CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 13, March 29, 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. Top Articles of the Week  

   
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Methods of applying the 1994 case definition of chronic fatigue syndrome - impact on classification and observed illness characteristics
       Unger ER, Lin JM, Tian H, Gurbaxani BM, Boneva RS, Jones JF.
       Popul Health Metr. 2016 ;14:5.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Potential exposure to Ebola virus from body fluids due to ambulance compartment permeability in Sierra Leone
       Casey ML, Nguyen DT, Idriss B, Bennett S, Dunn A, Martin S.
       Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Dec;30(6):625-7.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Draft genome sequences of strains representing each of the Elizabethkingia genomospecies previously determined by DNA-DNA hybridization
       Nicholson AC, Humrighouse BW, Graziano JC, Emery B, McQuiston JR.
       Genome Announc. 2016 ;4(2).
       

   • Health Economics

     • Cost-utility analysis of cancer prevention, treatment, and control: A systematic review
       Winn AN, Ekwueme DU, Guy GP, Neumann PJ.
       Am J Prev Med. 2016 Feb;50(2):241-8.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • Deaths due to intentional explosions in selected governorates of Iraq from 2010 to 2013: Prospective surveillance
       Bilukha OO, Leidman EZ, Sultan AS, Jaffar Hussain S.
       Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Dec;30(6):586-92.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Phenotypic, genotypic, and antimicrobial characteristics of Streptococcus halichoeri isolates from humans, proposal to rename Streptococcus halichoeri as Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. halichoeri, and description of Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. hominis subsp. nov., a bacterium associated with human clinical infections
       Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Mar;54(3):739-44.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • "Will my work affect my pregnancy?": Resources for anticipating and answering patients' questions
       Grajewski B, Rocheleau CM, Lawson CC, Johnson CY.
       Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar 11.
       

   • Reproductive Health

     • Long-acting reversible contraception and condom use among female US high school students: Implications for sexually transmitted infection prevention
       Steiner RJ, Liddon N, Swartzendruber AL, Rasberry CN, Sales JM.
       JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Mar 14.
       

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     • Race and tobacco use: A global perspective
       Agaku I, Caixeta R, de Souza MC, Blanco A, Hennis A.
       Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Apr;18 Suppl 1:S88-90.
       
     • Reducing the risks of relief - the CDC opioid-prescribing guideline
       Frieden TR, Houry D.
       N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 15.
       

   • Zoonoses

     • Chikungunya and dengue virus infections among United States community service volunteers returning from the Dominican Republic, 2014
       Millman AJ, Esposito DH, Biggs HM, Decenteceo M, Klevos A, Hunsperger E, Munoz-Jordan J, Kosoy OI, McPherson H, Sullivan C, Voorhees D, Baron D, Watkins J, Gaul L, Sotir MJ, Brunette G, Fischer M, Sharp T, Jentes ES.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Mar 14.
       
     • Cardiac tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: an autopsy study of sudden cardiac death associated with Lyme carditis
       Muehlenbachs A, Bollweg BC, Schulz TJ, Forrester JD, DeLeon Carnes M, Molins C, Ray GS, Cummings PM, Ritter JM, Blau DM, Andrew TA, Prial M, Ng DL, Prahlow JA, Sanders JH, Shieh WJ, Paddock CD, Schriefer ME, Mead P, Zaki SR.
       Am J Pathol. 2016 Mar 8.
       
   
   

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

     3. Diabetes among United States-bound adult refugees, 2009-2014
        Benoit SR, Gregg EW, Zhou W, Painter JA.
        J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Mar 14.
        
     4. Men with severe hemophilia in the United States: birth cohort analysis of a large national database
        Mazepa MA, Monahan PE, Baker JR, Riske BK, Soucie JM.
        Blood. 2016 Mar 16.
        
     5. Adherence of primary care physicians to evidence-based recommendations to reduce ovarian cancer mortality
        Stewart SL, Townsend JS, Puckett MC, Rim SH.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Mar;25(3):235-41.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     6. Awareness and environmental exposures related to coccidioidomycosis among inmates at two California prisons, 2013
        Benedict K, Purfield AE, Mohle-Boetani J, Wheeler C, Park BJ.
        J Correct Health Care. 2016 Apr;22(2):157-63.
        
     7. Detection of measles virus RNA in air and surface specimens in a hospital setting
        Bischoff WE, McNall RJ, Blevins MW, Turner J, Lopareva EN, Rota PA, Stehle JR.
        J Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 15;213(4):600-3.
        
     8. Use of the novel therapeutic agent miltefosine for the treatment of primary amebic meningoencephalitis: Report of 1 fatal and 1 surviving case
        Cope JR, Conrad DA, Cohen N, Cotilla M, DaSilva A, Jackson J, Visvesvara GS.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62(6):774-6.
        
     9. Building and strengthening infection control strategies to prevent tuberculosis - Nigeria, 2015
        Dokubo EK, Odume B, Lipke V, Muianga C, Onu E, Olutola A, Ukachukwu L, Igweike P, Chukwura N, Ubochioma E, Aniaku E, Ezeudu C, Agboeze J, Iroh G, Orji E, Godwin O, Raji HB, Aboje SA, Osakwe C, Debem H, Bello M, Onotu D, Maloney S.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(10):263-266.
        
     10. Epidemiology of HIV-associated lung disease in the United States
         Fitzpatrick M, Brooks JT, Kaplan JE.
         Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr;37(2):181-98.
         
     11. Timing of linkage to care after HIV diagnosis and time to viral suppression
         Hall HI, Tang T, Satcher Johnson A, Espinoza L, Harris N, McCray E.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Mar 12.
         
     12. Protective effect of hand-washing and good hygienic habits against seasonal influenza: A case-control study
         Liu M, Ou J, Zhang L, Shen X, Hong R, Ma H, Zhu BP, Fontaine RE.
         Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Mar;95(11):e3046.
         
     13. Characteristics and costs of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in-patient care in the United States, 2005-2007
         Marks SM, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Salcedo K, Graviss EA, Oh P, Seaworth B, Flood J, Armstrong L, Armitige L, Mase S.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Apr;20(4):435-41.
         
     14. Antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression among foreign-born HIV-infected persons receiving medical care in the United States: a complex sample, cross-sectional survey
         Myers TR, Lin X, Skarbinski J.
         Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Mar;95(11):e3051.
         
     15. Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field
         Okal J, Raymond HF, Tun W, Musyoki H, Dadabhai S, Broz D, Nyamu J, Kuria D, Muraguri N, Geibel S.
         BMC Res Notes. 2016 ;9(1):158.
         
     16. Data resource profile: Network for analysing longitudinal population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network)
         Reniers G, Wamukoya M, Urassa M, Nyaguara A, Nakiyingi-Miiro J, Lutalo T, Hosegood V, Gregson S, Gomez-Olive X, Geubbels E, Crampin AC, Wringe A, Waswa L, Tollman S, Todd J, Slaymaker E, Serwadda D, Price A, Oti S, Nyirenda MJ, Nabukalu D, Nyamukapa C, Nalugoda F, Mugurungi O, Mtenga B, Mills L, Michael D, McLean E, McGrath N, Martin E, Marston M, Maquins S, Levira F, Kyobutungi C, Kwaro D, Kasamba I, Kanjala C, Kahn K, Kabudula C, Herbst K, Gareta D, Eaton JW, Clark SJ, Church K, Chihana M, Calvert C, Beguy D, Asiki G, Amri S, Abdul R, Zaba B.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 10.
         
     17. Children with chronic hepatitis B in the United States and Canada
         Schwarz KB, Cloonan YK, Ling SC, Murray KF, Rodriguez-Baez N, Schwarzenberg SJ, Teckman J, Ganova-Raeva L, Rosenthal P.
         J Pediatr. 2015 Dec;167(6):1287-1294.e2.
         
     18. Population-based surveillance for medically-attended human parainfluenza viruses from the Influenza Incidence Surveillance Project, 2010-2014
         Steffens A, Finelli L, Whitaker B, Fowlkes A.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Mar 11.
         
     19. Incidence and viral aetiologies of acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) in the United States: a population-based study
         Szilagyi PG, Blumkin A, Treanor JJ, Gallivan S, Albertin C, Lofthus GK, Schnabel KC, Donahue JG, Thompson MG, Shay DK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Mar 2:1-10.
         
     20. Acceptability of couples? voluntary HIV testing among HIV- infected patients in care and their HIV-negative partners in the United States
         Wall KM, Canary L, Workowski K, Lockard A, Jones J, Sullivan P, Hills K, Fofana K, Stephenson R, Allen S.
         Open AIDS Journal. 2016 ;10:1-13.
         

   • Community Health Services

     21. Medications that older adults in hospice care in the United States take, 2007
         Dwyer LL, Lau DT, Shega JW.
         J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Nov;63(11):2282-9.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     22. Factors associated with correct and consistent Insecticide treated curtain use in Iquitos, Peru
         Paz-Soldan VA, Bauer K, Morrison AC, Cordova Lopez JJ, Izumi K, Scott TW, Elder JP, Alexander N, Halsey ES, McCall PJ, Lenhart A.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Mar;10(3):e0004409.
         
     23. Ecological traits driving the outbreaks and emergence of zoonotic pathogens
         Salkeld DJ, Stapp P, Tripp DW, Gage KL, Lowell J, Webb CT, Brinkerhoff RJ, Antolin MF.
         BioScience. 2016 ;66(2):118-129.
         
     24. Effect of Rickettsia rickettsii (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) infection on the biological parameters and survival of its tick vector-Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
         Schumacher L, Snellgrove A, Levin ML.
         J Med Entomol. 2016 Jan;53(1):172-6.
         

   • Drug Safety

     25. Trends in the use of prescription antibiotics: NHANES 1999-2012
         Frenk SM, Kit BK, Lukacs SL, Hicks LA, Gu Q.
         J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Jan;71(1):251-6.
         

   • Environmental Health

     26. Dataset for human sensitivity to chemicals during development of motor function
         Ingber SZ, Pohl HR.
         Data Brief. 2016 Mar;6:445-55.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     27. Genomic sequence of the first porcine rotavirus group H strain in the United States
         Hull JJ, Marthaler D, Rossow S, Ng TF, Montmayeur AM, Magana L, Moon SS, Jiang B.
         Genome Announc. 2016 ;4(2).
         
     28. Phylogenetic analysis of poliovirus sequences
         Jorba J.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2016 ;1387:227-37.
         
     29. Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
         Sutton PL, Luo Z, Divis PC, Friedrich VK, Conway DJ, Singh B, Barnwell JW, Carlton JM, Sullivan SA.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Mar 12.
         

   • Health Disparities

     30. Racial disparities in functional limitations among Hispanic women in the United States
         Chinn JJ, Hummer RA.
         Res Aging. 2016 Apr;38(3):399-423.
         
     31. Barriers to health care among adults identifying as sexual minorities: A US national study
         Dahlhamer JM, Galinsky AM, Joestl SS, Ward BW.
         Am J Public Health. 2016 Mar 17:e1-e7.
         

   • Health Economics

     32. Incremental cost-effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for adults age 50 years and older in the United States
         Stoecker C, Kim L, Gierke R, Pilishvili T.
         J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Mar 14.
         
     33. Annual medical expenditure and productivity loss among colorectal, female breast, and prostate cancer survivors in the United States
         Zheng Z, Yabroff KR, Guy GP, Han X, Li C, Banegas MP, Ekwueme DU, Jemal A.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 May;108(5).
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     34. Mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections (MBI-LCBI): Descriptive analysis of data reported to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), 2013
         Epstein L, See I, Edwards JR, Magill SS, Thompson ND.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):2-7.
         
     35. Phaeohyphomycosis in transplant recipients: results from the Transplant Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)
         McCarty TP, Baddley JW, Walsh TJ, Alexander BD, Kontoyiannis DP, Perl TM, Walker R, Patterson TF, Schuster MG, Lyon GM, Wingard JR, Andes DR, Park BJ, Brandt ME, Pappas PG.
         Med Mycol. 2015 Jun;53(5):440-6.
         
     36. Airborne infection control in India: Baseline assessment of health facilities
         Parmar MM, Sachdeva KS, Rade K, Ghedia M, Bansal A, Nagaraja SB, Willis MD, Misquitta DP, Nair SA, Moonan PK, Dewan PK.
         Indian J Tuberc. 2015 Oct;62(4):211-7.
         
     37. Evaluating the use of the case mix index for risk adjustment of healthcare-associated infection data: An illustration using Clostridium difficile infection data from the National Healthcare Safety Network
         Thompson ND, Edwards JR, Dudeck MA, Fridkin SK, Magill SS.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):19-25.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     38. Interference of monovalent, bivalent, and trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines on monovalent rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in rural Bangladesh
         Emperador DM, Velasquez DE, Estivariz CF, Lopman B, Jiang B, Parashar U, Anand A, Zaman K.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jan 15;62(2):150-6.
         
     39. The case test-negative design for studies of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in inpatient settings
         Foppa IM, Ferdinands JM, Chaves SS, Haber MJ, Reynolds SB, Flannery B, Fry AM.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 15.
         
     40. Varicella vaccine effectiveness in preventing community transmission in the 2-dose era
         Perella D, Wang C, Civen R, Viner K, Kuguru K, Daskalaki I, Schmid DS, Lopez AS, Tseng HF, Newbern EC, Mascola L, Bialek SR.
         Pediatrics. 2016 Mar 14.
         
     41. Use of vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine in laboratory and health care personnel at risk for occupational exposure to orthopoxviruses - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2015
         Petersen BW, Harms TJ, Reynolds MG, Harrison LH.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(10):257-262.
         
     42. Illness severity and work productivity loss among working adults with medically attended acute respiratory illnesses: US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network 2012-2013
         Petrie JG, Cheng C, Malosh RE, VanWormer JJ, Flannery B, Zimmerman RK, Gaglani M, Jackson ML, King JP, Nowalk MP, Benoit J, Robertson A, Thaker SN, Monto AS, Ohmit SE.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 15;62(4):448-55.
         
     43. Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial
         White MT, Verity R, Griffin JT, Asante KP, Owusu-Agyei S, Greenwood B, Drakeley C, Gesase S, Lusingu J, Ansong D, Adjei S, Agbenyega T, Ogutu B, Otieno L, Otieno W, Agnandji ST, Lell B, Kremsner P, Hoffman I, Martinson F, Kamthunzu P, Tinto H, Valea I, Sorgho H, Oneko M, Otieno K, Hamel MJ, Salim N, Mtoro A, Abdulla S, Aide P, Sacarlal J, Aponte JJ, Njuguna P, Marsh K, Bejon P, Riley EM, Ghani AC.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;15(12):1450-8.
         

   • Informatics

     44. Designing colorectal cancer screening decision support: A cognitive engineering enterprise
         Militello LG, Saleem JJ, Borders MR, Sushereba CE, Haverkamp D, Wolf SP, Doebbeling BN.
         J Cogn Eng Decis Mak. 2016 Mar;10(1):74-90.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     45. The enduring impact of violence against children
         Hillis SD, Mercy JA, Saul JR.
         Psychol Health Med. 2016 Mar 16:1-13.
         
     46. Sexual violence against female and male children in the United Republic of Tanzania
         Vagi KJ, Brookmeyer KA, Gladden RM, Chiang LF, Brooks A, Nyunt MZ, Kwesigabo G, Mercy JA, Dahlberg LL.
         Violence Against Women. 2016 Mar 14.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     47. Development of a Luminex bead based assay for diagnosis of toxocariasis using recombinant antigens Tc-CTL-1 and Tc-TES-26
         Anderson JP, Rascoe LN, Levert K, Chastain HM, Reed MS, Rivera HN, McAuliffe I, Zhan B, Wiegand RE, Hotez PJ, Wilkins PP, Pohl J, Handali S.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Oct;9(10):e0004168.
         
     48. Read the new microscopy handbook: even the Ziehl-Neelsen technique has changed
         Angra P, Ridderhof J, Tahseen S, Van Deun A.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Apr;20(4):567.
         
     49. Vascular-directed responses of microglia produced by methamphetamine exposure: indirect evidence that microglia are involved in vascular repair?
         Bowyer JF, Sarkar S, Tranter KM, Hanig JP, Miller DB, O'Callaghan JP.
         J Neuroinflammation. 2016 ;13(1):64.
         
     50. Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, and Burkholderia pseudomallei using laser light scattering technology
         Bugrysheva JV, Lascols C, Sue D, Weigel LM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Mar 16.
         
     51. Molecular properties of poliovirus isolates: Nucleotide sequence analysis, typing by PCR and real-time RT-PCR
         Burns CC, Kilpatrick DR, Iber JC, Chen Q, Kew OM.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2016 ;1387:177-212.
         
     52. Immunogenicity of a chimeric Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein vaccine in Aotus monkeys
         Burns JM, Miura K, Sullivan J, Long CA, Barnwell JW.
         Malar J. 2016 ;15(1):159.
         
     53. Simultaneous measurement of 3-chlorotyrosine and 3,5-dichlorotyrosine in whole blood, serum and plasma by isotope dilution HPLC-MS-MS
         Crow BS, Quinones-Gonzalez J, Pantazides BG, Perez JW, Winkeljohn WR, Garton JW, Thomas JD, Blake TA, Johnson RC.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2016 Mar 13.
         
     54. Development of a hydrogen sulfide end-of-service-life indicator for respirator cartridges using cobinamide
         Greenawald LA, Boss GR, Reeder A, Bell S.
         Sens Actuators B Chem. 2016 ;230:658-666.
         
     55. Quantification of hydrazine in human urine by HPLC-MS-MS
         Isenberg SL, Carter MD, Crow BS, Graham LA, Johnson D, Beninato N, Steele K, Thomas JD, Johnson RC.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2016 Mar 13.
         
     56. Evaluation of commercially available chikungunya virus immunoglobulin M detection assays
         Johnson BW, Goodman CH, Holloway K, de Salazar PM, Valadere AM, Drebot M.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Mar 14.
         
     57. Changes in the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide after exposure to injurious stretch-shortening contractions
         Johnson C, Miller GR, Baker BA, Hollander M, Kashon ML, Waugh S, Krajnak K.
         Exp Gerontol. 2016 Mar 10.
         
     58. A cationic liposome-DNA complexes adjuvant (JVRS-100) enhances the immunogenicity and cross-protective efficacy of pre-pandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccine in ferrets
         Liu F, Sun X, Fairman J, Lewis DB, Katz JM, Levine M, Tumpey TM, Lu X.
         Virology. 2016 Mar 8;492:197-203.
         
     59. Use of malachite green-loop mediated isothermal amplification for detection of Plasmodium spp. parasites
         Lucchi NW, Ljolje D, Silva-Flannery L, Udhayakumar V.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0151437.
         
     60. The problem of carbapenemase-producing-carbapenem-resistant-Enterobacteriaceae detection
         Lutgring JD, Limbago BM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Mar;54(3):529-34.
         
     61. The US Culture Collection Network lays the foundation for progress in preservation of valuable microbial resources
         McCluskey K, Alvarez A, Bennett AR, Bokati D, Boundy-Mills K, Brown D, Bull CT, Coffey M, Dreaden T, Duke C, Dye G, Ehmke E, Eversole K, Fenstermacher K, Geiser DM, Glaeser J, Greene S, Gribble L, Griffith MP, Hanser K, Humber R, Johnson BW, Kermode A, Krichevsky M, Lauden M, Leach J, Leslie JF, May M, Melcher U, Nobles DR, Risso Fonseca N, Robinson S, Ryan M, Scott J, Silflow C, Vidaver A, Webb K, Wertz J, Yentsch S, Zehr S.
         Phytopathology. 2016 Mar 14.
         
     62. The lipid moiety of brincidofovir is required for in vitro antiviral activity against Ebola virus
         McMullan LK, Flint M, Dyall J, Albarino C, Olinger GG, Foster S, Sethna P, Hensley LE, Nichol ST, Lanier ER, Spiropoulou CF.
         Antiviral Res. 2016 Jan;125:71-8.
         
     63. Triple quad-ICP-MS measurement of toxic metals in mainstream cigarette smoke from spectrum research cigarettes
         Pappas RS, Gray N, Gonzalez-Jimenez N, Fresquez M, Watson CH.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2016 Jan;40(1):43-8.
         
     64. Comparison of 5 monoclonal antibodies for immunopurification of human butyrylcholinesterase on Dynabeads: KD values, binding pairs, and amino acid sequences
         Peng H, Brimijoin S, Hrabovska A, Targosova K, Krejci E, Blake TA, Johnson RC, Masson P, Lockridge O.
         Chem Biol Interact. 2015 Oct 5;240:336-45.
         
     65. Standardized methods for detection of poliovirus antibodies
         Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Pallansch MA.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2016 ;1387:145-76.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     66. Uptake of early infant diagnosis in Thailand's national program for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and linkage to care, 2008-2011
         Naiwatanakul T, Voramongkol N, Punsuwan N, Lolekha R, Gass R, Thaisri H, Leechanachai P, Wolfe M, Boonsuk S, Bhakeecheep S.
         J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 ;19(1):20511.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     67. The relationship between livestock ownership and child stunting in three countries in eastern Africa using national survey data
         Mosites EM, Rabinowitz PM, Thumbi SM, Montgomery JM, Palmer GH, May S, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Neuhouser ML, Walson JL.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(9):e0136686.
         
     68. Trends and determinants of discretionary salt use: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2012
         Quader ZS, Patel S, Gillespie C, Cogswell ME, Gunn JP, Perrine CG, Mattes RD, Moshfegh A.
         Public Health Nutr. 2016 Mar 16:1-9.
         
     69. Overview of the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) Project
         Suchdev PS, Namaste SM, Aaron GJ, Raiten DJ, Brown KH, Flores-Ayala R.
         Adv Nutr. 2016 Mar;7(2):349-56.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     70. Pre-travel medical preparation of business and occupational travelers: An analysis of the global TravEpiNet Consortium, 2009 to 2012
         Khan NM, Jentes ES, Brown C, Han P, Rao SR, Kozarsky P, Hagmann SH, LaRocque RC, Ryan ET.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Jan;58(1):76-82.
         
     71. Hired crop worker injuries on farms in the United States: A comparison of two survey periods from the National Agricultural Workers Survey
         Tonozzi TR, Layne LA.
         Am J Ind Med. 2016 Mar 11.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     72. Within-host competition and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
         Bushman M, Morton L, Duah N, Quashie N, Abuaku B, Koram KA, Dimbu PR, Plucinski M, Gutman J, Lyaruu P, Kachur SP, de Roode JC, Udhayakumar V.
         Proc Biol Sci. 2016 Mar 16;283(1826).
         
     73. A historical perspective on malaria control in Brazil
         Griffing SM, Tauil PL, Udhayakumar V, Silva-Flannery L.
         Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2015 Sep;110(6):701-18.
         
     74. User and provider acceptability of intermittent screening and treatment and intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-peraquine to prevent malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya
         Hill J, Hoyt J, Achieng F, Ouma P, L'Lanziva A, Kariuki S, Desai M, Webster J.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0150259.
         
     75. The relationship between invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease, other bacterial bloodstream infections, and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
         Park SE, Pak GD, Aaby P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Ali M, Aseffa A, Biggs HM, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Breiman RF, Crump JA, Cruz Espinoza LM, Eltayeb MA, Gasmelseed N, Hertz JT, Im J, Jaeger A, Parfait Kabore L, von Kalckreuth V, Keddy KH, Konings F, Krumkamp R, MacLennan CA, Meyer CG, Montgomery JM, Ahmet Niang A, Nichols C, Olack B, Panzner U, Park JK, Rabezanahary H, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Sampo E, Sarpong N, Schutt-Gerowitt H, Sooka A, Soura AB, Sow AG, Tall A, Teferi M, Yeshitela B, May J, Wierzba TF, Clemens JD, Baker S, Marks F.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S23-31.
         

   • Public Health Law

     76. Do state community health worker laws align with best available evidence?
         Barbero C, Gilchrist S, Chriqui JF, Martin MA, Wennerstrom A, VanderVeur J, Prewitt K, Brownstein JN.
         J Community Health. 2016 Apr;41(2):315-25.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     77. Leaving my religion: Understanding the relationship between religious disaffiliation, health, and well-being
         Fenelon A, Danielsen S.
         Soc Sci Res. 2016 May;57:49-62.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     78. Understanding the African American "smoker"
         Bauer UE.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Apr;18 Suppl 1:S7-s10.
         
     79. Does a race-gender-age crossover effect exist in current cigarette smoking between non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites? United States, 2001-2013
         Caraballo RS, Sharapova SR, Asman KJ.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Apr;18 Suppl 1:S41-8.
         
     80. Risk environments, race/ethnicity, and HIV status in a large sample of people who inject drugs in the United States
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     81. CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain - United States, 2016
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     82. The African American youth smoking experience: An overview
         Garrett BE, Gardiner PS, Wright LT, Pechacek TF.
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     83. Not just cigarettes: A more comprehensive look at marijuana and tobacco use among African American and white youth and young adults
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     84. Cigarette smoking among inmates by race/ethnicity: Impact of excluding African American young adult men from national prevalence estimates
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     88. Chronic infection with camelid hepatitis E virus in a liver transplant recipient who regularly consumes camel meat and milk
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     89. Human rabies - Missouri, 2014
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