Issue 3, August 17, 2009

Vol. 1, Issue: 3, 8/17/09

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 screening for chronic diseases and novel H1N1 influenza)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Associations between smoking cessation and anxiety and depression among U.S. adults
        McClave AK, Dube SR, Strine TW, Kroenke K, Caraballo RS, Mokdad AH.
        Addict Behav. 2009 Jun-Jul;34(6-7):491-7.
        
     2. Care of long-term cancer survivors: physicians seen by Medicare enrollees surviving longer than 5 years
        Pollack LA, Adamache W, Ryerson AB, Eheman CR, Richardson LC.
        Cancer. 2009 Aug 14.
        
     3. The association between adiponectin/leptin ratio and diabetes type: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
        Maahs DM, Hamman RF, D'Agostino R, Dolan LM, Imperatore G, Lawrence JM, Marcovina SM, Mayer-Davis EJ, Pihoker C, Dabelea D.
        J Pediatr. 2009 Jul;155(1):133-5, 135 e1.
        
     4. Factors explaining excess stroke prevalence in the US Stroke Belt
        Liao Y, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB, Keenan NL, Giles WH.
        Stroke. 2009 Aug 13.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     5. Evidence based interventions for preventing HIV transmission: commentary on Rotheram-Borus et al. (2009)
        Collins CB.
        AIDS Behav. 2009 Jun;13(3):414-9; discussion 420-3.
        
     6. Efficacy of an HIV/STI prevention intervention for black men who have sex with men: findings from the Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) project
        Wilton L, Herbst JH, Coury-Doniger P, Painter TM, English G, Alvarez ME, Scahill M, Roberson MA, Lucas B, Johnson WD, Carey JW.
        AIDS Behav. 2009 Jun;13(3):532-44.
        
     7. Increasing proportions of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in the United States: are delays in diagnosis on the rise?
        Wallace RM, Kammerer JS, Iademarco MF, Althomsons SP, Winston CT, Navin TR.
        Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 13.
        
     8. Clinical features, outcomes, and costs of a conjunctivitis outbreak caused by the ST448 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae
        Zegans ME, Sanchez PA, Likosky DS, Allar RT, Martin M, Schwartzman JD, Pryor JH, Turco JH, Whitney CG.
        Cornea. 2009 Jun;28(5):503-9.
        
     9. Factors associated with positive tuberculin skin test results among HIV-infected persons in Orel Oblast, Russia
        Vitek E, Gusseinova N, Laricheva N, Vasiliev S, Molotilov V, Sofronova R, Kazionny B, Cegielski P, Nguyen ML, Nelson L, Agerton T, Wells C.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Jul;13(7):829-35.
        
     10. Investigation of a mumps outbreak among university students with two measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations, Virginia, September-December 2006
         Rota JS, Turner JC, Yost-Daljev MK, Freeman M, Toney DM, Meisel E, Williams N, Sowers SB, Lowe L, Rota PA, Nicolai LA, Peake L, Bellini WJ.
         J Med Virol. 2009 Aug 20;81(10):1819-1825.
         
     11. Antibiotic prescription rates for acute respiratory tract infections in US ambulatory settings
         Grijalva CG, Nuorti JP, Griffin MR.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):758-66.
         
     12. Can we "hedge" against the development of antiviral resistance among pandemic influenza viruses?
         Shay DK, Ridenhour BJ.
         PLoS Med. 2009 Jun 30;6(6):e1000103.
         
     13. What is the optimal therapy for patients with H5N1 influenza?
         White NJ, Webster RG, Govorkova EA, Uyeki TM.
         PLoS Med. 2009 Jun 23;6(6):e1000091.
         

   • Environmental Health

     14. Public health and drought
         Kalis MA, Miller MD, Wilson RJ.
         J Environ Health. 2009 Jul-Aug;72(1):10-1.
         
     15. Association of self-reported leisure-time physical inactivity with particulate matter 2.5 air pollution
         Wen XJ, Balluz LS, Shire JD, Mokdad AH, Kohl HW.
         J Environ Health. 2009 Jul-Aug;72(1):40-4; quiz 45.
         
     16. Lead and cognitive function in ALAD genotypes in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
         Krieg EF, Butler MA, Chang MH, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Lindegren ML, Dowling N, for the CD.
         Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Aug 14.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     17. Demographic variability, vaccination, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of rotavirus epidemics
         Pitzer VE, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Steiner C, Panozzo CA, Alonso WJ, Miller MA, Glass RI, Glasser JW, Parashar UD, Grenfell BT.
         Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):290-4.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     18. Genetic determinants of sensitivity to beryllium in mice
         Tarantino-Hutchison LM, Sorrentino C, Nadas A, Zhu Y, Rubin EM, Tinkle SS, Weston A, Gordon T.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2009 Jun;6(2):130-5.
         
     19. Genetic characterization of Chinese measles vaccines by analysis of complete genomic sequences
         Zhang Y, Zhou J, Bellini WJ, Xu W, Rota PA.
         J Med Virol. 2009 Aug;81(8):1477-83.
         
     20. Genetic inactivation of poliovirus infectivity by increasing the frequencies of CpG and UpA dinucleotides within and across synonymous capsid region codons
         Burns CC, Campagnoli R, Shaw J, Vincent A, Jorba J, Kew O.
         J Virol. 2009 Jul 15.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     21. Gay identity-related factors and sexual risk among men who have sex with men in San Francisco
         Flores SA, Mansergh G, Marks G, Guzman R, Colfax G.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Apr;21(2):91-103.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     22. Effects of an Internet-based intervention for HIV prevention: the Youthnet trials
         Bull S, Pratte K, Whitesell N, Rietmeijer C, McFarlane M.
         AIDS Behav. 2009 Jun;13(3):474-87.
         
     23. Evaluating nurses' implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol for HIV-infected mothers: The BAN Study in Lilongwe, Malawi
         Ferguson YO, Eng E, Bentley M, Sandelowski M, Steckler A, Randall-David E, Piwoz EG, Zulu C, Chasela C, Soko A, Tembo M, Martinson F, Tohill BC, Ahmed Y, Kazembe P, Jamieson DJ, van der Horst C, U. N. C. Project BAN Study Team.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Apr;21(2):141-55.
         
     24. A peer-led HIV counselling and testing programme for the deaf in Kenya
         Taegtmeyer M, Hightower A, Opiyo W, Mwachiro L, Henderson K, Angala P, Ngare C, Marum E.
         Disabil Rehabil. 2009 ;31(6):508-14.
         

   • Health Disparities

     25. Health disparities among Mexican American women aged 15-44 years: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004
         Wingo PA, Kulkarni A, Borrud LG, McDonald JA, Villalobos SA, Green DC.
         Am J Public Health. 2009 Jul;99(7):1300-7.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     26. Trends in healthcare utilization for diarrhea and rotavirus disease in privately insured US children <5 years of age, 2001-2006
         Cortes JE, Curns AT, Tate JE, Parashar UD.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Jul 9.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     27. Postlicensure safety surveillance for quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine
         Slade BA, Leidel L, Vellozzi C, Woo EJ, Hua W, Sutherland A, Izurieta HS, Ball R, Miller N, Braun MM, Markowitz LE, Iskander J.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):750-7.
         
     28. Reduction in hepatitis B virus seroprevalence among U.S.-born children of foreign-born Asian parents-Benefit of universal infant hepatitis B vaccination
         Shuler CM, Fiore AE, Neeman R, Bell BP, Kuhnert W, Watkins S, Kilgour K, Arnold KE.
         Vaccine. 2009 Aug 10.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     29. An innovative approach to serving the needs of IPV survivors: description of a CDC-Funded study examining the Volunteers of America Home Free rent assistance program
         Niolon PH, Rollins CM, Glass N, Billhardt K, Connor-Smith J, Baker C.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jun;18(6):775-8.
         
     30. Considerations for the definition, measurement, consequences, and prevention of dating violence victimization among adolescent girls
         Teten AL, Ball B, Valle LA, Noonan R, Rosenbluth B.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jul 6.
         
     31. Guidelines for field triage of injured patients. Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on field triage
         Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Sullivent EE, Wald MM, Mitchko J, Jurkovich GJ, Henry MC, Salomone JP, Wang SC, Galli RL, Cooper A, Brown LH, Sattin RW.
         JEMS. 2009 Jul;34(7):Supplement 1-35; quiz 36-9.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     32. Repeated rectal SHIV(SF162P3) exposures do not consistently induce sustained T cell responses prior to systemic Infection in the repeat-low dose preclinical macaque model
         Kersh EN, Luo W, Adams DR, Srinivasan P, Smith JM, Promadej-Lanier N, Ellenberger D, Garcia-Lerma JG, Butera S, Otten R.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Aug 18.
         
     33. Comparative proteomic analysis of antibiotic-sensitive and insensitive isolates of Orientia tsutsugamushi
         Chao CC, Garland DL, Dasch GA, Ching WM.
         Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 May;1166:27-37.
         
     34. Closing the gaps between genotype and phenotype in Rickettsia rickettsii
         Eremeeva ME, Dasch GA.
         Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 May;1166:12-26.
         
     35. The science and fiction of emerging rickettsioses
         Paddock CD.
         Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 May;1166:133-43.
         
     36. Regional dissemination of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
         Kitchel B, Sundin DR, Patel JB.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Aug 17.
         
     37. Analysis of neurotoxin gene clusters in Clostridium botulinum type Ab strains
         Luquez C, Raphael BH, Maslanka SE.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Aug 14.
         
     38. Response of tibialis anterior tendon to a chronic exposure of stretch-shortening cycles: age effects
         Ensey JS, Hollander MS, Wu JZ, Kashon ML, Baker BB, Cutlip RG.
         Biomed Eng Online. 2009 ;8:12.
         
     39. Structural elucidation of isocyanate-peptide adducts using tandem mass spectrometry
         Hettick JM, Ruwona TB, Siegel PD.
         J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2009 Aug;20(8):1567-75.
         
     40. Susceptibility patterns of Aspergillus isolates recovered from patients enrolled in the Transplant Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)
         Baddley JW, Marr KA, Andes DR, Walsh TJ, Kauffman CA, Kontoyiannis DP, Ito JI, Balajee SA, Pappas PG, Moser SA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug 19.
         
     41. Rapid group-, serotype-, and vaccine strain-specific identification of poliovirus isolates by real-time reverse transcription-PCR using degenerate primers and probes containing deoxyinosine residues
         Kilpatrick DR, Yang CF, Ching K, Vincent A, Iber J, Campagnoli R, Mandelbaum M, De L, Yang SJ, Nix A, Kew OM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jun;47(6):1939-41.
         
     42. Correlation of cefoxitin MICs with the presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp
         Swenson JM, Brasso WB, Ferraro MJ, Hardy DJ, Knapp CC, Lonsway D, McAllister S, Reller LB, Sader HS, Shortridge D, Skov R, Weinstein MP, Zimmer BL, Patel JB.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jun;47(6):1902-5.
         
     43. Paravahlkampfia francinae n. sp. masquerading as an agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
         Visvesvara GS, Sriram R, Qvarnstrom Y, Bandyopadhyay K, Da Silva AJ, Pieniazek NJ, Cabral GA.
         J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2009 Jul-Aug;56(4):357-66.
         
     44. Morphology of single-wall carbon nanotube aggregates generated by electrospray of aqueous suspensions
         Ku BK, Kulkarni P.
         J Nanopart Res. 2009 Aug;11(6):1393-1403.
         
     45. Attenuated strains of influenza A viruses do not induce degradation of RNA polymerase II
         Rodriguez A, Perez-Gonzalez A, Hossain MJ, Chen LM, Rolling T, Perez-Brena P, Donis R, Kochs G, Nieto A.
         J Virol. 2009 Aug 19.
         
     46. Proteasome inhibitors induce apoptosis in human lung cancer cells through a positive feedback mechanism and the subsequent Mcl-1 protein cleavage
         Yuan BZ, Chapman J, Reynolds SH.
         Oncogene. 2009 Aug 17.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     47. Maternal corticosteroid use and hypospadias
         Carmichael SL, Ma C, Werler MM, Olney RS, Shaw GM, National Birth Defects Prevention Study.
         J Pediatr. 2009 Jul;155(1):39-44, 44 e1.
         
     48. Hypertensive disorders and severe obstetric morbidity in the United States
         Kuklina EV, Ayala C, Callaghan WM.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jun;113(6):1299-306.
         
     49. Use of supplements with and without iodine in women of childbearing age in the United States
         Gregory CO, Serdula MK, Sullivan KM.
         Thyroid. 2009 Aug 13.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     50. Political economy of US states and rates of fatal occupational injury
         Loomis D, Schulman MD, Bailer AJ, Stainback K, Wheeler M, Richardson DB, Marshall SW.
         Am J Public Health. 2009 Aug;99(8):1400-8.
         
     51. Physiological burden associated with the use of filtering facepiece respirators (N95 masks) during pregnancy
         Roberge RJ.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jun;18(6):819-26.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     52. Quartz exposure can cause pneumoconiosis in coal workers
         Laney AS, Attfield MD.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Aug;51(8):867; author reply 868.
         
     53. An analysis of injury claims from low-seam coal mines
         Gallagher S, Moore S, Dempsey PG.
         J Safety Res. 2009 ;40(3):233-7.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     54. Process maps in clinical trial quality assurance
         Rosen DH, Johnson S, Kebaabetswe P, Thigpen M, Smith DK.
         Clin Trials. 2009 Aug;6(4):373-7.
         
     55. Rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test quality assurance practices and outcomes among testing sites affiliated with 17 public health departments
         Wesolowski LG, Ethridge SF, Martin EG, Cadoff EM, Mackellar DA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug 19.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     56. The impact of children's emotional and behavioural difficulties on their lives and their use of mental health services
         Simpson GA, Cohen RA, Bloom B, Blumberg SJ.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;23(5):472-81.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     57. A comparison of drug overdose deaths involving methadone and other opioid analgesics in West Virginia
         Paulozzi LJ, Logan JE, Hall AJ, McKinstry E, Kaplan JA, Crosby AE.
         Addiction. 2009 Sep;104(9):1541-8.
         

   • Zoonoses

     58. Co-Infection of Ugandan red colobus (Procolobus [Piliocolobus] rufomitratus tephrosceles) with novel, divergent delta-, lenti-, and spuma- retroviruses
         Goldberg TL, Sintasath DM, Chapman CA, Cameron KM, Karesh WB, Tang S, Wolfe ND, Rwego IB, Ting N, Switzer WM.
         J Virol. 2009 Aug 19.
         
     59. Applying the Milwaukee protocol to treat canine rabies in Equatorial Guinea
         Rubin J, David D, Willoughby RE, Rupprecht CE, Garcia C, Guarda DC, Zohar Z, Stamler A.
         Scand J Infect Dis. 2009 ;41(5):372-5.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Screening

     60. The changing epidemiology of lung cancer with a focus on screening
         Silvestri GA, Alberg AJ, Ravenel J.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3053.
         
     61. Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates amongst female Cambodian, Somali, and Vietnamese immigrants in the USA
         Samuel PS, Pringle JP, James NW, Fielding SJ, Fairfield KM.
         Int J Equity Health. 2009 ;8:30.
         
     62. Brief self-rated screening for depression on the internet
         Donker T, van Straten A, Marks I, Cuijpers P.
         J Affect Disord. 2009 Aug 11.
         

   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

     63. Strategies for pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination of schoolchildren in the United States
         Basta NE, Chao DL, Halloran ME, Matrajt L, Longini IM.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 15;170(6):679-86.
         
     64. Pandemic lessons from Australia
         Sweet M.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3317.
         
     65. Ruling out novel H1N1 influenza virus infection with direct fluorescent antigen testing
         Pollock NR, Duong S, Cheng A, Han LL, Smole S, Kirby JE.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):e66-8.
         
     66. How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count
         Lipsitch M, Hayden FG, Cowling BJ, Leung GM.
         Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1209-11.
         
     67. Does receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine predict intention to receive novel H1N1 vaccine: evidence from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults
         Maurer J, Harris KM, Parker A, Lurie N.
         Vaccine. 2009 Sep 25;27(42):5732-4.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     68. Alcohol use among high school students - Georgia, 2007
         MMWR. 2009 Aug 21;58(32):885-90.
         
     69. Carbon monoxide exposures after Hurricane Ike - Texas, September 2008
         MMWR. 2009 Aug 14;58(13):845-9.
         
     70. Childhood lead poisoning associated with lead dust contamination of family vehicles and child safety seats - Maine, 2008
         MMWR. 2009 Aug 21;58(232):890-3.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     71. Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006
         Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, Radford MJ, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand SL.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):767-73.
         
     72. Physical activity, diet, and risk of Alzheimer disease
         Scarmeas N, Luchsinger JA, Schupf N, Brickman AM, Cosentino S, Tang MX, Stern Y.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 12;302(6):627-37.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     73. Initial human transmission dynamics of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in North America
         Pourbohloul B, Ahued A, Davoudi B, Meza R, Meyers LA, Skowronski DM, Villasenor I, Galvan F, Cravioto P, Earn DJ, Dushoff J, Fisman D, Edmunds WJ, Hupert N, Scarpino SV, Trujillo J, Lutzow M, Morales J, Contreras A, Chavez C, Patrick DM, Brunham RC.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2009 Sep;3(5):215-22.
         
     74. Antibiotic prescription rates for acute respiratory tract infections in US ambulatory settings
         Grijalva CG, Nuorti JP, Griffin MR.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):758-66.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     75. Stroke awareness in the general population: knowledge of stroke risk factors and warning signs in older adults
         Hickey A, O'Hanlon A, McGee H, Donnellan C, Shelley E, Horgan F, O'Neill D.
         BMC Geriatr. 2009 ;9:35.
         
     76. Marketing HPV vaccine: implications for adolescent health and medical professionalism
         Rothman SM, Rothman DJ.
         JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):781-6.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     77. Optimizing influenza vaccine distribution
         Medlock J, Galvani AP.
         Science. 2009 Sep 25;325(5948):1705-8.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     78. The epidemiology of at-risk and binge drinking among middle-aged and elderly community adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health
         Blazer DG, Wu LT.
         Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;166(10):1162-9.
         
     79. Prescription medication sharing among adolescents: prevalence, risks, and outcomes
         Goldsworthy RC, Mayhorn CB.
         J Adolesc Health. 2009 Dec;45(6):634-7.
         

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