Issue 50, December 8, 2014

CDC Science Clips: Volume 6, Issue 50, December 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.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study: rationale, findings, and future directions
       Hamman RF, Bell RA, Dabelea D, D'Agostino RB, Dolan L, Imperatore G, Lawrence JM, Linder B, Marcovina SM, Mayer-Davis EJ, Pihoker C, Rodriguez BL, Saydah S.
       Diabetes Care. 2014 Dec;37(12):3336-3344.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Antiretroviral therapy enrollment characteristics and outcomes among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults compared with older adults - seven African countries, 2004-2013
       Auld AF, Agolory SG, Shiraishi RW, Wabwire-Mangen F, Kwesigabo G, Mulenga M, Hachizovu S, Asadu E, Tuho MZ, Ettiegne-Traore V, Mbofana F, Okello V, Azih C, Denison JA, Tsui S, Koole O, Kamiru H, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Alfredo C, Jobarteh K, Odafe S, Onotu D, Ekra KA, Kouakou JS, Ehrenkranz P, Bicego G, Torpey K, Mukadi YD, Praag E, Menten J, Mastro T, Hamilton CD, Swaminathan M, Dokubo EK, Baughman AL, Spira T, Colebunders R, Bangsberg D, Marlink R, Zee A, Kaplan J, Ellerbrock TV.
       MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 28;63(47):1097-103.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Typhoid fever acquired in the United States, 1999-2010: epidemiology, microbiology, and use of a space-time scan statistic for outbreak detection
       Imanishi M, Newton AE, Vieira AR, Gonzalez-Aviles G, Kendall Scott ME, Manikonda K, Maxwell TN, Halpin JL, Freeman MM, Medalla F, Ayers TL, Derado G, Mahon BE, Mintz ED.
       Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Nov 27:1-12.
       
     • Multicenter evaluation of computer automated versus traditional surveillance of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections
       Lin MY, Woeltje KF, Khan YM, Hota B, Doherty JA, Borlawsky TB, Stevenson KB, Fridkin SK, Weinstein RA, Trick WE.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Dec;35(12):1483-90.
       
   • Genetics and Genomics
     • Seven strains of enterovirus D68 detected in the United States during the 2014 severe respiratory disease outbreak
       Brown BA, Nix WA, Sheth M, Frace M, Oberste MS.
       Genome Announc. 2014 Nov;2(6).
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Communicating about biomonitoring and the results of a community-based project: a case study on one state's experience
       Vousden CL, Sapru S, Johnson JE.
       J Environ Health. 2014 Dec;77(5):20-26.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Attrition of T-cell functions and simultaneous upregulation of inhibitory markers correspond with the waning of BCG-induced protection against tuberculosis in mice
       Nandakumar S, Kannanganat S, Posey JE, Amara RR, Sable SB.
       PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e113951.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Early childhood caries and intake of 100 percent fruit juice: data from NHANES, 1999-2004
       Vargas CM, Dye BA, Kolasny CR, Buckman DW, McNeel TS, Tinanoff N, Marshall TA, Levy SM.
       J Am Dent Assoc. 2014 Dec;145(12):1254-61.
       
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     • The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
       Mackenzie JS, Drury P, Arthur RR, Ryan MJ, Grein T, Slattery R, Suri S, Domingo CT, Bejtullahu A.
       Glob Public Health. 2014 Oct;9(9):1023-39.
       
   • Reproductive Health
     • Abortion surveillance - United States, 2011
       Pazol K, Creanga AA, Burley KD, Jamieson DJ.
       MMWR Surveill Summ. 2014 Nov 28;63 Suppl 11:1-41.
       
   
   
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. Comment on Kahn and Davidson. The reality of type 2 diabetes prevention. Diabetes care 2014;37:943-949
        Gregg EW, Ali MK, Albright A.
        Diabetes Care. 2014 Dec;37(12):e274-5.
        
     2. The impact of state-specific life tables on relative survival
        Stroup AM, Cho H, Scoppa SM, Weir HK, Mariotto AB.
        J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2014 Nov;2014(49):218-27.
        
     3. Evaluation of North American Association of Central Cancer Registries' (NAACCR) data for use in population-based cancer survival studies
        Weir HK, Johnson CJ, Mariotto AB, Turner D, Wilson RJ, Nishri D, Ward KC.
        J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2014 Nov;2014(49):198-209.
        
     4. Deaths ascribed to non-communicable diseases among rural Kenyan adults are proportionately increasing: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system, 2003-2010
        Phillips-Howard PA, Laserson KF, Amek N, Beynon CM, Angell SY, Khagayi S, Byass P, Hamel MJ, van Eijk AM, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Slutsker L, De Cock KM, Vulule J, Odhiambo FO.
        PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e114010.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     5. Barbershop talk with brothers: using community-based participatory research to develop and pilot test a program to reduce HIV risk among Black heterosexual men
        Wilson TE, Fraser-White M, Williams KM, Pinto A, Agbetor F, Camilien B, Henny K, Browne RC, Gousse Y, Taylor T, Brown H, Taylor R, Joseph MA.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2014 Oct;26(5):383-97.
        
     6. Reidentification of Ebola virus E718 and ME as Ebola virus/H.sapiens-tc/COD/1976/Yambuku-Ecran
        Kuhn JH, Lofts LL, Kugelman JR, Smither SJ, Lever MS, van der Groen G, Johnson KM, Radoshitzky SR, Bavari S, Jahrling PB, Towner JS, Nichol ST, Palacios G.
        Genome Announc. 2014 Nov;2(6).
        
     7. Viral gastroenteritis in rotavirus negative hospitalized children <5 years of age from the independent states of the former Soviet Union
        Chhabra P, Samoilovich E, Yermalovich M, Chernyshova L, Gheorghita S, Cojocaru R, Shugayev N, Sahakyan G, Lashkarashvili M, Chubinidze M, Zakhashvili K, Videbaek D, Wasley A, Vinje J.
        Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Dec;28:283-288.
        
     8. Factors associated with caretaker's readiness for disclosure of HIV diagnosis to HIV-infected children in Bangkok, Thailand
        Punpanich W, Lolekha R, Chokephaibulkit K, Naiwatanakul T, Leowsrisook P, Boon-Yasidhi V.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Nov;25(13):929-35.
        
     9. Pretreatment HIV-1 drug resistance to first-line drugs: results from a baseline assessment of a large cohort initiating ART in Vietnam, 2009-10
        Pham QD, Do NT, Le YN, Nguyen TV, Nguyen DB, Huynh TK, Bui DD, Khuu NV, Nguyen PD, Luong AQ, Bui HT, Nguyen HH, McConnell M, Nguyen LT, Zhang L, Truong LX.
        J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Nov 27.
        
     10. Vital signs: HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among persons living with HIV - United States, 2011
         Bradley H, Hall HI, Wolitski RJ, Van Handel MM, Stone AE, LaFlam M, Skarbinski J, Higa DH, Prejean J, Frazier EL, Patel R, Huang P, An Q, Song R, Tang T, Valleroy LA.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 28;63(47):1113-7.
         
     11. Provision of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive TB patients - 19 countries, sub-Saharan Africa, 2009-2013
         Dokubo EK, Baddeley A, Pathmanathan I, Coggin W, Firth J, Getahun H, Kaplan J, Date A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 28;63(47):1104-7.
         
     12. Influenza pneumonia surveillance among hospitalized adults may underestimate the burden of severe influenza disease
         Ortiz JR, Neuzil KM, Cooke CR, Neradilek MB, Goss CH, Shay DK.
         PLoS One. 2014 Nov;9(11):e113903.
         
     13. Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014
         Kuhn JH, Andersen KG, Baize S, Bao Y, Bavari S, Berthet N, Blinkova O, Brister JR, Clawson AN, Fair J, Gabriel M, Garry RF, Gire SK, Goba A, Gonzalez JP, Gunther S, Happi CT, Jahrling PB, Kapetshi J, Kobinger G, Kugelman JR, Leroy EM, Maganga GD, Mbala PK, Moses LM, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, N'Faly M, Nichol ST, Omilabu SA, Palacios G, Park DJ, Paweska JT, Radoshitzky SR, Rossi CA, Sabeti PC, Schieffelin JS, Schoepp RJ, Sealfon R, Swanepoel R, Towner JS, Wada J, Wauquier N, Yozwiak NL, Formenty P.
         Viruses. 2014 ;6(11):4760-99.
         
   • Community Health Services
     14. Men who have sex with men in Kisumu, Kenya: comfort in accessing health services and willingness to participate in HIV prevention studies
         Okall DO, Ondenge K, Nyambura M, Otieno FO, Hardnett F, Turner K, Mills LA, Masinya K, Chen RT, Gust DA.
         J Homosex. 2014 Sep;61(12):1712-26.
         
     15. A commentary on drivers of community health needs assessment
         Hatcher MT.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jan;21(1):31-3.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     16. Comparing electronic news media reports of potential bioterrorism-related incidents involving unknown white powder to reports received by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Bureau of Investigation: U.S.A., 2009-2011
         Fajardo GC, Posid J, Papagiotas S, Lowe L.
         J Forensic Sci. 2014 Nov 24.
         
   • Environmental Health
     17. Evaluation of contaminated drinking water and preterm birth, small for gestational age, and birth weight at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: a cross-sectional study
         Ruckart PZ, Bove FJ, Maslia M.
         Environ Health. 2014 Nov;13:99.
         
     18. Serum TCDD and TEQ concentrations among Seveso women, 20 years after the explosion
         Warner M, Mocarelli P, Brambilla P, Wesselink A, Patterson DG, Turner WE, Eskenazi B.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2014 Nov;24(6):588-94.
         
   • Food Safety
     19. Outbreaks of Salmonella infections attributed to beef - United States, 1973-2011
         Laufer AS, Grass J, Holt K, Whichard JM, Griffin PM, Gould LH.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Nov 27:1-11.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     20. Genome sequences of Vibrio navarrensis, a potential human pathogen
         Gladney LM, Katz LS, Knipe KM, Rowe LA, Conley AB, Rishishwar L, Marino-Ramirez L, Jordan IK, Tarr CL.
         Genome Announc. 2014 Nov;2(6).
         
     21. A genomic dissection of travel associated ESBL-producing Salmonella Typhi originating from the Philippines - a one-off occurrence or threat to the effective treatment of typhoid fever?
         Hendriksen RS, Leekitcharoenphon P, Mikoleit M, Jensen JD, Kaas RS, Roer L, Joshi HB, Pornruangmong S, Pulsrikarn C, Gonzalez-Aviles GD, Reuland EA, Nashwan AN, Wester AL, Aarestrup FM, Hasman H.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Nov 26.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     22. Prevalence of and risk factors for vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus precursor organisms in southeastern Michigan
         Albrecht VS, Zervos MJ, Kaye KS, Tosh PK, Arshad S, Hayakawa K, Kallen AJ, McDougal LK, Limbago BM, Guh AY.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Dec;35(12):1531-4.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     23. End-of-life medical costs of Medicaid cancer patients
         Tangka FK, Subramanian S, Sabatino SA, Howard DH, Haber S, Hoover S, Richardson LC.
         Health Serv Res. 2014 Nov 25.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     24. HPV type attribution in high grade cervical lesions: assessing the potential benefits of vaccines in a population-based evaluation in the United States
         Hariri S, Unger ER, Schafer S, Niccolai LM, Park I, Bloch KC, Bennett NM, Steinau M, Johnson ML, Markowitz LE.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Nov 21.
         
     25. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in households with children during the 2012-2013 season: assessments of prior vaccination and serologic susceptibility
         Ohmit SE, Petrie JG, Malosh RE, Fry AM, Thompson MG, Monto AS.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 21.
         
   • Informatics
     26. Comparison of routine health management information system versus enhanced inpatient malaria surveillance for estimating the burden of malaria among children admitted to four hospitals in Uganda
         Mpimbaza A, Miles M, Sserwanga A, Kigozi R, Wanzira H, Rubahika D, Nasr S, Kapella BK, Yoon SS, Chang M, Yeka A, Staedke SG, Kamya MR, Dorsey G.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov 24.
         
     27. Medicine. Big data meets public health
         Khoury MJ, Ioannidis JP.
         Science. 2014 Nov 28;346(6213):1054-5.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     28. Prevalence of rape and client-initiated gender-based violence among female sex workers: Kampala, Uganda, 2012
         Schwitters A, Swaminathan M, Serwadda D, Muyonga M, Shiraishi RW, Benech I, Mital S, Bosa R, Lubwama G, Hladik W.
         AIDS Behav. 2014 Nov 29.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     29. Radical scavenging reaction kinetics with multiwalled carbon nanotubes
         Tsuruoka S, Matsumoto H, Koyama K, Akiba E, Yanagisawa T, Cassee FR, Saito N, Usui Y, Kobayashi S, Porter DW, Castranova V, Endo M.
         Carbon. 2014 Oct.
         
     30. Leukodepletion as point of care method for monitoring HIV-1 viral load in whole blood
         Titchmarsh L, Zeh C, Verpoort T, Allain JP, Lee H.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Nov 26.
         
     31. Mass screening and treatment using a falciparum-specific rapid diagnostic test did not reduce malaria incidence in Zanzibar
         Cook J, Xu W, Msellem M, Vonk M, Bergstrom B, Gosling R, Al-Mafazy AW, McElroy P, Molteni F, Abass AK, Garimo I, Ramsan M, Ali A, Martensson A, Bjorkman A.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 26.
         
     32. Targeting alphabeta integrin reduces mucosal transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus and protects gut-associated lymphoid tissue from infection
         Byrareddy SN, Kallam B, Arthos J, Cicala C, Nawaz F, Hiatt J, Kersh EN, McNicholl JM, Hanson D, Reimann KA, Brameier M, Walter L, Rogers K, Mayne AE, Dunbar P, Villinger T, Little D, Parslow TG, Santangelo PJ, Villinger F, Fauci AS, Ansari AA.
         Nat Med. 2014 Nov 24.
         
     33. Carbon nanotubes induce apoptosis resistance of human lung epithelial cells through FLICE-inhibitory protein
         Pongrakhananon V, Luanpitpong S, Stueckle TA, Wang L, Nimmannit U, Rojanasakul Y.
         Toxicol Sci. 2014 Nov 19.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     34. Respiratory exacerbations in indigenous children from two countries with non-cystic fibrosis chronic suppurative lung disease/bronchiectasis
         Redding GJ, Singleton RJ, Valery PC, Williams H, Grimwood K, Morris PS, Torzillo PJ, McCallum GB, Chikoyak L, Holman RC, Chang AB.
         Chest. 2014 Sep;146(3):762-74.
         
     35. Assessment of congenital anomalies in infants born to pregnant women enrolled in clinical trials
         Rasmussen SA, Hernandez-Diaz S, Abdul-Rahman OA, Sahin L, Petrie CR, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Frey SE, Mason RM, Nesin M, Carey JC.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Dec 15;59 Suppl 7:S428-36.
         
     36. Corticosteroid treatments in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: treatment duration and time to loss of ambulation
         Kim S, Campbell KA, Fox DJ, Matthews DJ, Valdez R.
         J Child Neurol. 2014 Nov 20.
         
     37. Pregnant women's secondhand smoke exposure and receipt of screening and brief advice by prenatal care providers in Argentina and Uruguay
         Tong VT, Morello P, Aleman A, Johnson C, Dietz PM, Farr SL, Mazzoni A, Berrueta M, Colomar M, Ciganda A, Becu A, Bittar Gonzalez MG, Llambi L, Gibbons L, Smith RA, Buekens P, Belizan JM, Althabe F.
         Matern Child Health J. 2014 Nov 27.
         
   • Medicine
     38. Identifying landmark articles for advancing the practice of geriatrics
         Vaughan CP, Fowler R, Goodman RA, Graves TR, Flacker JM, Johnson TM.
         J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Nov;62(11):2159-62.
         
   • Mining
     39. Earth conductivity estimation from through-the-earth measurements of 94 coal mines using different electromagnetic models
         Yan LC, Waynert J, Sunderman C.
         Appl Comput Electromagn Soc J. 2014 Oct;29(10):755-762.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     40. Occupational injuries in Ohio wood product manufacturing: a descriptive analysis with emphasis on saw-related injuries and associated causes
         Beery L, Harris JR, Collins JW, Current RS, Amendola AA, Meyers AR, Wurzelbacher SJ, Lampl M, Bertke SJ.
         Am J Ind Med. 2014 Nov;57(11):1265-75.
         
     41. Protection factor for N95 filtering facepiece respirators exposed to laboratory aerosols containing different concentrations of nanoparticles
         Rengasamy S, Walbert G, Newcomb W, Coffey C, Wassell JT, Szalajda J.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Nov 25.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     42. Investigation of induced recirculation during planned ventilation system maintenance
         Pritchard CJ, Scott DF, Noll JD, Voss B, Leanis D.
         Min Eng. 2014 Oct 2014 2014-11-18;66(10):43-48.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     43. Emotional and behavioral problems among impoverished Kenyan youth: factor structure and sex-differences
         Harder VS, Mutiso VN, Khasakhala LI, Burke HM, Rettew DC, Ivanova MY, Ndetei DM.
         J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2014 Dec;36(4):580-590.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     44. Properties of a one-sided likelihood ratio test as applied to pool screening
         Gao HJ, Aban IB, Katholi CR.
         Commun Stat Theory Methods. 2014 Nov;43(21):4546-4565.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     45. Current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2005-2013
         Jamal A, Agaku IT, O'Connor E, King BA, Kenemer JB, Neff L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 28;63(47):1108-12.
         
     46. Tobacco industry marketing to low socioeconomic status women in the USA
         Brown-Johnson CG, England LJ, Glantz SA, Ling PM.
         Tob Control. 2014 Nov;23(e2):e139-46.
         
   • Zoonoses
     47. Detecting the emergence of novel, zoonotic viruses pathogenic to humans
         Rosenberg R.
         Cell Mol Life Sci. 2014 Nov 22.
         
   
   

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