Issue 42, October 18, 2010

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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 Drug Safety - Diabetes Drugs)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Public awareness of heart attack symptoms: what should we look for and how will it help?
       Fang J.
       Future Cardiol. 2010 Sep;6(5):563-5.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Measles in the United States during the postelimination era
       Fiebelkorn A, Redd SB, Gallagher K, Rota PA, Rota J, Bellini W, Seward J.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 7.
       
     • A 2009 varicella outbreak in a Connecticut residential facility for adults with intellectual disability
       Leung J, Kudish K, Wang C, Moore L, Gacek P, Radford K, Lopez A, Sosa L, Schmid DS, Cartter M, Bialek S.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 7.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Evaluation of conventional and alternative monitoring methods for a recreational marine beach with nonpoint source of fecal contamination
       Shibata T, Solo-Gabriele HM, Sinigalliano CD, Gidley ML, Plano LR, Fleisher JM, Wang JD, Elmir SM, He G, Wright ME, Abdelzaher AM, Ortega C, Wanless D, Garza AC, Kish J, Scott T, Hollenbeck J, Backer LC, Fleming LE.
       Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Oct 6.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Case-control study to determine risk factors for diarrhea among children during a large outbreak in a country with a high prevalence of HIV infection
       Arvelo W, Kim A, Creek T, Legwaila K, Puhr N, Johnston S, Masunge J, Davis M, Mintz E, Bowen A.
       Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 5.
       

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     • Influential outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections in the past decade
       Srinivasan A.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;31 Suppl 1:S70-2.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Nanoparticles-containing spray can aerosol: characterization, exposure assessment, and generator design
       Chen BT, Afshari A, Stone S, Jackson M, Schwegler-Berry D, Frazer DG, Castranova V, Thomas TA.
       Inhal Toxicol. 2010 Oct 12.
       

   • Physical Activity

     • Pedometer-measured physical activity and health behaviors in U.S. adults
       Bassett Jr DR, Wyatt HR, Thompson H, Peters JC, Hill JO.
       Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Oct;42(10):1819-25.
       

   • Program Evaluation

     • Improving community participation to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa
       King JD, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Pa'au M, Lammie P.
       Acta Trop. 2010 Oct 10.
       

   • Public Health Ethics

     • Intentional infection of vulnerable populations in 1946-1948: another tragic history lesson
       Frieden TR, Collins FS.
       JAMA. 2010 Oct 11.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Hemolytic uremic syndrome after an Escherichia coli O111 outbreak
        Piercefield EW, Bradley KK, Coffman RL, Mallonee SM.
        Arch Intern Med. 2010 Oct 11;170(18):1656-63.
        
     2. Long-term follow-up of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis detected in environmental health studies
        Marti GE, Shim YK, Albitar M, Middleton D, Abbasi F, Anderson A, Vogt RF.
        Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2010 ;78 Suppl 1:S83-90.
        
     3. Human peripheral blood B-cell compartments: A crossroad in B-cell traffic
        Perez-Andres M, Paiva B, Nieto WG, Caraux A, Schmitz A, Almeida J, Vogt Jr RF, Marti GE, Rawstron AC, Van Zelm MC, Van Dongen JJ, Johnsen HE, Klein B, Orfao A.
        Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2010 ;78 Suppl 1:S47-60.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Isoniazid resistance and death in patients with tuberculous meningitis: Retrospective cohort study
        Vinnard C, Winston CA, Wileyto EP, Macgregor RR, Bisson GP.
        BMJ. 2010 ;341:c4451.
        
     5. Treatment outcome of multidrug/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia, 2000-2004
        Leimane V, Dravniece G, Riekstina V, Sture I, Kammerer S, Chen MP, Skenders G, Holtz TH.
        Eur Respir J. 2010 Sep;36(3):584-93.
        

   • Community Health Services

     6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Managing Epilepsy Well Network
        Kobau R, Price PH, Giles HW, Pennell PB, Hargis E.
        Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Oct 6.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     7. Prevalence, genetic characteristics, and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium species causing infections in farm rabbits in China
        Shi K, Jian F, Lv C, Ning C, Zhang L, Ren X, Dearen TK, Li N, Qi M, Xiao L.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3263-6.
        
     8. Evaluation of rodent bait containing imidacloprid for the control of fleas on commensal rodents in a plague-endemic region of northwest Uganda
        Borchert JN, Enscore RE, Eisen RJ, Atiku LA, Owor N, Acayo S, Babi N, Montenieri JA, Gage KL.
        J Med Entomol. 2010 Sep;47(5):842-50.
        
     9. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in tick feces provides evidence for organism shedding during vector feeding
        Patton TG, Dietrich G, Gilmore RD.
        Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Oct 6.
        

   • Drug Safety

     10. Diethylene glycol in health products sold over-the-counter and imported from Asian countries
         Schier JG, Barr DB, Li Z, Wolkin AF, Baker SE, Lewis LS, McGeehin MA.
         J Med Toxicol. 2010 Oct 7.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     11. Microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis in HIV/AIDS patients in St. Petersburg, Russia: serological identification of microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum in sera samples from HIV/AIDS patients
         Kucerova Z, Sokolova OI, Demyanov AV, Kvac M, Sak B, Kvetonova D, Secor WE.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Oct 7.
         
     12. Factors associated with prevalent abnormal anal cytology in a large cohort of HIV-infected adults in the United States
         Conley L, Bush T, Darragh TM, Palefsky JM, Unger ER, Patel P, Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S, Martin H, Overton ET, Hammer J, Henry K, Vellozzi C, Wood K, Brooks JT.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 6.
         
     13. Modeling the cost-effectiveness of the integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) system: meningitis in Burkina Faso
         Somda ZC, Perry HN, Messonnier NR, Djingarey MH, Ki SO, Meltzer MI.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(9).
         
     14. Changes in the state-level distribution of primary and secondary syphilis in the USA, 1985-2007
         Chesson HW, Sternberg M, Leichliter JS, Aral SO.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2010 Oct 7.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     15. Functional genomics of serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A): interaction of polymorphism, methylation, expression and disease association
         Falkenberg VR, Gurbaxani BM, Unger ER, Rajeevan MS.
         Neuromolecular Med. 2010 Oct 13.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     16. "Something we'd rather not talk about": findings from CDC exploratory research on sexually transmitted disease communication with girls and women
         Friedman AL, Bloodgood B.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Oct;19(10):1823-31.
         
     17. 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.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     18. Moving toward elimination of healthcare-associated infections: a call to action
         Cardo D, Dennehy PH, Halverson P, Fishman N, Kohn M, Murphy CL, Whitley RJ, Brennan PJ, Bright J, Curry C, Graham D, Haerum B, Kainer M, Kaye K, Lundstrom T, Richards C, Tomlinson L, Skillen EL, Streed S, Young M, Septimus E.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;31(11):1101-5.
         
     19. Maximizing infection prevention in the next decade: defining the unacceptable
         Frieden TR.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;31(S1):S1-S3.
         
     20. Current epidemiology of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli in the United States
         Kallen AJ, Srinivasan A.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;31(S1):S51-S54.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     21. Patients' willingness to discuss trade-offs to lower their out-of-pocket drug costs
         Tseng CW, Waitzfelder BE, Tierney EF, Gerzoff RB, Marrero DG, Piette JD, Karter AJ, Curb JD, Chung R, Mangione CM, Crosson JC, Dudley RA.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Sep 13;170(16):1502-4.
         
     22. Costs attributable to healthcare-acquired infection in hospitalized adults and a comparison of economic methods
         Roberts RR, Scott 2nd RD, Hota B, Kampe LM, Abbasi F, Schabowski S, Ahmad I, Ciavarella GG, Cordell R, Solomon SL, Hagtvedt R, Weinstein RA.
         Med Care. 2010 Oct 11.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     23. Emergence and localized circulation of a vaccine-derived poliovirus in an isolated mountain community in Guangxi, China
         Yan D, Li L, Zhu S, Zhang Y, An J, Wang D, Wen N, Jorba J, Liu W, Zhong G, Huang L, Kew O, Liang X, Xu W.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3274-80.
         
     24. Report of the 6th meeting on the evaluation of pandemic influenza vaccines in clinical trials World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 February 2010
         Girard MP, Katz J, Pervikov Y, Palkonyay L, Kieny MP.
         Vaccine. 2010 Oct 4;28(42):6811-20.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     25. An older adult falls research agenda from a public health perspective
         Stevens JA, Baldwin GT, Ballesteros MF, Noonan RK, Sleet DA.
         Clin Geriatr Med. 2010 Nov;26(4):767-79.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     26. Molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of an immunogenic protein of Baylisascaris procyonis for use in developing improved serodiagnostic assays
         Dangoudoubiyam S, Vemulapalli R, Hancock K, Kazacos KR.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Oct 6.
         
     27. Commentary: Comparison of current flow cytometry methods for monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis detection
         Nieto WG, Almeida J, Teodosio C, Abbasi F, Allgood SD, Connors F, Rachel JM, Ghia P, Lanasa MC, Rawstron AC, Orfao A, Caporaso NE, Hanson CA, Shim YK, Vogt RF, Marti GE.
         Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2010 ;78 Suppl 1:S4-9.
         
     28. Genomic characterization of human rotavirus G10 strains from the African Rotavirus Network: relationship to animal rotaviruses
         Esona MD, Banyai K, Foytich K, Freeman M, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Hull J, Kerin T, Steele AD, Armah GE, Geyer A, Page N, Agbaya VA, Forbi JC, Aminu M, Gautam R, Seheri LM, Nyangao J, Glass R, Bowen MD, Gentsch JR.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Oct 7.
         
     29. Quantitation of tetramethylene disulfotetramine in human urine using isotope dilution gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS and GC/MS/MS)
         Hamelin E, Swaim L, Thomas J, Kobelski R, Johnson RC.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2010 Oct 1;878(27):2541-7.
         
     30. Improved detection of Bartonella DNA in mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors using the NADH dehydrogenase gamma subunit (nuoG) by real-time PCR
         Colborn JM, Kosoy MY, Motin VL, Telepnev MV, Valbuena G, Myint KS, Fofanov Y, Putonti C, Feng C, Peruski L.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct 6.
         
     31. Differentiating and characterizing geminal silanols in silicas by (29)Si NMR spectroscopy
         Murray DK.
         J Colloid Interface Sci. 2010 Dec 1;352(1):163-70.
         
     32. Genomic profiling of TNF-alpha receptor and IL1 receptor knockout mice reveals a link between TNF-alpha signaling and increased severity of 1918 pandemic influenza virus infection
         Belisle SE, Tisoncik JR, Korth MJ, Carter VS, Proll SC, Swayne DE, Pantin-Jackwood M, Tumpey TM, Katze MG.
         J Virol. 2010 Oct 6.
         
     33. Cerium oxide nanoparticle-induced pulmonary inflammation and alveolar macrophage functional change in rats
         Ma JY, Zhao H, Mercer RR, Barger M, Rao M, Meighan T, Schwegler-Berry D, Castranova V, Ma JK.
         Nanotoxicology. 2010 Oct 6.
         
     34. Cost-effectiveness of pooled nucleic acid amplification testing for acute HIV infection after third-generation HIV antibody screening and rapid testing in the United States: a comparison of three public health settings
         Hutchinson AB, Patel P, Sansom SL, Farnham PG, Sullivan TJ, Bennett B, Kerndt PR, Bolan RK, Heffelfinger JD, Prabhu VS, Branson BM.
         PLoS Med. 2010 ;7(9):e1000342.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     35. Use of special education services among children with and without congenital gastrointestinal anomalies
         Hamrick SE, Strickland MJ, Shapira SK, Autry A, Schendel D.
         Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2010 Sep;115(5):421-32.
         
     36. Previous breastfeeding practices and duration of exclusive breastfeeding in the United States
         Phillips G, Brett K, Mendola P.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Oct 12.
         

   • Obituary

     37. Dr Val Vallyathan: In memoriam
         Castranova V, Fedan J.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2010 10 Sep;7(24).
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     38. Healthy hire effect, job selection and inhalation exposure among young adults with asthma
         Olivieri M, Mirabelli MC, Plana E, Radon K, Anto JM, Bakke P, Benke G, D'Errico A, Henneberger P, Kromhout H, Norback D, Toren K, van Sprundel M, Villani S, Wieslander G, Zock JP, Kogevinas M.
         Eur Respir J. 2010 Sep;36(3):517-23.
         
     39. 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 Oct 8;21(40):405501.
         
     40. A meta-analysis of leukaemia risk from protracted exposure to low-dose gamma radiation
         Daniels RD, Schubauer-Berigan MK.
         Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct 8.
         
     41. Associations of occupation, job control and job demands with intima-media thickness: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
         Fujishiro K, Diez Roux AV, Landsbergis P, Baron S, Barr RG, Kaufman JD, Polak JF, Stukovsky KH.
         Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct 8.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     42. Quality assessment of colonoscopy reporting: results from a statewide cancer screening program
         Li J, Nadel MR, Poppell CF, Dwyer DM, Lieberman DA, Steinberger EK.
         Diagn Ther Endosc. 2010 ;2010.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     43. Structure of health-related quality of life among people with and without functional limitations
         Horner-Johnson W, Suzuki R, Krahn GL, Andresen EM, Drum CE.
         Qual Life Res. 2010 Sep;19(7):977-84.
         

   • Zoonoses

     44. Why has zoonotic tuberculosis not received much attention?
         Thoen CO, LoBue PA, de Kantor I.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Sep;14(9):1073-4.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Drug Safety - Diabetes Drugs

     45. FDA on rosiglitazone: more on advisory committee decision
         Graham DJ, Gelperin K.
         BMJ. 2010 Sep 11;341:c4868.
         
     46. Improving drug safety surveillance: lessons from rosiglitazone
         Masoudi FA.
         Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Sep 1;3(5):444-6.
         
     47. Impact of thiazolidinedione safety warnings on medication use patterns and glycemic control among veterans with diabetes mellitus
         Shi L, Zhao Y, Szymanski K, Yau L, Fonseca V.
         J Diabetes Complications. 2010 Aug 11.
         
     48. Risk of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and death in elderly Medicare patients treated with rosiglitazone or pioglitazone
         Graham DJ, Ouellet-Hellstrom R, MaCurdy TE, Ali F, Sholley C, Worrall C, Kelman JA.
         JAMA. 2010 Jul 28;304(4):411-8.
         
     49. Balancing hypoglycemia and glycemic control: a public health approach for insulin safety
         Pogach L, Aron D.
         JAMA. 2010 May 26;303(20):2076-7.
         
     50. Effect of intensive treatment of hyperglycaemia on microvascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an analysis of the ACCORD randomised trial
         Ismail-Beigi F, Craven T, Banerji MA, Basile J, Calles J, Cohen RM, Cuddihy R, et al.
         Lancet. 2010 Aug 7;376(9739):419-30.
         
     51. Severe hypoglycemia and risks of vascular events and death
         Zoungas S, Patel A, Chalmers J, de Galan BE, Li Q, Billot L, Woodward M, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Oct 7;363(15):1410-8.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     52. Estimated lifetime risk for diagnosis of HIV infection among Hispanics/Latinos - 37 states and Puerto Rico, 2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 15;59(40):1297-1301.
         
     53. Tetanus and pertussis vaccination coverage among adults aged >/= 18 years - United States, 1999 and 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 15;59(40):1302-1306.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     54. Body size misperception: a novel determinant in the obesity epidemic
         Powell TM, de Lemos JA, Banks K, Ayers CR, Rohatgi A, Khera A, McGuire DK, Berry JD, Albert MA, Vega GL, Grundy SM, Das SR.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Oct 11;170(18):1695-7.
         
     55. Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication--Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)
         Merikangas KR, He JP, Burstein M, Swanson SA, Avenevoli S, Cui L, Benjet C, Georgiades K, Swendsen J.
         J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Oct;49(10):980-9.
         
     56. Xenotropic murine leukemia virus - related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions
         Henrich TJ, Li JZ, Felsenstein D, Kotton CN, Plenge RM, Pereyra F, Marty FM, Lin NH, Grazioso P, Crochiere DM, Eggers D, Kuritzkes DK, Tsibris AM.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 11.
         
   
   

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