Issue 44, November 1, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 44, 11/1/10

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 Informatics and Maternal Child Health - Folic Acid)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • US state alcohol sales compared to survey data, 1993-2006
       Nelson DE, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Roeber J.
       Addiction. 2010 Sep;105(9):1589-96.
       
     • A standardized health information system for refugee settings: rationale, challenges and the way forward
       Haskew C, Spiegel P, Tomczyk B, Cornier N, Hering H.
       Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Oct 1;88(10):792-4.
       
     • The geography of heterosexual partnerships in Baltimore city adults
       Gindi RM, Sifakis F, Sherman SG, Towe VL, Flynn C, Zenilman JM.
       Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Oct 14.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • Knowledge and adoption of community mitigation efforts in Mexico during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic
       Aburto NJ, Pevzner E, Lopez-Ridaura R, Rojas R, Lopez-Gatell H, Lazcano E, Hernandez-Avila M, Harrington TA.
       Am J Prev Med. 2010 Nov;39(5):395-402.
       

   • Informatics

     • Using the electronic foodborne outbreak reporting system (eFORS) to improve foodborne outbreak surveillance, investigations, and program evaluation
       Middaugh JP, Hammond RM, Eisenstein L, Lazensky R.
       J Environ Health. 2010 Sep;73(2):8-11.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid

     • Iron and folic acid supplements and reduced early neonatal deaths in Indonesia
       Titaley CR, Dibley MJ, Roberts CL, Hall J, Agho K.
       Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Jul 1;88(7):500-8.
       
     • Fortification of flour with folic acid
       Berry RJ, Bailey L, Mulinare J, Bower C.
       Food Nutr Bull. 2010 Mar;31(1 Suppl):S22-35.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • The occupational contribution to severe exacerbation of asthma
       Henneberger PK, Mirabelli MC, Kogevinas M, Anto JM, Plana E, Dahlman-Hoglund A, Jarvis DL, Kromhout H, Lillienberg L, Norback D, Olivieri M, Radon K, Toren K, Urrutia I, Villani S, Zock JP.
       Eur Respir J. 2010 Oct;36(4):743-50.
       

   • Program Evaluation

     • The impact of a national program to provide free mammograms to low-income, uninsured women on breast cancer mortality rates
       Howard DH, Ekwueme DU, Gardner JG, Tangka FK, Li C, Miller JW.
       Cancer. 2010 Oct 1;116(19):4456-62.
       

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     • Sexual behaviors and sexual violence: adolescents with opposite-, same-, or both-sex partners
       Pathela P, Schillinger JA.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Oct 25.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. The identification of children with adverse risk factor levels by body mass index cutoffs from 2 classification systems: the Bogalusa Heart Study
        Freedman DS, Fulton JE, Dietz WH, Pan L, Nihiser AJ, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS.
        Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Oct 27.
        
     2. Addressing mental health promotion in chronic disease prevention and health promotion
        Perry GS, Presley-Cantrell LR, Dhingra SS.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Oct 21.
        
     3. Prevalence of venous thromboembolism among privately insured US adults
        Boulet SL, Grosse SD, Hooper WC, Beckman MG, Atrash HK.
        Arch Intern Med. 2010 Oct 25;170(19):1774-5.
        
     4. Cancer statistics, 2010
        Jemal A, Siegel R, Xu J, Ward E.
        CA Cancer J Clin. 2010 Sep-Oct;60(5):277-300.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     5. Injection drug use, HIV and the current response in selected low-income and middle-income countries
        Bergenstrom AM, Abdul-Quader AS.
        AIDS. 2010 Sep;24 Suppl 3:S20-9.
        
     6. Burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in a densely populated urban community, Dhaka, Bangladesh
        Naheed A, Ram PK, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Parsons MB, Talukder KA, Mintz E, Luby S, Breiman RF.
        Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep;14 Suppl 3:e93-9.
        
     7. Human papillomavirus infection and cytologic abnormalities of the anus and cervix among HIV-infected women in the Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV/AIDS in the Era of Effective Therapy (The SUN Study)
        Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S, Conley L, Bush T, Onyekwuluje J, Swan DC, Unger ER, Henry K, Hammer JH, Overton ET, Darragh TM, Palefsky JM, Vellozzi C, Patel P, Brooks JT.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Oct 14.
        
     8. Genetic characterization of clade B measles viruses isolated in Tunisia and Libya 2002-2009 and a proposed new subtype within the B3 genotype
        Haddad-Boubaker S, Rezq M, Smeo MN, Ben Yahia A, Abudher A, Slim A, Ben Ghorbel M, Ahmed H, Rota P, Triki H.
        Virus Res. 2010 Nov;153(2):258-64.
        

   • Entomology

     9. Comparison of engorged Culex quinquefasciatus collection and blood-feeding pattern among four mosquito collection methods in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 2007
        Kent RJ, Gonzalez Reiche AS, Morales-Betoulle ME, Komar N.
        J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2010 ;26(3):332-336.
        

   • Environmental Health

     10. Prevalence of Acanthamoeba spp. and other free-living amoebae in household water, Ohio, USA-1990-1992
         Stockman LJ, Wright CJ, Visvesvara GS, Fields BS, Beach MJ.
         Parasitol Res. 2010 Oct 27.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     11. Improving the quality of industry and occupation data at a central cancer registry
         Armenti KR, Celaya MO, Cherala S, Riddle B, Schumacher PK, Rees JR.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct;53(10):995-1001.
         
     12. Tracing the origins of Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in humans in the USA to cattle in Mexico using spoligotyping
         Rodwell TC, Kapasi AJ, Moore M, Milian-Suazo F, Harris B, Guerrero LP, Moser K, Strathdee SA, Garfein RS.
         Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep;14 Suppl 3:e129-35.
         
     13. Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in young children with death due to rotavirus genotype G9 in Rio Branco, Brazilian Amazon region, 2005
         Siqueira AA, Santelli AC, Alencar LR, Dantas MP, Dimech CP, Carmo GM, Santos DA, Alves RM, Lucena MB, Morais M, Assis RM, Fialho A, Mascarenhas JD, Costa M, Linhares AC, Leite JP, Araujo WN, Hatch DL.
         Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct;14(10):e898-903.
         

   • Food Safety

     14. Commensal Escherichia coli isolate resistant to eight classes of antimicrobial agents in the United States
         Krueger AL, Folster J, Medalla F, Joyce K, Perri MB, Johnson L, Zervos M, Whichard JM, Barzilay EJ.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2010 Oct 25.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     15. Evidence-based classification of recommendations on use of genomic tests in clinical practice: dealing with insufficient evidence
         Khoury MJ, Coates RJ, Evans JP.
         Genet Med. 2010 Oct 22.
         
     16. Reverse genetics generation of chimeric infectious Junin/Lassa virus is dependent on interaction of homologous glycoprotein stable signal peptide and G2 cytoplasmic domains
         Albarino CG, Bird BH, Chakrabarti AK, Dodd KA, White DM, Bergeron E, Shrivastava-Ranjan P, Nichol ST.
         J Virol. 2010 Oct 27.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     17. Smoking characteristics of adults with selected lifetime mental illnesses: results from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey
         McClave AK, McKnight-Eily LR, Davis SP, Dube SR.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Oct 21.
         
     18. Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of current smoking among adolescent students in Thailand, 2005
         McKnight-Eily L, Arrazola R, Merritt R, Malarcher A, Sirichotiratana N.
         Health Educ Behav. 2010 Oct 27.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     19. Online dietary supplement resources
         Saldanha LG, Dwyer JT, Andrews KW, Bailey RL, Gahche JJ, Hardy CJ, Holden JM, Picciano MF, Roseland JM, Thomas PR, Wolf WR.
         J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Oct;110(10):1426, 1428, 1430-1.
         

   • Health Disparities

     20. Decline in the United States black preterm/low birth weight rate in the 1990s: can the economic boom explain it?
         Schempf AH, Decker SL.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;20(11):862-7.
         
     21. Racial disparities in colorectal cancer survival: to what extent are racial disparities explained by differences in treatment, tumor characteristics, or hospital characteristics?
         White A, Vernon SW, Franzini L, Du XL.
         Cancer. 2010 Oct 1;116(19):4622-31.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     22. Costs of heart failure-related hospitalizations in patients aged 18 to 64 years
         Wang G, Zhang Z, Ayala C, Wall HK, Fang J.
         Am J Manag Care. 2010 Oct;16(10):769-76.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     23. Adverse events in pregnant women following administration of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine and live attenuated influenza vaccine in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2009
         Moro PL, Broder K, Zheteyeva Y, Walton K, Rohan P, Sutherland A, Guh A, Haber P, Destefano F, Vellozzi C.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct 19.
         
     24. A norovirus vaccine on the horizon?
         Vinje J.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 27.
         
     25. Practice and child characteristics associated with influenza vaccine uptake in young children
         Poehling KA, Fairbrother G, Zhu Y, Donauer S, Ambrose S, Edwards KM, Staat MA, Prill MM, Finelli L, Allred NJ, Bardenheier B, Szilagyi PG.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Oct;126(4):665-73.
         
     26. Adverse event reports following Japanese encephalitis vaccination in the United States, 1999-2009
         Lindsey NP, Staples JE, Jones JF, Sevjar JJ, Griggs A, Iskander J, Miller ER, Fischer M.
         Vaccine. 2010 Oct 20.
         
     27. Approaches to monitoring biological outcomes for HPV vaccination: challenges of early adopter countries
         Wong CA, Saraiya M, Hariri S, Eckert L, Howlett RI, Markowitz LE, Brotherton JM, Sinka K, Martinez-Montanez OG, Kjaer SK, Dunne EF.
         Vaccine. 2010 Oct 21.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     28. Renal nitric oxide production in rat pregnancy: role of constitutive nitric oxide synthases
         Smith CA, Santymire B, Erdely A, Venkat V, Losonczy G, Baylis C.
         Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2010 Oct;299(4):F830-6.
         
     29. Exposure to cigarette smoke inhibits the pulmonary T cell response to influenza and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
         Feng Y, Kong Y, Barnes PF, Huang FF, Klucar P, Wang X, Samten B, Sengupta M, Machona B, Donis R, Tvinnereim AR, Shams H.
         Infect Immun. 2010 Oct 25.
         
     30. A method for rapid, non-targeted screening for environmental contaminants in household dust
         Hilton DC, Jones RS, Sjodin A.
         J Chromatogr A. 2010 Oct 29;1217(44):6851-6.
         
     31. Development of a multilocus sequence typing tool for Cryptosporidium muris and Cryptosporidium andersoni
         Feng Y, Yang W, Ryan U, Zhang L, Kvac M, Koudela B, Modry D, Li N, Fayer R, Xiao L.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct 27.
         
     32. Genomic signature-based identification of influenza A viruses using RT-PCR/electro-spray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) technology
         Deyde VM, Sampath R, Garten RJ, Blair PJ, Myers CA, Massire C, Matthews H, Svoboda P, Reed MS, Pohl J, Klimov AI, Gubareva LV.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(10):e13293.
         
     33. Mutations of an antibody binding energy hot spot on domain III of the dengue 2 envelope glycoprotein exploited for neutralization escape
         Gromowski GD, Roehrig JT, Diamond MS, Lee JC, Pitcher TJ, Barrett AD.
         Virology. 2010 Nov 25;407(2):237-46.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     34. Pressure distribution on the anatomic landmarks of the knee and the effect of kneepads
         Porter WL, Mayton AG, Moore SM.
         Appl Ergon. 2010 Dec;42(1):106-13.
         
     35. Contact pressure study of N95 filtering face-piece respirators using finite element method
         Lei Z, Yang J, Zhuang Z.
         Comput-Aided Des Appl. 2010 ;7:847-861.
         
     36. Locomotion in restricted space: kinematic and electromyographic analysis of stoopwalking and crawling
         Gallagher S, Pollard J, Porter WL.
         Gait Posture. 2010 Oct 22.
         
     37. A pilot study on the association between job stress and repeated measures of immunological biomarkers in female nurses
         Lee KM, Kang D, Yoon K, Kim SY, Kim H, Yoon HS, Trout DB, Hurrell JJ.
         Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2010 Oct;83(7):779-89.
         
     38. Development of retrospective quantitative and qualitative job-exposure matrices for exposures at a beryllium processing facility
         Couch JR, Petersen M, Rice C, Schubauer-Berigan MK.
         Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct 25.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     39. Time for change: rethinking and reframing sexual health in the United States
         Fenton KA.
         J Sex Med. 2010 Oct;7 (SUPPL. 5):250-252.
         
     40. Fatal Clostridium sordellii infections after medical abortions
         Meites E, Zane S, Gould C.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Sep 30;363(14):1382-3.
         

   • Zoonoses

     41. Human rabies epidemiology in Shandong Province, China
         Wang X, Ding S, Li Z, Wang L, Kou Z, Feng K, Wu X, Rupprecht CE.
         Jpn J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep;63(5):323-6.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Informatics

     42. E-codes and injury surveillance data systems. Policy statement
         American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
         Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Oct;56(4):450.
         
     43. Health information technology: revisions to initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health record technology. Interim final rule with request for comments
         Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) D.
         Fed Regist. 2010 Oct 13;75(197):62686-90.
         
     44. The population health record: concepts, definition, design, and implementation
         Friedman DJ, Parrish RG.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jul-Aug;17(4):359-66.
         
     45. Exclusion of genetic information from the medical record: ethical and medical dilemmas
         Klitzman R.
         JAMA. 2010 Sep 8;304(10):1120-1.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid

     46. Maternal serum folate species in early pregnancy and risk of preterm birth
         Bodnar LM, Himes KP, Venkataramanan R, Chen JY, Evans RW, Meyer JL, Simhan HN.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Oct;92(4):864-71.
         
     47. Concentrations of unmetabolized folic acid and primary folate forms in pregnant women at delivery and in umbilical cord blood
         Obeid R, Kasoha M, Kirsch SH, Munz W, Herrmann W.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Sep 15.
         
     48. Folic acid and L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate: comparison of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
         Pietrzik K, Bailey L, Shane B.
         Clin Pharmacokinet. 2010 Aug 1;49(8):535-48.
         
     49. Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects
         De-Regil LM, Fernandez-Gaxiola AC, Dowswell T, Pena-Rosas JP.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 ;10:CD007950.
         
     50. Variation in folate pathway genes contributes to risk of congenital heart defects among individuals with Down syndrome
         Locke AE, Dooley KJ, Tinker SW, Cheong SY, Feingold E, Allen EG, Freeman SB, et al.
         Genet Epidemiol. 2010 Sep;34(6):613-23.
         
     51. Maternal folate-related gene environment interactions and congenital heart defects
         Hobbs CA, Cleves MA, Karim MA, Zhao W, MacLeod SL.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug;116(2 Pt 1):316-22.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     52. Global routine vaccination coverage, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 29;59(42):1367-1371.
         
     53. Incidence of end-stage renal disease attributed to diabetes among persons with diagnosed diabetes - United States and Puerto Rico, 1996-2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 29;59(42):1361-1366.
         
     54. Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria - Haiti, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 29;59(42):1372-1373.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     55. Trends in the prevalence of autism on the basis of special education data
         Maenner MJ, Durkin MS.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Oct 25.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     56. Evening types are more often current smokers and nicotine-dependent-a study of Finnish adult twins
         Broms U, Kaprio J, Hublin C, Partinen M, Madden PA, Koskenvuo M.
         Addiction. 2010 Sep 30.
         
     57. Just say "I don't": lack of concordance between teen report and biological measures of drug use
         Delaney-Black V, Chiodo LM, Hannigan JH, Greenwald MK, Janisse J, Patterson G, Huestis MA, Ager J, Sokol RJ.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Oct 25.
         
   
   

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