CDC Science Clips: Volume 9, Issue 6, February 14, 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
   • Communicable Diseases
     1. Pregnancy and linkage to care among women diagnosed with HIV infection in 61 CDC-funded health departments in the United States, 2013
        FitzHarris LF, Hollis ND, Nesheim SR, Greenspan JL, Dunbar EK.
        AIDS Care. 2017 Jan 29:1-8.
        
     2. Increase in urgent care center visits for sexually transmitted infections, United States, 2010-2014
        Pearson WS, Tao G, Kroeger K, Peterman TA.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;23(2):367-369.
        
     3. County-level vulnerability assessment for rapid dissemination of HIV or HCV infections among persons who inject drugs, United States
        Van Handel MM, Rose CE, Hallisey EJ, Kolling JL, Zibbell JE, Lewis B, Bohm MK, Jones CM, Flanagan BE, Siddiqi AE, Iqbal K, Dent AL, Mermin JH, McCray E, Ward JW, Brooks JT.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Nov 01;73(3):323-331.
        
     4. A large community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a cooling tower in New York City, 2015
        Weiss D, Boyd C, Rakeman JL, Greene SK, Fitzhenry R, McProud T, Musser K, Huang L, Kornblum J, Nazarian EJ, Fine AD, Braunstein SL, Kass D, Landman K, Lapierre P, Hughes S, Tran A, Taylor J, Baker D, Jones L, Kornstein L, Liu B, Perez R, Lucero DE, Peterson E, Benowitz I, Lee KF, Ngai S, Stripling M, Varma JK.
        Public Health Rep. 2017 Jan 01:33354916689620.
        
   • Drug Safety
     5. Antibiotic prescribing by general dentists in the United States, 2013
        Roberts RM, Bartoces M, Thompson SE, Hicks LA.
        J Am Dent Assoc. 2017 Jan 23.
        
   • Genetics and Genomics
     6. Whole-genome relationships among Francisella bacteria of diverse origins define new species and provide specific regions for detection
        Challacombe JF, Petersen JM, Gallegos-Graves V, Hodge D, Pillai S, Kuske CR.
        Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Feb 01;83(3).
        
   • Immunity and Immunization
     7. Improving the selection and development of influenza vaccine viruses - Report of a WHO informal consultation on improving influenza vaccine virus selection, Hong Kong SAR, China, 18-20 November 2015
        Hampson A, Barr I, Cox N, Donis R, Hirve S, Jernigan D, Katz J, McCauley J, Motta F, Odagiri T, Tami J, Waddell A, Webby R, Ziegler T, Zhang W.
        Vaccine. 2017 Jan 25.
        
   • Injury and Violence
     8. Spanking and adult mental health impairment: The case for the designation of spanking as an adverse childhood experience
        Afifi TO, Ford D, Gershoff ET, Merrick M, Grogan-Kaylor A, Ports KA, MacMillan HL, Holden GW, Taylor CA, Lee SJ, Peters Bennett R.
        Child Abuse Negl. 2017 Jan 23.
        
   • Laboratory Sciences
     9. Metagenomics of two severe foodborne outbreaks provides diagnostic signatures and signs of coinfection not attainable by traditional methods
        Huang AD, Luo C, Pena-Gonzalez A, Weigand MR, Tarr CL, Konstantinidis KT.
        Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Feb 01;83(3).
        
   • Reproductive Health
     10. Long-acting reversible contraception
         Curtis KM, Peipert JF.
         N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 02;376(5):461-468.
         
   
   
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. Bone mineral density and the risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
        Barbour KE, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Hootman JM, Renner JB, Jordan JM.
        Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Jan 27.
        
     2. Predictors of dyslipidemia over time in youth with type 1 diabetes: For the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
        Shah AS, Maahs DM, Stafford JM, Dolan LM, Lang W, Imperatore G, Bell RA, Liese AD, Reynolds K, Pihoker C, Marcovina S, D'Agostino RB, Dabelea D.
        Diabetes Care. 2017 Jan 26.
        
     3. Dementia and co-occurring chronic conditions: a systematic literature review to identify what is known and where are the gaps in the evidence?
        Snowden MB, Steinman LE, Bryant LL, Cherrier MM, Greenlund KJ, Leith KH, Levy C, Logsdon RG, Copeland C, Vogel M, Anderson LA, Atkins DC, Bell JF, Fitzpatrick AL.
        Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 01.
        
     4. Measuring the prevalence of diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United States using data from the 2012-2014 National Health Interview Survey
        Ward BW, Nugent CN, Blumberg SJ, Vahratian A.
        Public Health Rep. 2017 Jan 01:33354916688197.
        
     5. Estimation of the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma in Songkhla, Thailand, 1989-2013, using multiple imputation method
        Yeesoonsang S, Bilheem S, McNeil E, Iamsirithaworn S, Jiraphongsa C, Sriplung H.
        Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Jan;49(1):54-60.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     6. Seroprevalence of hepatitis E among Boston area travelers, 2009-2010
        Barbre KA, Jentes ES, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Hamer DH, Barnett ED.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jan 30.
        
     7. Changing clinician practices and attitudes regarding the use of antiretroviral therapy for HIV treatment and prevention
        Buchacz K, Farrior J, Beauchamp G, McKinstry L, Kurth AE, Zingman BS, Gordin FM, Donnell D, Mayer KH, El-Sadr WM, Branson B.
        J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2017 Jan/Feb;16(1):81-90.
        
     8. Alcohol use and immune reconstitution among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Nairobi, Kenya
        Cagle A, McGrath C, Richardson BA, Donovan D, Sakr S, Yatich N, Ngomoa R, Chepngeno Langat A, John-Stewart G, Chung MH.
        AIDS Care. 2017 Jan 29:1-6.
        
     9. Progression and transmission of HIV/AIDS (PATH 2.0)
        Gopalappa C, Farnham PG, Chen YH, Sansom SL.
        Med Decis Making. 2017 Feb;37(2):224-233.
        
     10. Looking for fungi in all the right places: screening for cryptococcal disease and other AIDS-related mycoses among patients with advanced HIV disease
         Greene G, Sriruttan C, Le T, Chiller T, Govender NP.
         Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2017 Mar;12(2):139-147.
         
     11. Detection of macrolide resistance genes in culture-negative specimens from Bangladeshi children with invasive pneumococcal diseases
         Hasanuzzaman M, Malaker R, Islam M, Baqui AH, Darmstadt GL, Whitney CG, Saha SK.
         J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 Jan 26.
         
     12. A large outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by the human norovirus GII.17 strain at a university in Henan Province, China
         Huang XY, Su J, Lu QC, Li SZ, Zhao JY, Li ML, Li Y, Shen XJ, Zhang BF, Wang HF, Mu YJ, Wu SY, Du YH, Liu LC, Chen WJ, Klena JD, Xu BL.
         Infect Dis Poverty. 2017 Feb 01;6(1):6.
         
     13. Tuberculosis outbreaks in the United States, 2009-2015
         Mindra G, Wortham JM, Haddad MB, Powell KM.
         Public Health Rep. 2017 Jan 01:33354916688270.
         
     14. Increasing antibiotic resistance in Shigella spp. from infected New York City Residents, New York, USA
         Murray K, Reddy V, Kornblum JS, Waechter H, Chicaiza LF, Rubinstein I, Balter S, Greene SK, Braunstein SL, Rakeman JL, Dentinger CM.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;23(2):332-335.
         
     15. Cluster of HIV infections associated with unsafe injection practices in a rural village in Cambodia
         Saphonn V, Fujita M, Samreth S, Chan S, Rouet F, Khol V, Mam S, Mom C, Tuot S, Le LV, Ly PS, Ferradini L, Mean CV.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jan 25.
         
     16. HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing behavior among adolescent sexual minority males: Analysis of pooled Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, 2005-2013
         Sharma A, Wang LY, Dunville R, Valencia RK, Rosenberg ES, Sullivan PS.
         LGBT Health. 2017 Feb 01.
         
     17. Incidence of norovirus-associated diarrhea, Shanghai, China, 2012-2013
         Yu J, Ye C, Lai S, Zhu W, Zhang Z, Geng Q, Xue C, Yang W, Wu S, Hall AJ, Sun Q, Li Z.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;23(2):312-315.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     18. Molecular survey of bacterial zoonotic agents in bats from the country of Georgia (Caucasus)
         Bai Y, Urushadze L, Osikowicz L, McKee C, Kuzmin I, Kandaurov A, Babuadze G, Natradze I, Imnadze P, Kosoy M.
         PLoS One. 2017 ;12(1):e0171175.
         
     19. Rickettsia amblyommatis sp. nov., a spotted fever group Rickettsia associated with multiple species of Amblyomma ticks in North, Central and South America
         Karpathy SE, Slater KS, Goldsmith CS, Nicholson WL, Paddock CD.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2016 Dec;66(12):5236-5243.
         
   • Environmental Health
     20. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and body fatness in girls
         Hartman TJ, Calafat AM, Holmes AK, Marcus M, Northstone K, Flanders WD, Kato K, Taylor EV.
         Child Obes. 2017 Jan 27.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     21. Anti-bacterial efficacy of alcoholic hand rubs in the Kenyan market, 2015
         Ochwoto M, Muita L, Talaam K, Wanjala C, Ogeto F, Wachira F, Osman S, Kimotho J, Ndegwa L.
         Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2017 ;6:17.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     22. Effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in South African children: a case-control study
         Cohen C, von Mollendorf C, de Gouveia L, Lengana S, Meiring S, Quan V, Nguweneza A, Moore DP, Reubenson G, Moshe M, Madhi SA, Eley B, Hallbauer U, Finlayson H, Varughese S, O'Brien KL, Zell ER, Klugman KP, Whitney CG, von Gottberg A.
         Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Jan 27.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     23. Association of a postnatal parent education program for abusive head trauma with subsequent pediatric abusive head trauma hospitalization rates
         Dias MS, Rottmund CM, Cappos KM, Reed ME, Wang M, Stetter C, Shaffer ML, Hollenbeak CS, Paul IM, Christian CW, Berger RP, Klevens J.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Jan 30.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     24. A rapid Orthopoxvirus purification protocol suitable for high-containment laboratories
         Hughes L, Wilkins K, Goldsmith CS, Smith S, Hudson P, Patel N, Karem K, Damon I, Li Y, Olson VA, Satheshkumar PS.
         J Virol Methods. 2017 Jan 25.
         
     25. Precision medicine requires precision laboratories
         Rajeevan MS, Li T, Unger ER.
         J Mol Diagn. 2017 Jan 24.
         
     26. Oxidative stress, DNA methylation, and telomere length changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after pulmonary exposure to metal-rich welding nanoparticles
         Shoeb M, Kodali VK, Farris BY, Bishop LM, Meighan TG, Salmen R, Eye T, Friend S, Schwegler-Berry D, Roberts JR, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Erdely A, Antonini JM.
         NanoImpact. 2017 ;5:61-69.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     27. Key program findings and insights from the Baby-Friendly Hawaii Project
         Kahin SA, McGurk M, Hansen-Smith H, West M, Li R, Melcher CL.
         J Hum Lact. 2017 Jan 01:890334416683675.
         
     28. Targeting parenting in early childhood: A public health approach to improve outcomes for children living in poverty
         Morris AS, Robinson LR, Hays-Grudo J, Claussen AH, Hartwig SA, Treat AE.
         Child Dev. 2017 Jan 31.
         
   • Mining
     29. Unanticipated multiple seam stresses from pillar systems behaving as pseudo gob-case histories
         Gauna M, Mark C.
         Int J Min Sci Technol. 2017 1//;27(1):131-137.
         
     30. Preventing roof fall fatalities during pillar recovery: A ground control success story
         Mark C, Gauna M.
         Int J Min Sci Technol. 2017 ;27(1):107-113.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     31. Association of neighbourhood food availability with the consumption of processed and ultra-processed food products by children in a city of Brazil: a multilevel analysis
         Leite FH, de Carvalho Cremm E, de Abreu DS, Oliveira MA, Budd N, Martins PA.
         Public Health Nutr. 2017 Jan 18:1-12.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     32. Outbreak investigation of Plasmodium vivax malaria in a region of Guatemala targeted for malaria elimination
         Cohen R, Sarceno Cardona J, Solares Navarro E, Padilla N, Reyes L, Javier Pinto Villar R, Masuoka P, Bernart C, Peruski LF, Bryan JP.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jan 30.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     33. Structured mentoring for workforce engagement and professional development in public health settings
         Dopson SA, Griffey S, Ghiya N, Laird S, Cyphert A, Iskander J.
         Health Promot Pract. 2017 Jan 01:1524839916686927.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     34. Healthcare provider attitudes regarding contraception for women with obesity
         Jatlaoui TC, Zapata LB, Curtis KM, Folger SG, Marchbanks PA, Mandel MG, Jamieson DJ.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2017 Jan 31.
         
   • Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
     35. Clinician survey to determine knowledge of dengue and clinical management practices, Texas, 2014
         Adam JK, Abeyta R, Smith B, Gaul L, Thomas DL, Han G, Sharp TM, Waterman SH, Tomashek KM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jan 30.
         
     36. Characteristics of US travelers to Zika virus-affected countries in the Americas, March 2015-October 2016
         Lammert S, Walker AT, Erskine S, Rao SR, Esposito DH, Ryan ET, Robbins GK, LaRocque RC.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;23(2):324-327.
         
   
   

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