CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 16, April 19, 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).

   • Genetics and Genomics - Cancer Prevention

     1. Risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
        Moyer VA, US Preventive Services Task Force .
        Ann Intern Med. 2014 Feb 18;160(4):271-81.
        
     2. Implementing screening for Lynch syndrome among patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer: summary of a public health/clinical collaborative meeting
        Bellcross CA, Bedrosian SR, Daniels E, Duquette D, Hampel H, Jasperson K, Joseph DA, et al .
        Genet Med. 2012 Jan;14(1):152-62.
        
     3. Awareness and utilization of BRCA1/2 testing among U.S. primary care physicians
        Bellcross CA, Kolor K, Goddard KA, Coates RJ, Reyes M, Khoury MJ.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jan;40(1):61-6.
        
     4. Recommendations from the EGAPP Working Group: genetic testing strategies in newly diagnosed individuals with colorectal cancer aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality from Lynch syndrome in relatives
        Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP) Working Group .
        Genet Med. 2009 Jan;11(1):35-41.
        
     5. Using a state cancer registry to recruit young breast cancer survivors and high-risk relatives: protocol of a randomized trial testing the efficacy of a targeted versus a tailored intervention to increase breast cancer screening
        Katapodi MC, Northouse LL, Schafenacker AM, Duquette D, Duffy SA, Ronis DL, Anderson B, et al .
        BMC Cancer. 2013 ;13:97.
        
     6. Precision public health for the era of precision medicine
        Khoury MJ, Iademarco MF, Riley WT.
        Am J Prev Med. 2016 Mar;50(3):398-401.
        
     7. Evaluation of state comprehensive cancer control plans for genomics content
        Laufman JD, Duquette D, Trepanier A.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 ;9:E176.
        
     8. Creation of a network to promote universal screening for Lynch syndrome: the LynchSyndrome Screening Network
        Mange S, Bellcross C, Cragun D, Duquette D, Gorman L, Hampel H, Jasperson K.
        J Genet Couns. 2015 Jun;24(3):421-7.
        
     9. Public awareness of genetic nondiscrimination laws in four states and perceived importance of life insurance protections
        Parkman AA, Foland J, Anderson B, Duquette D, Sobotka H, Lynn M, Nottingham S, et al .
        J Genet Couns. 2015 Jun;24(3):512-21.
        
     10. Strategies, actions, and outcomes of pilot state programs in public health genomics, 2003-2008
         St Pierre J, Bach J, Duquette D, Oehlke K, Nystrom R, Silvey K, Zlot A, et al .
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E97.
         
     11. The activities and impact of state programs to address hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, 2011-2014
         Trivers K, Rodriguez JL, Cox SL, Crane BE, Duquette D.
         Healthcare. 2015 ;3(4):948-963.
         
     12. Reported referral for genetic counseling or BRCA 1/2 testing among United States physicians: a vignette-based study
         Trivers KF, Baldwin LM, Miller JW, Matthews B, Andrilla CH, Lishner DM, Goff BA.
         Cancer. 2011 Dec 1;117(23):5334-43.
         
   
   

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

     13. Editorial: Glial cells: Managers of neuro-immunity
         Barcia C, Guillemin GJ, Curtin JF, Zirger JM.
         Front Cell Neurosci. 2016 ;10:60.
         
     14. Agreement between current and active asthma classification methods, Asthma Call-back Survey, 2011-2012
         Dodd KE, Mazurek JM.
         J Asthma. 2016 Apr 6:0.
         
     15. Ethnic variations in diabetes and prediabetes prevalence and the roles of insulin resistance and beta-cell function: the CARRS and NHANES studies
         Gujral UP, Mohan V, Pradeepa R, Deepa M, Anjana RM, Mehta NK, Gregg EW, Narayan K.
         J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2016 Jun 1;4:19-27.
         
     16. Gender- and race-specific metabolic score and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults: A structural equation modeling approach - United States, 1988-2006
         Mercado CI, Yang Q, Ford ES, Gregg E, Valderrama AL.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Sep;23(9):1911-9.
         
     17. Cancer incidence and mortality through 2020
         Weir HK, White MC.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E48.
         
     18. School start times, sleep, behavioral, health, and academic outcomes: A review of the literature
         Wheaton AG, Chapman DP, Croft JB.
         J Sch Health. 2016 May;86(5):363-81.
         
     19. Gender and asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome
         Wheaton AG, Pleasants RA, Croft JB, Ohar JA, Heidari K, Mannino DM, Liu Y, Strange C.
         J Asthma. 2016 Apr 6:0.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     20. A picture is worth a thousand words: maps of HIV indicators to inform research, programs, and policy from NA-ACCORD and CCASAnet clinical cohorts
         Althoff KN, Rebeiro PF, Hanna DB, Padgett D, Horberg MA, Grinsztejn B, Abraham AG, Hogg R, Gill MJ, Wolff MJ, Mayor A, Rachlis A, Williams C, Sterling TR, Kitahata MM, Buchacz K, Thorne JE, Cesar C, Cordero FM, Rourke SB, Sierra-Madero J, Pape JW, Cahn P, McGowan C.
         J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 ;19(1):20707.
         
     21. Understanding cross-sectional racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in antiretroviral use and viral suppression among HIV patients in the United States
         Beer L, Mattson CL, Bradley H, Skarbinski J.
         Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Mar;95(13):e3171.
         
     22. Human leptospirosis in Malaysia: reviewing the challenges after 8 decades (1925-2012)
         Benacer D, Thong KL, Verasahib KB, Galloway RL, Hartskeerl RA, Lewis JW, Mohd Zain SN.
         Asia Pac J Public Health. 2016 Apr 3.
         
     23. Social contact networks and mixing among students in K-12 schools in Pittsburgh, PA
         Guclu H, Read J, Vukotich CJ, Galloway DD, Gao H, Rainey JJ, Uzicanin A, Zimmer SM, Cummings DA.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0151139.
         
     24. Assessing local risk of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using lot quality assurance sampling
         Heidebrecht CL, Podewils LJ, Pym A, Mthiyane T, Cohen T.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(4):e0153143.
         
     25. Homonegative attitudes and risk behaviors for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in the United States
         Jeffries WL, Johnson OD.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):2466-72.
         
     26. Bodies don't sleep, neither do babies: experiences at the only maternity hospital isolation unit in Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola epidemic
         Johnson JL.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Nov;213(5):739-40.
         
     27. HIV infection among people who inject drugs in the United States: Geographically explained variance across racial and ethnic groups
         Linton SL, Cooper HL, Kelley ME, Karnes CC, Ross Z, Wolfe ME, Des Jarlais D, Semaan S, Tempalski B, DiNenno E, Finlayson T, Sionean C, Wejnert C, Paz-Bailey G.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):2457-65.
         
     28. High hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam and associated risk factors: 2010 Vietnam Integrated Behavioural and Biologic Cross-Sectional Survey
         Nadol P, O'Connor S, Duong H, Mixson-Hayden T, Tram TH, Xia GL, Kaldor J, Law M, Nguyen T.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2016 Apr 4.
         
     29. The other side of surveillance: Monitoring, application, and integration of tuberculosis data to guide and evaluate programme activities in South Africa
         Podewils LJ, Bronner Murrison L, Bristow C, Bantubani N, Mametja LD.
         S Afr Med J. 2016 ;106(4):394-8.
         
     30. Invasive group B streptococcal disease in South Africa: Importance of surveillance methodology
         Quan V, Verani JR, Cohen C, von Gottberg A, Meiring S, Cutland CL, Schrag SJ, Madhi SA.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(4):e0152524.
         
     31. Surveillance systems to track progress toward polio eradication - worldwide, 2014-2015
         Snider CJ, Diop OM, Burns CC, Tangermann RH, Wassilak SG.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(13):346-351.
         
     32. Ebola virus persistence in semen of male survivors
         Uyeki TM, Erickson BR, Brown S, McElroy AK, Cannon D, Gibbons A, Sealy T, Kainulainen MH, Schuh AJ, Kraft CS, Mehta AK, Lyon GM, Varkey JB, Ribner BS, Ellison RT, Carmody E, Nau GJ, Spiropoulou C, Nichol ST, Stroher U.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 3.
         
     33. Fungal infections and new biologic therapies
         Vallabhaneni S, Chiller TM.
         Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2016 May;18(5):29.
         
     34. Excess alcohol use and death among tuberculosis patients in the United States, 1997-2012
         Volkmann T, Moonan PK, Miramontes R, Oeltmann JE.
         J Tuberc Res. 2016 Mar;4(1):18-22.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     35. Surveillance for Heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) in Missouri during 2013: First detection of virus in adults of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)
         Savage HM, Godsey MS, Panella NA, Burkhalter KL, Ashley DC, Lash RR, Ramsay B, Patterson T, Nicholson WL.
         J Med Entomol. 2016 Mar 30.
         

   • Environmental Health

     36. Assessment of exposure to VOCs among pregnant women in the National Children's Study
         Boyle EB, Viet SM, Wright DJ, Merrill LS, Alwis KU, Blount BC, Mortensen ME, Moye J, Dellarco M.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 ;13(4).
         
     37. Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols and childhood fat mass in the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Study
         Buckley JP, Herring AH, Wolff MS, Calafat AM, Engel SM.
         Environ Int. 2016 Mar 30;91:350-356.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     38. Varying estimates of sepsis mortality using death certificates and administrative codes - United States, 1999-2014
         Epstein L, Dantes R, Magill S, Fiore A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(13):342-345.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     39. The spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in North America: a retrospective phylogenetic study
         Joy JB, McCloskey RM, Nguyen T, Liang RH, Khudyakov Y, Olmstead A, Krajden M, Ward JW, Harrigan PR, Montaner JS, Poon AF.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 30.
         

   • Health Economics

     40. Prevalence and costs of five chronic conditions in children
         Miller GF, Coffield E, Leroy Z, Wallin R.
         J Sch Nurs. 2016 Apr 4.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     41. Necessary infrastructure of infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology programs: a review
         Bryant KA, Harris AD, Gould CV, Humphreys E, Lundstrom T, Murphy DM, Olmsted R, Oriola S, Zerr D.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;37(4):371-80.
         
     42. Dialysis Event Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network data summary, January 2007 through April 2011
         Patel PR, Shugart A, Mbaeyi C, Goding Sauer A, Melville A, Nguyen DB, Kallen AJ.
         Am J Infect Control. 2016 Mar 31.
         
     43. Notes from the field: Mycobacterium abscessus infections among patients of a pediatric dentistry practice - Georgia, 2015
         Peralta G, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Parham A, Edison L, Lorentzson L, Smith C, Drenzek C.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(13):355-356.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     44. Hepatitis B control among children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization
         Allison RD, Teleb N, Al Awaidy S, Ashmony H, Alexander JP, Patel MK.
         Vaccine. 2016 Apr 1.
         
     45. Association of maternal immunity with rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in Zambian infants
         Chilengi R, Simuyandi M, Beach L, Mwila K, Becker-Dreps S, Emperador DM, Velasquez DE, Bosomprah S, Jiang B.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(3):e0150100.
         
     46. Timing of HPV vaccine intervals among United States teens with consideration to the current ACIP schedule and the WHO 2-dose schedule
         Cloessner EA, Stokley S, Yankey D, Markowitz LE.
         Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2015 Nov 20:1-6.
         
     47. Importation and outbreak of wild polioviruses from 2000 to 2014 and interruption of transmission in Cameroon
         Endegue-Zanga MC, Sadeuh-Mba SA, Iber J, Burns CC, Moeletsi NG, Baba M, Bukbuk D, Delpeyroux F, Mengouo MN, Demanou M, Vernet G, Etoa FX, Njouom R.
         J Clin Virol. 2016 Mar 28;79:18-24.
         
     48. Hepatitis B vaccine stored outside the cold chain setting: a pilot study in rural Lao PDR
         Kolwaite AR, Xeuatvongsa A, Ramirez-Gonzalez A, Wannemuehle K, Vongxay V, Vilayvone V, Hennessey K, Patel MK.
         Vaccine. 2016 Mar 31.
         
     49. Post licensure surveillance of influenza vaccines in the Vaccine Safety Datalink in the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons
         Li R, Stewart B, McNeil MM, Duffy J, Nelson J, Kawai AT, Baxter R, Belongia EA, Weintraub E.
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2016 Apr 1.
         
     50. Characteristics of physicians who dismiss families for refusing vaccines
         O'Leary ST, Allison MA, Fisher A, Crane L, Beaty B, Hurley L, Brtnikova M, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Stokley S, Kempe A.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Dec;136(6):1103-11.
         
     51. Tetanus immunity among women aged 15-39 years in Cambodia: A national population-based serosurvey, 2012
         Scobie HM, Mao B, Buth S, Wannemuehler KA, Sorensen C, Kannarath C, Jenks MH, Moss DM, Priest JW, Soeung SC, Deming MS, Lammie PJ, Gregory CJ.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2016 Apr 6.
         
     52. Vaccine effectiveness of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine during a pertussis outbreak in Maine
         Terranella A, Rea V, Griffith M, Manning S, Sears S, Farmer A, Martin S, Patel M.
         Vaccine. 2016 Mar 30.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     53. Injury surveillance: the next generation
         Allegrante JP, Mitchell RJ, Taylor JA, Mack KA.
         Inj Prev. 2016 Apr;22 Suppl 1:i63-i65.
         
     54. Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS): towards a global surveillance system
         Chiang LF, Kress H, Sumner SA, Gleckel J, Kawemama P, Gordon RN.
         Inj Prev. 2016 Apr;22 Suppl 1:i17-i22.
         
     55. Saving lives and protecting people from injuries and violence
         Houry D.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Mar 29.
         
     56. Contextual determinants of childhood injury: A systematic review of studies with multilevel analytic methods
         McClure R, Kegler S, Davey T, Clay F.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):e37-43.
         
     57. The design and evaluation of a system for improved surveillance and prevention programmes in resource-limited settings using a hospital-based burn injury questionnaire
         Peck M, Falk H, Meddings D, Sugerman D, Mehta S, Sage M.
         Inj Prev. 2016 Apr;22 Suppl 1:i56-i62.
         
     58. Sleep duration and injury-related risk behaviors among high school students - United States, 2007-2013
         Wheaton AG, Olsen EO, Miller GF, Croft JB.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(13):337-341.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     59. National estimates of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D and metabolite concentrations measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in the US opulation during 2007-2010
         Schleicher RL, Sternberg MR, Looker AC, Yetley EA, Lacher DA, Sempos CT, Taylor CL, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Maw KL, Chaudhary-Webb M, Johnson CL, Pfeiffer CM.
         J Nutr. 2016 Apr 6.
         
     60. Identification of potential biomarkers of exposure to diundecyl phthalate
         Silva MJ, Bontke TW, Calafat AM, Ye X.
         Environ Res. 2016 Apr 2;148:137-143.
         
     61. Species-specific real-time PCR assay for the detection of Streptococcus suis from clinical specimens
         Srinivasan V, McGee L, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Moisi J, Beall B.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 18.
         
     62. The molecular characterizations of surface proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase from recent H5Nx avian influenza viruses
         Yang H, Carney PJ, Mishin VP, Guo Z, Chang JC, Wentworth DE, Gubareva LV, Stevens J.
         J Virol. 2016 Apr 6.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     63. Corticosteroid treatment and growth patterns in ambulatory males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
         Lamb MM, West NA, Ouyang L, Yang M, Weitzenkamp D, James K, Ciafaloni E, Pandya S, DiGuiseppi C.
         J Pediatr. 2016 Mar 30.
         
     64. Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group: An integrated network for congenital heart disease research
         Pasquali SK, Jacobs JP, Farber GK, Bertoch D, Blume ED, Burns KM, Campbell R, Chang AC, Chung WK, Riehle-Colarusso T, Curtis LH, Forrest CB, Gaynor WJ, Gaies MG, Go AS, Henchey P, Martin GR, Pearson G, Pemberton VL, Schwartz SM, Vincent R, Kaltman JR.
         Circulation. 2016 Apr 5;133(14):1410-8.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     65. Characteristics of U.S. adults with usual daily folic acid intake above the tolerable upper intake level: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2010
         Orozco AM, Yeung LF, Guo J, Carriquiry A, Berry RJ.
         Nutrients. 2016 ;8(4).
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     66. Hand-arm vibration disorder among grass-cutter workers in Malaysia
         Azmir NA, Ghazali MI, Yahya MN, Ali MH.
         Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2016 Apr 6:1-6.
         
     67. Work-related fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes: matching of 2010 data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System
         Byler C, Kesy L, Richardson S, Pratt SG, Rodriguez-acosta RL.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2016 Apr 4;92:97-106.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     68. Comparative respiratory morbidity of former and current US coal miners
         Halldin CN, Wolfe AL, Laney AS.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec;105(12):2576-7.
         
     69. Modeling carbon monoxide spread in underground mine fires
         Yuan L, Zhou L, Smith AC.
         Applied Thermal Engineering. 2016 ;100:1319-1326.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     70. Follow-up of the 1977 Atlanta outbreak of toxoplasmosis
         Jones JL, Akstein RB, Hlavsa MC, Lopez AS, Wilson M, Holland GN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Apr 4.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     71. Community-based interventions to decrease obesity and tobacco exposure and reduce health care costs: Outcome estimates from Communities Putting Prevention to Work for 2010-2020
         Soler R, Orenstein D, Honeycutt A, Bradley C, Trogdon J, Kent CK, Wile K, Haddix A, O'Neil D, Bunnell R.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E47.
         
     72. A customizable model for chronic disease coordination: Lessons learned from the Coordinated Chronic Disease Program
         Voetsch K, Sequeira S, Chavez AH.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E43.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     73. Measuring infrastructure: A key step in program evaluation and planning
         Schmitt CL, Glasgow L, Lavinghouze SR, Rieker PP, Fulmer E, McAleer K, Rogers T.
         Eval Program Plann. 2016 Mar 26;56:50-55.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     74. Assisted reproductive technology and birth defects among liveborn infants in Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan, 2000-2010
         Boulet SL, Kirby RS, Reefhuis J, Zhang Y, Sunderam S, Cohen B, Bernson D, Copeland G, Bailey MA, Jamieson DJ, Kissin DM.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Apr 4:e154934.
         
     75. Antenatal hospitalizations among pregnancies conceived with and without assisted reproductive technology
         Martin AS, Zhang Y, Crawford S, Boulet SL, McKane P, Kissin DM, Jamieson DJ.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr 4.
         
   
   

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