Issue 48, November 25, 2014

CDC Science Clips: Volume 6, Issue 48, November 25, 2014

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).

   • Healthcare Associated Infections - Transplantation

     
     1. Donor-derived disease transmission events in the United States: data reviewed by the OPTN/UNOS Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
        Ison MG, Hager J, Blumberg E, Burdick J, Carney K, Cutler J, Dimaio JM, et al .
        Am J Transplant. 2009 Aug;9(8):1929-35.
        
     2. Considerations for screening live kidney donors for endemic infections: a viewpoint on the UNOS policy
        Levi ME, Kumar D, Green M, Ison MG, Kaul D, Michaels MG, Morris MI, et al .
        Am J Transplant. 2014 May;14(5):1003-11.
        
     3. Risk for transmission of Naegleria fowleri from solid organ transplantation
        Roy SL, Metzger R, Chen JG, Laham FR, Martin M, Kipper SW, Smith LE, et al .
        Am J Transplant. 2014 Jan;14(1):163-71.
        
     4. Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection through solid organ transplantation: confirmation via whole genome sequencing
        Wendt JM, Kaul D, Limbago BM, Ramesh M, Cohle S, Denison AM, Driebe EM, et al .
        Am J Transplant. 2014 Nov;14(11):2633-9.
        
     5. Microsporidiosis acquired through solid organ transplantation: a public health investigation
        Hocevar SN, Paddock CD, Spak CW, Rosenblatt R, Diaz-Luna H, Castillo I, Luna S, et al .
        Ann Intern Med. 2014 Feb 18;160(4):213-20.
        
     6. Development of a transplantation transmission sentinel network to improve safety and traceability of organ and tissues
        Strong DM, Seem D, Taylor G, Parker J, Stewart D, Kuehnert MJ.
        Cell Tissue Bank. 2010 Nov;11(4):335-43.
        
     7. Encephalitis caused by pathogens transmitted through organ transplants, United States, 2002-2013
        Basavaraju SV, Kuehnert MJ, Zaki SR, Sejvar JJ.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;20(9):1443-51.
        
     8. Infectious disease transmission during organ and tissue transplantation
        Greenwald MA, Kuehnert MJ, Fishman JA.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;18(8):e1.
        
     9. Solid organ transplant-associated lymphocytic choriomeningitis, United States, 2011
        Macneil A, Stroher U, Farnon E, Campbell S, Cannon D, Paddock CD, Drew CP, et al .
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;18(8):1256-62.
        
     10. Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation
         Vora NM, Basavaraju SV, Feldman KA, Paddock CD, Orciari L, Gitterman S, Griese S, et al .
         JAMA. 2013 Jul 24;310(4):398-407.
         
     11. A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases
         Palacios G, Druce J, Du L, Tran T, Birch C, Briese T, Conlan S, et al .
         N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 6;358(10):991-8.
         
     12. Solid organ transplant donors with central nervous system infection
         Kaul DR, Covington S, Taranto S, Green M, Lyon GM, Kusne S, Miller RA, Blumberg EA.
         Transplantation. 2014 Sep 27;98(6):666-70.
         
   
   

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

     
     13. The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes: infusing policy and system change with local experience
         Goode TD, Jack L.
         Health Promot Pract. 2014 Nov;15(2 Suppl):6s-10s.
         
     14. Neoplasms misdiagnosed as "chronic Lyme disease"
         Nelson C, Elmendorf S, Mead P.
         JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Nov 3.
         
     15. Vital Signs: cervical cancer incidence, mortality, and screening - United States, 2007-2012
         Benard VB, Thomas CC, King J, Massetti GM, Doria-Rose VP, Saraiya M.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 7;63(44):1004-1009.
         
     16. Arthritis among veterans - United States, 2011-2013
         Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Allen KD, Theis KA, Baker NA, Murray GR, Qin J, Hootman JM, Brady TJ, Barbour KE.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 7;63(44):999-1003.
         
     17. Premature deaths among children with epilepsy - South Carolina, 2000-2011
         Selassie AW, Wilson DA, Malek AM, Wagner JL, Smith G, Martz G, Edwards J, Wannamaker B, Zack MM, Kobau R.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 7;63(44):989-994.
         
     18. Using the Community Readiness Model to examine the built and social environment: a case study of the High Point neighborhood, Seattle, Washington, 2000-2010
         Buckner-Brown J, Sharify DT, Blake B, Phillips T, Whitten K.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E194.
         
     19. Using simulation to compare established and emerging interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in the United States
         Homer J, Wile K, Yarnoff B, Trogdon JG, Hirsch G, Cooper L, Soler R, Orenstein D.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E195.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     
     20. Increasing HIV-1 molecular complexity among MSM in Bangkok
         Leelawiwat W, Rutvisuttinunt W, Arroyo M, Mueanpai F, Kongpechsatit O, Chonwattana W, Chaikummao S, de Souza M, vanGriensven DF, McNicholl JM, Curlin M.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014 Nov 3.
         
     21. The impact of external donor support through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief on the cost of red cell concentrate in Namibia, 2004-2011
         Pitman JP, Bocking A, Wilkinson R, Postma MJ, Basavaraju SV, Von Finckenstein B, Mataranyika M, Marfin AA, Lowrance DW, Sibinga CT.
         Blood Transfus. 2014 Oct 23:1-8.
         
     22. HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis among American Indians and Alaska Natives within Indian Health Service Areas in the United States, 2007-2010
         Walker FJ, Llata E, Doshani M, Taylor MM, Bertolli J, Weinstock HS, Hall HI.
         J Community Health. 2014 Nov 5.
         
     23. First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa
         Goga AE, Dinh TH, Jackson DJ, Lombard C, Delaney KP, Puren A, Sherman G, et al .
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Nov 4.
         
     24. Establishment of a community care center for isolation and management of Ebola patients - Bomi County, Liberia, October 2014
         Logan G, Vora NM, Nyensuah TG, Gasasira A, Mott J, Walke H, Mahoney F, Luce R, Flannery B.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 7;63(44):1010-1012.
         
     25. Shigellosis with decreased susceptibility to azithromycin
         Heiman KE, Grass JE, Sjolund-Karlsson M, Bowen A.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):1204-5.
         
     26. Etiologic agents of central nervous system infections among febrile hospitalized patients in the country of Georgia
         Akhvlediani T, Bautista CT, Shakarishvili R, Tsertsvadze T, Imnadze P, Tatishvili N, Davitashvili T, Samkharadze T, Chlikadze R, Dvali N, Dzigua L, Karchava M, Gatserelia L, Macharashvili N, Kvirkvelia N, Habashy EE, Farrell M, Rowlinson E, Sejvar J, Hepburn M, Pimentel G, Dueger E, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e111393.
         
     27. Community-based evaluation of PMTCT uptake in Nyanza province, Kenya
         Kohler PK, Okanda J, Kinuthia J, Mills LA, Olilo G, Odhiambo F, Laserson KF, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(10):e110110.
         
     28. Strong agreement of nationally recommended retention measures from the Institute of Medicine and Department of Health and Human Services
         Rebeiro PF, Horberg MA, Gange SJ, Gebo KA, Yehia BR, Brooks JT, Buchacz K, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e111772.
         
     29. Estimating the cost to U.S. health departments to conduct HIV surveillance
         Shrestha RK, Sansom SL, Laffoon BT, Farnham PG, Shouse RL, MacMaster K, Hall HI.
         Public Health Rep. 2014 Nov;129(6):496-504.
         
     30. Photovoice: a novel approach to improving antituberculosis treatment adherence in Pune, India
         Shelke SC, Adhav PS, Moonan PK, Willis M, Parande MA, Satyanarayana S, Kshirsagar VD, Ghosh S.
         Tuberc Res Treat. 2014 ;2014:302601.
         

   • Community Health Services

     
     31. Introduction: health equity among incarcerated female adolescents and adult women: infectious and other disease morbidity
         LeBlanc TT, Reid L, Dean HD, Green Y.
         Women Health. 2014 November-December;54(8):687-693.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     
     32. Oral shedding of Marburg virus in experimentally infected Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
         Amman BR, Jones ME, Sealy TK, Uebelhoer LS, Schuh AJ, Bird BH, Coleman-McCray JD, Martin BE, Nichol ST, Towner JS.
         J Wildl Dis. 2014 Nov 6.
         
     33. Dynamics of Japanese encephalitis virus transmission among pigs in northwest Bangladesh and the potential impact of pig vaccination
         Khan SU, Salje H, Hannan A, Islam MA, Bhuyan AA, Islam MA, Rahman MZ, Nahar N, Hossain MJ, Luby SP, Gurley ES.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Sep;8(9):e3166.
         
     34. The phenology of ticks and the effects of long-term prescribed burning on tick population dynamics in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida
         Gleim ER, Conner LM, Berghaus RD, Levin ML, Zemtsova GE, Yabsley MJ.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e112174.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     
     35. A new strategy for public health surveillance at CDC: improving national surveillance activities and outcomes
         Richards CL, Iademarco MF, Anderson TC.
         Public Health Rep. 2014 Nov;129(6):472-6.
         

   • Food Safety

     
     36. Restaurant manager and worker food safety certification and knowledge
         Brown LG, Le B, Wong MR, Reimann D, Nicholas D, Faw B, Davis E, Selman CA.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014 Oct 31.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     
     37. Computational framework for next-generation sequencing of heterogeneous viral populations using combinatorial pooling
         Skums P, Artyomenko A, Glebova O, Ramachandran S, Mandoiu I, Campo DS, Dimitrova Z, Zelikovsky A, Khudyakov Y.
         Bioinformatics. 2014 Oct 29.
         
     38. Dominant drug targets suppress the emergence of antiviral resistance
         Tanner EJ, Liu HM, Oberste MS, Pallansch M, Collett MS, Kirkegaard K.
         Elife. 2014 Nov 3;3.
         
     39. Non-avian animal reservoirs present a source of influenza A PB1-F2 proteins with novel virulence-enhancing markers
         Alymova IV, York IA, McCullers JA.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e111603.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     
     40. Immunity to polio, measles and rubella in women of child-bearing age and estimated congenital rubella syndrome incidence, Cambodia, 2012
         Mao B, Chheng K, Wannemuehler K, Vynnycky E, Buth S, Soeung SC, Reef S, Weldon W, Quick L, Gregory CJ.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Nov 6:1-10.
         
     41. Declines in pneumonia hospitalizations of children aged <2 years associated with the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines - Tennessee, 1998-2012
         Griffin MR, Mitchel E, Moore MR, Whitney CG, Grijalva CG.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Nov 7;63(44):995-998.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     
     42. Gravimetric analysis of particulate matter using air samplers housing internal filtration capsules
         O'Connor S, O'Connor PF, Feng HA, Ashley K.
         Gefahrst Reinhalt Luft. 2015 Oct;74(10):403-410.
         
     43. Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization and direct analysis in real time coupled with travelling wave ion mobility mass spectrometry
         Rasanen RM, Dwivedi P, Fernandez FM, Kauppila TJ.
         Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2014 Nov 15;28(21):2325-36.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     
     44. Editorial: leveraging birth defects surveillance data for health services research
         Cassell CH, Grosse SD, Kirby RS.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 Nov 5.
         
     45. Epidemiology of twinning in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997 to 2007
         Dawson AL, Tinker SC, Jamieson DJ, Hobbs CA, Rasmussen SA, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 Oct 31.
         
     46. Undertreated and untreated pain should be considered an adverse event of neonatal circumcision - reply
         El Bcheraoui C, Dominguez KL, Kilmarx PH.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Nov 1;168(11):1077.
         
     47. Tools for improving clinical preventive services receipt among women with disabilities of childbearing ages and beyond
         Sinclair LB, Taft KE, Sloan ML, Stevens AC, Krahn GL.
         Matern Child Health J. 2014 Oct 31.
         

   • Medicine

     
     48. The preventability of ventilator-associated events: the CDC Prevention Epicenters' Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative
         Klompas M, Anderson D, Trick W, Babcock H, Kerlin MP, Li L, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Ely EW, Jernigan J, Magill S, et al .
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov 4.
         
     49. Transfusion-related adverse reactions reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network Hemovigilance Module, United States, 2010 to 2012
         Harvey AR, Basavaraju SV, Chung KW, Kuehnert MJ.
         Transfusion. 2014 Nov 5.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     
     50. Shift work and occupational stress in police officers
         Ma CC, Andrew ME, Fekedulegn D, Gu JK, Hartley TA, Charles LE, Violanti JM, Burchfiel CM.
         Saf Health Work. 2014 Oct 20.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     
     51. Further study of the intrinsic safety of internally shorted lithium and lithium-ion cells within methane-air
         Dubaniewicz Jr TH, DuCarme JP.
         J Loss Prev Process Ind. 2014 Nov;32:165-173.
         
     52. An analysis of trainers' perspectives within an ecological framework: factors that influence mine safety training processes
         Haas EJ, Hoebbel CL, Rost KA.
         Saf Health Work. 2014 01 Sep;5(3):118-124.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     
     53. Evidence of autochthonous Chagas disease in southeastern Texas
         Garcia MN, Aguilar D, Gorchakov R, Rossmann SN, Montgomery SP, Rivera H, Woc-Colburn L, et al .
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov 4.
         
     54. Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children in Zaire and Uige provinces, Angola
         Plucinski MM, Talundzic E, Morton L, Dimbu PR, Macaia AP, Fortes F, Goldman I, Lucchi N, Stennies G, MacArthur JR, Udhayakumar V.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Nov 3.
         
     55. Prevalence and spectrum of illness among hospitalized adults with malaria in Blantyre, Malawi
         Segula D, Frosch AP, SanJoaquin M, Taulo D, Skarbinski J, Mathanga DP, Allain TJ, et al .
         Malar J. 2014 ;13(1):391.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     
     56. Global positioning system data-loggers: a tool to quantify fine-scale movement of domestic animals to evaluate potential for zoonotic transmission to an endangered wildlife population
         Parsons MB, Gillespie TR, Lonsdorf EV, Travis D, Lipende I, Gilagiza B, Kamenya S, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(11):e110984.
         

   • Zoonoses

     
     57. Dengue among American missionaries returning from Jamaica, 2012
         Moncayo AC, Baumblatt J, Thomas D, Harvey KA, Atrubin D, Stanek D, Sotir M, Hunsperger E, Munoz-Jordan JL, Jentes ES, Sharp TM, Arguello DF.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov 4.
         
     58. Surveillance for dengue and dengue-associated neurologic syndromes in the United States
         Waterman SH, Margolis H, Sejvar JJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov 4.
         
     59. Human Brucella canis infection and subsequent laboratory exposures associated with a puppy, New York City, 2012
         Dentinger CM, Jacob K, Lee LV, Mendez HA, Chotikanatis K, McDonough PL, Chico DM, De BK, Tiller RV, Traxler RM, Campagnolo ER, Schmitt D, Guerra MA, Slavinski SA.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2014 Nov 1.
         
   
   

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