Issue 5, January 31, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 5, 1/31/11

Welcome to Science Clips, CDC's 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 Health Communication and Education)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Is public transport a risk factor for acute respiratory infection?
       Troko J, Myles P, Gibson J, Hashim A, Enstone J, Kingdon S, Packham C, Amin S, Hayward A, Nguyen-Van-Tam J.
       BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 14;11(1):16.
       
     • The burden of common infectious disease syndromes at the clinic and household level from population-based surveillance in rural and urban Kenya
       Feikin DR, Olack B, Bigogo GM, Audi A, Cosmas L, Aura B, Burke H, Njenga MK, Williamson J, Breiman RF.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(1):e16085.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Extending the reach of public health genomics: what should be the agenda for public health in an era of genome-based and "personalized" medicine?
       Burke W, Burton H, Hall AE, Karmali M, Khoury MJ, Knoppers B, Meslin EM, Stanley F, Wright CF, Zimmern RL.
       Genet Med. 2010 Dec;12(12):785-91.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • Mass media interventions for preventing smoking in young people
       Brinn MP, Carson KV, Esterman AJ, Chang AB, Smith BJ.
       Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 ;11:CD001006.
       
     • Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial
       Lester RT, Ritvo P, Mills EJ, Kariri A, Karanja S, Chung MH, Jack W, et al.
       Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1838-45.
       
     • Pandemics in the age of twitter: content analysis of tweets during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak
       Chew C, Eysenbach G.
       PLoS One. 2010 ;5(11):e14118.
       

   • Healthcare Economics

     • The economic value of improving the health of disadvantaged Americans
       Schoeni RF, Dow WH, Miller WD, Pamuk ER.
       Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jan;40(1 Suppl 1):S67-72.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • Older adult pedestrian injuries in the United States: causes and contributing circumstances
       Naumann RB, Dellinger AM, Haileyesus T, Ryan GW.
       Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2011 Jan 17:1-9.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Inactivation of murine norovirus, feline calicivirus and echovirus 12 as surrogates for human norovirus (NoV) and coliphage (F+) MS2 by ultraviolet light (254 nm) and the effect of cell association on UV inactivation
       Park GW, Linden KG, Sobsey MD.
       Lett Appl Microbiol. 2011 Feb;52(2):162-7.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Estimating the number of births to hepatitis B virus-infected women in 22 States, 2006
       Din ES, Wasley A, Jacques-Carroll L, Sirotkin B, Wang S.
       Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jan 24.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Commentary: Is there a best index of weight for height?
        Flegal KM.
        Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jan 19.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     2. Increasing rates of gastroenteritis hospital discharges in US adults and the contribution of norovirus, 1996-2007
        Lopman BA, Hall AJ, Curns AT, Parashar UD.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52(4):466-74.
        
     3. Low secondary transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in households following an outbreak at a summer camp: relationship to timing of exposure
        Doyle TJ, Hopkins RS.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Jan;139(1):45-51.
        

   • Community Health Services

     4. Time and distance barriers to mammography facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area
        Peipins LA, Graham S, Young R, Lewis B, Foster S, Flanagan B, Dent A.
        J Community Health. 2011 Jan 26.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     5. Eastern equine encephalitis: an emerging arboviral disease threat, Maine, 2009
        Gibney KB, Robinson S, Mutebi JP, Hoenig DE, Bernier BJ, Webber L, Lubelczyk C, Nett RJ, Fischer M.
        Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jan 23.
        

   • Genetics and Genomics

     6. Natural type 3/type 2 intertypic vaccine-related poliovirus recombinants with the first crossover sites within the VP1 capsid coding region
        Zhang Y, Zhu S, Yan D, Liu G, Bai R, Wang D, Chen L, Zhu H, An H, Kew O, Xu W.
        PLoS One. 2010 ;5(12):e15300.
        

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     7. Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicides
        Hulkower RL, Casanova LM, Rutala WA, Weber DJ, Sobsey MD.
        Am J Infect Control. 2011 Jan 20.
        

   • Immunity and Immunization

     8. 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) and vaccine failure in pregnancy
        Louie JK, Wadford DA, Norman A, Jamieson DJ.
        Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb;117(2 Pt 2):470-2.
        
     9. Repeat revaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among adults aged 55-74 years living in Alaska: no evidence of hyporesponsiveness
        Hammitt LL, Bulkow LR, Singleton RJ, Nuorti JP, Hummel KB, Miernyk KM, Zanis C, Whaley M, Romero-Steiner S, Butler JC, Rudolph K, Hennessy TW.
        Vaccine. 2011 Jan 18.
        

   • Injury and Violence

     10. Non-fatal conductive energy device-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 2005-2008
         Haileyesus T, Annest JL, Mercy JA.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Jan 21.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     11. Dissolution of beryllium in artificial lung alveolar macrophage phagolysosomal fluid
         Stefaniak AB, Virji MA, Day GA.
         Chemosphere. 2011 Jan 18.
         
     12. Analysis of active ricin and castor bean proteins in a ricin preparation, castor bean extract, and surface swabs from a public health investigation
         Schieltz DM, McGrath SC, McWilliams LG, Rees J, Bowen MD, Kools JJ, Dauphin LA, Gomez-Saladin E, Newton BN, Stang HL, Vick MJ, Thomas J, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Jan 18.
         
     13. Detection of low-level K65R variants in nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-naive chronic and acute HIV-1 subtype C infections
         Li JF, Lipscomb JT, Wei X, Martinson NA, Morris L, Heneine W, Johnson JA.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 21.
         
     14. Measurement of airborne nanoparticle surface area using a filter-based gas adsorption method for inhalation toxicology experiments
         Lebouf RF, Stefaniak AB, Chen BT, Frazer DG, Virji MA.
         Nanotoxicology. 2011 Jan 24.
         
     15. Characterization of Burkholderia rhizoxinica and B. endofungorum isolated from clinical specimens
         Gee JE, Glass MB, Lackner G, Helsel LO, Daneshvar M, Hollis DG, Jordan J, Morey R, Steigerwalt A, Hertweck C.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(1):e15731.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     16. Letter to the editor: Ventricular septal defects and the national birth defects prevention study
         Rasmussen SA, Riehle-Colarusso T, Shapira SK, Honein MA, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Jan;91(1):66.
         
     17. T cell cytokines and the risk of blood stream infection in extremely low birth weight infants
         Schelonka RL, Maheshwari A, Carlo WA, Taylor S, Hansen NI, Schendel DE, Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM, Higgins RD.
         Cytokine. 2011 Feb;53(2):249-255.
         
     18. Associations between maternal fever and influenza and congenital heart defects
         Oster ME, Riehle-Colarusso T, Alverson CJ, Correa A.
         J Pediatr. 2011 Jan 20.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     19. Vitamin D and all-cause mortality among adults in USA: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality Study
         Ford ES, Zhao G, Tsai J, Li C.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jan 25.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     20. Identification and measurement of diacetyl substitutes in dry bakery mix production
         Day G, Lebouf R, Grote A, Pendergrass S, Cummings K, Kreiss K, Kullman G.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Feb;8(2):93-103.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     21. The role of menthol in cigarettes as a reinforcer of smoking behavior
         Ahijevych K, Garrett BE.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Dec;12 Suppl 2:S110-6.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     22. Genetic heterogeneity and variation in viral load during equid herpesvirus-2 infection of foals
         Brault SA, Bird BH, Balasuriya UB, MacLachlan NJ.
         Vet Microbiol. 2011 Jan 27;147(3-4):253-61.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Health Communication and Education

     23. Smoking-cessation interventions for U.S. young adults: a systematic review
         Villanti AC, McKay HS, Abrams DB, Holtgrave DR, Bowie JV.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Dec;39(6):564-74.
         
     24. Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion
         Bailey JV, Murray E, Rait G, Mercer CH, Morris RW, Peacock R, Cassell J.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 (9):CD006483.
         
     25. Tailored versus generic interventions for skin cancer risk reduction for family members of melanoma patients
         Manne S, Jacobsen PB, Ming ME, Winkel G, Dessureault S, Lessin SR.
         Health Psychol. 2010 Nov;29(6):583-93.
         
     26. The power of theme and language in multi-cultural communities: which tobacco prevention messages are most persuasive to Mexican-American youth?
         Kelly K, Comello ML, Stanley LR, Gonzalez GR.
         J Advert Res. 2010 Sep;50(3):265-278.
         
     27. Parental attitudes toward human papillomavirus vaccination: evaluation of an educational intervention, 2008
         Kennedy A, Sapsis KF, Stokley S, Curtis CR, Gust D.
         J Health Commun. 2011 Dec 15:1-14.
         
     28. Diffusion of social media among public relations practitioners in health departments across various community population sizes
         Avery E, Lariscy R, Amador E, Ickowitz T, Primm C, Taylor A.
         J Public Relat Res. 2010 ;22(3):336 - 358.
         
     29. Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviour
         Wakefield MA, Loken B, Hornik RC.
         Lancet. 2010 Oct 9;376(9748):1261-71.
         
     30. Spontaneous diffusion of an effective skin cancer prevention program through web-based access to program materials
         Hall DM, Escoffery C, Nehl E, Glanz K.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A125.
         
     31. Using market research to characterize college students and identify potential targets for influencing health behaviors
         Berg CJ, Ling PM, Guo H, Windle M, Thomas JL, Ahluwalia JS, An LC.
         Soc Mar Q. 2010 ;16(4):41 - 69.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     32. Interim guidance: preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in men who have sex with men
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 28;60(03):65-68.
         
     33. Lead poisoning of a child associated with use of a Cambodian amulet - New York City, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 ;60(03):69-71.
         
     34. Updated recommendations for use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 28;60(03):72-76.
         
     35. Education and income - United States, 2005-2009
         Beckles GL, Truman BI.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 14;60(Suppl 1):13-17.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     36. Herpes zoster vaccine in older adults and the risk of subsequent herpes zoster disease
         Tseng HF, Smith N, Harpaz R, Bialek SR, Sy LS, Jacobsen SJ.
         JAMA. 2011 Jan 12;305(2):160-6.
         

   • Environmental Health

     37. Road traffic noise and stroke: a prospective cohort study
         Sorensen M, Hvidberg M, Andersen ZJ, Nordsborg RB, Lillelund KG, Jakobsen J, Tjonneland A, Overvad K, Raaschou-Nielsen O.
         Eur Heart J. 2011 Jan 25.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     38. Adverse outcomes from IVF
         Bewley S, Foo L, Braude P. (NO pdf available)
         BMJ. 2011 Jan 27;342:d436.
         
     39. Sleep duration, sleep regularity, body weight, and metabolic homeostasis in school-aged children
         Spruyt K, Molfese DL, Gozal D.
         Pediatrics. 2011 Jan 24.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     40. Habitual intake of flavonoid subclasses and incident hypertension in adults
         Cassidy A, O'Reilly EJ, Kay C, Sampson L, Franz M, Forman J, Curhan G, Rimm EB.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;93(2):338-47.
         
   
   

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