang J, Zhuang Z, Rottach D.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     51. Simulated effects of head movement on contact pressures between headforms and N95 filtering facepiece respirators part 2: simulation
         Lei Z, Ji X, Li N, Yang J, Zhuang Z, Rottach D.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     52. Evaluation of leakage from fume hoods using tracer gas, tracer nanoparticles and nanopowder handling test methodologies
         Dunn KH, Tsai CS, Woskie SR, Bennett JS, Garcia A, Ellenbecker MJ.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Oct;11(10):D164-73.
         
     53. Evaluation of some potential chemical exposure risks during flowback operations in unconventional oil and gas extraction: preliminary results
         Esswein EJ, Snawder J, King B, Breitenstein M, Alexander-Scott M, Kiefer M.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Oct;11(10):D174-84.
         
     54. Assessment of respirable crystalline silica analysis using proficiency analytical testing results from 2003-2013
         Harper M, Sarkisian K, Andrew M.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Oct;11(10):D157-63.
         
     55. Fatal meningococcal disease in a laboratory worker - California, 2012
         Sheets CD, Harriman K, Zipprich J, Louie JK, Probert WS, Horowitz M, Prudhomme JC, Gold D, Mayer L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Sep 5;63(35):770-2.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     56. Absence of putative Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance mutations in sub-Saharan Africa: a molecular epidemiologic study
         Taylor SM, Parobek CM, DeConti DK, Kayentao K, Coulibaly SO, Greenwood BM, Tagbor H, Williams J, Bojang K, Njie F, Desai M, Kariuki S, Gutman J, et al .
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 1.
         
     57. Age-specific malaria mortality rates in the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System in western Kenya, 2003-2010
         Desai M, Buff AM, Khagayi S, Byass P, Amek N, van Eijk A, Slutsker L, Vulule J, Odhiambo FO, Phillips-Howard PA, Lindblade KA, Laserson KF, Hamel MJ.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(9):e106197.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     58. Knowledge Management and E-Learning
         Costarides MV.
         Health Promot Pract. 2014 Sep 3.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     59. Developing new federal guidelines on family planning for the United States
         Gavin L, Moskosky S.
         Contraception. 2014 Sep;90(3):207-10.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     60. Functional profile of a novel modulator of serotonin, dopamine, and glutamate neurotransmission
         Snyder GL, Vanover KE, Zhu H, Miller DB, O'Callaghan JP, Tomesch J, Li P, et al .
         Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014 Aug 15.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     61. Prevalence of smokefree home rules - United States, 1992-1993 and 2010-2011
         King BA, Patel R, Babb SD.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Sep 5;63(35):765-9.
         
     62. Gradual reduction of cigarette consumption as a cessation strategy: prevalence, correlates, and relationship with quitting
         Schauer GL, Malarcher AM, Babb SD.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Sep 1.
         
   • Zoonoses
     63. Cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya: clinical features, epidemiology, molecular characterization and antibody responses
         Wanyiri JW, Kanyi H, Maina S, Wang DE, Steen A, Ngugi P, Kamau T, et al .
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug 6;91(2):319-28.
         
     64. First reported case of Ehrlichia ewingii involving human bone marrow
         Allen MB, Pritt BS, Sloan LM, Paddock CD, Chaitanya M, Ramos JM, Cetin N, Rosenbaum ER.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     65. A seroepidemiologic study of human infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae in North Carolina
         Vaughn MF, Delisle J, Johnson J, Daves G, Williams C, Reber J, Mendell NL, Bouyer DH, Nicholson WL, et al .
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     66. Brucella placentitis and seroprevalence in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
         Duncan CG, Tiller R, Mathis D, Stoddard R, Kersh GJ, Dickerson B, Gelatt T.
         J Vet Diagn Invest. 2014 May 6;26(4):507-512.
         
     67. Yersinia murine toxin is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana (siphonaptera: ceratophyllidae) or Xenopsylla cheopis (siphonaptera: pulicidae)
         Johnson TL, Hinnebusch BJ, Boegler KA, Graham CB, MacMillian K, Montenieri JA, Bearden SW, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
         Microbiology. 2014 Sep 3.
         
     68. Chikungunya virus in the Americas-what a vectorborne pathogen can do
         Staples JE, Fischer M.
         N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):887-9.
         
     69. Molecular characterization of human pathogenic bunyaviruses of the Nyando and Bwamba/Pongola virus groups leads to the genetic identification of Mojui dos Campos and Kaeng Khoi virus
         Groseth A, Mampilli V, Weisend C, Dahlstrom E, Porcella SF, Russell BJ, Tesh RB, Ebihara H.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Sep;8(9):e3147.
         
     70. Natural infection of Cryptosporidium muris in ostriches (Struthio camelus)
         Qi M, Huang L, Wang R, Xiao L, Xu L, Li J, Zhang L.
         Vet Parasitol. 2014 Jul 8.
         
   
   

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