CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 23, June 7, 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.

This week, Science Clips is pleased to collaborate with CDC Vital Signs by featuring scientific articles from the June Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). The articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information in this area.

1. CDC Vital Signs

   • Communicable Diseases - Legionnaires’ Disease

     1. *Legionellosis on the rise: A review of guidelines for prevention in the United States
        Parr A, Whitney EA, Berkelman RL.
        J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Sep-Oct;21(5):E17-26.
        
     2. *Epidemiology and clinical management of Legionnaires' disease
        Phin N, Parry-Ford F, Harrison T, Stagg HR, Zhang N, Kumar K, Lortholary O, Zumla A, Abubakar I.
        Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):1011-21.
        
     3. Summary of notifiable infectious diseases and conditions - United States, 2013
        Adams D, Fullerton K, Jajosky R, Sharp P, Onweh D, Schley A, Anderson W, Faulkner A, Kugeler K.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Oct 23;62(53):1-122.
        
     4. Legionellosis: Risk management for building water systems
        ANSI/ASHRAE .
        Atlanta, GA: ASHRAE. 2015 .
        
     5. Minimizing the risk of legionellosis associated with building water systems
        ASHRAE .
        Atlanta, GA: ASHRAE. 2000 .
        
     6. Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water - United States, 2011-2012
        Beer KD, Gargano JW, Roberts VA, Hill VR, Garrison LE, Kutty PK, Hilborn ED, Wade TJ, Fullerton KE, Yoder JS.
        MMWR. 2015 Aug 14;64(31):842-8.
        
     7. Legionellosis - United States, 2000-2009
        CDC .
        MMWR. 2011 Aug 19;60(32):1083-6.
        
     8. Active bacterial core surveillance for legionellosis - United States, 2011-2013
        Dooling KL, Toews KA, Hicks LA, Garrison LE, Bachaus B, Zansky S, Carpenter LR, et al .
        MMWR. 2015 Oct 30;64(42):1190-3.
        
     9. Legionella and Legionnaires' disease: 25 years of investigation
        Fields BS, Benson RF, Besser RE.
        Clin Microbiol Rev. 2002 Jul;15(3):506-26.
        
     10. Current and emerging Legionella diagnostics for laboratory and outbreak investigations
         Mercante JW, Winchell JM.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2015 Jan;28(1):95-133.
         
   
   

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. Quality of patient-provider communication among cancer survivors: findings from a nationally representative sample
         Chawla N, Blanch-Hartigan D, Virgo KS, Ekwueme DU, Han X, Forsythe L, Rodriguez J, McNeel TS, Yabroff KR.
         J Oncol Pract. 2016 May 24.
         
     12. The changing epidemiology and etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma from 1969 through 2013 in Alaska Native peoples
         Connelly M, Bruce MG, Bulkow L, Snowball M, McMahon BJ.
         Liver Int. 2016 May 25.
         
     13. Geographic accessibility of pulmonologists for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: United States, 2013
         Croft JB, Lu H, Zhang X, Holt JB.
         Chest. 2016 May 21.
         
     14. Developing the evidence base to inform best practice: a scoping study of breast and cervical cancer reviews in low- and middle-income countries
         Demment MM, Peters K, Dykens JA, Dozier A, Nawaz H, McIntosh S, Smith JS, Sy A, Irwin T, Fogg TT, Khaliq M, Blumenfeld R, Massoudi M, De Ver Dye T.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(9):e0134618.
         
     15. Cost-effectiveness analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma screening by combinations of ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein among Alaska Native people, 1983-2012
         Gounder PP, Bulkow LR, Meltzer MI, Bruce MG, Hennessy TW, Snowball M, Spradling PR, Adhikari BB, McMahon BJ.
         Int J Circumpolar Health. 2016 ;75:31115.
         
     16. Colorectal cancer screening: Estimated future colonoscopy need and current volume and capacity
         Joseph DA, Meester RG, Zauber AG, Manninen DL, Winges L, Dong FB, Peaker B, van Ballegooijen M.
         Cancer. 2016 May 20.
         
     17. Safe, affordable,convenient: Environmental features of malls and other public spaces used by older adults for walking
         King DK, Allen P, Jones DL, Marquez DX, Brown DR, Rosenberg D, Janicek S, Allen L, Belza B.
         J Phys Act Health. 2016 Mar;13(3):289-95.
         
     18. Comorbidities of asthma in U.S. children
         Mirabelli MC, Hsu J, Gower WA.
         Respiratory Medicine. 2016 ;116:34-40.
         
     19. Defining arthritis for public health surveillance: Methods and estimates in four US population health surveys
         Murphy LB, Cisternas MG, Greenlund KG, Giles W, Hannan C, Helmick CG.
         Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 May 23.
         
     20. The Philadelphia Glaucoma Detection and Treatment Project: Detection rates and initial management
         Waisbourd M, Pruzan NL, Johnson D, Ugorets A, Crews JE, Saaddine JB, Henderer JD, Hark LA, Katz LJ.
         Ophthalmology. 2016 May 22.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     21. Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016
         Afonso CL, Amarasinghe GK, Banyai K, Bao Y, Basler CF, Bavari S, Bejerman N, Blasdell KR, Briand FX, Briese T, Bukreyev A, Calisher CH, Chandran K, Cheng J, Clawson AN, Collins PL, Dietzgen RG, Dolnik O, Domier LL, Durrwald R, Dye JM, Easton AJ, Ebihara H, Farkas SL, Freitas-Astua J, Formenty P, Fouchier RA, Fu Y, Ghedin E, Goodin MM, Hewson R, Horie M, Hyndman TH, Jiang D, Kitajima EW, Kobinger GP, Kondo H, Kurath G, Lamb RA, Lenardon S, Leroy EM, Li CX, Lin XD, Liu L, Longdon B, Marton S, Maisner A, Muhlberger E, Netesov SV, Nowotny N, Patterson JL, Payne SL, Paweska JT, Randall RE, Rima BK, Rota P, Rubbenstroth D, Schwemmle M, Shi M, Smither SJ, Stenglein MD, Stone DM, Takada A, Terregino C, Tesh RB, Tian JH, Tomonaga K, Tordo N, Towner JS, Vasilakis N, Verbeek M, Volchkov VE, Wahl-Jensen V, Walsh JA, Walker PJ, Wang D, Wang LF, Wetzel T, Whitfield AE, Xie JT, Yuen KY, Zhang YZ, Kuhn JH.
         Arch Virol. 2016 May 23.
         
     22. Origin and spread of HIV-1 in persons who inject drugs in Bulgaria
         Alexiev I, Shankar A, Dimitrova R, Gancheva A, Kostadinova A, Teoharov P, Golkocheva E, Nikolova M, Muhtarova M, Elenkov I, Stoycheva M, Nikolova D, Varleva T, Switzer WM.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2016 May 21.
         
     23. Elevated pertussis reporting in response to 2011-2012 outbreak, New York City, New York, USA
         Arciuolo RJ, Rosen JB, Zucker JR.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1117-9.
         
     24. Low bone mineral density and risk of incident fracture in HIV-infected adults
         Battalora L, Buchacz K, Armon C, Overton ET, Hammer J, Patel P, Chmiel JS, Wood K, Bush TJ, Spear JR, Brooks JT, Young B.
         Antivir Ther. 2016 ;21(1):45-54.
         
     25. Notes from the field: outbreak of Serogroup B meningococcal disease at a university - California, 2016
         Biswas HH, Han GS, Wendorf K, Winter K, Zipprich J, Perti T, Martinez L, Arellano A, Kyle JL, Zhang P, Harriman K.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(20):520-1.
         
     26. Utility of keywords from chest radiograph reports for pneumonia surveillance among hospitalized patients with influenza: The CDC Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2008-2009
         Bramley AM, Chaves SS, Dawood FS, Doshi S, Reingold A, Miller L, Yousey-Hindes K, Farley MM, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett N, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Finelli L, Jain S.
         Public Health Reports. 2016 May-June;131(3):483-490.
         
     27. Adapting the Get Yourself Tested Campaign to reach black and Latino sexual-minority youth
         Garbers S, Friedman A, Martinez O, Scheinmann R, Bermudez D, Silva M, Silverman J, Chiasson MA.
         Health Promot Pract. 2016 May 24.
         
     28. Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal serotypes before and after mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma
         Keenan JD, Sahlu I, McGee L, Cevallos V, Vidal JE, Chochua S, Hawkins P, Gebre T, Tadesse Z, Emerson PM, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM, Klugman KP.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun;5(2):222-6.
         
     29. Sexually transmitted infections associated with alcohol use and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Kampala, Uganda
         Kim EJ, Hladik W, Barker J, Lubwama G, Sendagala S, Ssenkusu JM, Opio A, Serwadda D.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2016 May;92(3):240-5.
         
     30. Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF versus AFB smear and culture to identify pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with suspected tuberculosis from low and higher prevalence settings
         Luetkemeyer AF, Firnhaber C, Kendall MA, Wu X, Mazurek GH, Benator DA, Arduino R, Fernandez M, Guy E, Johnson P, Metchock B, Sattler F, Telzak E, Wang YF, Weiner M, Swindells S, Sanne IM, Havlir DV, Grinsztejn B, Alland D.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 1;62(9):1081-8.
         
     31. Comparison of severe acute respiratory illness (sari) and clinical pneumonia case definitions for the detection of influenza virus infections among hospitalized patients, western Kenya, 2009-2013
         Makokha C, Mott J, Njuguna HN, Khagayi S, Verani JR, Nyawanda B, Otieno N, Katz MA.
         Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2016 Mar 1.
         
     32. Meta-analysis of the performance of a combined treponemal and non-treponemal rapid diagnostic test for syphilis and yaws
         Marks M, Yin YP, Chen XS, Castro A, Causer L, Guy R, Wangnapi R, Mitja O, Aziz A, Castro R, da Luz Martins Pereira F, Taleo F, Guinard J, Belec L, Tun Y, Bottomley C, Ballard RC, Mabey DC.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 23.
         
     33. Programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: An updated research agenda
         Mitnick CD, Rodriguez CA, Hatton ML, Brigden G, Cobelens F, Grobusch MP, Horsburgh R, Lange C, Lienhardt C, Oren E, Podewils LJ, Seaworth B, van den Hof S, Daley CL, Gebhard AC, Wares F.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(5):e0155968.
         
     34. Prevalence of renal impairment and associated conditions among HCV-infected persons in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS)
         Moorman AC, Tong X, Spradling PR, Rupp LB, Gordon SC, Lu M, Teshale EH, Boscarino JA, Trinacty CM, Schmidt MA, Xu F, Holmberg SD.
         Dig Dis Sci. 2016 May 23.
         
     35. Ebola virus disease in pregnancy: clinical, histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings
         Muehlenbachs A, de la Rosa Vazquez O, Bausch DG, Schafer IJ, Paddock CD, Nyakio JP, Lame P, Bergeron E, McCollum AM, Goldsmith CS, Bollweg BC, Prieto MA, Lushima RS, Ilunga BK, Nichol ST, Shieh WJ, Stroher U, Rollin PE, Zaki SR.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 May 25.
         
     36. Longitudinal detection and persistence of minority drug-resistant populations and their effect on salvage therapy
         Nishizawa M, Matsuda M, Hattori J, Shiino T, Matano T, Heneine W, Johnson JA, Sugiura W.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(9):e0135941.
         
     37. The epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection and care among adult and adolescent females in the United States, 2008-2012
         Nwangwu-Ike N, Hernandez AL, An Q, Huang T, Hall HI.
         Womens Health Issues. 2015 Nov-Dec;25(6):711-9.
         
     38. Evaluation of case definitions to detect respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized children below 5 years in rural Western Kenya, 2009-2013
         Nyawanda BO, Mott JA, Njuguna HN, Mayieka L, Khagayi S, Onkoba R, Makokha C, Otieno NA, Bigogo GM, Katz MA, Feikin DR, Verani JR.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2016 ;16(1):218.
         
     39. Increased gonorrhea screening and case finding after implementation of expanded screening criteria - urban Indian Health Service facility in Phoenix, Arizona, 2011-2013
         Patton ME, Kirkcaldy RD, Chang DC, Markman S, Yellowman M, Petrosky E, Adams L, Robinson C, Gupta A, Taylor MM.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jun;43(6):396-401.
         
     40. Improved global capacity for influenza surveillance
         Polansky LS, Outin-Blenman S, Moen AC.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):993-1001.
         
     41. Healthcare-seeking behaviors for acute respiratory illness in two communities of Java, Indonesia: a cross-sectional survey
         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 Jun;6(2):77-86.
         
     42. Human adenovirus associated with severe respiratory infection, Oregon, USA, 2013-2014
         Scott MK, Chommanard C, Lu X, Appelgate D, Grenz L, Schneider E, Gerber SI, Erdman DD, Thomas A.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1044-51.
         
     43. Disease burden of group B streptococcus among infants in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
         Sinha A, Russell LB, Tomczyk S, Verani JR, Schrag SJ, Berkley JA, Mohammed M, Sigauque B, Kim SY.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May 20.
         
     44. The burden of cryptosporidium diarrheal disease among children < 24 months of age in moderate/high mortality regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, utilizing data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)
         Sow SO, Muhsen K, Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Wu Y, Farag TH, Panchalingam S, Sur D, Zaidi AK, Faruque AS, Saha D, Adegbola R, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Bassat Q, Tamboura B, Sanogo D, Onwuchekwa U, Manna B, Ramamurthy T, Kanungo S, Ahmed S, Qureshi S, Quadri F, Hossain A, Das SK, Antonio M, Hossain MJ, Mandomando I, Nhampossa T, Acacio S, Omore R, Oundo JO, Ochieng JB, Mintz ED, O'Reilly CE, Berkeley LY, Livio S, Tennant SM, Sommerfelt H, Nataro JP, Ziv-Baran T, Robins-Browne RM, Mishcherkin V, Zhang J, Liu J, Houpt ER, Kotloff KL, Levine MM.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 May;10(5):e0004729.
         
     45. The US National Tuberculosis Surveillance System: A descriptive assessment of the completeness and consistency of data reported from 2008 to 2012
         Yelk Woodruff RS, Pratt RH, Armstrong LR.
         JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2015 Jul-Dec;1(2):e15.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     46. Endemic orthopoxvirus circulating in procyonids in Mexico
         Gallardo-Romero NF, Arechiga-Ceballos N, Emerson GL, Martinez-Martinez FO, Doty JB, Nakazawa YJ, Rendon-Franco E, Munoz-Garcia CI, Villanueva-Garcia C, Ramirez-Cid C, Gama-Campillo LM, Gual-Sill F, Aguilar-Setien A, Carroll DS.
         J Wildl Dis. 2016 May 25.
         
     47. Quantifying the epidemiological impact of vector control on dengue
         Reiner RC, Achee N, Barrera R, Burkot TR, Chadee DD, Devine GJ, Endy T, Gubler D, Hombach J, Kleinschmidt I, Lenhart A, Lindsay SW, Longini I, Mondy M, Morrison AC, Perkins TA, Vazquez-Prokopec G, Reiter P, Ritchie SA, Smith DL, Strickman D, Scott TW.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 May;10(5):e0004588.
         

   • Entomology

     48. Determining mosquito distribution from egg data: the role of the citizen scientist
         Cohnstaedt LW, Ladner J, Campbell LR, Busch N, Barrera R.
         Am Biol Teach. 2016 ;78(4):317-322.
         

   • Environmental Health

     49. Immediate closures and violations identified during routine inspections of public aquatic facilities - Network for Aquatic Facility Inspection Surveillance, five states, 2013
         Hlavsa MC, Gerth TR, Collier SA, Dunbar EL, Rao G, Epperson G, Bramlett B, Ludwig DF, Gomez D, Stansbury MM, Miller F, Warren J, Nichol J, Bowman H, Huynh BA, Loewe KM, Vincent B, Tarrier AL, Shay T, Wright R, Brown AC, Kunz JM, Fullerton KE, Cope JR, Beach MJ.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2016 ;65(5):1-26.
         
     50. Thyroid antagonists and thyroid indicators in U.S. pregnant women in the Vanguard Study of the National Children's Study
         Mortensen ME, Birch R, Wong LY, Valentin-Blasini L, Boyle EB, Caldwell KL, Merrill LS, Moye J, Blount BC.
         Environ Res. 2016 May 18;149:179-188.
         
     51. Impact of the 2012 extreme drought conditions on private well owners in the United States, a qualitative analysis
         Murti M, Yard E, Kramer R, Haselow D, Mettler M, McElvany R, Martin C.
         BMC Public Health. 2016 ;16(1):430.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     52. Estimating the population sizes of men who have sex with men in US states and counties using data from the American Community Survey
         Grey JA, Bernstein KT, Sullivan PS, Purcell DW, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Rosenberg ES.
         JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2016 Jan-Jun;2(1):e14.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     53. Genomic and phenotypic analysis reveal the emergence of an atypical Salmonella Senftenberg variant in China
         Abd El Ghany M, Shi X, Li Y, Ansari HR, Hill-Cawthorne GA, Ho YS, Naeem R, Pickard D, Klena JD, Xu X, Pain A, Hu Q.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2016 May 25.
         
     54. Complete sequence of the smallest polyomavirus genome, giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) polyomavirus 1
         Dill JA, Ng TF, Camus AC.
         Genome Announc. 2016 ;4(3).
         
     55. Taxonomer: an interactive metagenomics analysis portal for universal pathogen detection and host mRNA expression profiling
         Flygare S, Simmon K, Miller C, Qiao Y, Kennedy B, Di Sera T, Graf EH, Tardif KD, Kapusta A, Rynearson S, Stockmann C, Queen K, Tong S, Voelkerding KV, Blaschke A, Byington CL, Jain S, Pavia A, Ampofo K, Eilbeck K, Marth G, Yandell M, Schlaberg R.
         Genome Biol. 2016 ;17(1):111.
         
     56. Whole-genome analysis of Cryptococcus gattii, southeastern United States
         Lockhart SR, Roe CC, Engelthaler DM.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1098-101.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     57. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mental health over time among low-income women at increased risk of HIV in the U.S
         Golin CE, Haley DF, Wang J, Hughes JP, Kuo I, Justman J, Adimora AA, Soto-Torres L, O'Leary A, Hodder S.
         J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016 ;27(2):891-910.
         

   • Health Disparities

     58. The impact of racism on the sexual and reproductive health of African American women
         Prather C, Fuller TR, Marshall KJ, Jeffries WL.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 May 26.
         

   • Health Economics

     59. Cost-effectiveness of active-passive prophylaxis and antiviral prophylaxis during pregnancy to prevent perinatal hepatitis B virus infection
         Fan L, Owusu-Edusei K, Schillie SF, Murphy TV.
         Hepatology. 2016 May;63(5):1471-80.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     60. Probable and possible transfusion-transmitted dengue associated with NS1 antigen-negative but RNA confirmed-positive red blood cells
         Matos D, Tomashek KM, Perez-Padilla J, Munoz-Jordan J, Hunsperger E, Horiuchi K, Noyd D, Winton C, Foster G, Lanteri M, Linnen JM, Stramer SL.
         Transfusion. 2016 Jan;56(1):215-22.
         
     61. Antibiotic stewardship programs in U.S. acute care hospitals: findings from the 2014 National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Hospital Survey
         Pollack LA, van Santen KL, Weiner LM, Dudeck MA, Edwards JR, Srinivasan A.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 19.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     62. Humoral and intestinal immunity induced by new schedules of bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and one or two doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Latin American infants: an open-label randomised controlled trial
         Asturias EJ, Bandyopadhyay AS, Self S, Rivera L, Saez-Llorens X, Lopez E, Melgar M, Gaensbauer JT, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Borate BR, Gast C, Clemens R, Orenstein W, G MO, Jimeno J, Clemens SA, Ward J, Ruttimann R.
         Lancet. 2016 May 19.
         
     63. Perfluoroalkyl substance serum concentrations and immune response to FluMist vaccination among healthy adults
         Stein CR, Ge Y, Wolff MS, Ye X, Calafat AM, Kraus T, Moran TM.
         Environ Res. 2016 May 18;149:171-178.
         

   • Informatics

     64. Evaluation of health IT in low-income countries
         Oluoch T, de Keizer NF.
         Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016 ;222:324-35.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     65. Masculine discrepancy stress, emotion-regulation difficulties, and intimate partner violence
         Berke DS, Reidy DE, Gentile B, Zeichner A.
         J Interpers Violence. 2016 May 24.
         
     66. Fatal abusive head trauma among children aged <5 Years - United States, 1999-2014
         Spies EL, Klevens J.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(20):505-9.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     67. Age, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression and function in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
         Coleman LA, Mishina M, Thompson M, Spencer SM, Reber AJ, Davis WG, Cheng PY, Belongia EA, Talbot HK, Sundaram ME, Griffin MR, Shay DK, Sambhara S.
         Oncotarget. 2016 May 17.
         
     68. Development and validation of a high-throughput online solid phase extraction - liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry method for the detection of tetrodotoxin in human urine
         Coleman R, Lemire SW, Bragg W, Garrett A, Ojeda-Torres G, Hamelin E, Johnson RC, Thomas J.
         Toxicon. 2016 May 19;119:64-71.
         
     69. A multiplex PCR/LDR assay for the simultaneous identification of Category A infectious pathogens: agents of viral hemorrhagic fever and variola virus
         Das S, Rundell MS, Mirza AH, Pingle MR, Shigyo K, Garrison AR, Paragas J, Smith SK, Olson VA, Larone DH, Spitzer ED, Barany F, Golightly LM.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(9):e0138484.
         
     70. Effect of multiple alcohol-based hand rub applications on the tensile properties of thirteen brands of medical exam nitrile and latex gloves
         Gao P, Horvatin M, Niezgoda G, Weible R, Shaffer R.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016 May 25:1-35.
         
     71. Interferon-gamma release assays and pediatric public health tuberculosis screening: The San Francisco program experience 2005 to 2008
         Grinsdale JA, Islam S, Tran OC, Ho CS, Kawamura LM, Higashi JM.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun;5(2):122-30.
         
     72. Lateral flow-based antibody testing for Chlamydia trachomatis
         Gwyn S, Mitchell A, Dean D, Mkocha H, Handali S, Martin DL.
         J Immunol Methods. 2016 May 18.
         
     73. Evaluation of urine pneumococcal antigen test performance among adults in Western Kenya
         Hampton LM, Bigogo G, Jagero G, da Gloria Carvalho M, Pimenta F, Junghae M, Breiman RF, Whitney CG, Feikin DR, Conklin LM.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May 6.
         
     74. Isolation and short-term persistence of Ehrlichia ewingii in cell culture
         Killmaster LF, Levin ML.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 May 26.
         
     75. Microbroth dilution susceptibility testing of Candida species
         Kuykendall RJ, Lockhart SR.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2016 ;1356:173-81.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     76. Prevalence of cerebral palsy among 8-year-old children in 2010 and preliminary evidence of trends in its relationship to low birthweight
         Durkin MS, Benedict RE, Christensen D, Dubois LA, Fitzgerald RT, Kirby RS, Maenner MJ, Van Naarden Braun K, Wingate MS, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2016 May 23.
         
     77. Association between maternal multivitamin use and preterm birth in 24 states, pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system, 2009-2010
         Johnston EO, Sharma AJ, Abe K.
         Matern Child Health J. 2016 May 21.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     78. Sodium in store and restaurant food environments - Guam, 2015
         Jackson SL, VanFrank BK, Lundeen E, Uncangco A, Alam L, King SM, Cogswell ME.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(20):510-3.
         
     79. Micronutrient powder use and infant and young child feeding practices in an integrated program
         Mirkovic KR, Perrine CG, Subedi GR, Mebrahtu S, Dahal P, Jefferds ME.
         Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016 ;25(2):350-5.
         
     80. National estimates of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D and metabolite concentrations measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in the US population 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 May;146(5):1051-61.
         
     81. Knowledge of sugar content of sports drinks is not associated with sports drink consumption
         Zytnick D, Park S, Onufrak SJ, Kingsley BS, Sherry B.
         Am J Health Promot. 2015 Nov-Dec;30(2):101-8.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     82. Evaluation of the irritancy and hypersensitivity potential following topical application of didecyldimethylammonium chloride
         Anderson SE, Shane H, Long C, Lukomska E, Meade BJ, Marshall NB.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2016 May 23:1-10.
         
     83. Fatal work-related injuries: southeastern United States, 2008-2011
         Brinker K, Jacobs T, Shire J, Bunn T, Chalmers J, Dang G, Flammia D, Higgins S, Lackovic M, Lavender A, Lewis JS, Li Y, Harduar Morano L, Porter A, Rauscher K, Slavova S, Watkins S, Zhang L, Funk R.
         Workplace Health Saf. 2016 Apr;64(4):135-40.
         
     84. Respirable indium exposures, plasma indium, and respiratory health among indium-tin oxide (ITO) workers
         Cummings KJ, Virji MA, Park JY, Stanton ML, Edwards NT, Trapnell BC, Carey B, Stefaniak AB, Kreiss K.
         Am J Ind Med. 2016 May 24.
         
     85. Measurement tools for integrated worker health protection and promotion: Lessons learned from the SafeWell Project
         Pronk NP, McLellan DL, McGrail MP, Olson SM, McKinney ZJ, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2016 May 18.
         
     86. Birth defects in infants born to employees of a microelectronics and business machine manufacturing facility
         Silver SR, Pinkerton LE, Rocheleau CM, Deddens JA, Michalski AM, Van Zutphen AR.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 May 25.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     87. Human gene expression in uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria
         Colborn JM, Ylostalo JH, Koita OA, Cisse OH, Krogstad DJ.
         J Immunol Res. 2015 ;2015:162639.
         
     88. Molecular investigation into a malaria outbreak in Cusco, Peru: Plasmodium falciparum BV1 lineage is linked to a second outbreak in recent times
         Okoth SA, Chenet SM, Arrospide N, Gutierrez S, Cabezas C, Matta JA, Udhayakumar V.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jan;94(1):128-31.
         

   • Public Health Law

     89. Legal and regulatory framework for health worker retention in Mozambique: Public health law research to strengthen health systems and services
         Verani AR, Cossa D, Malaica AM, Sorneta C, Ramirez L, Boore AL, Mucambe F, Vergara AE.
         J Public Health Policy. 2016 May 26.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     90. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System state-added questions: leveraging an existing surveillance system to improve knowledge of women's reproductive health
         Boulet SL, Warner L, Adamski A, Smith RA, Burley K, Grigorescu V.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 May 26.
         
     91. Family planning knowledge, attitudes and practices among bariatric healthcare providers
         Jatlaoui TC, Cordes S, Goedken P, Jamieson DJ, Cwiak C.
         Contraception. 2016 May;93(5):455-62.
         
     92. The safety of Sino-implant (II) for women with medical conditions or other characteristics: A systematic review
         Phillips SJ, Steyn PS, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2016 May 20.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     93. Reducing binge drinking in adolescents through implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework
         Anderson-Carpenter KD, Watson-Thompson J, Chaney L, Jones M.
         Am J Community Psychol. 2016 Mar;57(1-2):36-46.
         
     94. Modes of ever marijuana use among adult tobacco users and non-tobacco users - Styles 2014
         Singh T, Kennedy SM, Sharapova SS, Schauer GL, Rolle IV.
         J Subst Abus. 2016 :1-5.
         

   • Zoonoses

     95. The use of a dengue rapid diagnostic test during suspected dengue outbreaks in resource limited regions
         Hunsperger EA, Sharp TM, Lalita P, Tikomaidraubuta K, Cardoso YR, Naivalu T, Khan AS, Marfel M, Hancock WT, Tomashek KM, Margolis HS.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2016 May 25.
         
     96. Zika and the risk of microcephaly
         Johansson MA, Mier YT, Reefhuis J, Gilboa SM, Hills SL.
         N Engl J Med. 2016 May 25.
         
     97. Extended human-to-human transmission during a monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
         Nolen LD, Osadebe L, Katomba J, Likofata J, Mukadi D, Monroe B, Doty J, Hughes CM, Kabamba J, Malekani J, Bomponda PL, Lokota JI, Balilo MP, Likafi T, Lushima RS, Ilunga BK, Nkawa F, Pukuta E, Karhemere S, Tamfum JJ, Nguete B, Wemakoy EO, McCollum AM, Reynolds MG.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1014-21.
         
     98. Prospective study of pregnancy and newborn outcomes in mothers with West Nile illness during pregnancy
         Pridjian G, Sirois PA, McRae S, Hinckley AF, Rasmussen SA, Kissinger P, Buekens P, Hayes EB, O'Leary D, Kuhn S, Swan KF, Xiong X, Wesson DM.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 May 25.
         
     99. Reemergence of dengue in southern Texas, 2013
         Thomas DL, Santiago GA, Abeyta R, Hinojosa S, Torres-Velasquez B, Adam JK, Evert N, Caraballo E, Hunsperger E, Munoz-Jordan JL, Smith B, Banicki A, Tomashek KM, Gaul L, Sharp TM.
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