CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 11, March 15, 2016

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).

   • Health Disparities - Early Childhood

     1. Health care, family, and community factors associated with mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders in early childhood - United States, 2011-2012
        Bitsko RH, Holbrook JR, Robinson LR, Kaminski JW, Ghandour R, Smith C, Peacock G.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(9):221-6.
        
     2. Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health
        Campbell F, Conti G, Heckman JJ, Moon SH, Pinto R, Pungello E, Pan Y.
        Science. 2014 Mar 28;343(6178):1478-85.
        
     3. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
        Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8 , Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies .
        Washington DC, The National Academies Press. 2015 .
        
     4. Towards a critical reframing of early detection and intervention for developmental concerns
        Dworkin PH.
        J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2015 Oct;36(8):637-8.
        
     5. Early childhood adversity, toxic stress, and the role of the pediatrician: translating developmental science into lifelong health
        Garner AS, Shonkoff JP.
        Pediatrics. 2012 Jan;129(1):e224-31.
        
     6. A road map to address the social determinants of health through community collaboration
        Henize AW, Beck AF, Klein MD, Adams M, Kahn RS.
        Pediatrics. 2015 Oct;136(4):e993-1001.
        
     7. Connecting vulnerable children and families to community-based programs strengthens parents' perceptions of protective factors
        Hughes M, Joslyn A, Wojton M, O'Reilly M, Dworkin PH.
        Infants & Young Children. 2016 ;29(2):116-129.
        
     8. Cognitive ability at kindergarten entry and socioeconomic status
        Larson K, Russ SA, Nelson BB, Olson LM, Halfon N.
        Pediatrics. 2015 Feb;135(2):e440-8.
        
     9. Health care reform as a vehicle for promoting children's mental and behavioral health.
        McCabe MA.
        Discussion paper - Washington, DC, Institute of Medicine. 2015
        
     10. The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth: implications for prevention
         Yoshikawa H, Aber JL, Beardslee WR.
         Am Psychol. 2012 May-Jun;67(4):272-84.
         
   
   

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

     11. Clinical and demographic factors associated with receipt of non guideline-concordant initial therapy for nonmetastatic prostate cancer
         Hamilton AS, Fleming ST, Wang D, Goodman M, Wu XC, Owen JB, Lo M, Ho A, Anderson RT, Thompson T.
         Am J Clin Oncol. 2016 Feb;39(1):55-63.
         
     12. Use of evidence-based interventions to address disparities in colorectal cancer screening
         Joseph DA, Redwood D, DeGroff A, Butler EL.
         MMWR Suppl. 2016 ;65(1):21-8.
         
     13. Stated preference for cancer screening: a systematic review of the literature, 1990-2013
         Mansfield C, Tangka FK, Ekwueme DU, Smith JL, Guy GP, Li C, Hauber AB.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E27.
         
     14. Healthcare-seeking behaviors for acute respiratory illness in two communities of Java, Indonesia
         Praptiningsih CY, Lafond KE, Wahyuningrum Y, Storms AD, Mangiri A, Iuliano AD, Samaan G, Titaley CR, Yelda F, Kreslake J, Storey D, Uyeki TM.
         J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2016 Feb 27.
         
     15. Cost-effectiveness of a national population-based screening program for type 2 diabetes: the Brazil experience
         Toscano CM, Zhuo X, Imai K, Duncan BB, Polanczyk CA, Zhang P, Engelgau M, Schmidt MI.
         Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2015 ;7:95.
         
     16. Relationships between blood pressure and 24-hour urinary excretion of sodium and potassium by body mass index status in Chinese adults
         Yan L, Bi Z, Tang J, Wang L, Yang Q, Guo X, Cogswell ME, Zhang X, Hong Y, Engelgau M, Zhang J, Elliott P, Angell SY, Ma J.
         J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Dec;17(12):916-25.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     17. Decline in syphilis seroprevalence among females of reproductive age in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, 2003-2012: utility of laboratory-based information
         Ballah NJ, Kuonza LR, De Gita G, Musekiwa A, Williams S, Takuva S.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Feb 27.
         
     18. Epidemiology of histoplasmosis outbreaks, United States, 1938-2013
         Benedict k, Mody rK.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3).
         
     19. Delivery of an Ebola virus-positive stillborn infant in a rural community health center, Sierra Leone, 2015
         Bower H, Grass JE, Veltus E, Brault A, Campbell S, Basile AJ, Wang D, Paddock CD, Erickson BR, Salzer JS, Belser J, Chege E, Seneca D, Saffa G, Stroeher U, Decroo T, Caleo GM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Feb 3;94(2):417-9.
         
     20. Screening for cervical cancer and sexually transmitted diseases among HIV-infected women
         Frazier EL, Sutton MY, Tie Y, McNaghten AD, Blair JM, Skarbinski J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Feb;25(2):124-32.
         
     21. Serologic evidence for hepatitis E virus infection among patients with undifferentiated acute febrile illness in Kibera, Kenya
         Furukawa NW, Teshale EH, Cosmas L, Ochieng M, Gikunju S, Fields BS, Montgomery JM.
         J Clin Virol. 2016 Feb 23;77:106-108.
         
     22. Is Zimbabwe ready to transition from anonymous unlinked sero-surveillance to using prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance?: results of PMTCT utility study, 2012
         Gonese E, Mushavi A, Mungati M, Mhangara M, Dzangare J, Mugurungi O, Dee J, Kilmarx PH, Shambira G, Tshimanga MT, Hargrove J.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2016 ;16(1):97.
         
     23. Progress in reversing the HIV epidemic through intensified access to antiretroviral therapy: results from a nationally representative population-based survey in Kenya, 2012
         Kim AA, Mukui I, N'Gan'ga L, Katana A, Koros D, Wamicwe J, De Cock KM.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0148068.
         
     24. Classification and rates of adverse events in a Malawi male circumcision program: impact of quality improvement training quality, performance, safety and outcomes
         Kohler PK, Namate D, Barnhart S, Chimbwandira F, Tippet-Barr BA, Perdue T, Chilongozi DA, Tenthani L, Phiri O, Msungama W, Holmes KK, Krieger JN.
         BMC Health Services Research. 2016 ;16(1).
         
     25. Increasing evidence that antibiotics should be avoided for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections: more data needed
         Mody RK, Griffin PM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 24.
         
     26. Respondent-driven sampling in a multi-site study of Black and Latino men who have sex with men
         Murrill CS, Bingham T, Lauby J, Liu KL, Wheeler D, Carballo-Dieguez A, Marks G, Millett GA.
         J Natl Med Assoc. 2016 Feb;108(1):69-76.
         
     27. A tale of many cities: a contemporary historical study of the implementation of school closures during the 2009 pA(H1N1) influenza pandemic
         Navarro JA, Kohl KS, Cetron MS, Markel H.
         J Health Polit Policy Law. 2016 Feb 26.
         
     28. Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings of a fatal case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the United Arab Emirates, April 2014
         Ng DL, Al Hosani F, Keating MK, Gerber SI, Jones TL, Metcalfe MG, Tong S, Tao Y, Alami NN, Haynes LM, Mutei MA, Abdel-Wareth L, Uyeki TM, Swerdlow DL, Barakat M, Zaki SR.
         Am J Pathol. 2016 Mar;186(3):652-8.
         
     29. "If you are not circumcised, I cannot say yes": the role of women in promoting the uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania
         Osaki H, Mshana G, Wambura M, Grund J, Neke N, Kuringe E, Plotkin M, Mahler H, Terris-Prestholt F, Weiss H, Changalucha J.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(9):e0139009.
         
     30. The transmission and antibiotic resistance variation in a multiple drug resistance clade of Vibrio cholerae circulating in multiple countries in Asia
         Pang B, Du P, Zhou Z, Diao B, Cui Z, Zhou H, Kan B.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0149742.
         
     31. Racial differences in receipt of chlamydia testing among Medicaid - insured women in 2013
         Patel CG, Chesson HW, Tao G.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Mar;43(3):147-51.
         
     32. A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards skin and soft tissue infections in rural Alaska
         Raczniak GA, Gaines J, Bulkow LR, Kinzer MH, Hennessy TW, Klejka JA, Bruce MG.
         Int J Circumpolar Health. 2016 ;75:30603.
         
     33. Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum, United States, 2004-2013
         Sharma A, Bloss E, Heilig CM, Click ES.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):396-403.
         
     34. Evaluation of a public-sector, provider-initiated cryptococcal antigen screening and treatment program, Western Cape, South Africa
         Vallabhaneni S, Longley N, Smith M, Smith R, Osler M, Kelly N, Cross A, Boulle A, Meintjes G, Govender NP.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 29.
         
     35. HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Songkhla, Thailand: a respondent - driven sampling survey
         Visavakum P, Punsuwan N, Manopaiboon C, Pattanasin S, Thiengtham P, Tanpradech S, Sukwicha W, Wolfe M, Prybylski D.
         Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Feb 4.
         
     36. Age - specific race and ethnicity disparities in HIV infection and awareness among men who have sex with men - 20 US cities, 2008-2014
         Wejnert C, Hess KL, Rose CE, Balaji A, Smith JC, Paz-Bailey G.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 1;213(5):776-83.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     37. Determination of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Javanica and Leptospira interrogans serovar Bataviae as the persistent Leptospira serovars circulating in the urban rat populations in Peninsular Malaysia
         Benacer D, Mohd Zain SN, Sim SZ, Mohd Khalid MK, Galloway RL, Souris M, Thong KL.
         Parasit Vectors. 2016 ;9(1):117.
         
     38. Vector competence of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, for the recently recognized Lyme borreliosis spirochete Candidatus Borrelia mayonii
         Dolan MC, Hojgaard A, Hoxmeier JC, Replogle AJ, Respicio-Kingry LB, Sexton C, Williams MA, Pritt BS, Schriefer ME, Eisen L.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Feb 12.
         

   • Environmental Health

     39. The relationship between distance to water source and moderate-to-severe diarrhea in the Global Enterics Multi-Center Study in Kenya, 2008-2011
         Nygren BL, O'Reilly CE, Rajasingham A, Omore R, Ombok M, Awuor AO, Jaron P, Moke F, Vulule J, Laserson K, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Derado G, Ayers TL, Lash RR, Breiman RF, Mintz ED.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Feb 29.
         
     40. Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: effects of toxicant exposures during deployment
         White RF, Steele L, O'Callaghan JP, Sullivan K, Binns JH, Golomb BA, Bloom FE, Bunker JA, Crawford F, Graves JC, Hardie A, Klimas N, Knox M, Meggs WJ, Melling J, Philbert MA, Grashow R.
         Cortex. 2016 Jan;74:449-75.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     41. Whole-genome sequencing to determine origin of multinational outbreak of Sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections
         Etienne KA, Roe CC, Smith RM, Vallabhaneni S, Duarte C, Escadon P, Castaneda E, Gomez BL, de Bedout C, Lopez LF, Salas V, Hederra LM, Fernandez J, Pidal P, Hormazabel JC, Otaiza F, Vannberg FO, Gillece J, Lemmer D, Driebe EM, Englethaler DM, Litvintseva AP.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3).
         
     42. Regulation of viral RNA synthesis by the V protein of parainfluenza virus 5
         Yang Y, Zengel J, Sun M, Sleeman K, Timani KA, Aligo J, Rota P, Wu J, He B.
         J Virol. 2015 Dec;89(23):11845-57.
         

   • Health Disparities

     43. Background and rationale
         Penman-Aguilar A, Bouye K, Liburd L, Equity H.
         MMWR Suppl. 2016 ;65(1):2-3.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     44. Providers' practice, recommendations and beliefs about HPV vaccination and their adherence to guidelines about the use of HPV testing, 2007 to 2010
         Berkowitz Z, Nair N, Saraiya M.
         Prev Med. 2016 Feb 24.
         
     45. Parental choice of recall method for HPV vaccination: A pragmatic trial
         Kempe A, O'Leary ST, Shoup JA, Stokley S, Lockhart S, Furniss A, Dickinson LM, Barnard J, Daley MF.
         Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):1-10.
         
     46. Genomic analysis, phenotype, and virulence of the historical Brazilian smallpox vaccine strain IOC: implications for the origins and evolutionary relationships of vaccinia virus
         Medaglia ML, Moussatche N, Nitsche A, Dabrowski PW, Li Y, Damon IK, Lucas CG, Arruda LB, Damaso CR.
         J Virol. 2015 Dec;89(23):11909-25.
         
     47. Progress toward eliminating hepatitis A disease in the United States
         Murphy TV, Denniston MM, Hill HA, McDonald M, Klevens MR, Elam-Evans LD, Nelson NP, Iskander J, Ward JD.
         MMWR Suppl. 2016 ;65(1):29-41.
         

   • Informatics

     48. Enhancing disease surveillance with novel data streams: challenges and opportunities
         Althouse BM, Scarpino SV, Meyers LA, Ayers JW, Bargsten M, Baumbach J, Brownstein JS, Castro L, Clapham H, Cummings DA, Del Valle S, Eubank S, Fairchild G, Finelli L, Generous N, George D, Harper DR, H?bert-Dufresne L, Johansson MA, Konty K, Lipsitch M, Milinovich G, Miller JD, Nsoesie EO, Olson DR, Paul M, Polgreen PM, Priedhorsky R, Read JM, Rodr?guez-Barraquer I, Smith DJ, Stefansen C, Swerdlow DL, Thompson D, Vespignani A, Wesolowski A.
         EPJ Data Science. 2015 ;4(1):1-8.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     49. Pulmonary toxicity of indium-tin oxide production facility particles in rats
         Badding MA, Fix NR, Orandle MS, Barger MW, Dunnick KM, Cummings KJ, Leonard SS.
         J Appl Toxicol. 2016 Apr;36(4):618-26.
         
     50. Humanized mouse model of Ebola virus disease mimics the immune responses in human disease
         Bird BH, Spengler JR, Chakrabarti AK, Khristova ML, Sealy TK, Coleman-McCray JD, Martin BE, Dodd KA, Goldsmith CS, Sanders J, Zaki SR, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 1;213(5):703-11.
         
     51. Changes in predominance of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of Bordetella pertussis isolates, United States, 2000-2012
         Cassiday PK, Skoff TH, Jawahir S, Tondella ML.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):442-8.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     52. Demographic profile of families and children in the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED): Case-control study of autism spectrum disorder
         DiGuiseppi CG, Daniels JL, Fallin DM, Rosenberg SA, Schieve LA, Thomas KC, Windham GC, Goss CW, Soke GN, Currie DW, Singer AB, Lee LC, Bernal P, Croen LA, Miller LA, Pinto-Martin JA, Young LM, Schendel DE.
         Disabil Health J. 2016 Jan 29.
         
     53. CO-occurring exposure to perchlorate, nitrate and thiocyanate alters thyroid function in healthy pregnant women
         Horton MK, Blount BC, Valentin-Blasini L, Wapner R, Whyatt R, Gennings C, Factor-Litvak P.
         Environ Res. 2015 Nov;143(Pt A):1-9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     54. Upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study
         Campos-Fumero A, Delclos GL, Douphrate DI, Felknor SA, Vargas-Prada S, Serra C, Coggon D, Ruiz de Porras DG.
         Occup Environ Med. 2016 February 23, 2016.
         
     55. Intervention effects on safety compliance and citizenship behaviors: Evidence from the Work, Family, And Health Study
         Hammer LB, Johnson RC, Crain TL, Bodner T, Kossek EE, Davis KD, Kelly EL, Buxton OM, Karuntzos G, Chosewood LC, Berkman L.
         J Appl Psychol. 2016 Feb;101(2):190-208.
         
     56. Factors affecting finger and hand pain in workers with HAVS
         House R, Krajnak K, Jiang D.
         Occup Med (Lond). 2016 Feb 28.
         
     57. Physiologic and fit factor profiles of N95 and P100 filtering facepiece respirators for use in hot, humid environments
         Kim JH, Wu T, Powell JB, Roberge RJ.
         Am J Infect Control. 2016 Feb 1;44(2):194-8.
         
     58. Gap acceptance during lane changes by large - truck drivers - an image - based analysis
         Nobukawa K, Bao S, LeBlanc DJ, Zhao D, Peng H, Pan CS.
         IEEE trans Intell Transp Syst. 2015 Oct 13;Pp(99):1-10.
         
     59. Integrated analysis of dysregulated ncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in humans exposed to carbon nanotubes
         Shvedova AA, Yanamala N, Kisin ER, Khailullin TO, Birch ME, Fatkhutdinova LM.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0150628.
         
     60. Increased decline in pulmonary function among employees in Norwegian smelters reporting work-related asthma-like symptoms
         Soyseth V, Johnsen HL, Henneberger PK, Kongerud J.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Sep;57(9):1004-8.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     61. Genetic variability and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations from different malaria ecological regions of Kenya
         Ingasia LA, Cheruiyot J, Okoth SA, Andagalu B, Kamau E.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2015 Oct 22;39:372-380.
         

   • Zoonoses

     62. Lyme disease in Hispanics, United States, 2000-2013
         Nelson CA, Starr JA, Kugeler KJ, Mead PS.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3).
         
     63. Chikungunya: epidemiology
         Petersen LR, Powers AM.
         F1000Res. 2016 ;5.
         
   
   

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