Issue 46, November 15, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 46, 11/15/10

Welcome to Science Clips, CDC's new weekly digest! The report consists of four components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders, and Zoonoses - Malaria)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Contact network structure explains the changing epidemiology of pertussis
       Rohani P, Zhong X, King AA.
       Science. 2010 Nov 12;330(6006):982-985.
       

   • Food Safety

     • Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 associated with raw milk, Connecticut, 2008
       Guh A, Phan Q, Nelson R, Purviance K, Milardo E, Kinney S, Mshar P, Kasacek W, Cartter M.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of US travelers to Asia regarding seasonal influenza and H5N1 avian influenza prevention measures
       Yanni EA, Marano N, Han P, Edelson PJ, Blumensaadt S, Becker M, Dwyer S, Crocker K, Daley T, Davis X, Gallagher N, Balaban V, McCarron M, Mounts A, Lipman H, Brown C, Kozarsky P.
       J Travel Med. 2010 Nov;17(6):374-81.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • School-based randomized controlled trial of an HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents
       Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, O'Leary A, Ngwane Z, Icard LD, Bellamy SL, Jones SF, Landis JR, Heeren GA, Tyler JC, Makiwane MB.
       Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Oct;164(10):923-9.
       

   • Health Disparities

     • State disparities in teenage birth rates in the United States
       Mathews TJ, Sutton PD, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ.
       NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(46):1-8.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Nanobead-based interventions for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis
       Griffiths G, Nystrom B, Sable SB, Khuller GK.
       Nat Rev Microbiol. 2010 Nov;8(11):827-34.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders

     • Genome-scan for IQ discrepancy in autism: evidence for loci on chromosomes 10 and 16
       Chapman NH, Estes A, Munson J, Bernier R, Webb SJ, Rothstein JH, Minshew NJ, et al..
       Hum Genet. 2010 Oct 21.
       
     • Age of diagnosis for autism: individual and community factors across 10 birth cohorts
       Fountain C, King MD, Bearman PS.
       J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Oct 25.
       

   • Zoonoses

     • West Nile fever characteristics among viremic persons identified through blood donor screening
       Zou S, Foster GA, Dodd RY, Petersen LR, Stramer SL.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;202(9):1354-61.
       

   • Zoonoses - Malaria

     • Using serological measures to monitor changes in malaria transmission in Vanuatu
       Cook J, Reid H, Iavro J, Kuwahata M, Taleo G, Clements A, McCarthy J, et al..
       Malar J. 2010 ;9:169.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Comprehensive cancer control: progress and accomplishments
        Rochester PW, Townsend JS, Given L, Krebill H, Balderrama S, Vinson C.
        Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Nov 11.
        
     2. Recent trends in the prevalence of high blood pressure and its treatment and control, 1999-2008
        Yoon SS, Ostchega Y, Louis T.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(48):1-8.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Sex and geographic patterns of human herpesvirus 8 infection in a nationally representative population-based sample in Uganda
        Biryahwaho B, Dollard SC, Pfeiffer RM, Shebl FM, Munuo S, Amin MM, Hladik W, Parsons R, Mbulaiteye SM.
        J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;202(9):1347-53.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     4. Where have all the vector control programs gone? Part one
        Herring ME.
        J Environ Health. 2010 Nov;73(4):30-31.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     5. The evolving epidemiology of hepatitis A in the United States: incidence and molecular epidemiology from population-based surveillance, 2005-2007
        Klevens RM, Miller JT, Iqbal K, Thomas A, Rizzo EM, Hanson H, Sweet K, Phan Q, Cronquist A, Khudyakov Y, Xia GL, Spradling P.
        Arch Intern Med. 2010 Nov 8;170(20):1811-8.
        

   • Food Safety

     6. A prolonged outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections associated with multiple locations of a restaurant chain in Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
        Patel MK, Chen S, Pringle J, Russo E, Vinaras J, Weiss J, Anderson S, Sunenshine R, Komatsu K, Schumacher M, Flood D, Theobald L, Bopp C, Wannemuehler K, White P, Angulo FJ, Behravesh CB.
        J Food Prot. 2010 Oct;73(10):1858-63.
        

   • Genetics and Genomics

     7. Evolution of canine and equine influenza (H3N8) viruses co-circulating between 2005 and 2008
        Rivailler P, Perry IA, Jang Y, Davis CT, Chen LM, Dubovi EJ, Donis RO.
        Virology. 2010 Dec 5;408(1):71-9.
        

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     8. HIV-related attitudes and intentions for high-risk, substance-using men who have sex with men: associations and clinical implications for HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM
        Mansergh G, McKirnan DJ, Flores SA, Hudson SM, Koblin BA, Purcell DW, Colfax GN.
        J Cogn Psychother. 2010 ;24 (4):281-293.
        
     9. Pre-travel health advice-seeking behavior among US international travelers departing from Boston Logan International Airport
        Larocque RC, Rao SR, Tsibris A, Lawton T, Anita Barry M, Marano N, Brunette G, Yanni E, Ryan ET.
        J Travel Med. 2010 Nov;17(6):387-91.
        
     10. Trends in low-risk lifestyle factors among adults in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1996-2007
         Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Tsai J, Greenlund KJ.
         Prev Med. 2010 Nov;51(5):403-7.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     11. The economic implications of influenza vaccination for adults with asthma
         Trogdon JG, Nurmagambetov TA, Thompson HF.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov;39(5):403-10.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     12. Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles
         Song JM, Kim YC, Barlow PG, Hossain MJ, Park KM, Donis RO, Prausnitz MR, Compans RW, Kang SM.
         Antiviral Res. 2010 Nov;88(2):244-7.
         
     13. Inside this year's flu vaccine
         Bridges C.
         Consum Rep Health. 2010 ;22(11):6-6.
         
     14. Type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus from patients with acute flaccid paralysis in China: current immunization strategy effectively prevented its sustained transmission
         Zhang Y, Yan D, Zhu S, Wen N, Li L, Wang H, Liu J, Ye X, Ding Z, Wang D, Zhu H, Chen L, Hou X, An H, Liang X, Luo H, Kew O, Xu W.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 4.
         

   • Informatics

     15. Electronic medical record adoption and use in home health and hospice
         Bercovitz A, Sengupta M, Jamison P.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(45):1-8.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     16. In-vitro oxidation of bisphenol A: Is bisphenol A catechol a suitable biomarker for human exposure to bisphenol A?
         Ye X, Zhou X, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
         Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010 Nov 9.
         
     17. Quadratic variance models for adaptively preprocessing SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry data
         Emanuele VA, Gurbaxani BM.
         BMC Bioinformatics. 2010 ;11:512.
         
     18. Antimicrobial-resistant Nocardia isolates, United States, 1995-2004
         Uhde KB, Pathak S, McCullum Jr I, Jannat-Khah DP, Shadomy SV, Dykewicz CA, Clark TA, Smith TL, Brown JM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
         
     19. Correlation of the detection of Clostridium difficile toxins in stools and presence of the clostridia in tissues of children
         Guarner J, Bhatnagar J, Shane AL, Jones T, DeLeon-Carnes MN, Schemankewitz E, Zaki SR.
         Hum Pathol. 2010 Nov;41(11):1586-92.
         
     20. Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities
         Rudolph KM, Debyle C, Reasonover A, Zulz T, Law DK, Zhou J, Tsang RS.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov 10.
         
     21. Spatial configuration of hepatitis E virus antigenic domain
         Xing L, Wang JC, Li TC, Yasutomi Y, Lara J, Khudyakov Y, Schofield D, Emerson SU, Purcell RH, Takeda N, Miyamura T, Cheng RH.
         J Virol. 2010 Nov 10.
         
     22. Robust gold nanoparticles stabilized by trithiol for application in chemiresistive sensors
         Garg N, Mohanty A, Lazarus N, Schultz L, Rozzi TR, Santhanam S, Weiss L, Snyder JL, Fedder GK, Jin R.
         Nanotechnology. 2010 ;21(40).
         
     23. Real-time fluorescence loop mediated isothermal amplification for the diagnosis of malaria
         Lucchi NW, Demas A, Narayanan J, Sumari D, Kabanywanyi A, Kachur SP, Barnwell JW, Udhayakumar V.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13733.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     24. A method to determine the available UV-C dose for the decontamination of filtering facepiece respirators
         Fisher EM, Shaffer RE.
         J Appl Microbiol. 2010 Nov 4.
         
     25. Economic burden of dermatitis in US workers
         Blanciforti LA.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1045-54.
         
     26. Evaluation of methods to determine excessive decline of forced expiratory volume in one second in workers exposed to diacetyl-containing flavorings
         Chaisson NF, Kreiss K, Hnizdo E, Hakobyan A, Enright PL.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1119-23.
         
     27. Antioxidants and pulmonary function among police officers
         Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Mnatsakanova A, Fekedulegn D, Tinney-Zara C, Joseph PN, Schunemann HJ, Violanti JM, Andrew ME, Ochs-Balcom HM.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov;52(11):1124-1131.
         
     28. Protecting the planet and its people: How do interventions to promote environmental sustainability and occupational safety and health overlap?
         Cunningham TR, Galloway-Williams N, Geller ES.
         J Safety Res. 2010 Oct;41(5):407-16.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     29. U.S. primary care physicians' lung cancer screening beliefs and recommendations
         Klabunde CN, Marcus PM, Silvestri GA, Han PK, Richards TB, Yuan G, Marcus SE, Vernon SW.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov;39(5):411-20.
         

   • Public Health, General

     30. Health promotion practice and the road ahead: addressing enduring gaps and encouraging greater practice-to-research translation
         Rivera MD, Birnbaum AS.
         Health Promot Pract. 2010 Nov;11(6):779-83.
         
     31. Visits to primary care delivery sites: United States, 2008
         Hing E, Uddin S.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Oct(47):1-8.
         

   • Sciences, General

     32. Checking the foundation: recent radiobiology and the linear no-threshold theory
         Ulsh BA.
         Health Phys. 2010 Dec;99(6):747-58.
         

   • Zoonoses

     33. An outbreak of dengue fever in St. Croix (US Virgin Islands), 2005
         Mohammed H, Ramos M, Armstrong J, Munoz-Jordan J, Arnold-Lewis KO, Ayala A, Clark GG, Tull ES, Beatty ME.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(10):e13729.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders

     34. Screening for autism in preterm children: diagnostic utility of the social communication questionnaire
         Johnson S, Hollis C, Hennessy E, Kochhar P, Wolke D, Marlow N.
         Arch Dis Child. 2010 Oct 27.
         
     35. Distortions and disconnections: disrupted brain connectivity in autism
         Wass S.
         Brain Cogn. 2010 Nov 3.
         
     36. Autism in adults. New biologicial findings and their translational implications to the cost of clinical services
         Murphy DG, Beecham J, Craig M, Ecker C.
         Brain Res. 2010 Oct 19.
         
     37. Health care expenditures for children with autism spectrum disorders in Medicaid
         Wang L, Leslie DL.
         J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;49(11):1165-71.
         
     38. Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability
         Pagnamenta AT, Khan H, Walker S, Gerrelli D, Wing K, Bonaglia MC, Giorda R, et al..
         J Med Genet. 2010 Oct 23.
         
     39. Altered functional connectivity in frontal lobe circuits is associated with variation in the autism risk gene CNTNAP2
         Scott-Van Zeeland AA, Abrahams BS, Alvarez-Retuerto AI, Sonnenblick LI, Rudie JD, Ghahremani D, Mumford JA, et al..
         Sci Transl Med. 2010 Nov 3;2(56):56ra80.
         

   • Zoonoses - Malaria

     40. Scaling up malaria control in Zambia: progress and impact 2005-2008
         Chizema-Kawesha E, Miller JM, Steketee RW, Mukonka VM, Mukuka C, Mohamed AD, Miti SK, et al..
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):480-8.
         
     41. Malaria elimination in Asia-Pacific: an under-told story
         Hsiang MS, Abeyasinghe R, Whittaker M, Feachem RG.
         Lancet. 2010 May 8;375(9726):1586-7.
         
     42. Revisiting the circulation time of plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs
         Bousema T, Okell L, Shekalaghe S, Griffin JT, Omar S, Sawa P, Sutherland C, et al..
         Malar J. 2010 ;9:136.
         
     43. How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination
         Cohen JM, Moonen B, Snow RW, Smith DL.
         Malar J. 2010 ;9:213.
         
     44. Continued decline of malaria in the Gambia with implications for elimination
         Ceesay SJ, Casals-Pascual C, Nwakanma DC, Walther M, Gomez-Escobar N, Fulford AJ, Takem EN, et al..
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(8):e12242.
         
     45. Why functional pre-erythrocytic and bloodstage malaria vaccines fail: a meta-analysis of fully protective immunizations and novel immunological model
         Guilbride DL, Gawlinski P, Guilbride PD.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(5):e10685.
         
     46. That was then but this is now: malaria research in the time of an eradication agenda
         Kappe SH, Vaughan AM, Boddey JA, Cowman AF.
         Science. 2010 May 14;328(5980):862-6.
         
     47. Elimination meets reality in Hispaniola
         Roberts L.
         Science. 2010 May 14;328(5980):850-1.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     48. Evaluation of acute hepatitis C infection surveillance --- United States, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 5;59(43):1407-10.
         
     49. Increasing prevalence of parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children --- United States, 2003 and 2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 12;59(44):1439-43.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     50. Controversy undermines support for state mandates on the human papillomavirus vaccine
         Gollust SE, Dempsey AF, Lantz PM, Ubel PA, Fowler EF.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Nov;29(11):2041-6.
         
     51. Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination and trends in genital warts in Australia: analysis of national sentinel surveillance data
         Donovan B, Franklin N, Guy R, Grulich AE, Regan DG, Ali H, Wand H, Fairley CK.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 8.
         
   
   

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