Issue 2, August 10, 2009

Vol. 1, Issue: 2, 8/10/09

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

• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring obesity and novel H1N1 influenza)
• Public health articles noted in the media

Knowledge to Action Science Clips is a service of the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library and CDC's Office of the Chief Science Officer.
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1. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study
        Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kroger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H.
        Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62.
        
     2. Association of type 1 diabetes with month of birth among US youth: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
        Kahn HS, Morgan TM, Case LD, Dabelea D, Mayer-Davis EJ, Lawrence JM, Marcovina SM, Imperatore G, for the S.
        Diabetes Care. 2009 Aug 12;32(11):2010-5.
        
     3. The influence of hepatitis B virus genotype and subgenotype on the natural history of chronic hepatitis B
        McMahon BJ.
        Hepatol Int. 2009 Jun;3(2):334-42.
        
     4. Three decade change in the prevalence of hearing impairment and its association with diabetes in the United States
        Cheng YJ, Gregg EW, Saaddine JB, Imperatore G, Zhang X, Albright AL.
        Prev Med. 2009 Aug 4;49(5):360-4.
        
     5. Relation of candidate genes that encode for endothelial function to migraine and stroke: the stroke prevention in young women study
        Macclellan LR, Howard TD, Cole JW, Stine OC, Giles WH, O'Connell JR, Wozniak MA, Stern BJ, Mitchell BD, Kittner SJ.
        Stroke. 2009 Aug 6;40(10):e550-7.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     6. Risk factors for toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States
        Jones JL, Dargelas V, Roberts J, Press C, Remington JS, Montoya JG.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 10;49(6):878-84.
        
     7. Reporting patterns and characteristics of tuberculosis among international travelers, United States, June 2006 to May 2008
        Modi S, Buff AM, Lawson CJ, Rodriguez D, Kirking HL, Lipman H, Fishbein DB.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 7;49(6):885-91.
        
     8. Mupirocin resistance
        Patel JB, Gorwitz RJ, Jernigan JA.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 12;49(6):935-41.
        
     9. Increased activity of coxsackievirus B1 strains associated with severe disease among young infants in the United States, 2007-2008
        Wikswo ME, Khetsuriani N, Fowlkes AL, Zheng X, Penaranda S, Verma N, Shulman ST, Sircar K, Robinson CC, Schmidt T, Schnurr D, Oberste MS.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 1;49(5):e44-51.
        
     10. Obstetrician/gynecologists' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding prevention of infections in pregnancy
         Ross DS, Rasmussen SA, Cannon MJ, Anderson B, Kilker K, Tumpey A, Schulkin J, Jones JL.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Aug;18(8):1187-93.
         
     11. What's new in the 2009 US guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections among adults and adolescents with HIV?
         Brooks JT, Kaplan JE, Masur H.
         Top HIV Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;17(3):109-14.
         

   • Community Health Services

     12. A multicenter study on optimizing piperacillin-tazobactam use: lessons on why interventions fail
         Gaynes RP, Gould CV, Edwards J, Antoine TL, Blumberg HM, Desilva K, King M, Kraman A, Pack J, Ribner B, Seybold U, Steinberg J, Jernigan JA.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):794-6.
         

   • Entomology

     13. Arbovirus surveillance of mosquitoes collected at sites of active Rift Valley fever virus transmission: Kenya, 2006-2007
         Crabtree M, Sang R, Lutomiah J, Richardson J, Miller B.
         J Med Entomol. 2009 Jul;46(4):961-4.
         

   • Environmental Health

     14. Interpreting longitudinal spirometry: weight gain and other factors affecting the recognition of excessive FEV(1) decline
         Wang ML, Avashia BH, Petsonk EL.
         Am J Ind Med. 2009 Aug 7;52(10):782-9.
         
     15. Serum concentrations of selected persistent organic pollutants in a sample of pregnant females and changes in their concentrations during gestation
         Wang RY, Jain RB, Wolkin AF, Rubin CH, Needham LL.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Aug;117(8):1244-9.
         
     16. Listeria marthii sp. nov., isolated from the natural environment, Finger Lakes National Forest
         Graves LM, Helsel LO, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Roof SE, Orsi RH, Fortes ED, Millilo SR, den Bakker HC, Wiedmann M, Swaminathan B, Sauders BD.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2009 Aug 10.
         
     17. Human zoonotic enteropathogens in a constructed free-surface flow wetland
         Graczyk TK, Lucy FE, Mashinsky Y, Andrew Thompson RC, Koru O, Dasilva AJ.
         Parasitol Res. 2009 Aug;105(2):423-8.
         
     18. Monitoring of human populations for early markers of cadmium toxicity: a review
         Fowler BA.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009 Aug 1;238(3):294-300.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     19. Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease
         Staples JE, Breiman RF, Powers AM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 7;49(6):942-8.
         
     20. Outbreak of life-threatening coxsackievirus b1 myocarditis in neonates
         Verma NA, Zheng XT, Harris MU, Cadichon SB, Melin-Aldana H, Khetsuriani N, Oberste MS, Shulman ST.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 1;49(5):759-63.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     21. The scientific foundation for personal genomics: recommendations from a National Institutes of Health-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Multidisciplinary Workshop
         Khoury MJ, McBride C, Schully SD, Ioannidis JP, Feero WG, Janssens AC, Gwinn M, Simons-Morton DG, Bernhardt JM, Cargill M, Chanock SJ, Church GM, Coates RJ, Collins FS, Croyle RT, Davis BR, Downing GJ, Duross A, Friedman S, Gail MH, Ginsburg GS, Green RC, Greene MH, Greenland P, Gulcher JR, Hsu A, Hudson KL, Kardia SL, Kimmel PL, Lauer MS, Miller AM, Offit K, Ransohoff DF, Roberts HS, Rasooly RS, Stefansson K, Terry SF, Teutsch SM, Trepanier A, Wanke KL, Witte JS, Xu J.
         Genet Med. 2009 Jul 16;11(8):559-67.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     22. Administrative coding data and health care-associated infections
         Jhung MA, Banerjee SN.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 10;49(6):949-55.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     23. Behavior and beliefs about influenza vaccine among adults aged 50-64 years
         Santibanez TA, Mootrey GT, Euler GL, Janssen AP.
         Am J Health Behav. 2010 Jan-Feb;34(1):77-89.
         
     24. Influenza vaccination among adults with asthma findings from the 2007 BRFSS survey
         Lu PJ, Euler GL, Callahan DB.
         Am J Prev Med. 2009 Aug;37(2):109-15.
         
     25. Immunization programs for infants, children, adolescents, and adults: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
         Pickering LK, Baker CJ, Freed GL, Gall SA, Grogg SE, Poland GA, Rodewald LE, Schaffner W, Stinchfield P, Tan L, Zimmerman RK, Orenstein WA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 6;49(6):817-40.
         
     26. Persistence of rubella antibodies after 2 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
         Lebaron CW, Forghani B, Matter L, Reef SE, Beck C, Bi D, Cossen C, Sullivan BJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 6;200(6):888-99.
         
     27. An outbreak of varicella in elementary school children with two-dose varicella vaccine recipients--Arkansas, 2006
         Gould PL, Leung J, Scott C, Schmid DS, Deng H, Lopez A, Chaves SS, Reynolds M, Gladden L, Harpaz R, Snow S.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Aug;28(8):678-81.
         
     28. Decline and change in seasonality of US rotavirus activity after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine
         Tate JE, Panozzo CA, Payne DC, Patel MM, Cortese MM, Fowlkes AL, Parashar UD.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Aug;124(2):465-71.
         
     29. Cytoplasmic nucleic acid sensors in antiviral immunity
         Ranjan P, Bowzard JB, Schwerzmann JW, Jeisy-Scott V, Fujita T, Sambhara S.
         Trends Mol Med. 2009 Aug 6;15(8):359-68.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     30. Medication overdoses leading to emergency department visits among children
         Schillie SF, Shehab N, Thomas KE, Budnitz DS.
         Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):181-7.
         
     31. Victimization by peers and adolescent suicide in three US samples
         Kaminski JW, Fang X.
         J Pediatr. 2009 Jul 18;155(5):683-8.
         
     32. Developing teen dating violence prevention strategies: formative research with middle school youth
         Noonan RK, Charles D.
         Violence Against Women. 2009 Sep;15(9):1087-105.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     33. Stability of the conjugated species of environmental phenols and parabens in human serum
         Ye X, Wong LY, Jia LT, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
         Environ Int. 2009 Aug 7;35(8):1160-3.
         
     34. Kinetics of lethal factor and poly-D-glutamic acid antigenemia during inhalation anthrax in rhesus macaques
         Boyer AE, Quinn CP, Hoffmaster AR, Kozel TR, Saile E, Marston CK, Percival A, Plikaytis BD, Woolfitt AR, Gallegos M, Sabourin P, McWilliams LG, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         Infect Immun. 2009 Aug;77(8):3432-41.
         
     35. Molecular identification of Aspergillus species: Transplant Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)
         Balajee SA, Kano R, Baddley JW, Moser SA, Marr KA, Alexander BD, Andes D, Kontoyiannis DP, Perrone G, Peterson S, Brandt ME, Pappas PG, Chiller T.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug 12;47(10):3138-41.
         
     36. Consensus amplification and novel multiplex sequencing method for S segment species identification of 47 viruses of the Orthobunyavirus, Phlebovirus, and Nairovirus genera of the family Bunyaviridae
         Lambert AJ, Lanciotti RS.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug;47(8):2398-404.
         
     37. Genotypic comparison of invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y isolates from the United States, South Africa and Israel, 1999-2002
         Whitney AM, Coulson GB, von Gottberg A, Block C, Keller N, Mayer LW, Messonnier NE, Klugman KP.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jul 1;47(9):2787-93.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     38. Serum vitamin C and the prevalence of vitamin C deficiency in the United States: 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
         Schleicher RL, Carroll MD, Ford ES, Lacher DA.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Aug 12;90(5):1252-63.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     39. Impact of publicly sponsored interventions on musculoskeletal injury claims in nursing homes
         Park RM, Bushnell PT, Bailer AJ, Collins JW, Stayner LT.
         Am J Ind Med. 2009 Aug 7;52(9):683-97.
         
     40. Contributions of dust exposure and cigarette smoking to emphysema severity in coal miners in the United States
         Kuempel ED, Wheeler MW, Smith RJ, Vallyathan V, Green FH.
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 1;180(3):257-64.
         
     41. A reconsideration of acute beryllium disease
         Cummings KJ, Stefaniak AB, Virji MA, Kreiss K.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Aug;117(8):1250-6.
         
     42. Methods for deriving a representative biodynamic response of the hand-arm system to vibration
         Dong RG, Welcome DE, McDowell TW, Wu JZ.
         J Sound Vibr. 2009 Sep;325(4-5):1047- 61.
         
     43. In situ structure characterization of airborne carbon nanofibres by a tandem mobility-mass analysis
         Ku BK, Emery MS, Maynard AD, Stolzenburg MR, McMurry PH.
         Nanotechnology. 2006 Jul 28;17(14):3613-21.
         
     44. Essential features for proactive risk management
         Murashov V, Howard J.
         Nat Nanotechnol. 2009 Aug;4(8):467-70.
         
     45. Don't become a statistic: work safely at heights
         Mulhern B, Lentz TJ.
         Occup Health Saf. 2009 Jul;78(7):36, 38, 40 passim.
         

   • Public Health Law

     46. Cholesterol control beyond the clinic: New York City's trans fat restriction
         Angell SY, Silver LD, Goldstein GP, Johnson CM, Deitcher DR, Frieden TR, Bassett MT.
         Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jul 21;151(2):129-34.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity

     47. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower prevalence of obesity among elderly people living in Mediterranean islands: the MEDIS study
         Tyrovolas S, Bountziouka V, Papairakleous N, Zeimbekis A, Anastassiou F, Gotsis E, Metallinos G, et al..
         Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009 Aug 11:1-14.
         
     48. Maternal insulin sensitivity during pregnancy predicts infant weight gain and adiposity at 1 year of age
         Hamilton JK, Odrobina E, Yin J, Hanley AJ, Zinman B, Retnakaran R.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Aug 6.
         
     49. Effects of a school-based weight maintenance program for Mexican-American children: results at 2 years
         Johnston CA, Tyler C, McFarlin BK, Poston WS, Haddock CK, Reeves RS, Foreyt JP.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Aug 6.
         

   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

     50. Officials watch events in southern hemisphere as swine flu rates in UK slow down
         Mashta O.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3263.
         
     51. Neuraminidase inhibitors for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
         Shun-Shin M, Thompson M, Heneghan C, Perera R, Harnden A, Mant D.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3172.
         
     52. Interim analysis of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Australia: surveillance trends, age of infection and effectiveness of seasonal vaccination
         Kelly H, Grant K.
         Euro Surveill. 2009 Aug 6;14(31).
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     53. Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study
         Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kroger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H.
         Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62.
         
     54. Lactation and incidence of premenopausal breast cancer: a longitudinal study
         Stuebe AM, Willett WC, Xue F, Michels KB.
         Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1364-71.
         
     55. The decline in U.S. cancer mortality in people born since 1925
         Kort EJ, Paneth N, Vande Woude GF.
         Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 15;69(16):6500-5.
         
     56. Aspirin use and survival after diagnosis of colorectal cancer
         Chan AT, Ogino S, Fuchs CS.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 12;302(6):649-58.
         
     57. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia
         Feart C, Samieri C, Rondeau V, Amieva H, Portet F, Dartigues JF, Scarmeas N, Barberger-Gateau P.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 12;302(6):638-48.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     58. Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care settings: prevalence, duration, and transmission to household members
         Lucet JC, Paoletti X, Demontpion C, Degrave M, Vanjak D, Vincent C, Andremont A, Jarlier V, Mentre F, Nicolas-Chanoine MH.
         Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1372-8.
         
     59. Neuraminidase inhibitors for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
         Shun-Shin M, Thompson M, Heneghan C, Perera R, Harnden A, Mant D.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3172.
         
     60. Understanding influenza backward
         Morens DM, Taubenberger JK.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 12;302(6):679-80.
         
     61. Prescription of anti-influenza drugs for healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
         Burch J, Corbett M, Stock C, Nicholson K, Elliot AJ, Duffy S, Westwood M, Palmer S, Stewart L.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;9(9):537-45.
         
     62. In vitro and in vivo characterization of new swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses
         Itoh Y, Shinya K, Kiso M, Watanabe T, Sakoda Y, Hatta M, Muramoto Y, Tamura D, Sakai-Tagawa Y, Noda T, Sakabe S, Imai M, Hatta Y, Watanabe S, Li C, Yamada S, Fujii K, Murakami S, Imai H, Kakugawa S, Ito M, Takano R, Iwatsuki-Horimoto K, Shimojima M, Horimoto T, Goto H, Takahashi K, Makino A, Ishigaki H, Nakayama M, Okamatsu M, Warshauer D, Shult PA, Saito R, Suzuki H, Furuta Y, Yamashita M, Mitamura K, Nakano K, Nakamura M, Brockman-Schneider R, Mitamura H, Yamazaki M, Sugaya N, Suresh M, Ozawa M, Neumann G, Gern J, Kida H, Ogasawara K, Kawaoka Y.
         Nature. 2009 Aug 20;460(7258):1021-5.
         

   • Environmental Health

     63. Determination of the presence or absence of sulfur materials in drywall using direct analysis in real time in conjunction with an accurate-mass time-of-flight mass spectrometer
         Curtis ME, Jones PR, Sparkman OD, Cody RB.
         J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2009 Nov;20(11):2082-6.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     64. Contributions of dust exposure and cigarette smoking to emphysema severity in coal miners in the United States
         Kuempel ED, Wheeler MW, Smith RJ, Vallyathan V, Green FH.
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 1;180(3):257-64.
         

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