CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 25, June 21, 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).

   • Environmental Health

     1. Evaluation of spatial relationships between health and the environment: the rapid inquiry facility
        Beale L, Hodgson S, Abellan JJ, Lefevre S, Jarup L.
        Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep;118(9):1306-12.
        
     2. Using environmental public health tracking to identify community targets for public health actions in childhood lead poisoning in Wisconsin
        Berney D, Camponeschi J, Coons M, Creswell PD, Schirmer J, Walsh R.
        J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S80-4.
        
     3. Surveillance of the short-term impact of fine particle air pollution on cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in New York State
        Haley VB, Talbot TO, Felton HD.
        Environ Health. 2009 ;8:42.
        
     4. Geographic variation in the association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and term low birth weight in the United States
        Hao Y, Strosnider H, Balluz L, Qualters JR.
        Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Feb;124(2):250-5.
        
     5. National environmental public health tracking program: providing data for sound public health decisions
        McGeehin MA.
        J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Nov-Dec;14(6):505-6.
        
     6. Hospital emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning following an October 2006 snowstorm in western New York
        Muscatiello NA, Babcock G, Jones R, Horn E, Hwang SA.
        J Environ Health. 2010 Jan-Feb;72(6):43-8.
        
     7. Data to action: using environmental public health tracking to inform decision making
        Qualters JR, Strosnider HM, Bell R.
        J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S12-22.
        
     8. The association between demolition activity and children's blood lead levels
        Rabito FA, Iqbal S, Shorter CF, Osman P, Philips PE, Langlois E, White LE.
        Environ Res. 2007 Mar;103(3):345-51.
        
     9. Surveillance in environmental public health: issues, systems, and sources
        Thacker SB, Stroup DF, Parrish RG, Anderson HA.
        Am J Public Health. 1996 May;86(5):633-8.
        
     10. Statistical air quality predictions for public health surveillance: evaluation and generation of county level metrics of PM2.5 for the environmental public health tracking network
         Vaidyanathan A, Dimmick WF, Kegler SR, Qualters JR.
         Int J Health Geogr. 2013 ;12:12.
         
   
   

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

     1. Measurement characteristics for two health-related quality of life measures in older adults: The SF-36 and the CDC Healthy Days items
        Barile JP, Horner-Johnson W, Krahn G, Zack M, Miranda D, DeMichele K, Ford D, Thompson WW.
        Disabil Health J. 2016 Apr 30.
        
     2. Age at introduction to solid foods and child obesity at 6 years
        Barrera CM, Perrine CG, Li R, Scanlon KS.
        Child Obes. 2016 Jun;12(3):188-92.
        
     3. Trends in obesity among adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014
        Flegal KM, Kruszon-Moran D, Carroll MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL.
        Jama. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2284-91.
        
     4. Combined hormonal contraceptive use among obese women and risk for cardiovascular events: a systematic review
        Horton LG, Simmons KB, Curtis KM.
        Contraception. 2016 Jun 1.
        
     5. Trends in obesity prevalence among children and adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 through 2013-2014
        Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Lawman HG, Fryar CD, Kruszon-Moran D, Kit BK, Flegal KM.
        Jama. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2292-9.
        
     6. Eye Care Quality and Accessibility Improvement in the Community (EQUALITY): Impact of an eye health education program on patient knowledge about glaucoma and attitudes about eye care
        Rhodes LA, Huisingh CE, McGwin G, Mennemeyer ST, Bregantini M, Patel N, Saaddine J, Crews JE, Girkin CA, Owsley C.
        Patient Relat Outcome Meas. 2016 ;7:37-48.
        
     7. Incidence of crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Rhode Island: Report from the Ocean State Crohn's and Colitis Area Registry
        Shapiro JM, Zoega H, Shah SA, Bright RM, Mallette M, Moniz H, Grabert SA, Bancroft B, Merrick M, Flowers NT, Samad Z, Lidofsky S, LeLeiko NS, Sands BE.
        Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1456-61.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     8. Wide variations in compliance with tuberculosis screening guidelines and tuberculosis incidence between antiretroviral therapy facilities - Cote d'Ivoire
        Auld AF, Blain M, Ekra KA, Kouakou JS, Ettiegne-Traore V, Tuho MZ, Mohamed F, Shiraishi RW, Sabatier J, Essombo J, Adjorlolo-Johnson G, Marlink R, Ellerbrock TV.
        PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0157059.
        
     9. Influenza activity - United States, 2015-16 season and composition of the 2016-17 influenza vaccine
        Davlin SL, Blanton L, Kniss K, Mustaquim D, Smith S, Kramer N, Cohen J, Cummings CN, Garg S, Flannery B, Fry AM, Grohskopf LA, Bresee J, Wallis T, Sessions W, Garten R, Xu X, Elal AI, Gubareva L, Barnes J, Wentworth DE, Burns E, Katz J, Jernigan D, Brammer L.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(22):567-575.
        
     10. Trends in hospitalizations of pregnant HIV-infected women in the USA: 2004-2011
         Ewing AC, Datwani HM, Flowers LM, Ellington SR, Jamieson DJ, Kourtis AP.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jun 2.
         
     11. Vital Signs: Deficiencies in environmental control identified in outbreaks of Legionnaires' Disease - North America, 2000-2014
         Garrison LE, Kunz JM, Cooley LA, Moore MR, Lucas C, Schrag S, Sarisky J, Whitney CG.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(22):576-584.
         
     12. Global update on the susceptibility of human influenza viruses to neuraminidase inhibitors, 2014-2015
         Hurt AC, Besselaar TG, Daniels RS, Ermetal B, Fry A, Gubareva L, Huang W, Lackenby A, Lee RT, Lo J, Maurer-Stroh S, Nguyen HT, Pereyaslov D, Rebelo-de-Andrade H, Siqueira MM, Takashita E, Tashiro M, Tilmanis D, Wang D, Zhang W, Meijer A.
         Antiviral Res. 2016 Jun 2.
         
     13. The prevalence of HCV infection in Egypt 2015: Implications for future policy on prevention and treatment
         Kandeel A, Genedy M, El-Refai S, Funk AL, Fontanet A, Talaat M.
         Liver Int. 2016 Jun 8.
         
     14. Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV - Thailand
         Lolekha R, Boonsuk S, Plipat T, Martin M, Tonputsa C, Punsuwan N, Naiwatanakul T, Chokephaibulkit K, Thaisri H, Phanuphak P, Chaivooth S, Ongwandee S, Baipluthong B, Pengjuntr W, Mekton S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(22):562-566.
         
     15. Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Kenya, 2007
         Ly KN, Kim AA, Umuro M, Drobenuic J, Williamson J, Montgomery JM, Fields BS, Teshale EH.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jun 6.
         
     16. Factors associated with noncompletion of latent tuberculosis infection treatment: Experience from the PREVENT TB Trial in the United States and Canada
         Moro RN, Borisov AS, Saukkonen J, Khan A, Sterling TR, Villarino ME, Scott NA, Shang N, Kerrigan A.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 1;62(11):1390-400.
         
     17. Implementation and operational research: 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 Jun 1;72(2):e37-42.
         
     18. Risk factors for presumed bacterial pneumonia among HIV-uninfected children hospitalized in Soweto, South Africa
         Verani JR, Groome MJ, Zar HJ, Zell ER, Kapongo CN, Nzenze SA, Mulligan C, Moore DP, Whitney CG, Madhi SA.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun 7.
         
     19. Social and psychological correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among Hispanic-American women: Implications for STI/HIV prevention
         Villar-Loubet O, Weiss SM, Marks G, O'Daniels C, Jones D, Metsch LR, McLellan-Lemal E.
         Cult Health Sex. 2016 Jun 7:1-17.
         
     20. PrEP awareness and attitudes in a national survey of primary care clinicians in the United States, 2009-2015
         Smith DK, Mendoza MC, Stryker JE, Rose CE.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0156592.
         
     21. The role of the law in reducing tuberculosis transmission in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia
         Verani AR, Emerson CN, Lederer P, Lipke G, Kapata N, Lanje S, Peters AC, Zulu I, Marston BJ, Miller B.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2016 Jun 1;94(6):415-23.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     22. Diapause in ticks of the medically important Ixodes ricinus species complex
         Gray JS, Kahl O, Lane RS, Levin ML, Tsao JI.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 May 17.
         
     23. Evidence of rickettsia and orientia infections among abattoir workers in Djibouti
         Horton KC, Jiang J, Maina A, Dueger E, Zayed A, Ahmed AA, Pimentel G, Richards AL.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jun 6.
         
     24. Turtles as a possible reservoir of nontyphoidal Salmonella in Shanghai, China
         Zhang J, Kuang D, Wang F, Meng J, Jin H, Yang X, Liao M, Klena JD, Wu S, Zhang Y, Xu X.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2016 Jun 6.
         

   • Drug Safety

     25. Prescription drug monitoring programs are associated with sustained reductions in opioid prescribing by physicians
         Bao Y, Pan Y, Taylor A, Radakrishnan S, Luo F, Pincus HA, Schackman BR.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jun 1;35(6):1045-51.
         
     26. Impact of prescription drug monitoring programs and pill mill laws on high-risk opioid prescribers: A comparative interrupted time series analysis
         Chang HY, Lyapustina T, Rutkow L, Daubresse M, Richey M, Faul M, Stuart EA, Alexander GC.
         Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 May 26.
         

   • Environmental Health

     27. Long-term stability of volatile nitrosamines in human urine
         Hodgson JA, Seyler TH, Wang L.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2016 Jun 5.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     28. Assessing commitment and reporting fidelity to a text message-based participatory surveillance in rural Western Uganda
         Lester J, Paige S, Chapman CA, Gibson M, Holland Jones J, Switzer WM, Ting N, Goldberg TL, Frost SD.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0155971.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     29. Common occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in horses and donkeys
         Jian F, Liu A, Wang R, Zhang S, Qi M, Zhao W, Shi Y, Wang J, Wei J, Zhang L, Xiao L.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Jun 2.
         
     30. Complete and closed genome sequences of 10 Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Anatum isolates from human and bovine sources
         Nguyen SV, Harhay DM, Bono JL, Smith TP, Fields PI, Dinsmore BA, Santovenia M, Kelley CM, Wang R, Bosilevac JM, Harhay GP.
         Genome Announc. 2016 ;4(3).
         
     31. A knowledge base for tracking the impact of genomics on population health
         Yu W, Gwinn M, Dotson WD, Green RF, Clyne M, Wulf A, Bowen S, Kolor K, Khoury MJ.
         Genet Med. 2016 Jun 9.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     32. Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2015
         Kann L, McManus T, Harris WA, Shanklin SL, Flint KH, Hawkins J, Queen B, Lowry R, Olsen EO, Chyen D, Whittle L, Thornton J, Lim C, Yamakawa Y, Brener N, Zaza S.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2016 ;65(6):1-174.
         

   • Health Economics

     33. The use of economic evaluation to inform newborn screening policy decisions: the Washington State experience
         Grosse SD, Thompson JD, Ding Y, Glass M.
         Milbank Q. 2016 Jun;94(2):366-91.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     34. Higher immune responses observed in United States military personnel who received meningococcal conjugate vaccine concomitantly with other vaccines
         Broderick MP, Romero-Steiner S, Rajam G, Johnson SE, Milton A, Kim E, Choi LJ, Radin JM, Schmidt DS, Carlone GM, Messonnier N, Faix DJ.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2016 Jun 8.
         
     35. Febrile seizure risk after vaccination in children 6 to 23 months
         Duffy J, Weintraub E, Hambidge SJ, Jackson LA, Kharbanda EO, Klein NP, Lee GM, Marcy SM, Nakasato CC, Naleway A, Omer SB, Vellozzi C, DeStefano F.
         Pediatrics. 2016 Jun 6.
         
     36. Measles outbreak response vaccination in the Federated States of Micronesia
         Gopalani SV, Helgenberger L, Apaisam C, Donre S, Takiri K, Charley J, Yomai A, Judicpa P, Nakazono N, Johnson E, Setik E, Taulung L, Elias A, Barrow-Kohler L.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Jun 6.
         
     37. Effect of booster doses of poliovirus vaccine in previously vaccinated children, clinical trial results 2013
         Habib MA, Soofi S, Mach O, Samejo T, Alam D, Bhatti Z, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Sutter R, Bhutta ZA.
         Vaccine. 2016 Jun 3.
         

   • Immunity and Immunzation

     38. Maternal immunisation with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine for prevention of influenza in infants in Mali: A prospective, active-controlled, observer-blind, randomised phase 4 trial
         Tapia MD, Sow SO, Tamboura B, Teguete I, Pasetti MF, Kodio M, Onwuchekwa U, Tennant SM, Blackwelder WC, Coulibaly F, Traore A, Keita AM, Haidara FC, Diallo F, Doumbia M, Sanogo D, DeMatt E, Schluterman NH, Buchwald A, Kotloff KL, Chen WH, Orenstein EW, Orenstein LA, Villanueva J, Bresee J, Treanor J, Levine MM.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 May 31.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     39. Notes from the field: Intoxication and deaths associated with ingestion of a racing fuel and carbonated soft drink mixture - Tennessee, January 2016
         Fill MA, Seger DL, Dunn JR, Schaffner W, Jones TF.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(22):585-586.
         
     40. The Violence Prevention Community Meeting: a multi-site study
         Lanza M, Ridenour M, Hendricks S, Rierdan J, Zeiss R, Schmidt S, Lovelace J, Amandus H.
         Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2016 Jun;30(3):382-6.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     41. A simple modification to the mosquito homogenization protocol safely inactivates West Nile virus and allows virus detection by the Rapid Analyte Measurement Platform (RAMP) ASSAY
         Burkhalter KL, Biggerstaff BJ, Horiuchi K, Savage HM.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2016 Jun;32(2):77-82.
         
     42. Human infective potential of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in urban wastewater treatment plant effluents
         Ma J, Feng Y, Hu Y, Villegas EN, Xiao L.
         J Water Health. 2016 Jun;14(3):411-423.
         
     43. Anthrax toxin-expressing Bacillus cereus isolated from an anthrax-like eschar
         Marston CK, Ibrahim H, Lee P, Churchwell G, Gumke M, Stanek D, Gee JE, Boyer AE, Gallegos-Candela M, Barr JR, Li H, Boulay D, Cronin L, Quinn CP, Hoffmaster AR.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0156987.
         
     44. Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
         Shvedova AA, Kisin ER, Yanamala N, Farcas MT, Menas AL, Williams A, Fournier PM, Reynolds JS, Gutkin DW, Star A, Reiner RS, Halappanavar S, Kagan VE.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2016 ;13(1):28.
         
     45. Topical delivery of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine from pod-intravaginal rings protects macaques from multiple SHIV exposures
         Srinivasan P, Moss JA, Gunawardana M, Churchman SA, Yang F, Dinh CT, Mitchell JM, Zhang J, Fanter R, Miller CS, Butkyavichene I, McNicholl JM, Smith TJ, Baum MM, Smith JM.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0157061.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     46. Pregnancy loss history at first parity and selected adverse pregnancy outcomes
         Ahrens KA, Rossen LM, Branum AM.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2016 May 13.
         
     47. A framework for assessing outcomes from newborn screening: on the road to measuring its promise
         Hinton CF, Homer CJ, Thompson AA, Williams A, Hassell KL, Feuchtbaum L, Berry SA, Comeau AM, Therrell BL, Brower A, Harris KB, Brown C, Monaco J, Ostrander RJ, Zuckerman AE, Kaye C, Dougherty D, Greene C, Green NS.
         Mol Genet Metab. 2016 May 31.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     48. Comparison of planned menus and centre characteristics with foods and beverages served in New York City child-care centres
         Breck A, Dixon LB, Kettel Khan L.
         Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jun 10:1-8.
         
     49. Comparison of children's food and beverage intakes with national recommendations in New York City child-care centres
         Dixon LB, Breck A, Kettel Khan L.
         Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jun 10:1-7.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     50. The Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT): A cluster-randomized comparison of respirator and medical mask effectiveness against respiratory infections in healthcare personnel
         Radonovich LJ, Bessesen MT, Cummings DA, Eagan A, Gaydos C, Gibert C, Gorse GJ, Nyquist AC, Reich NG, Rodrigues-Barradas M, Savor-Price C, Shaffer RE, Simberkoff MS, Perl TM.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2016 ;16(1):243.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     51. Scale-up of integrated malaria vector control: lessons from Malawi
         Chanda E, Mzilahowa T, Chipwanya J, Ali D, Troell P, Dodoli W, Mnzava AP, Ameneshewa B, Gimnig J.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2016 Jun 1;94(6):475-80.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     52. Factors associated with pregnancy among incarcerated African American adolescent girls
         Gray SC, Holmes K, Bradford DR.
         J Urban Health. 2016 Jun 7.
         
     53. The safety of intrauterine contraception initiation among women with current asymptomatic cervical infections or at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections
         Jatlaoui TC, Simmons KB, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2016 Jun 1.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     54. Electronic cigarette use among working adults - United States, 2014
         Syamlal G, Jamal A, King BA, Mazurek JM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(22):557-561.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     55. Bartonella melophagi in blood of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern US: cultures, genetic characterization, and ecological connections
         Kosoy M, Bai Y, Enscore R, Rizzo MR, Bender S, Popov V, Albayrak L, Fofanov Y, Chomel B.
         Vet Microbiol. 2016 ;190:43-49.
         

   • Zoonoses

     56. Zika virus and birth defects - reviewing the evidence for causality
         Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ, Honein MA, Petersen LR.
         N Engl J Med. 2016 May 19;374(20):1981-7.
         
   
   

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