Issue 39, September 27, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 39, 9/27/10

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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 Disaster Control and Emergency Services - Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Injury and Violence - Suicide)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Recovery of a multidrug-resistant strain of pandemic influenza A 2009 (H1N1) virus carrying a dual H275Y/I223R mutation from a child after prolonged treatment with Oseltamivir
       Nguyen HT, Fry AM, Loveless PA, Klimov AI, Gubareva LV.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 15;51(8):983-4.
       

   • Community Health Services

     • Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008
       Wilson FA, Stimpson JP.
       AJPH. 2010 .
       

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services - Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

     • The medical reserve corps as part of the federal medical and public health response in disaster settings
       Frasca DR.
       Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):265-71.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil - surveillance data from 11 states in the United States, 2001-2007
       Lee SJ, Mulay P, Diebolt-Brown B, Lackovic MJ, Mehler LN, Beckman J, Waltz J, Prado JB, Mitchell YA, Higgins SA, Schwartz A, Calvert GM.
       Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Aug;48(7):737-44.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Epidemiology of HIV infection in large urban areas in the United States
       Hall HI, Espinoza L, Benbow N, Hu YW.
       PloS One. 2010 ;5(9).
       
     • Use of an immunization information system to assess the effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in US children
       Sahni LC, Boom JA, Patel MM, Baker CJ, Rench MA, Parashar UD, Tate JE.
       Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6314-7.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • Bicycle helmet use among children in the United States: the effects of legislation, personal and household factors
       Dellinger AM, Kresnow MJ.
       J Safety Res. 2010 Aug;41(4):375-80.
       

   • Injury and Violence - Suicide

     • Evidence-based mental health programs in schools: barriers and facilitators of successful implementation
       Langley AK, Nadeem E, Kataoka SH, Stein BD, Jaycox LH.
       School Ment Health. 2010 Sep;2(3):105-113.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Ensuring the quality of HIV rapid testing in resource-poor countries using a systematic approach to training
       Yao K, Wafula W, Bile EC, Cheignsong R, Howard S, Demby A, Nkengasong J.
       Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):568-72.
       
     • Laboratory testing practices for West Nile virus in the United States
       Janusz KB, Lehman JA, Panella AJ, Fischer M, Staples E.
       Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Sep 17.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Prevalence of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: a systematic review
        Shim YK, Middleton DC, Caporaso NE, Rachel JM, Landgren O, Abbasi F, Raveche ES, Rawstron AC, Orfao A, Marti GE, Vogt RF.
        Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2010 ;78 Suppl 1:S10-8.
        
     2. Spinal glia and chronic pain
        O'Callaghan JP, Miller DB.
        Metabolism. 2010 Oct;59 Suppl 1:S21-6.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Hepatitis delta: seek and ye shall find
        Holmberg SD, Ward JW.
        J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 15;202(6):822-4.
        

   • Community Health Services

     4. Community-level incentives to increase the use of vaccination services in developing countries: an idea whose time has come?
        Behl AS, Vijayaraghavan M, Nordin JD, Maciosek MV, Strebel PM.
        Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6123-4.
        

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     5. Emergency department visits for chest pain and abdominal pain: United States, 1999-2008
        Bhuiya FA, Pitts SR, McCaig LF.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(43):1-8.
        

   • Drug Safety

     6. Prescription drug use continues to increase: U.S. prescription drug data for 2007-2008
        Gu Q, Dillon CF, Burt VL.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(42):1-8.
        

   • Environmental Health

     7. Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of nitrate radicals with geraniol, citronellol, and dihydromyrcenol
        Harrison JC, Ham JE.
        Int J Chem Kinet. 2010 ;42(11):669-675.
        
     8. Studying associations between urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cardiovascular diseases in the United States
        Xu X, Cook RL, Ilacqua VA, Kan H, Talbott EO, Kearney G.
        Sci Total Environ. 2010 Oct 1;408(21):4943-8.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     9. The emergence of translational epidemiology: from scientific discovery to population health impact
        Khoury MJ, Gwinn M, Ioannidis JP.
        Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 1;172(5):517-24.
        

   • Food Safety

     10. Human Salmonella infections linked to contaminated dry dog and cat food, 2006-2008
         Behravesh CB, Ferraro A, Deasy M, Dato V, Moll M, Sandt C, Rea NK, Rickert R, Marriott C, Warren K, Urdaneta V, Salehi E, Villamil E, Ayers T, Hoekstra RM, Austin JL, Ostroff S, Williams IT.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):477-83.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     11. A plausible causal model of HAART-efficacy beliefs, HIV/AIDS complacency, and HIV-acquisition risk behavior among young men who have sex with men
         Mackellar DA, Hou SI, Whalen CC, Samuelsen K, Valleroy LA, Secura GM, Behel S, Bingham T, Celentano DD, Koblin BA, Lalota M, Shehan D, Thiede H, Torian LV.
         AIDS Behav. 2010 Sep 23.
         
     12. Assessment of changes in condom use among female sex workers in a prospective cohort study introducing diaphragm use for disease prevention
         Gallo MF, Warner L, Bell AJ, Wiener J, Eschenbach DA, Bukusi EA, Sharma A, Njoroge B, Ngugi E, Jamieson DJ.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 1;172(5):606-12.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     13. Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: findings from ethnographic in-depth interviews
         Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Aronson RE, Bloom FR, Felizzola J, Wolfson M, Vissman AT, Alonzo J, Boeving Allen A, Montano J, McGuire J.
         Cult Health Sex. 2010 Oct;12(7):797-812.
         
     14. Self-examination behaviors for syphilis symptoms among HIV-infected men
         Taylor MM, Peterson B, Post J, Williams C, Vanig T, Winscott M.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Oct 1;55(2):284-5.
         
     15. Educating teenagers about sex in the United States
         Martinez G, Abma J, Copen C.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(44):1-8.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     16. Underinsurance among children in the United States
         Kogan MD, Newacheck PW, Blumberg SJ, Ghandour RM, Singh GK, Strickland BB, van Dyck PC.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 26;363(9):841-51.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     17. Human papillomavirus vaccination practices: a survey of US physicians 18 months after licensure
         Daley MF, Crane LA, Markowitz LE, Black SR, Beaty BL, Barrow J, Babbel C, Gottlieb SL, Liddon N, Stokley S, Dickinson LM, Kempe A.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):425-33.
         
     18. Induction of broadly neutralizing H1N1 influenza antibodies by vaccination
         Wei CJ, Boyington JC, McTamney PM, Kong WP, Pearce MB, Xu L, Andersen H, Rao S, Tumpey TM, Yang ZY, Nabel GJ.
         Science. 2010 Aug 27;329(5995):1060-4.
         
     19. Methodology and measurement of the effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine: systematic review
         O'Loughlin RE, Edmond K, Mangtani P, Cohen AL, Shetty S, Hajjeh R, Mulholland K.
         Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6128-36.
         
     20. HPV vaccine for adolescent males: acceptability to parents post-vaccine licensure
         Reiter PL, McRee AL, Gottlieb SL, Brewer NT.
         Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6292-7.
         
     21. Adverse events following influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines reported to the vaccine adverse events reporting system, United States, October 1, 2009-January 31, 2010
         Vellozzi C, Broder KR, Haber P, Guh A, Nguyen M, Cano M, Lewis P, McNeil MM, Bryant M, Singleton J, Martin D, Destefano F.
         Vaccine. 2010 Sep 15.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     22. Evaluating the BED capture enzyme immunoassay to estimate HIV incidence among adults in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
         Kim AA, McDougal JS, Hargrove J, Rehle T, Pillay-Van Wyk V, Puren A, Ekra A, Borget-Alloue MY, Adje-Toure C, Abdullahi AS, Odawo L, Marum L, Parekh BS.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Sep 19.
         
     23. Scaling up HIV rapid testing in developing countries: comprehensive approach for implementing quality assurance
         Parekh BS, Kalou MB, Alemnji G, Ou CY, Gershy-Damet GM, Nkengasong JN.
         Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):573-84.
         
     24. A quality management systems approach for CD4 testing in resource-poor settings
         Westerman LE, Kohatsu L, Ortiz A, McClain B, Kaplan J, Spira T, Marston B, Jani IV, Nkengasong J, Parsons LM.
         Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):556-67.
         
     25. Particle size distributions from laboratory-scale biomass fires using fast response instruments
         Hosseini S, Li Q, Cocker D, Weise D, Miller A, Shrivastava M, Miller JW, Mahalingam S, Princevac M, Jung H.
         Atmos Chem Phys. 2010 ;10(16):8065-8076.
         
     26. Age exaggerates proinflammatory cytokine signaling and truncates signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 signaling following ischemic stroke in the rat
         Dinapoli VA, Benkovic SA, Li X, Kelly KA, Miller DB, Rosen CL, Huber JD, O'Callaghan JP.
         Neuroscience. 2010 Oct 13;170(2):633-44.
         
     27. Application and validation of PFGE for serovar identification of Leptospira clinical isolates
         Galloway RL, Levett PN.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 ;4(9).
         
     28. Chemical-specific screening criteria for interpretation of biomonitoring data for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)--application of steady-state PBPK model solutions
         Aylward LL, Kirman CR, Blount BC, Hays SM.
         Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2010 Oct;58(1):33-44.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     29. Correlates of seasonal influenza vaccine coverage among pregnant women in Georgia and Rhode Island
         Ahluwalia IB, Jamieson DJ, Rasmussen SA, D'Angelo D, Goodman D, Kim H.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;116(4):949-955.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     30. Exposure to flour dust and sensitization among bakery employees
         Page EH, Dowell CH, Mueller CA, Biagini RE, Heederik D.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Sep 22.
         
     31. Racial and ethnic disparities in work-related injuries and socio-economic resources among nursing assistants employed in US nursing homes
         Tak S, Alterman T, Baron S, Calvert GM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct;53(10):951-9.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     32. Evaluation of targeted influenza vaccination strategies via population modeling
         Glasser J, Taneri D, Feng Z, Chuang JH, Tull P, Thompson W, Mason McCauley M, Alexander J.
         PloS One. 2010 ;5(9).
         

   • Zoonoses

     33. Ferret badger rabies origin and its revisited importance as potential source of rabies transmission in Southeast China
         Liu Y, Zhang S, Wu X, Zhao J, Hou Y, Zhang F, Velasco-Villa A, Rupprecht CE, Hu R.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 ;10:234.
         
     34. Pediatric malaria: 8-year case series in Atlanta, Georgia, and review of the literature
         Gutman J, Guarner J.
         J Travel Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;17 (5):334-338.
         
     35. Evaluation of antibacterial soap in the management of lymphoedema in Leogane, Haiti
         Addiss DG, Michel MC, Michelus A, Radday J, Billhimer W, Louis-Charles J, Roberts JM, Kramp K, Dahl BA, Keswick B.
         Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep 16.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services - Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

     36. O2C3: A unified model for emergency operations planning
         Keim ME.
         Am J Disaster Med. 2010 May-Jun;5(3):169-79.
         
     37. An organized, comprehensive, and security-enabled strategic response to the Haiti earthquake: a description of pre-deployment readiness preparation and preliminary experience from an academic anesthesiology department with no preexisting international disaster response program
         McCunn M, Ashburn MA, Floyd TF, Schwab CW, Harrington P, Hanson CW, Sarani B, et al.
         Anesth Analg. 2010 Sep 14.
         
     38. Building public health capacity in Afghanistan to implement the international health regulations: a role for security forces
         Chretien JP, Yingst SL, Thompson D.
         Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):277-85.
         
     39. Public compliance with mass prophylaxis guidance
         Rinchiuso-Hasselmann A, Starr DT, McKay RL, Medina E, Raphael M.
         Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):255-63.
         
     40. Involvement of the US department of defense in civilian assistance, part I: a quantitative description of the projects funded by the overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid program
         Bourdeaux ME, Lawry L, Bonventre EV, Burkle Jr FM.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Mar;4(1):66-73.
         
     41. Chronic health needs immediately after natural disasters in middle-income countries: the case of the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake
         Chan EY, Kim J.
         Eur J Emerg Med. 2010 Jul 31.
         
     42. Response to H1N1 influenza outbreak in a pediatric children's hospital: challenges faced and lessons learned
         Cannava P, Cicillini D, Higgins M, McGrath A, O'Leary J.
         J Pediatr Nurs. 2010 Oct;25(5):375-81.
         
     43. Legal issues of humanitarian assistance after the 2007 earthquake in Pisco, Peru
         Bambaren C.
         Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 May-Jun;25(3):203-6.
         
     44. Role of emergency medical services in disaster response
         National Association Of EMS Physicians.
         Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010 Oct-Dec;14(4):543.
         
     45. Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?
         Lau CL, Smythe LD, Craig SB, Weinstein P.
         Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Oct;104(10):631-8.
         

   • Injury and Violence - Suicide

     46. Invited commentary: body mass index and suicide--untangling an unlikely association
         Mukamal KJ, Miller M.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 9.
         
     47. Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents
         Undheim AM, Sund AM.
         Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Sep 3.
         
     48. Twelve-month prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts in the world health organization world mental health surveys
         Borges G, Nock MK, Haro Abad JM, Hwang I, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, et al.
         J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Aug 24.
         
     49. Depression, stigma, and suicidal ideation in medical students
         Schwenk TL, Davis L, Wimsatt LA.
         JAMA. 2010 Sep 15;304(11):1181-90.
         
     50. Understanding boys': thinking through boys, masculinity and suicide
         Mac An Ghaill M, Haywood C.
         Soc Sci Med. 2010 Aug 26.
         
     51. Aggression and the risk for suicidal behaviors among children
         Greening L, Stoppelbein L, Luebbe A, Fite PJ.
         Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):337-45.
         
     52. Awareness effects of a youth suicide prevention media campaign in Louisiana
         Jenner E, Jenner LW, Matthews-Sterling M, Butts JK, Williams TE.
         Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):394-406.
         
     53. Myths and facts about suicide from individuals involved in suicide prevention
         Schurtz DR, Cerel J, Rodgers P.
         Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):346-52.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     54. Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men - 21 cities, United States, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Sept 24;59(37):1201-1207.
         
     55. Racial differences by gestational age in neonatal deaths attributable to congenital heart defects - United States, 2003-2006
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Sept 24;59(37):1208-1211.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     56. Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among adults in the United States from 1999-2008
         Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Tsai J.
         Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Sep 7.
         
     57. Alcohol consumption and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by subtype: The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
         Li CI, Chlebowski RT, Freiberg M, Johnson KC, Kuller L, Lane D, Lessin L, O'Sullivan MJ, Wactawski-Wende J, Yasmeen S, Prentice R.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Sep 22;102(18):1422-31.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     58. Influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute myocardial infarction: matched case-control study
         Siriwardena AN, Gwini SM, Coupland CA.
         CMAJ. 2010 Sep 20.
         

   • Environmental Health

     59. Use of sunless tanning products among US adolescents aged 11 to 18 years
         Cokkinides VE, Bandi P, Weinstock MA, Ward E.
         Arch Dermatol. 2010 Sep;146(9):987-92.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     60. Birth outcomes among offspring of women exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
         Lipkind HS, Curry AE, Huynh M, Thorpe LE, Matte T.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;116(4):917-25.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     61. The beneficial effect of family meals on obesity differs by race, sex, and household education: the National Survey of Children's Health, 2003-2004
         Rollins BY, Belue RZ, Francis LA.
         J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Sep;110(9):1335-9.
         
   
   

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