Issue 30, August 1, 2017
CDC Science Clips: Volume 9, Issue 30, August 1, 2016
Science Clips is produced weekly to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge for the public health community. Each article features an Altmetric Attention score to track social and mainstream media mentions!
The report consists of these components:
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Top Articles of the Week
Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.-
Communicable Diseases
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Prevalence of enteric infections among hospitalized patients in two referral hospitals in Ghana
Akuffo R, Armah G, Clemens M, Kronmann KC, Jones AH, Agbenohevi P, Sagoe K, Puplampu N, Talla Nzussouo N, Ampofo W, Koram K, Duplessis C, Dueger E.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Jul 17;10(1):292. -
Harshbarger C, Taylor O, Uhrig JD, Lewis MA.
J Commun Healthc. 2017 :1-8. -
Demographic and ecological risk factors for human influenza A virus infections in rural Indonesia
Root ED, Agustian D, Kartasasmita C, Uyeki TM, Simoes EA.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2017 Jul 17.
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Explaining variation in adult Anopheles indoor resting abundance: the relative effects of larval habitat proximity and insecticide-treated bed net use
McCann RS, Messina JP, MacFarlane DW, Bayoh MN, Gimnig JE, Giorgi E, Walker ED.
Malar J. 2017 Jul 17;16(1):288.
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Drug Safety
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Safer and more appropriate opioid prescribing: a large healthcare system’s comprehensive approach
Losby JL, Hyatt JD, Kanter MH, Baldwin G, Matsuoka D.
J Eval Clin Pract. 2017 Jul 14.
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Health Economics
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Economic burden of chronic conditions among survivors of cancer in the United States
Guy GP, Yabroff KR, Ekwueme DU, Rim SH, Li R, Richardson LC.
J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jun 20;35(18):2053-2061.
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Laboratory Sciences
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Evaluation of the field performance of ImmunoCard STAT!(R) rapid diagnostic test for rotavirus in Dadaab Refugee Camp and at the Kenya-Somalia border
Ope M, Nyoka R, Unshur A, Oyier FO, Mowlid SA, Owino B, Ochieng SB, Okello CI, Montgomery JM, Wagacha B, Galev A, Abdow A, Esona MD, Tate J, Fitter D, Cookson ST, Arunmozhi B, Marano N.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun;96(6):1302-1306.
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Occupational Safety and Health – Mining
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Haas EJ, Cecala AB.
Min Eng. 2017 ;69(7):105-109.
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Parasitic Diseases
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Recurrence of Guinea worm disease in Chad after a 10-year absence: Risk factors for human cases identified in 2010-2011
Sreenivasan N, Weiss A, Djiatsa JP, Toe F, Djimadoumaji N, Ayers T, Eberhard M, Ruiz-Tiben E, Roy S.Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 12.
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Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Ecology of filoviruses
Amman BR, Swanepoel R, Nichol ST, Towner JS.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2017 Jul 15. -
Evaluation of a spotted fever group Rickettsia public health surveillance system in Tennessee
Fill MA, Moncayo AC, Bloch KC, Dunn JR, Schaffner W, Jones TF.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul 03.
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Communicable Diseases
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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
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Ascertainment of Alaska native stroke incidence, 2005-2009: Lessons for assessing the global burden of stroke
Boden-Albala B, Allen J, Roberts ET, Bulkow L, Trimble B.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Jul 14. -
An American Thoracic Society/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report: Addressing respiratory health equality in the United States
Celedon JC, Burchard EG, Schraufnagel D, Castillo-Salgado C, Schenker M, Balmes J, Neptune E, Cummings KJ, Holguin F, Riekert KA, Wisnivesky JP, Garcia JG, Roman J, Kittles R, Ortega VE, Redline S, Mathias R, Thomas A, Samet J, Ford JG.
Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 May;14(5):814-826. -
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Early-life farm exposures and adult asthma and atopy in the Agricultural Lung Health Study
House JS, Wyss AB, Hoppin JA, Richards M, Long S, Umbach DM, Henneberger PK, Beane Freeman LE, Sandler DP, Long O’Connell E, Barker-Cummings C, London SJ.
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Jul;140(1):249-256.e14.
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Communicable Diseases
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Examination of HIV infection through heterosexual contact with partners who are known to be HIV infected in the United States
Crepaz N, Dong X, Chen M, Hall HI.
Aids. 2017 Jul 17;31(11):1641-1644. -
Notes from the field: Cluster of acute flaccid myelitis in five pediatric patients – Maricopa County, Arizona, 2016
Iverson SA, Ostdiek S, Prasai S, Engelthaler DM, Kretschmer M, Fowle N, Tokhie HK, Routh J, Sejvar J, Ayers T, Bowers J, Brady S, Rogers S, Nix WA, Komatsu K, Sunenshine R.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jul 21;66(28):758-760.[No abstract]
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McCollum ED, Park DE, Watson NL, Buck WC, Bunthi C, Devendra A, Ebruke BE, Elhilali M, Emmanouilidou D, Garcia-Prats AJ, Githinji L, Hossain L, Madhi SA, Moore DP, Mulindwa J, Olson D, Awori JO, Vandepitte WP, Verwey C, West JE, Knoll MD, O’Brien KL, Feikin DR, Hammit LL.
BMJ Open Respir Res. 2017 ;4(1). -
Exploring factors associated with declining HIV diagnoses among African American females
McCree DH, Jeffries 4th W, Beer L, Gant Z, Elmore K, Sutton M.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Jul 19. -
From one to the other: responding to Ebola cases on either side of the line
Merrill RD, Ward SE, Oppert MC, Schneider DA.
Pan Afr Med J. 2017 ;27(Suppl 1):12. -
Incidence of active tuberculosis and cohort retention among adolescents in western Kenya
Nduba V, Van’t Hoog AH, Mitchell EM, Borgdorff M, Laserson KF.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Jul 14. -
High mortality and coinfection in a prospective cohort of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients with histoplasmosis in Guatemala
Samayoa B, Roy M, Cleveland AA, Medina N, Lau-Bonilla D, Scheel CM, Gomez BL, Chiller T, Arathoon E.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul;97(1):42-48. -
Factors associated with the duration of moderate-to-severe diarrhea among children in rural western Kenya enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2008-2012
Schilling KA, Omore R, Derado G, Ayers T, Ochieng JB, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Panchalingam S, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Oundo J, Parsons MB, Bopp C, Laserson K, Stauber CE, Rothenberg R, Breiman RF, O’Reilly CE, Mintz ED.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul;97(1):248-258.
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Drug Safety
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[No abstract]
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Using prescription monitoring program data to characterize out-of-pocket payments for opioid prescriptions in a state Medicaid program
Hartung DM, Ahmed SM, Middleton L, Van Otterloo J, Zhang K, Keast S, Kim H, Johnston K, Deyo RA.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2017 Jul 19.
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Environmental Health
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The use of gamma-survey measurements to better understand radon potential in urban areas
Berens AS, Diem J, Stauber C, Dai D, Foster S, Rothenberg R.
Sci Total Environ. 2017 Jul 13;607-608:888-899. -
Pilot intervention study of household ventilation and fine particulate matter concentrations in a low-income urban area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Weaver AM, Parveen S, Goswami D, Crabtree-Ide C, Rudra C, Yu J, Mu L, Fry AM, Sharmin I, Luby SP, Ram PK.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 May 30.
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
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[No abstract]
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Sociodemographic characteristics and health outcomes among lesbian, gay, and bisexual U.S. adults using Healthy People 2020 leading health indicators
Lunn MR, Cui W, Zack MM, Thompson WW, Blank MB, Yehia BR.
LGBT Health. 2017 Jul 20.
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Food Safety
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Notes from the Field: Cronobacter sakazakii infection associated with feeding extrinsically contaminated expressed human milk to a premature infant – Pennsylvania, 2016
Bowen A, Wiesenfeld HC, Kloesz JL, Pasculle AW, Nowalk AJ, Brink L, Elliot E, Martin H, Tarr CL.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jul 21;66(28):761-762.[No abstract]
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Evaluation of the use of zero-augmented regression techniques to model incidence of Campylobacter infections in FoodNet
Tremblay M, Crim SM, Cole DJ, Hoekstra RM, Henao OL, Dopfer D.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2017 Jul 18.
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Genetics and Genomics
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Comparative analysis of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase CTX-M-65-producing Salmonella enterica serovar infantis isolates from humans, food animals, and retail chickens in the United States
Tate H, Folster JP, Hsu CH, Chen J, Hoffmann M, Li C, Morales C, Tyson GH, Mukherjee S, Brown AC, Green A, Wilson W, Dessai U, Abbott J, Joseph L, Haro J, Ayers S, McDermott PF, Zhao S.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Jul;61(7).
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Health Disparities
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Ventanillas de Salud: A collaborative and binational health access and preventive care program
Rangel Gomez MG, Tonda J, Zapata GR, Flynn M, Gany F, Lara J, Shapiro I, Rosales CB.
Front Public Health. 2017 ;5:151.
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Health Economics
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Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados
Alvarado M, Kostova D, Suhrcke M, Hambleton I, Hassell T, Alafia Samuels T, Adams J, Unwin N.
Prev Med. 2017 Jul 14.
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Immunity and Immunization
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Population genetic structure, antibiotic resistance, capsule switching and evolution of invasive pneumococci before conjugate vaccination in Malawi
Chaguza C, Cornick JE, Andam CP, Gladstone RA, Alaerts M, Musicha P, Peno C, Bar-Zeev N, Kamng’ona AW, Kiran AM, Msefula CL, McGee L, Breiman RF, Kadioglu A, French N, Heyderman RS, Hanage WP, Bentley SD, Everett DB.
Vaccine. 2017 Jul 12. -
Attitudes about vaccines to prevent Ebola virus disease in Guinea at the end of a large Ebola epidemic: Results of a national household survey
Irwin KL, Jalloh MF, Corker J, Alpha Mahmoud B, Robinson SJ, Li W, James NE, Sellu M, Jalloh MB, Diallo AA, Tracy L, Hajjeh R, VanSteelandt A, Bunnell R, Martel L, Raghunathan PL, Marston B.
Vaccine. 2017 Jul 14. -
Progress toward measles elimination – Bangladesh, 2000-2016
Khanal S, Bohara R, Chacko S, Sharifuzzaman M, Shamsuzzaman M, Goodson JL, Dabbagh A, Kretsinger K, Dhongde D, Liyanage J, Bahl S, Thapa A.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jul 21;66(28):753-757. -
Intussusception among children less than 2 years of age: Findings from pre-vaccine introduction surveillance in Pakistan
Yousafzai MT, Thobani R, Qazi SH, Saddal N, Yen C, Aliabadi N, Ali SA.
Vaccine. 2017 Jul 11.
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Injury and Violence
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Racial and ethnic differences in homicides of adult women and the role of intimate partner violence – United States, 2003-2014
Petrosky E, Blair JM, Betz CJ, Fowler KA, Jack SP, Lyons BH.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jul 21;66(28):741-746. -
Trends in teen driver licensure, driving patterns and crash involvement in the United States
Shults RA, Williams AF.
J Safety Res. 2017 ;62:181-184.
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Laboratory Sciences
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Characterizing reactivity to Onchocerca volvulus antigens in multiplex bead assays
Feeser KR, Cama V, Priest JW, Thiele EA, Wiegand RE, Lakwo T, Feleke SM, Cantey PT.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul 03. -
Enterococcus crotali sp. nov., isolated from faecal material of a timber rattlesnake
McLaughlin RW, Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Lauer AC, Loparev VN, Gulvik CA, Cochran PA, Dowd SE.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017 Jun;67(6):1984-1989. -
Viral pathogen detection by metagenomics and pan-viral group polymerase chain reaction in children with pneumonia lacking identifiable etiology
Schlaberg R, Queen K, Simmon K, Tardif K, Stockmann C, Flygare S, Kennedy B, Voelkerding K, Bramley A, Zhang J, Eilbeck K, Yandell M, Jain S, Pavia AT, Tong S, Ampofo K.
J Infect Dis. 2017 May 01;215(9):1407-1415. -
Quantitation of fentanyl analogs in dried blood spots by flow-through desorption coupled to online solid phase extraction tandem mass spectrometry
Shaner RL, Schulze ND, Seymour C, Hamelin EI, Thomas JD, Johnson RC.
Analytical Methods. 2017 ;9(25):3876-3883.
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Maternal and Child Health
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Maternal stressors and social support and risks of delivering babies with gastroschisis or hypospadias
Carmichael SL, Ma C, Tinker S, Shaw GM.
Am J Epidemiol. 2017 May 13:1-7. -
A national profile of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis and treatment among US children aged 2 to 5 years
Danielson ML, Visser SN, Gleason MM, Peacock G, Claussen AH, Blumberg SJ.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2017 Jul 14. -
The effects of an integrated community case management strategy on the appropriate treatment of children and child mortality in Kono District, Sierra Leone: A program evaluation
Ratnayake R, Ratto J, Hardy C, Blanton C, Miller L, Choi M, Kpaleyea J, Momoh P, Barbera Y.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 12. -
Variations in cause-of-death determination for sudden unexpected infant deaths
Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Parks SE, Brustrom J, Andrew T, Camperlengo L, Fudenberg J, Payn B, Rhoda D.
Pediatrics. 2017 ;140(1). -
Effects of the EQUIP quasi-experimental study testing a collaborative quality improvement approach for maternal and newborn health care in Tanzania and Uganda
Waiswa P, Manzi F, Mbaruku G, Rowe AK, Marx M, Tomson G, Marchant T, Willey BA, Schellenberg J, Peterson S, Hanson C.
Implement Sci. 2017 Jul 18;12(1):89.
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Nutritional Sciences
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A daily dose of 5 mg folic acid for 90 days is associated with increased serum unmetabolized folic acid and reduced natural killer cell cytotoxicity in healthy Brazilian adults
Paniz C, Bertinato JF, Lucena MR, De Carli E, Amorim P, Gomes GW, Palchetti CZ, Figueiredo MS, Pfeiffer CM, Fazili Z, Green R, Guerra-Shinohara EM.
J Nutr. 2017 Jul 19.
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Occupational Safety and Health
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Health consequences of electric lighting practices in the modern world: A report on the National Toxicology Program’s workshop on shift work at night, artificial light at night, and circadian disruption
Lunn RM, Blask DE, Coogan AN, Figueiro MG, Gorman MR, Hall JE, Hansen J, Nelson RJ, Panda S, Smolensky MH, Stevens RG, Turek FW, Vermeulen R, Carreon T, Caruso CC, Lawson CC, Thayer KA, Twery MJ, Ewens AD, Garner SC, Schwingl PJ, Boyd WA.
Sci Total Environ. 2017 Jul 15;607-608:1073-1084. -
Surveillance for silicosis deaths among persons aged 15-44 years – United States, 1999-2015
Mazurek JM, Wood JM, Schleiff PL, Weissman DN.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jul 21;66(28):747-752. -
Occupational health contributions to the development and promise of occupational health psychology
Sauter SL, Hurrell JJ.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2017 July;22(3):251-258. -
Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss
Tikka C, Verbeek JH, Kateman E, Morata TC, Dreschler WA, Ferrite S.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jul 07;7:Cd006396. -
Evaluating the stability of a freestanding Mast Climbing Work Platform
Wimer B, Pan C, Lutz T, Hause M, Warren C, Dong R, Xu S.
J Safety Res. 2017 ;62:163-172.
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Parasitic Diseases
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Malaria-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2014
Khuu D, Eberhard ML, Bristow BN, Javanbakht M, Ash LR, Shafir SC, Sorvillo FJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul;97(1):213-221. -
A comparison of Kenyan Biomphalaria pfeifferi and B. sudanica as vectors for Schistosoma mansoni, including a discussion of the need to better understand the effects of snail breeding systems on transmission
Mutuku M, Lu L, Otiato F, Mwangi IN, Kinuthia JM, Maina GM, Laidemitt MR, Lelo EA, Ochanda H, Loker ES, Mkoji GM.
J Parasitol. 2017 Jul 14. -
Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities
Ndam NT, Mbuba E, Gonzalez R, Cistero P, Kariuki S, Sevene E, Ruperez M, Fonseca AM, Vala A, Maculuve S, Jimenez A, Quinto L, Ouma P, Ramharter M, Aponte JJ, Nhacolo A, Massougbodji A, Briand V, Kremsner PG, Mombo-Ngoma G, Desai M, Macete E, Cot M, Menendez C, Mayor A.
BMC Med. 2017 Jul 17;15(1):130. -
Evaluation of onchocerciasis transmission in Tanzania: Preliminary rapid field results in the Tukuyu Focus, 2015
Paulin HN, Nshala A, Kalinga A, Mwingira U, Wiegand R, Cama V, Cantey PT.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 12. -
Estimating the added utility of highly sensitive histidine-rich protein 2 detection in outpatient clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Plucinski MM, Rogier E, Dimbu PR, Fortes F, Halsey ES, Aidoo M.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 12. -
Serologic monitoring of public health interventions against Strongyloides stercoralis
Vargas P, Krolewiecki AJ, Echazu A, Juarez M, Cajal P, Gil JF, Caro N, Nasser J, Lammie P, Cimino RO.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul;97(1):166-172.
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Public Health Leadership and Management
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State health agency and local health department workforce: Identifying top development needs
Beck AJ, Leider JP, Coronado F, Harper E.
Am J Public Health. 2017 Jul 20:e1-e7.
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Reproductive Health
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Health-related quality of life for women ever experiencing infertility or difficulty staying pregnant
Boulet SL, Smith RA, Crawford S, Kissin DM, Warner L.
Matern Child Health J. 2017 Jul 18. -
Population-attributable fraction of tubal factor infertility associated with chlamydia
Gorwitz RJ, Wiesenfeld HC, Chen PL, Hammond KR, Sereday KA, Haggerty CL, Johnson RE, Papp JR, Kissin DM, Henning TC, Hook EW, Steinkampf MP, Markowitz LE, Geisler WM.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 May 19. -
Prostate specific antigen concentration in vaginal fluid after exposure to semen
Kulczycki A, Brill I, Snead MC, Macaluso M.
Contraception. 2017 Jul 12. -
Health and economic burden of preeclampsia: no time for complacency
Li R, Tsigas EZ, Callaghan WM.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Jul 11.[No abstract]
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Statistics as Topic
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Analysis of dependently truncated data in Cox framework
Liu Y, Li J, Zhang X.
Commun Stat Simul Comput. 2017 ;2017:1-19.
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Substance Use and Abuse
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The relationship between acculturation, ecodevelopment, and substance use among Hispanic adolescents
Martinez MJ, Huang S, Estrada Y, Sutton MY, Prado G.
J Early Adolesc. 2017 ;37(7):948-974. -
Nondaily smokers’ characteristics and likelihood of prenatal cessation and postpartum relapse
Rockhill KM, Tong VT, England LJ, D’Angelo DV.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Jul 01;19(7):810-816.
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Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever and pregnancy: Four cases from Sonora, Mexico
Licona-Enriquez JD, Delgado-de la Mora J, Paddock CD, Ramirez-Rodriguez CA, Candia-Plata MD, Hernandez GA.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 12. -
Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among Bartonella strains from Thai bats
McKee CD, Kosoy MY, Bai Y, Osikowicz LM, Franka R, Gilbert AT, Boonmar S, Rupprecht CE, Peruski LF.
PLoS One. 2017 ;12(7):e0181696. -
Human cases of tularemia in Armenia, 1996-2012
Melikjanyan S, Palayan K, Vanyan A, Avetisyan L, Bakunts N, Kotanyan M, Guerra M.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 19. -
Fatal Leptospira spp./Zika virus coinfection – Puerto Rico, 2016
Neaterour P, Rivera A, Galloway RL, Negron MG, Rivera-Garcia B, Sharp TM.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 26. -
Cat scratch disease: U.S. clinicians’ experience and knowledge
Nelson CA, Moore AR, Perea AE, Mead PS.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2017 Jul 14. -
The eyes as a window to improved understanding of the prenatal effects of Zika virus infection
Prakalapakorn SG, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA.
J aapos. 2017 Jul 11.[No abstract]
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Temperature modulates dengue virus epidemic growth rates through its effects on reproduction numbers and generation intervals
Siraj AS, Oidtman RJ, Huber JH, Kraemer MU, Brady OJ, Johansson MA, Perkins TA.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jul 19;11(7):e0005797.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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