CDC Science Clips: Volume 9, Issue 4, January 31, 2017

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 Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below. The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Reproductive factors and the risk of triple-negative breast cancer in white women and African-American women: a pooled analysis
        Ma H, Ursin G, Xu X, Lee E, Togawa K, Duan L, Lu Y, Malone KE, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Simon MS, Folger SG, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press MF, Bernstein L.
        Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Jan 13;19(1):6.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
        Shah NS, Auld SC, Brust JC, Mathema B, Ismail N, Moodley P, Mlisana K, Allana S, Campbell A, Mthiyane T, Morris N, Mpangase P, van der Meulen H, Omar SV, Brown TS, Narechania A, Shaskina E, Kapwata T, Kreiswirth B, Gandhi NR.
        N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 19;376(3):243-253.
        
   • Environmental Health
     3. Association of prenatal and childhood PBDE exposure with timing of puberty in boys and girls
        Harley KG, Rauch SA, Chevrier J, Kogut K, Parra KL, Trujillo C, Lustig RH, Greenspan LC, Sjodin A, Bradman A, Eskenazi B.
        Environ Int. 2017 Jan 12.
        
   • Genetics and Genomics
     4. Novel G9 rotavirus strains co-circulate in children and pigs, Taiwan
        Wu FT, Banyai K, Jiang B, Liu LT, Marton S, Huang YC, Huang LM, Liao MH, Hsiung CA.
        Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 18;7:40731.
        
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     5. Hospital-acquired listeriosis linked to a persistently contaminated milkshake machine
        Mazengia E, Kawakami V, Rietberg K, Kay M, Wyman P, Skilton C, Aberra A, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Limaye AP, Pergam SA, Whimbey E, Olsen-Scribner RJ, Duchin JS.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Jan 09:1-7.
        
   • Immunity and Immunization
     6. Genomic epidemiology of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci with non-vaccine serotypes causing invasive disease in the USA
        Andam CP, Mitchell PK, Callendrello A, Chang Q, Corander J, Chaguza C, McGee L, Beall BW, Hanage WP.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Jan 18.
        
     7. Preexisting immunity not frailty phenotype predicts influenza post vaccination titers among older veterans
        Van Epps P, Tumpey T, Pearce MB, Golding H, Higgins P, Hornick T, Burant C, Wilson BM, Banks R, Gravenstein S, Canaday DH.
        Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2017 Jan 18.
        
   • Maternal and Child Health
     8. Hospital-based surveillance of congenital rubella syndrome in Indonesia
        Herini ES, Gunadi , Triono A, Mulyadi AW, Mardin N, Rusipah , Soenarto Y, Reef SE.
        Eur J Pediatr. 2017 Jan 13.
        
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     9. A safer, healthier U.S.: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009-2016
        Frieden TR.
        Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jan 12.
        
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     10. Electronic cigarette exposure: Calls to Wisconsin Poison Control Centers, 2010-2015
         Weiss D, Tomasallo CD, Meiman JG, Creswell PD, Melstrom PC, Gummin DD, Patel DJ, Michaud NT, Sebero HA, Anderson HA.
         Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2016 ;115(6):306-310.
         
   
   
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. An old problem: aging and skeletal muscle strain injury
        Baker BA.
        J Sport Rehabil. 2017 Jan 17:1-24.
        
     2. Making sound waves: selected papers from the 2016 annual conference of the National Hearing Conservation Association
        Murphy WJ, Le Prell CG.
        Int J Audiol. 2017 Jan 13:S1-s3.
        
     3. Indoor tanning among New Jersey high school students before and after the enactment of youth access restrictions
        Watson M, Guy GP.
        J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Feb;76(2):e67-e68.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Risk factors for Acanthamoeba keratitis-a multistate case-control study, 2008-2011
        Brown AC, Ross J, Jones DB, Collier SA, Ayers TL, Hoekstra RM, Backensen B, Roy SL, Beach MJ, Yoder JS.
        Eye Contact Lens. 2017 Jan 17.
        
     5. Modern healthcare versus non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: who will have the upper hand?
        Crist MB, Perz JF.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 12.
        
     6. Evaluation of the integrated clinic model for HIV/AIDS services in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 2013-2014
        Hung V, Nguyen ST, Tieu VT, Nguyen TT, Duong TH, Lyss S, Oeltmann JE.
        Public Health Action. 2016 21 Dec;6(4):255-260.
        
     7. Defining seropositivity thresholds for use in trachoma elimination studies
        Migchelsen SJ, Martin DL, Southisombath K, Turyaguma P, Heggen A, Rubangakene PP, Joof H, Makalo P, Cooley G, Gwyn S, Solomon AW, Holland MJ, Courtright P, Willis R, Alexander ND, Mabey DC, Roberts CH.
        PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jan;11(1):e0005230.
        
     8. Factors associated with non-completion of follow-up: 33-month latent tuberculous infection treatment trial
        Moro RN, Sterling TR, Saukkonen J, Vernon A, Horsburgh CR, Chaisson RE, Hamilton CD, Villarino ME, Goldberg S.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2017 Jan 13.
        
     9. High HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female sex workers in Rwanda
        Mutagoma M, Samuel MS, Kayitesi C, Gasasira AR, Chitou B, Boer K, Hedt-Gauthier B, Gupta N, Ntaganira J, Nsanzimana S.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Jan 01:956462416688137.
        
     10. Hepatitis E in Singapore: A case-series and viral phylodynamics study
         Teo EC, Tan BH, Purdy MA, Wong PS, Ting PJ, Chang PJ, Oon LL, Sue A, Teo CG, Tan CK.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jan 16.
         
   • Environmental Health
     11. Microbial rRNA sequencing analysis of evaporative cooler indoor environments located in the Great Basin Desert region of the United States
         Lemons AR, Hogan MB, Gault RA, Holland K, Sobek E, Olsen-Wilson KA, Park Y, Park JH, Gu JK, Kashon ML, Green BJ.
         Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2017 Jan 16.
         
     12. Childhood blood lead levels in children aged <5 years - United States, 2009-2014
         Raymond J, Brown MJ.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2017 Jan 20;66(3):1-10.
         
     13. Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health
         Rosenthal J, Balakrishnan K, Bruce N, Chambers D, Graham J, Jack D, Kline L, Masera O, Mehta S, Mercado IR, Neta G, Pattanayak S, Puzzolo E, Petach H, Punturieri A, Rubinstein A, Sage M, Sturke R, Shankar A, Sherr K, Smith K, Yadama G.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2017 Jan 01;125(1):A3-a7.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     14. Evaluating hospital-based surveillance for outbreak detection in Bangladesh: Analysis of healthcare utilization data
         Nikolay B, Salje H, Sturm-Ramirez K, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Homaira N, Ahmed M, Iuliano AD, Paul RC, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Luby SP, Cauchemez S, Gurley ES.
         PLoS Med. 2017 Jan;14(1):e1002218.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     15. Molecular characterization of a novel orthomyxovirus from rainbow and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
         Batts WN, LaPatra SE, Katona R, Leis E, Ng TF, Brieuc MS, Breyta RB, Purcell MK, Conway CM, Waltzek TB, Delwart E, Winton JR.
         Virus Res. 2017 Jan 11.
         
     16. Restoring the duality between principal components of a distance matrix and linear combinations of predictors, with application to studies of the microbiome
         Satten GA, Tyx RE, Rivera AJ, Stanfill S.
         PLoS One. 2017 ;12(1):e0168131.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     17. Notes from the Field: use of social media as a communication tool during a mumps outbreak - New York City, 2015
         Isaac BM, Zucker JR, MacGregor J, Asfaw M, Rakeman JL, Fu J, Deocharan B, Liu D, Rosen JB.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jan 20;66(2):60-61.
         
   • Health Economics
     18. Inpatient hospitalization costs associated with birth defects among persons of all ages - United States, 2013
         Arth AC, Tinker SC, Simeone RM, Ailes EC, Cragan JD, Grosse SD.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jan 20;66(2):41-46.
         
     19. Prevention priorities: Guidance for value-driven health improvement
         Isham G, Sanchez E, Jones WA, Teutsch S, Woolf S, Haddix A.
         Ann Fam Med. 2017 ;15(1):6-8.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     20. Detection of neonatal unit clusters of Candida parapsilosis fungaemia by microsatellite genotyping: Results from laboratory-based sentinel surveillance, South Africa, 2009-2010
         Magobo RE, Naicker SD, Wadula J, Nchabeleng M, Coovadia Y, Hoosen A, Lockhart SR, Govender NP.
         Mycoses. 2017 Jan 19.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     21. Effectiveness and duration of protection of one dose of a meningococcal conjugate vaccine
         Cohn AC, MacNeil JR, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Zell ER, Plikaytis B, Wang X, Messonnier NE.
         Pediatrics. 2017 Jan 18.
         
     22. The global distribution and diversity of protein vaccine candidate antigens in the highly virulent Streptococcus pnuemoniae serotype 1
         Cornick JE, Tastan Bishop O, Yalcin F, Kiran AM, Kumwenda B, Chaguza C, Govindpershad S, Ousmane S, Senghore M, du Plessis M, Pluschke G, Ebruke C, McGee L, Sigauque B, Collard JM, Bentley SD, Kadioglu A, Antonio M, von Gottberg A, French N, Klugman KP, Heyderman RS, Alderson M, Everett DB.
         Vaccine. 2017 Jan 09.
         
     23. Physician knowledge and attitudes about hepatitis A and current practices regarding hepatitis A vaccination delivery
         Nelson NP, Allison M, Lindley MC, Brtnikova M, Crane LA, Beaty BL, Hurley LP, Kempe A.
         Acad Pediatr. 2017 Jan 09.
         
     24. Provider attitudes regarding vaccine tracking systems in pediatric practices
         O'Leary ST, Hurley LP, Kennedy ED, Crane LA, Brtnikova M, Allison MA, Williams W, Beaty BL, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Kempe A.
         Acad Pediatr. 2016 Jan-Feb;16(1):34-41.
         
     25. Persistence of antibody to hepatitis A virus 20 years after receipt of hepatitis A vaccine in Alaska
         Plumb ID, Bulkow LR, Bruce MG, Hennessy TW, Morris J, Rudolph K, Spradling P, Snowball M, McMahon BJ.
         J Viral Hepat. 2017 Jan 16.
         
     26. Do Thai physicians recommend seasonal influenza vaccines to pregnant women? A cross-sectional survey of physicians' perspectives and practices in Thailand
         Praphasiri P, Ditsungneon D, Greenbaum A, Dawood FS, Yoocharoen P, Stone DM, Olsen SJ, Lindblade KA, Muangchana C.
         PLoS One. 2017 ;12(1):e0169221.
         
     27. Evaluation of potencies of immune globulin products against hepatitis A
         Tejada-Strop A, Costafreda MI, Dimitrova Z, Kaplan GG, Teo CG.
         JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Jan 09.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     28. CDC's DELTA FOCUS program: identifying promising primary prevention strategies for intimate partner violence
         Armstead TL, Rambo K, Kearns M, Jones KM, Dills J, Brown P.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 Jan;26(1):9-12.
         
     29. Engaging fathers in effective parenting for preschool children using shared book reading: a randomized controlled trial
         Chacko A, Fabiano GA, Doctoroff GL, Fortson B.
         J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2017 Jan 19:1-14.
         
     30. Relationship contexts as sources of socialization: An exploration of intimate partner violence experiences of economically disadvantaged African American adolescents
         Landor AM, Hurt TR, Futris T, Barton AW, McElroy SE, Sheats K.
         J Child Fam Stud. 2017 :1-11.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     31. Generation and characterization of aerosols released from sanding composite nanomaterials containing carbon nanotubes
         Kang J, Erdely A, Afshari A, Casuccio G, Bunker K, Lersch T, Dahm MM, Farcas D, Cena L.
         NanoImpact. 2017 ;5:41-50.
         
     32. Community laboratory testing for cryptosporidium: Multicenter study retesting public health surveillance stool samples positive for cryptosporidium by rapid cartridge assay with direct fluorescent antibody testing
         Roellig DM, Yoder JS, Madison-Antenucci S, Robinson TJ, Van TT, Collier SA, Boxrud D, Monson T, Bates LA, Blackstock AJ, Shea S, Larson K, Xiao L, Beach M.
         PLoS One. 2017 ;12(1):e0169915.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     33. Critical congenital heart disease newborn screening implementation: Lessons learned
         McClain MR, Hokanson JS, Grazel R, Van Braun KN, Garg LF, Morris MR, Moline K, Urquhart K, Nance A, Randall H, Sontag MK.
         Matern Child Health J. 2017 Jan 16.
         
     34. Age of parental concern, diagnosis, and service initiation among children with autism spectrum disorder
         Zablotsky B, Colpe LJ, Pringle BA, Kogan MD, Rice C, Blumberg SJ.
         Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2017 Jan;122(1):49-61.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     35. Exposure to recycled uranium contaminants in gaseous diffusion plants
         Anderson JL, Apostoaei AI, Yiin JH, Tseng CY.
         Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2017 Jan 16.
         
     36. A national safety stand-down to reduce construction worker falls
         Bunting J, Branche C, Trahan C, Goldenhar L.
         J Safety Res. 2016 .
         
     37. Respirator use among US farm operators with asthma: results from the 2011 Farm and Ranch Safety Survey
         Casey ML, Mazurek JM.
         J Agromedicine. 2017 Jan 17.
         
     38. A post-conference evaluation of the 2015 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium
         Schuler CR, Castillo DN, Menendez CC, Sinelnikov S, Webb S, Chavez E.
         J Safety Res. 2016 .
         
     39. Finite element simulations of the head-brain responses to the top impacts of a construction helmet: Effects of the neck and body mass
         Wu JZ, Pan CS, Wimer BM, Rosen CL.
         Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2017 Jan;231(1):58-68.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     40. Surveillance and response for high-risk populations: what can malaria elimination programmes learn from the experience of HIV?
         Jacobson JO, Cueto C, Smith JL, Hwang J, Gosling R, Bennett A.
         Malar J. 2017 Jan 18;16(1):33.
         
   • Physical Activity
     41. Building community: stakeholder perspectives on walking in malls and other venues
         Belza B, Miyawaki CE, Allen P, King DK, Marquez DX, Jones DL, Janicek S, Rosenberg D, Brown DR.
         J Aging Phys Act. 2017 Jan 17:1-41.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     42. The IJA system for systematic reviews: "the whys and hows"
         Morata TC, Hickson L, Wong L.
         Int J Audiol. 2017 Jan 13:1-3.
         
     43. Practice-based evidence in Community Guide Systematic Reviews
         Vaidya N, Thota AB, Proia KK, Jamieson S, Mercer SL, Elder RW, Yoon P, Kaufmann R, Zaza S.
         Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan 19:e1-e8.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     44. Development, updates, and future directions of the World Health Organization selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
         Chen MJ, Kim CR, Whitehouse KC, Berry-Bibee E, Gaffield ME.
         Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Feb;136(2):113-119.
         
   • Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
     45. Antibodies against henipa-like viruses in Brazilian bats
         de Araujo J, Lo MK, Tamin A, Ometto TL, Thomazelli LM, Nardi MS, Hurtado RF, Nava A, Spiropoulou CF, Rota PA, Durigon EL.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017 Jan 19.
         
     46. Using a call center to coordinate Zika virus testing-New York City, 2016
         Jacobs-Wingo J, Ezeoke I, Saffa A, Tate A, Lee D, Johnson K, Whittemore K, Illescas A, Collins A, Rand M, Rakeman JL, Varma JK, Vora NM.
         J Emerg Manag. 2016 Nov/Dec;14(6):391-395.
         
     47. West Nile Virus and other nationally notifiable arboviral diseases - United States, 2015
         Krow-Lucal E, Lindsey NP, Lehman J, Fischer M, Staples JE.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jan 20;66(2):51-55.
         
     48. Notes from the Field: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a migrant farm worker - Colorado, 2016
         Marx G, Stinson K, Deatrich M, Albanese B.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jan 20;66(2):62-63.
         
   
   

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