CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 26, June 28, 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

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Reduced prevalence of obesity in 14 disadvantaged Black communities in the United States: a successful 4-year place-based participatory intervention
       Liao Y, Siegel PZ, Garraza LG, Xu Y, Yin S, Scardaville M, Gebreselassie T, Stephens RL.
       Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun 16:e1-e7.
       
     • High school students' self-reported use of school clinics and nurses
       Harper CR, Liddon N, Dunville R, Habel MA.
       J Sch Nurs. 2016 Jun 14.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Epidemiology of a novel recombinant MERS-CoV in humans in Saudi Arabia
       Assiri AM, Midgley CM, Abedi GR, Bin Saeed A, Almasri MM, Lu X, Al-Abdely HM, Abdalla O, Mohammed M, Algarni HS, Alhakeem RF, Sakthivel SK, Nooh R, Alshayab Z, Alessa M, Srinivasamoorthy G, AlQahtani SY, Kheyami A, HajOmar WH, Banaser TM, Esmaeel A, Hall AJ, Curns AT, Tamin A, Alsharef AA, Erdman D, Watson JT, Gerber SI.
       J Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 14.
       

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     • Reported distribution of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus in the United States, 1995-2016 (Diptera: Culicidae)
       Hahn MB, Eisen RJ, Eisen L, Boegler KA, Moore CG, McAllister J, Savage HM, Mutebi JP.
       J Med Entomol. 2016 Jun 9.
       

   • Drug Safety

     • Using the CDC guideline and tools for opioid prescribing in patients with chronic pain
       Dowell D, Haegerich TM.
       Am Fam Physician. 2016 Jun 15;93(12):970-2.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Use of lead-glazed ceramic ware and lead-based folk remedies in a rural community of Baja California, Mexico
       Welton M, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Loza O, Brodine S, Fraga M.
       Glob Health Promot. 2016 Jun 14.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Genome structural diversity among 31 Bordetella pertussis isolates from two recent U.S. whooping cough statewide epidemics
       Bowden KE, Weigand MR, Peng Y, Cassiday PK, Sammons S, Knipe K, Rowe LA, Loparev V, Sheth M, Weening K, Tondella ML, Williams MM.
       mSphere. 2016 May-Jun;1(3).
       
     • SSTAR, a stand-alone easy-to-use antimicrobial resistance gene predictor
       de Man TJ, Limbago BM.
       mSphere. 2016 Jan-Feb;1(1).
       

   • Health Economics

     • Estimating tuberculosis cases and their economic costs averted in the United States over the past two decades
       Castro KG, Marks SM, Chen MP, Hill AN, Becerra JE, Miramontes R, Winston CA, Navin TR, Pratt RH, Young KH, LoBue PA.
       Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jul;20(7):926-33.
       

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     • Transmission of blood-borne pathogens in US dental health care settings: 2016 update
       Cleveland JL, Gray SK, Harte JA, Robison VA, Moorman AC, Gooch BF.
       J Am Dent Assoc. 2016 May 24.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • 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.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • 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.
       
     • Causes of death among children aged 5 to 14 years old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia
       Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, Damena Tesfatsion M, Oljira L, Haile A.
       PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0151929.
       

   • Parasitic Diseases

     • Elimination of Taenia solium transmission in northern Peru
       Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, Tsang VC, O'Neal SE, Llanos-Zavalaga F, Gonzalvez G, Romero J, Rodriguez S, Moyano LM, Ayvar V, Diaz A, Hightower A, Craig PS, Lightowlers MW, Gauci CG, Leontsini E, Gilman RH.
       N Engl J Med. 2016 Jun 16;374(24):2335-44.
       

   • Zoonoses

     • Zika virus disease in Colombia - preliminary report
       Pacheco O, Beltran M, Nelson CA, Valencia D, Tolosa N, Farr SL, Padilla AV, Tong VT, Cuevas EL, Espinosa-Bode A, Pardo L, Rico A, Reefhuis J, Gonzalez M, Mercado M, Chaparro P, Martinez Duran M, Rao CY, Munoz MM, Powers AM, Cuellar C, Helfand R, Huguett C, Jamieson DJ, Honein MA, Ospina Martinez ML.
       N Engl J Med. 2016 Jun 15.
       
   
   

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. What women and their physicians need to know about the UKCTOCS study and ovarian cancer screening
        Balas C, Barley D, Baugh E, Berchuck A, Boyd J, Chiuzan C, DeFeo S, Ebell M, Ellis A, Gavin K, Levin B, Matteson K, Moran A, Narod S, Ramsey C, Seiden M, Stewart SL.
        Am Fam Physician. 2016 ;93(11):903-904.
        
     2. Examining the feasibility, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of repetitive task-specific practice for people with unilateral spatial neglect
        Grattan ES, Lang CE, Birkenmeier R, Holm M, Rubinstein E, Van Swearingen J, Skidmore ER.
        Am J Occup Ther. 2016 Jul-Aug;70(4):7004290020p1-8.
        
     3. Surveillance of a chronic liver disease of unidentified cause in a rural setting of Ethiopia: A case study
        Chiu C, Martin C, Woldemichael D, W. Selasie G, Tareke I, Luce R, G. Libanos G, Hunt D, Bayleyegn T, Addissie A, Buttke D, Bitew A, Vagi S, Murphy M, Seboxa T, Jima D, Debella A.
        Ethiop Med J. 2016 Jan;54(1):27-32.
        
     4. A novel staging system for caries severity in the primary dentition
        Robertson LD, Beltran-Aguilar E, Dasanayake A, Phipps KR, Warren JJ, Hennessy TW.
        J Public Health Dent. 2016 Jun 16.
        
     5. Breast cancer screening among women with medicaid, 2006-2008: a multilevel analysis
        Mobley LR, Subramanian S, Tangka FK, Hoover S, Wang J, Hall IJ, Singh SD.
        J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016 Jun 10.
        
     6. Compression of disability between two birth cohorts of US adults with diabetes, 1992-2012: a prospective longitudinal analysis
        Bardenheier BH, Lin J, Zhuo X, Ali MK, Thompson TJ, Cheng YJ, Gregg EW.
        Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Jun 10.
        
     7. Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome
        Machiela MJ, Zhou W, Karlins E, Sampson JN, Freedman ND, Yang Q, Hicks B, Dagnall C, Hautman C, Jacobs KB, Abnet CC, Aldrich MC, Amos C, Amundadottir LT, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman LE, Berndt SI, Black A, Blot WJ, Bock CH, Bracci PM, Brinton LA, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Burdett L, Buring JE, Butler MA, Canzian F, Carreon T, Chaffee KG, Chang IS, Chatterjee N, Chen C, Chen C, Chen K, Chung CC, Cook LS, Crous Bou M, Cullen M, Davis FG, De Vivo I, Ding T, Doherty J, Duell EJ, Epstein CG, Fan JH, Figueroa JD, Fraumeni JF, Friedenreich CM, Fuchs CS, Gallinger S, Gao YT, Gapstur SM, Garcia-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Gillanders EM, Giovannucci EL, Goldin L, Goldstein AM, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Harris CC, Henriksson R, Holly EA, Hong YC, Hoover RN, Hsiung CA, Hu N, Hu W, Hunter DJ, Hutchinson A, Jenab M, Johansen C, Khaw KT, Kim HN, Kim YH, Kim YT, Klein AP, Klein R, Koh WP, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, Krogh V, Kurtz RC, LaCroix A, Lan Q, Landi MT, Marchand LL, Li D, Liang X, Liao LM, Lin D, Liu J, Lissowska J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, Malats N, Matsuo K, McNeill LH, McWilliams RR, Melin BS, Mirabello L, Moore L, Olson SH, Orlow I, Park JY, Patino-Garcia A, Peplonska B, Peters U, Petersen GM, Pooler L, Prescott J, Prokunina-Olsson L, Purdue MP, Qiao YL, Rajaraman P, Real FX, Riboli E, Risch HA, Rodriguez-Santiago B, Ruder AM, Savage SA, Schumacher F, Schwartz AG, Schwartz KL, Seow A, Wendy Setiawan V, Severi G, Shen H, Sheng X, Shin MH, Shu XO, Silverman DT, Spitz MR, Stevens VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Stram D, Tang ZZ, Taylor PR, Teras LR, Tobias GS, Van Den Berg D, Visvanathan K, Wacholder S, Wang JC, Wang Z, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, White E, Wiencke JK, Wolpin BM, Wong MP, Wu C, Wu T, Wu X, Wu YL, Wunder JS, Xia L, Yang HP, Yang PC, Yu K, Zanetti KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhou B, Ziegler RG, Perez-Jurado LA, Caporaso NE, Rothman N, Tucker M, Dean MC, Yeager M, Chanock SJ.
        Nat Commun. 2016 ;7:11843.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     13. Exchange sex and HIV infection among men who have sex with men: 20 US cities, 2011
         M. Nerlander L, Hess KL, Sionean C, E. Rose C, Thorson A, Broz D, Paz-Bailey G.
         AIDS Behav. 2016 Jun 15.
         
     14. Willingness to use health insurance at a sexually transmitted disease clinic: A survey of patients at 21 US clinics
         Pearson WS, Cramer R, Tao G, Leichliter JS, Gift TL, Hoover KW.
         Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun 16:e1-e3.
         
     15. Sexual relationship power and semen exposure among female patients at a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Kingston, Jamaica
         Gallo MF, Legardy-Williams J, Steiner MJ, Macaluso M, Carter M, Hobbs MM, Hylton-Kong T, Anderson C, Costenbader E, Warner L.
         Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Jun 15.
         
     16. 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.
         
     17. HIV provider and patient perspectives on the development of a health department "Data to Care" program: a qualitative study
         Dombrowski JC, Carey JW, Pitts N, Craw J, Freeman A, Golden MR, Bertolli J.
         BMC Public Health. 2016 ;16(1):491.
         
     18. Pre-treatment drug resistance among patients initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe: 2008-2010
         Mungati M, Mhangara M, Gonese E, Mugurungi O, Dzangare J, Ngwende S, Musasa P, Wellington M, Shambira G, Apollo T, Yang C, DeVos J, Sabatier J, Kilmarx P, Chakanyuka-Musanhu C, Tshimanga M.
         BMC Res Notes. 2016 ;9(1):302.
         
     19. Willingness to take, use of, and indications for pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men - 20 U.S. cities, 2014
         Hoots BE, Finlayson T, Nerlander L, Paz-Bailey G.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 9.
         
     20. The intersection of care seeking and clinical capacity for patients with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in Indonesia: knowledge and treatment practices of the public and physicians
         Kreslake JM, Wahyuningrum Y, Iuliano AD, Storms AD, Lafond KE, Mangiri A, Praptiningsih CY, Safi B, Uyeki TM, Storey JD.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Jun 14:1-10.
         
     21. Faster entry into HIV care among HIV-infected drug users who had been in drug-use treatment programs
         Gardner LI, Marks G, Strathdee SA, Loughlin AM, Del Rio C, Kerndt P, Mahoney P, Pitasi MA, Metsch LR.
         Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 May 27.
         
     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. Evaluation of a TB infection control implementation initiative in out-patient HIV clinics in Zambia and Botswana
         Emerson C, Lipke V, Kapata N, Mwananyambe N, Mwinga A, Garekwe M, Lanje S, Moshe Y, Pals SL, Nakashima AK, Miller B.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jul;20(7):941-7.
         
     24. Norovirus in a United States Virgin Islands resort: outbreak investigation, response, and costs
         Leshem E, Gastanaduy PA, Trivedi T, Laufer Halpin A, Pringle J, Lang F, Gregoricus N, Vinje J, Behravesh CB, Parashar U, Hall AJ.
         J Travel Med. 2016 May;23(5).
         
     25. Penicillin-binding protein transpeptidase signatures for tracking and predicting beta-lactam resistance levels in Streptococcus pneumoniae
         Li Y, Metcalf BJ, Chochua S, Li Z, Gertz RE, Walker H, Hawkins PA, Tran T, Whitney CG, McGee L, Beall BW.
         MBio. 2016 ;7(3).
         
     26. 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.
         
     27. Notes from the field: Typhoid fever outbreak associated with an asymptomatic carrier at a restaurant - Weld County, Colorado, 2015
         Hancock-Allen J, Cronquist AB, Peden J, Adamson D, Corral N, Brown K.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(23):606-607.
         
     28. Universal antiretroviral treatment eligibility for children and adolescents living with HIV: A new era
         Dziuban EJ, Rivadeneira ED.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun 10.
         
     29. Sanitation and hygiene-specific risk factors for moderate-to-severe diarrhea in young children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2007-2011: Case-Control Study
         Baker KK, O'Reilly CE, Levine MM, Kotloff KL, Nataro JP, Ayers TL, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Wu Y, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Omore R, Faruque AS, Das SK, Ahmed S, Saha D, Sow SO, Sur D, Zaidi AK, Quadri F, Mintz ED.
         PLoS Med. 2016 May;13(5):e1002010.
         
     30. Dual simian foamy virus/human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infections in persons from Cote d'Ivoire
         Switzer WM, Tang S, Zheng H, Shankar A, Sprinkle PS, Sullivan V, Granade TC, Heneine W.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(6):e0157709.
         
     31. Perinatal HIV-1 transmission: Fc gamma receptor variability associates with maternal infectiousness and infant susceptibility
         Lassauniere R, Musekiwa A, Gray GE, Kuhn L, Tiemessen CT.
         Retrovirology. 2016 ;13(1):40.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     32. Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network
         Springer YP, Hoekman D, Johnson PT, Duffy PA, Hufft RA, Barnett DT, Allan BF, Amman BR, Barker CM, Barrera R, Beard CB, Beati L, Begon M, Blackmore MS, Bradshaw WE, Brisson D, Calisher CH, Childs JE, Diuk-Wasser MA, Douglass RJ, Eisen RJ, Foley DH, Foley JE, Gaff HD, Gardner SL, Ginsberg HS, Glass GE, Hamer SA, Hayden MH, Hjelle B, Holzapfel CM, Juliano SA, Kramer LD, Kuenzi AJ, LaDeau SL, Livdahl TP, Mills JN, Moore CG, Morand S, Nasci RS, Ogden NH, Ostfeld RS, Parmenter RR, Piesman J, Reisen WK, Savage HM, Sonenshine DE, Swei A, Yabsley MJ.
         Ecosphere. 2016 ;7(5).
         
     33. Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin
         Cogliati M, D'Amicis R, Zani A, Montagna MT, Caggiano G, De Giglio O, Balbino S, De Donno A, Serio F, Susever S, Ergin C, Velegraki A, Ellabib MS, Nardoni S, Macci C, Oliveri S, Trovato L, Dipineto L, Rickerts V, McCormick-Smith I, Akcaglar S, Tore O, Mlinaric-Missoni E, Bertout S, Mallie M, Martins Mda L, Venca AC, Vieira ML, Sampaio AC, Pereira C, Griseo G, Romeo O, Ranque S, Al-Yasiri MH, Kaya M, Cerikcioglu N, Marchese A, Vezzulli L, Ilkit M, Desnos-Ollivier M, Pasquale V, Korem M, Polacheck I, Scopa A, Meyer W, Ferreira-Paim K, Hagen F, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Lockhart SR, Tintelnot K, Tortorano AM, Dromer F, Varma A, Kwon-Chung KJ, Inacio J, Alonso B, Colom MF.
         FEMS Yeast Res. 2016 Jun;16(4).
         
     34. Modeling the geographic distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States
         Hahn MB, Jarnevich CS, Monaghan AJ, Eisen RJ.
         J Med Entomol. 2016 Jun 9.
         

   • Environmental Health

     35. Prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether exposure and body mass index in children up to 8 years of age
         Vuong AM, Braun JM, Sjodin A, Webster GM, Yolton K, Lanphear BP, Chen A.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Jun 10.
         
     36. In utero exposure to organochlorine pesticides and early menarche in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
         Namulanda G, Maisonet M, Taylor E, Flanders WD, Olson D, Sjodin A, Qualters JR, Vena J, Northstone K, Naeher L.
         Environ Int. 2016 Jun 10.
         
     37. 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 Aug;149:179-88.
         
     38. Urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and pregnancy loss among women conceiving with medically assisted reproduction
         Messerlian C, Wylie BJ, Minguez-Alarcon L, Williams PL, Ford JB, Souter IC, Calafat AM, Hauser R.
         Epidemiology. 2016 Jun 11.
         
     39. Medication use associated with exposure to manganese in two Ohio towns
         Bowler RM, Adams SW, Wright CW, Kim Y, Booty A, Colledge M, Gocheva VV, Lobdell DT.
         Int J Environ Health Res. 2016 Jun 13:1-14.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     40. Factors associated with adequate weekly reporting for disease surveillance data among health facilities in Nairobi County, Kenya, 2013
         Mwatondo AJ, Ng'ang'a Z, Maina C, Makayotto L, Mwangi M, Njeru I, Arvelo W.
         Pan Afr Med J. 2016 ;23:165.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     41. Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in the United States, 2006-2013
         Scott C, Cavanaugh JS, Pratt R, Silk BJ, LoBue P, Moonan PK.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 13.
         
     42. 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.
         
     43. Genomic investigation reveals highly conserved, mosaic, recombination events associated with capsular switching among invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W sequence type (ST) - 11 Strains
         Mustapha MM, Marsh JW, Krauland MG, Fernandez JO, de Lemos AP, Dunning Hotopp JC, Wang X, Mayer LW, Lawrence JG, Hiller NL, Harrison LH.
         Genome Biol Evol. 2016 Jun 11.
         
     44. Association of MHC region SNPs with irritant susceptibility in healthcare workers
         Yucesoy B, Talzhanov Y, Michael Barmada M, Johnson VJ, Kashon ML, Baron E, Wilson NW, Frye B, Wang W, Fluharty K, Gharib R, Meade J, Germolec D, Luster MI, Nedorost S.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2016 Jun 3:1-7.
         
     45. Domain I of the 5' non-translated genomic region in coxsackievirus B3 RNA is not required for productive replication
         Jaramillo L, Smithee S, Tracy S, Chapman NM.
         Virology. 2016 Jun 8;496:127-130.
         

   • Health Economics

     46. Associations between vitamin D level and hospitalizations with and without an infection in a national cohort of Medicare beneficiaries
         Kempker JA, Magee MJ, Cegielski JP, Martin GS.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2016 May 15;183(10):920-9.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     47. Outbreak of group A Streptococcus infections in an outpatient wound clinic-Colorado, 2014
         Hancock-Allen JB, Janelle SJ, Lujan K, Bamberg WM.
         Am J Infect Control. 2016 Jun 13.
         
     48. Notes from the field: strongyloidiasis at a long-term-care facility for the developmentally disabled - Arizona, 2015
         Jones JM, Hill C, Briggs G, Gray E, Handali S, McAuliffe I, Montgomery S, Komatsu K, Adams L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(23):608-609.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     49. Rotavirus strain trends during the post-licensure vaccine era: United States, 2008-2013
         Bowen MD, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Esona MD, Teel EN, Gautam R, Sturgeon M, Azimi PH, Baker CJ, Bernstein DI, Boom JA, Chappell J, Donauer S, Edwards KM, Englund JA, Halasa NB, Harrison CJ, Johnston SH, Klein EJ, McNeal MM, Moffatt ME, Rench MA, Sahni LC, Selvarangan R, Staat MA, Szilagyi PG, Weinberg GA, Wikswo ME, Parashar UD, Payne DC.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 14.
         
     50. Monitoring for HPV vaccine impact among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men - United States, 2012-2014
         Meites E, Gorbach PM, Gratzer B, Panicker G, Steinau M, Collins T, Parrish A, Randel C, McGrath M, Carrasco S, Moore J, Zaidi A, Braxton J, Kerndt PR, Unger ER, Crosby RA, Markowitz LE.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 13.
         
     51. Assessing fever frequency after pediatric live attenuated versus inactivated influenza vaccination
         Stockwell MS, Broder KR, Lewis P, Jakob K, Iqbal S, Fernandez N, Sharma D, Barrett A, LaRussa P.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun 14.
         
     52. Effectiveness of the 2013 and 2014 Southern hemisphere influenza vaccines against laboratory-confirmed influenza in young children using a test-negative design, Bangkok, Thailand
         Kittikraisak W, Suntarattiwong P, Ditsungnoen D, Klungthong C, Fernandez S, Yoon IK, Lindblade K, Dawood FS, Olsen SJ, Chotpitayasunondh T.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun 13.
         
     53. Cold chain and virus free chloroplast-made booster vaccine to confer immunity against different polio virus serotypes
         Chan HT, Xiao Y, Weldon WC, Oberste SM, Chumakov K, Daniell H.
         Plant Biotechnol J. 2016 May 7.
         

   • Immunity and Immunzation

     54. Control of HPV-associated cancers with HPV vaccination
         Schiffman M, Saraiya M.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 6.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     55. Seat belt use among adult workers - 21 states, 2013
         Boal WL, Li J, Rodriguez-Acosta RL.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(23):593-597.
         
     56. 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

     57. Genomic resolution of outbreak-associated Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from New York state
         Raphael BH, Baker DJ, Nazarian E, Lapierre P, Bopp D, Kozak-Muiznieks NA, Morrison SS, Lucas CE, Mercante JW, Musser KA, Winchell JM.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 Jun 15;82(12):3582-90.
         
     58. Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on human keratinocytes
         Wright C, Iyer AK, Wang L, Wu N, Yakisich JS, Rojanasakul Y, Azad N.
         Drug Chem Toxicol. 2016 Jun 16:1-11.
         
     59. 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 Aug;149:171-8.
         
     60. 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.
         
     61. Purification and characterization of botulinum neurotoxin FA from a genetically modified Clostridium botulinum strain
         Pellett S, Tepp WH, Bradshaw M, Kalb SR, Dykes JK, Lin G, Nawrocki EM, Pier CL, Barr JR, Maslanka SE, Johnson EA.
         mSphere. 2016 Jan-Feb;1(1).
         
     62. 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.
         
     63. Plasticity of a critical antigenic determinant in the West Nile virus NY99 envelope protein domain III
         Plante JA, Torres M, Huang CY, Beasley DW.
         Virology. 2016 Jun 7;496:97-105.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     64. 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.
         
     65. 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.
         
     66. Influenza-associated outpatient visits among children less than 5 years of age in eastern China, 2011-2014
         Zhang T, Zhang J, Hua J, Wang D, Chen L, Ding Y, Zeng S, Wu J, Jiang Y, Geng Q, Zhou S, Song Y, Iuliano AD, Greene CM, McFarland J, Zhao G.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2016 ;16(1):267.
         
     67. 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.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     68. 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.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     69. Buy quiet initiative in the USA
         Beamer B, McCleery T, Hayden C.
         Acoust Aust. 2016 Apr;44(1):51-54.
         
     70. The efficacy of anti-vibration gloves
         Hewitt S, Dong R, McDowell T, Welcome D.
         Acoustics Australia. 2016 ;44(1):121-127.
         
     71. Uncovering effective strategies for hearing loss prevention
         Morata T, Meinke D.
         Acoustics Australia. 2016 ;44(1):67-75.
         
     72. Secondhand smoke in the operating room? Precautionary practices lacking for surgical smoke
         Steege AL, Boiano JM, Sweeney MH.
         Am J Ind Med. 2016 Jun 10.
         
     73. Investigation of methods for estimating hand bone dimensions Using X-ray hand anthropometric data
         Kong YK, Freivalds A, Kim DM, Chang J.
         Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2016 Jun 16:1-34.
         
     74. Differences in hospital managers', unit managers', and health care workers' perceptions of the safety climate for respiratory protection
         Peterson K, Rogers BM, Brosseau LM, Payne J, Cooney J, Joe L, Novak D.
         Workplace Health Saf. 2016 Apr 7.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health ? Mining

     75. Medium-frequency signal propagation characteristics of a lifeline as a transmission line in underground coal mines
         Li J, Reyes MA, Damiano NW, Whisner BG, Matetic RJ.
         IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 2016 ;52(3):2724-2730.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     76. Follow-up of the 1977 Georgia outbreak of toxoplasmosis
         Jones JL, Akstein RB, Hlavsa MC, Lopez AS, Wilson M, Holland GN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Jun 1;94(6):1299-300.
         
     77. Decline in frequency of the 2La chromosomal inversion in Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) in western Kenya: correlation with increase in ownership of insecticide-treated bed nets
         Matoke-Muhia D, Gimnig JE, Kamau L, Shililu J, Bayoh MN, Walker ED.
         Parasit Vectors. 2016 ;9(1):334.
         

   • Physical Activity

     78. Occupational physical activity and weight-related outcomes in immigrant mothers
         Sliwa SA, Must A, Perea FC, Boulos RJ, Economos CD.
         Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jun 9.
         
     79. Athletic Training and Public Health Summit
         Hoffman M, Bovbjerg V, Hannigan K, Hootman JM, Johnson ST, Kucera KL, Norcross MF.
         J Athl Train. 2016 Jun 13.
         
     80. Disparities in adolescents' residence in neighborhoods supportive of physical activity - United States, 2011-2012
         Watson KB, Harris CD, Carlson SA, Dorn JM, Fulton JE.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(23):598-601.
         

   • Public Health Law

     81. The 2015 legal preparedness roadshow: A summer road trip to teach government personnel the basics of public health emergency law
         Sunshine GJ, Ransom MJ.
         ABA Health eSource. 2016 May;12(9).
         

   • Reproductive Health

     82. Contraceptive safety among women with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review
         Whiteman MK, Oduyebo T, Zapata LB, Walker S, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2016 Jun 7.
         
     83. Chronic diseases and use of contraception among women at risk of unintended pregnancy
         Phillips-Bell GS, Sappenfield W, Robbins CL, Hernandez L.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Jun 13.
         
     84. Male attendance at Title X Family Planning Clinics - United States, 2003-2014
         Besera G, Moskosky S, Pazol K, Fowler C, Warner L, Johnson DM, Barfield WD.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(23):602-605.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     85. Conditions for valid estimation of causal effects on prevalence in cross-sectional and other studies
         Flanders WD, Klein M, Mirabelli MC.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;26(6):389-394 e2.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     86. Stuck in neutral: stalled progress in statewide comprehensive smoke-free laws and cigarette excise taxes, United States, 2000-2014
         Holmes CB, King BA, Babb SD.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E80.
         

   • Zoonoses

     87. Possible zika virus infection among pregnant women - United States and territories, May 2016
         Simeone RM, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Meaney-Delman D, Petersen EE, Galang RR, Oduyebo T, Rivera-Garcia B, Valencia-Prado M, Newsome KB, Perez-Padilla J, Williams TR, Biggerstaff M, Jamieson DJ, Honein MA, Zika Virus Pregnancy Working Group.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(20):514-9.
         
     88. 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.
         
     89. Comparative value of blood and skin samples for diagnosis of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in model animals
         Levin ML, Snellgrove AN, Zemtsova GE.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 May 26.
         
     90. Genotyping and axenic growth of Coxiella burnetii isolates found in the United States environment
         Kersh GJ, Priestley RA, Hornstra HM, Self JS, Fitzpatrick KA, Biggerstaff BJ, Keim P, Pearson T, Massung RF.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Jun 15.
         
   
   

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