Issue 8, February 25, 2014

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Physical activity and body mass index: the contribution of age and workplace characteristics
       Nelson CC, Wagner GR, Caban-Martinez AJ, Buxton OM, Kenwood CT, Sabbath EL, Hashimoto DM, Hopcia K, Allen J, Sorensen G.
       Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3 Suppl 1):S42-51.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • An assessment of the GYT: Get Yourself Tested Campaign: an integrated approach to sexually transmitted disease prevention communication
       Friedman AL, Brookmeyer KA, Kachur RE, Ford J, Hogben M, Habel MA, Kantor LM, Clark E, Sabatini J, McFarlane M.
       Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Mar;41(3):151-7.
       
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     • Safer countries through global health security
       Frieden TR, Tappero JW, Dowell SF, Hien NT, Guillaume FD, Aceng JR.
       Lancet. 2014 Feb 12.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • A case of abrin toxin poisoning, confirmed via quantitation of L-abrine (N-methyl-L-tryptophan) biomarker
       Wooten JV, Pittman CT, Blake TA, Thomas JD, Devlin JJ, Higgerson RA, Johnson RC.
       J Med Toxicol. 2014 Feb 13.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Mortality among persons in care with hepatitis C virus infection - the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS), 2006-2010
       Mahajan R, Xing J, Liu SJ, Ly KN, Moorman AC, Rupp L, Xu F, Holmberg SD.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 12.
       
   • Health Disparities
     • Effects of full-day kindergarten on the long-term health prospects of children in low-income and racial/ethnic-minority populations: a Community Guide systematic review
       Hahn RA, Rammohan V, Truman BI, Milstein B, Johnson RL, Muntaner C, Jones CP, Fullilove MT, Chattopadhyay SK, Hunt PC, Abraido-Lanza AF.
       Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):312-23.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Enhancement of health department capacity for health care-associated infection prevention through Recovery Act-funded programs
       Ellingson K, McCormick K, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Woodard T, Jernigan J, Srinivasan A, Rask K.
       Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb 13.
       
     • Outbreak of Tsukamurella species bloodstream infection among patients at an oncology clinic, West Virginia, 2011-2012
       See I, Nguyen DB, Chatterjee S, Shwe T, Scott M, Ibrahim S, Moulton-Meissner H, McNulty S, Noble-Wang J, Price C, Schramm K, Bixler D, Guh AY.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Mar;35(3):300-6.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Diarrhoea-related hospitalizations in children before and after implementation of monovalent rotavirus vaccination in Mexico
       Esparza-Aguilar M, Gastanaduy P, Sanchez-Uribe E, Desai R, Parashar UD, Richardson V, Patel M.
       Bull World Health Organ. 2014 ;92(2):117-125.
       
   • Zoonoses
     • Ebola hemorrhagic fever: novel biomarker correlates of clinical outcome
       McElroy AK, Erickson BR, Flietstra TD, Rollin PE, Nichol ST, Towner JS, Spiropoulou CF.
       J Infect Dis. 2014 Feb 12.
       
   
   
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. Changing hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and liver cancer mortality rates in the United States
        Altekruse SF, Henley SJ, Cucinelli JE, McGlynn KA.
        Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Feb 11.
        
     2. Cancer prevention among adults aged 45-64 years: setting the stage
        Ory MG, Anderson LA, Friedman DB, Pulczinski JC, Eugene N, Satariano WA.
        Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3 Suppl 1):S1-6.
        
     3. Age and cancer risk: a potentially modifiable relationship
        White MC, Holman DM, Boehm JE, Peipins LA, Grossman M, Jane Henley S.
        Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3 Suppl 1):S7-S15.
        
     4. Comorbidity burden and guideline-concordant care for breast cancer
        Kimmick G, Fleming ST, Sabatino SA, Wu XC, Hwang W, Wilson JF, Lund MJ, Cress R, Anderson RT.
        J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Feb 10.
        
     5. Assessing asthma severity among children and adults with current asthma
        Zahran HS, Bailey C, Qin X, Moorman JE.
        J Asthma. 2014 Feb 10.
        
     6. Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality disparities in New Mexico
        Hoffman RM, Espey DK, Rhyne RL, Gonzales M, Rajput A, Mishra SI, Stone SN, Wiggins CL.
        J Cancer Epidemiol. 2014 ;2014:239619.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     7. Influenza surveillance on cruise ships
        Bell TR, Kornylo Duong K, Finelli L, Slaten DD.
        Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):327-329.
        
     8. A multisite study of the prevalence of HIV with rapid testing in mental health settings
        Blank MB, Himelhoch SS, Balaji AB, Metzger DS, Dixon LB, Rose CE, Oraka E, Davis-Vogel A, Thompson WW, Heffelfinger JD.
        Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb 13.
        
     9. Encephalitis-associated hospitalizations among American Indians and Alaska Natives
        Mehal JM, Holman RC, Vora NM, Blanton J, Gordon PH, Cheek JE.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb 10.
        
     10. Do metropolitan HIV epidemic histories and programs for people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men predict AIDS incidence and mortality among heterosexuals?
         Friedman SR, West BS, Tempalski B, Morton CM, Cleland CM, Des Jarlais DC, Hall HI, Cooper HL.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Jan 24.
         
     11. Evaluation of syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu Incidence Cohort Study
         Otieno FO, Ndivo R, Oswago S, Ondiek J, Pals S, McLellan-Lemal E, Chen RT, Chege W, Gray KM.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Feb 10.
         
     12. Intra-host diversity and evolution of hepatitis C virus endemic to Cote d'Ivoire
         Forbi JC, Campo DS, Purdy MA, Dimitrova ZE, Skums P, Xia GL, Punkova LT, Ganova-Raeva LM, Vaughan G, Ben-Ayed Y, Switzer WM, Khudyakov YE.
         J Med Virol. 2014 Feb 12.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     13. Household emergency preparedness by housing type from a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER), Michigan
         Murti M, Bayleyegn T, Stanbury M, Flanders WD, Yard E, Nyaku M, Wolkin A.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Feb 13:1-8.
         
     14. Posttraumatic stress disorder and community collective efficacy following the 2004 Florida hurricanes
         Ursano RJ, McKibben JB, Reissman DB, Liu X, Wang L, Sampson RJ, Fullerton CS.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(2):e88467.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     15. Emerging filoviral disease in Uganda: proposed explanations and research directions
         Polonsky JA, Wamala JF, de Clerck H, Van Herp M, Sprecher A, Porten K, Shoemaker T.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb 10.
         
     16. Using occupancy models to investigate the prevalence of ectoparasitic vectors on hosts: an example with fleas on prairie dogs
         Eads DA, Biggins DE, Doherty PF, Gage KL, Huyvaert KP, Long DH, Antolin MF.
         Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Dec;2:246-56.
         
     17. Mosquitoes of eastern Amazonian Ecuador: biodiversity, bionomics and barcodes
         Linton YM, Pecor JE, Porter CH, Mitchell LB, Garzon-Moreno A, Foley DH, Pecor DB, Wilkerson RC.
         Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2013 ;108 Suppl 1:100-9.
         
   • Environmental Health
     18. Urinary concentrations of environmental phenols in pregnant women in a pilot study of the National Children's Study
         Mortensen ME, Calafat AM, Ye X, Wong LY, Wright DJ, Pirkle JL, Merrill LS, Moye J.
         Environ Res. 2014 Feb;129C:32-38.
         
     19. Climate change & infectious diseases in India: implications for health care providers
         Dhara VR, Schramm PJ, Luber G.
         Indian J Med Res. 2013 Dec;138(6):847-52.
         
   • Food Safety
     20. Seafood consumption and blood mercury concentrations in adults aged >/=20y, 2007-2010
         Nielsen SJ, Kit BK, Aoki Y, Ogden CL.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Feb 12.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     21. Development of a genomic DNA reference material panel for Rett syndrome (MECP2-related disorders) genetic testing
         Kalman LV, Tarleton JC, Percy AK, Aradhya S, Bale S, Barker SD, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Bridges C, Buller-Burckle AM, Das S, Iyer RK, Vo TD, Zvereff VV, Toji LH.
         J Mol Diagn. 2014 Mar;16(2):273-9.
         
     22. Robust regression analysis of copy number variation data based on a univariate score
         Satten GA, Allen AS, Ikeda M, Mulle JG, Warren ST.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(2):e86272.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     23. Activity of commonly used antimicrobial prophylaxis regimens against pathogens causing coronary artery bypass graft and arthroplasty surgical site infections in the United States, 2006-2009
         Berrios-Torres SI, Yi SH, Bratzler DW, Ma A, Mu Y, Zhu L, Jernigan JA.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Mar;35(3):231-9.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     24. Cumulative risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome among vaccinated and unvaccinated populations during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
         Vellozzi C, Iqbal S, Stewart B, Tokars J, Destefano F.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb 13.
         
     25. Deep sequencing of viral genomes provides insight into the evolution and pathogenesis of varicella zoster virus and its vaccine in humans
         Depledge DP, Kundu S, Jensen NJ, Gray ER, Jones M, Steinberg S, Gershon A, Kinchington PR, Schmid DS, Balloux F, Nichols RA, Breuer J.
         Mol Biol Evol. 2014 Feb;31(2):397-409.
         
     26. Cost-effectiveness of a potential group B streptococcal vaccine program for pregnant women in South Africa
         Kim SY, Russell LB, Park J, Verani JR, Madhi SA, Cutland CL, Schrag SJ, Sinha A.
         Vaccine. 2014 Feb 11.
         
     27. Factors associated with influenza vaccine receipt in community dwelling adults and their children
         Malosh R, Ohmit SE, Petrie JG, Thompson MG, Aiello AE, Monto AS.
         Vaccine. 2014 Feb 12.
         
     28. Hepatitis A vaccination for post-exposure prophylaxis in persons aged 40 years and older
         Nelson NP, Murphy TV, McMahon BJ.
         Vaccine. 2014 Feb 12.
         
     29. Microneedle patches: usability and acceptability for self-vaccination against influenza
         Norman JJ, Arya JM, McClain MA, Frew PM, Meltzer MI, Prausnitz MR.
         Vaccine. 2014 Feb 11.
         
     30. Measles resurgence in southern Africa: challenges to measles elimination
         Shibeshi ME, Masresha BG, Smit SB, Biellik RJ, Nicholson JL, Muitherero C, Shivute N, Walker O, Reggis K, Goodson JL.
         Vaccine. 2014 Feb 12.
         
   • Informatics
     31. Validation of the International Labour Office digitized standard images for recognition and classification of radiographs of pneumoconiosis
         Halldin CN, Petsonk EL, Laney AS.
         Acad Radiol. 2014 Mar;21(3):305-11.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     32. Virulence difference between the prototypic Schu S4 strain (A1a) and Francisella tularensis A1a, A1b, A2 and type B strains in a murine model of infection
         Molins CR, Delorey MJ, Yockey BM, Young JW, Belisle JT, Schriefer ME, Petersen JM.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2014 ;14:67.
         
     33. Albumin adsorption onto surfaces of urine collection and analysis containers
         Robinson MK, Caudill SP, Koch DD, Ritchie J, Hortin G, Eckfeldt JH, Sandberg S, Williams D, Myers G, Miller WG.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2014 Feb 7.
         
     34. A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures
         Pyrgiotakis G, McDevitt J, Bordini A, Diaz E, Molina R, Watson C, Deloid G, Lenard S, Fix N, Mizuyama Y, Yamauchi T, Brain J, Demokritou P.
         Environ Sci Nano. 2014 ;1(1):15-26.
         
     35. SN79, a sigma receptor antagonist, attenuates methamphetamine-induced astrogliosis through a blockade of OSMR/gp130 signaling and STAT3 phosphorylation
         Robson MJ, Turner RC, Naser ZJ, McCurdy CR, O'Callaghan JP, Huber JD, Matsumoto RR.
         Exp Neurol. 2014 Feb 6.
         
     36. Evaluation of automated and manual DNA purification methods for detecting Ricinus communis DNA during ricin investigations
         Hutchins AS, Astwood MJ, Saah JR, Michel PA, Newton BR, Dauphin LA.
         Forensic Sci Int. 2014 Mar;236C:10-15.
         
     37. Dispersion method for safety research on manufactured nanomaterials
         Wu W, Ichihara G, Suzuki Y, Izuoka K, Oikawa-Tada S, Chang J, Sakai K, Miyazawa K, Porter D, Castranova V, Kawaguchi M, Ichihara S.
         Ind Health. 2014 Feb 14;52(1):54-65.
         
     38. Analytical considerations in the clinical laboratory assessment of metals
         Wang RY, Caldwell KL, Jones RL.
         J Med Toxicol. 2014 Feb 11.
         
     39. Liposome-antigen-nucleic acid complexes protect mice from lethal challenge with western and eastern equine encephalitis viruses
         Phillips AT, Schountz T, Toth AM, Rico AB, Jarvis DL, Powers AM, Olson KE.
         J Virol. 2014 Feb;88(3):1771-80.
         
     40. Structural stability of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus hemagglutinins
         Yang H, Chang JC, Guo Z, Carney PJ, Shore DA, Donis RO, Cox NJ, Villanueva JM, Klimov AI, Stevens J.
         J Virol. 2014 Feb 12.
         
     41. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti, with two different multiplex PCR assays
         Hojgaard A, Lukacik G, Piesman J.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2014 Jan 18.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     42. Contributors to excess infant mortality in the U.S. South
         Hirai AH, Sappenfield WM, Kogan MD, Barfield WD, Goodman DA, Ghandour RM, Lu MC.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):219-27.
         
     43. Population attributable fractions for three perinatal risk factors for autism spectrum disorders, 2002 and 2008 autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network
         Schieve LA, Tian LH, Baio J, Rankin K, Rosenberg D, Wiggins L, Maenner MJ, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Durkin M, Rice C, King L, Kirby RS, Wingate MS, Devine O.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Jan 15.
         
     44. Health-related quality of life and body mass index among US adolescents
         Cui W, Zack MM, Wethington H.
         Qual Life Res. 2014 Feb 14.
         
     45. The prospective association between sleep deprivation and depression among adolescents
         Roberts RE, Duong HT.
         Sleep. 2014 ;37(2):239-44.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     46. Prevalence of obesity among U.S. workers and associations with occupational factors
         Luckhaupt SE, Cohen MA, Li J, Calvert GM.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):237-48.
         
     47. Profiling mild steel welding processes to reduce fume emissions and costs in the workplace
         Keane MJ, Siert A, Chen BT, Stone SG.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Feb 10.
         
     48. Provisional recommended weight limits for manual lifting during pregnancy
         Waters TR, MacDonald L, Hudock S, Goddard D.
         Hum Factors. 2014 ;56(1):203-214.
         
     49. Trajectories of PTSD risk and resilience in World Trade Center responders: an 8-year prospective cohort study
         Pietrzak RH, Feder A, Singh R, Schechter CB, Bromet EJ, Katz CL, Reissman DB, Ozbay F, Sharma V, Crane M, Harrison D, Herbert R, Levin SM, Luft BJ, Moline JM, Stellman JM, Udasin IG, Landrigan PJ, Southwick SM.
         Psychol Med. 2014 Jan;44(1):205-19.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     50. First report of Dracunculus insignis in two naturally infected cats from the northeastern USA
         Lucio-Forster A, Eberhard ML, Cama VA, Jenks MH, Jones C, Sanders SY, Pongratz JP, Bowman DD.
         J Feline Med Surg. 2014 Feb;16(2):194-7.
         
   • Public Health Law
     51. State indoor tanning laws and adolescent indoor tanning
         Guy GP, Berkowitz Z, Jones SE, O'Malley Olsen E, Miyamoto JN, Michael SL, Saraiya M.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb 13.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     52. The role of a state health agency in promoting cancer prevention at the community level: examples from New York State
         Dacus HL, O'Sullivan GM, Major A, White DE.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3 Suppl 1):S81-6.
         
     53. Opportunities for cancer prevention during midlife: highlights from a meeting of experts
         Holman DM, Grossman M, Jane Henley S, Peipins LA, Tison L, White MC.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3 Suppl 1):S73-80.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     54. Tobacco control in a changing media landscape: how tobacco control programs use the internet
         Emery S, Aly EH, Vera L, Alexander RL.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):293-6.
         
     55. Traditional and innovative promotional strategies of tobacco cessation services: a review of the literature
         Momin B, Neri A, McCausland K, Duke J, Hansen H, Kahende J, Zhang L, Stewart SL.
         J Community Health. 2014 Feb 11.
         
   • Zoonoses
     56. Initial and long-term costs of patients hospitalized with West Nile virus disease
         Staples JE, Shankar M, Sejvar JJ, Meltzer MI, Fischer M.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb 10.
         
     57. Temporal patterns of human and canine Giardia infection in the United States: 2003-2009
         Mohamed AS, Levine M, Camp JW, Lund E, Yoder JS, Glickman LT, Moore GE.
         Prev Vet Med. 2014 Feb 1;113(2):249-56.
         
     58. Clinical manifestations and outcomes of West Nile virus infection
         Sejvar JJ.
         Viruses. 2014 ;6(2):606-23.
         
   
   

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