CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 24, June 16, 2015

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).

   • Communicable Diseases - Global Measles Elimination

     1. Measles Elimination Field Guide, Second Edition
        Pan American Health Organization .
        . 2005 ; available at: http://www.paho.org/Hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=731:measles-elimination-field-guide-&Itemid=1619&lang=en.
        
     2. Global Measles and Rubella Strategic Plan 2012-2020
        World Health Organization .
        . 2012 ; available at http://www.who.int/immunization/documents/control/ISBN_978_92_4_150339_6/en/.
        
     3. Chapter 20 - Measles vaccine.
        Strebel PM, Papania MJ, Fiebelkorn AP, Halsey NA.
        In: Offit, S. A., Plotkin, W. A., Orenstein, P. A. (eds.), Vaccines (Sixth Edition). 2013 :352-387.
        
     4. Expansion of the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network 2005-09
        Featherstone DA, Rota PA, Icenogle J, Mulders MN, Jee Y, Ahmed H, de Filippis AM, et al .
        J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204 Suppl 1:S491-8.
        
     5. The clinical significance of measles: a review
        Perry RT, Halsey NA.
        J Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;189 Suppl 1:S4-16.
        
     6. Global distribution of measles genotypes and measles molecular epidemiology
        Rota PA, Brown K, Mankertz A, Santibanez S, Shulga S, Muller CP, Hubschen JM, et al .
        J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204 Suppl 1:S514-23.
        
     7. A world without measles
        Strebel PM, Cochi SL, Hoekstra E, Rota PA, Featherstone D, Bellini WJ, Katz SL.
        J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204 Suppl 1:S1-3.
        
     8. Progress toward regional measles elimination - worldwide, 2000-2013
        Perry RT, Gacic-Dobo M, Dabbagh A, Mulders MN, Strebel PM, Okwo-Bele JM, Rota PA, Goodson JL.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 14;63(45):1034-8.
        
     9. Mounting a good offense against measles
        Orenstein W, Seib K.
        N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 30;371(18):1661-3.
        
     10. Research priorities for global measles and rubella control and eradication
         Goodson JL, Chu SY, Rota PA, Moss WJ, Featherstone DA, Vijayaraghavan M, Thompson KM, et al .
         Vaccine. 2012 Jul 6;30(32):4709-16.
         
     11. Measles vaccines: WHO position paper
         World Health Organization .
         Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2009 Aug 28;84(35):349-60.
         
   
   

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

     12. Vital Signs: melanoma incidence and mortality trends and projections - United States, 1982-2030
         Guy GP, Thomas CC, Thompson T, Watson M, Massetti GM, Richardson LC.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):591-596.
         
     13. Impact of arthritis and multiple chronic conditions on selected life domains - United States, 2013
         Qin J, Theis KA, Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Baker NA, Brady TJ.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):578-582.
         
     14. Occupational and environmental bronchiolar disorders
         Cummings KJ, Kreiss K.
         Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;36(3):366-78.
         
     15. News from CDC: applying a life course approach to primary cancer prevention
         Shoemaker ML, Holman DM, Henley SJ, White MC.
         Transl Behav Med. 2015 Jun;5(2):131-3.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     16. Correlates of HIV testing among men who have sex with men in three urban areas of Mozambique: missed opportunities for prevention
         Horth RZ, Cummings B, Young PW, Mirjahangir J, Sathane I, Nala R, Lane T, Raymond HF.
         AIDS Behav. 2015 May 19.
         
     17. Demographic and health services characteristics associated with testing for sexually transmitted infections among a commercially insured population of HIV-positive patients
         Pearson WS, Davis AD, Hoover KW, Gift TL, Owusu-Edusei K, Tao G.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Jun 1.
         
     18. Influenza outbreaks among passengers and crew on two cruise ships: a recent account of preparedness and response to an ever-present challenge
         Millman AJ, Kornylo Duong K, Lafond K, Green NM, Lippold SA, Jhung MA.
         J Travel Med. 2015 Jun 2.
         
     19. Notes from the field: outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infection with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin among men who have sex with men - Chicago and metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, 2014
         Bowen A, Eikmeier D, Talley P, Siston A, Smith S, Hurd J, Smith K, Leano F, Bicknese A, Norton JC, Campbell D.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):597-598.
         
     20. Hepatitis B screening and prevalence among resettled refugees - United States, 2006-2011
         Scott KC, Taylor EM, Mamo B, Herr ND, Cronkright PJ, Yun K, Altshuler M, Shetty S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):570-573.
         
     21. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015
         Workowski KA, Bolan GA.
         MMWR Recomm Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(RR-03):1-137.
         
     22. Statin treatment and mortality: propensity score-matched analyses of 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations
         Laidler MR, Thomas A, Baumbach J, Kirley PD, Meek J, Aragon D, Morin C, Ryan PA, Schaffner W, Zansky SM, Chaves SS.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;2(1):ofv028.
         
     23. Reduced sexual risk behaviors among young men of color who have sex with men: findings from the Community-Based Organization Behavioral Outcomes of Many Men, Many Voices (CBOP-3MV) Project
         Stein R, Shapatava E, Williams W, Griffin T, Bell K, Lyons B, Uhl G.
         Prev Sci. 2015 Jun 3.
         

   • Environmental Health

     24. Carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999 to 2012
         Sircar K, Clower J, Shin MK, Bailey C, King M, Yip F.
         Am J Emerg Med. 2015 May 13.
         
     25. Effect of cyanuric acid on the inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum under hyperchlorination conditions
         Murphy JL, Arrowood MJ, Lu X, Hlavsa MC, Beach MJ, Hill VR.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Jun 4.
         
     26. Are schools safe from indoor radon?
         Foster S, Dent A, Bryant J, Tencza B, Adams E, Dutton ND.
         J Environ Health. 2015 ;77(10):38-40.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     27. Multinational disease surveillance programs: promoting global information exchange for infectious diseases
         Varan AK, Bruniera-Oliveira R, Peter CR, Fonseca-Ford M, Waterman SH.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 1.
         
     28. Swimming in the USA: beachgoer characteristics and health outcomes at US marine and freshwater beaches
         Collier SA, Wade TJ, Sams EA, Hlavsa MC, Dufour AP, Beach MJ.
         J Water Health. 2015 Jun;13(2):531-543.
         

   • Food Safety

     29. Human outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium associated with exposure to locally made chicken jerky pet treats, New Hampshire, 2013
         Cavallo SJ, Daly ER, Seiferth J, Nadeau AM, Mahoney J, Finnigan J, Wikoff P, Kiebler CA, Simmons L.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2015 May;12(5):441-6.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     30. Cryptosporidium genotypes and subtypes distribution in river water in Iran
         Mahmoudi MR, Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad E, Kazemi B, Haghighi A, Mirzaei A, Mohammadiha A, Jahantab S, Xiao L, Karanis P.
         J Water Health. 2015 Jun;13(2):600-606.
         
     31. A public health perspective on a national precision medicine cohort: balancing long-term knowledge generation with early health benefit
         Khoury MJ, Evans JP.
         JAMA. 2015 Jun 2;313(21):2117-8.
         

   • Health Disparities

     32. Mortality among US-born and immigrant Hispanics in the US: effects of nativity, duration of residence, and age at immigration
         Holmes JS, Driscoll AK, Heron M.
         Int J Public Health. 2015 May 29.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     33. Medical and indirect costs associated with a Rocky Mountain spotted fever epidemic in Arizona, 2002-2011
         Drexler NA, Traeger MS, McQuiston JH, Williams V, Hamilton C, Regan JJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 1.
         
     34. The cost-effectiveness of routine testing for Lynch syndrome in newly diagnosed patients with colorectal cancer in the United States: corrected estimates
         Grosse SD, Palomaki GE, Mvundura M, Hampel H.
         Genet Med. 2015 Jun;17(6):510-1.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     35. Impact of health insurance status on vaccination coverage among adult populations
         Lu PJ, O'Halloran A, Williams WW.
         Am J Prev Med. 2015 Jun;48(6):647-61.
         
     36. Deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), United States, 1997-2013
         Moro PL, Arana J, Cano M, Lewis P, Shimabukuro TT.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 28.
         
     37. Serological correlates of protection against a GII.4 norovirus
         Atmar RL, Bernstein DI, Lyon GM, Treanor JJ, Al-Ibrahim MS, Graham DY, Vinje J, et al .
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Jun 3.
         
     38. Zoster vaccine and the risk of postherpetic neuralgia in patients who developed herpes zoster despite having received the zoster vaccine
         Tseng HF, Lewin B, Hales CM, Sy LS, Harpaz R, Bialek S, Luo Y, Jacobsen SJ, Reddy K, Huang PY, Zhang J, Anand S, Bauer EM, Chang J, Tartof SY.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1.
         
     39. Influenza activity - United States, 2014-15 season and composition of the 2015-16 influenza vaccine
         Appiah GD, Blanton L, D'Mello T, Kniss K, Smith S, Mustaquim D, Steffens C, Dhara R, Cohen J, Chaves SS, Bresee J, Wallis T, Xu X, Abd Elal AI, Gubareva L, Wentworth DE, Katz J, Jernigan D, Brammer L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):583-590.
         
     40. Rotavirus vaccines at the threshold of implementation in India
         Tate JE, Arora R, Kang G, Parashar UD.
         Natl Med J India. 2014 Sep-Oct;27(5):245-8.
         
     41. Seroprevalence of measles, mumps, rubella and varicella antibodies in the United States population, 2009-2010
         Lebo EJ, Kruszon-Moran DM, Marin M, Bellini WJ, Schmid S, Bialek SR, Wallace GS, McLean HQ.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;2(1):ofv006.
         
     42. Impact of withholding breastfeeding at the time of vaccination on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine - a randomized trial
         Ali A, Kazi AM, Cortese MM, Fleming JA, Moon S, Parashar UD, Jiang B, McNeal MM, Steele D, Bhutta Z, Zaidi AK.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(6):e0127622.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     43. Brief report: associations between in-person and electronic bullying victimization and missing school because of safety concerns among U.S. high school students
         Steiner RJ, Rasberry CN.
         J Adolesc. 2015 May 29;43:1-4.
         
     44. Prevalence of sexual violence against children and use of social services - seven countries, 2007-2013
         Sumner SA, Mercy AA, Saul J, Motsa-Nzuza N, Kwesigabo G, Buluma R, Marcelin LH, Lina H, Shawa M, Moloney-Kitts M, Kilbane T, Sommarin C, Ligiero DP, Brookmeyer K, Chiang L, Lea V, Lee J, Kress H, Hillis SD.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 5;64(21):565-569.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     45. Profile and morphology of fungal aerosols characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM)
         Afanou KA, Straumfors A, Skogstad A, Skaar I, Hjeljord L, Skare O, Green BJ, Tronsmo A, Eduard W.
         Aerosol Sci Tech. 2015 ;49(6):423-435.
         
     46. Evaluation of BBL Sensi-Discs and FTA cards as sampling devices for detection of rotavirus in stool samples
         Tam KI, Esona MD, Williams A, Ndze VN, Boula A, Bowen MD.
         J Virol Methods. 2015 May 29.
         
     47. Serum biomarkers of treatment response within a randomized clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis
         Jayakumar A, Vittinghoff E, Segal MR, MacKenzie WR, Johnson JL, Gitta P, Saukkonen J, Anderson J, Weiner M, Engle M, Yoon C, Kato-Maeda M, Nahid P.
         Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2015 May 9.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     48. Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and craniosynostosis among offspring in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         O'Brien JL, Langlois PH, Lawson CC, Scheuerle A, Rocheleau CM, Waters MA, Symanski E, Romitti PA, Agopian AJ, Lupo PJ.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Jun 2.
         
     49. The National Birth Defects Prevention Study: a review of the methods
         Reefhuis J, Gilboa SM, Anderka M, Browne ML, Feldkamp ML, Hobbs CA, Jenkins MM, Langlois PH, Newsome KB, Olshan AF, Romitti PA, Shapira SK, Shaw GM, Tinker SC, Honein MA.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Jun 2.
         
     50. Maternal occupational pesticide exposure and risk of congenital heart defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         Rocheleau CM, Bertke SJ, Lawson CC, Romitti PA, Sanderson WT, Malik S, Lupo PJ, Desrosiers TA, Bell E, Druschel C, Correa A, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Jun 2.
         
     51. Disseminating results: community response and input on Kisumu breastfeeding study
         Ondenge K, McLellan-Lemal E, Awuonda E, Angira F, Mills LA, Thomas T.
         Transl Behav Med. 2015 Jun;5(2):207-15.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     52. Seat and seatbelt accommodation in fire apparatus: anthropometric aspects
         Hsiao H, Whitestone J, Wilbur M, Lackore JR, Routley JG.
         Appl Ergon. 2015 11//;51:137-151.
         
     53. Cancer incidence and metolachlor use in the Agricultural Health Study: an update
         Silver SR, Bertke SJ, Hines CJ, Alavanja MC, Hoppin JA, Lubin JH, Rusiecki JA, Sandler DP, Beane Freeman LE.
         Int J Cancer. 2015 May 28.
         
     54. Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes
         McGonagle AK, Fisher GG, Barnes-Farrell JL, Grosch JW.
         J Appl Psychol. 2015 Mar;100(2):376-98.
         
     55. Surveillance for occupational respiratory diseases in developing countries
         Antao VC, Pinheiro GA.
         Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;36(3):449-54.
         
     56. Role of chest computed tomography in prevention of occupational respiratory disease: review of recent literature
         Weissman DN.
         Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;36(3):433-48.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     57. Acrolein exposure in U.S. tobacco smokers and non-tobacco users: NHANES 2005-2006
         Alwis KU, deCastro BR, Morrow JC, Blount BC.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2015 May 29.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     58. Coxiella burnetii exposure in northern sea otters Enhydra lutris kenyoni
         Duncan C, Gill VA, Worman K, Burek-Huntington K, Pabilonia KL, Johnson S, Fitzpatrick KA, Weller C, Kersh GJ.
         Dis Aquat Organ. 2015 May 11;114(1):83-7.
         

   • Zoonoses

     59. Jamestown Canyon virus disease in the United States - 2000-2013
         Pastula DM, Hoang-Johnson DK, White JL, Dupuis AP, Fischer M, Staples JE.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 1.
         
     60. The first outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis in Vermont: outbreak description and phylogenetic relationships of the virus isolate
         Saxton-Shaw KD, Ledermann JP, Kenney JL, Berl E, Graham AC, Russo JM, Powers AM, Mutebi JP.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(6):e0128712.
         
     61. U.S. public's experience with ticks and tick-borne diseases: results from national HealthStyles surveys
         Hook SA, Nelson CA, Mead PS.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Jun;6(4):483-8.
         
     62. Climate change influences on the annual onset of Lyme disease in the United States
         Monaghan AJ, Moore SM, Sampson KM, Beard CB, Eisen RJ.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 May 15.
         
     63. State and local perspective on implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dog confinement agreement
         Zaganjor I, Sinclair JR, Coleman MS.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2015 Jun 1.
         
   
   

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