Issue 13, March 29, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 13, 3/29/10

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 Communicable Diseases – Influenza and Public Health Leadership and Management)
• 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. Cost-effectiveness of aspirin use among persons with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
        Li R, Zhang P, Barker L, Hoerger TJ.
        Diabetes Care. 2010 Mar 23.
        
     2. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in persons with undiagnosed or prehypertension in the United States
        Crews DC, Plantinga LC, Miller 3rd ER, Saran R, Hedgeman E, Saydah SH, Williams DE, Powe NR.
        Hypertension. 2010 Mar 22.
        
     3. A national public health agenda for osteoarthritis 2010
        Lubar D, White PH, Callahan LF, Chang RW, Helmick CG, Lappin DR, Melnick A, Moskowitz RW, Odom E, Sacks J, Toal SB, Waterman MB.
        Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Apr;39(5):323-6.
        

   • Communicable Diseases  

     4. Tuberculosis among persons born in the Philippines and living in the United States, 2000-2007
        Manangan LP, Salibay CJ, Wallace RM, Kammerer S, Pratt R, McAllister L, Robison V.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Mar 18.
        
     5. Drug-resistant tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa
        Hafkin J, Gammino VM, Amon JJ.
        Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2010 January;12(1):36-45.
        
     6. Case-control study to evaluate risk factors for acute hepatitis B virus infection in Egypt
        Talaat M, Radwan E, El-Sayed N, Ismael T, Hajjeh R, Mahoney FJ.
        East Mediterr Health J. 2010 Jan;16(1):4-9.
        
     7. Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
        Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC, Pepin J, Wilcox MH.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 22.
        
     8. Surveillance and molecular characterization of rotavirus strains circulating in Manipur, north-eastern India: increasing prevalence of emerging G12 strains
        Mukherjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Bagchi P, Dutta D, Singh NB, Arora R, Parashar UD, Gentsch JR, Chawla-Sarkar M.
        Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Mar;10(2):311-20.
        
     9. Difficulties in the diagnosis and management of a US servicemember presenting with possible chronic Q fever
        Ake JA, Massung RF, Whitman TJ, Gleeson TD.
        J Infect. 2010 Feb;60(2):175-7.
        
     10. Results of a program to test women for rectal chlamydia and gonorrhea
         Barry PM, Kent CK, Philip SS, Klausner JD.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr;115(4):753-9.
         
     11. Severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in pregnant women
         Creanga AA, Johnson TF, Graitcer SB, Hartman LK, Al-Samarrai T, Schwarz AG, Chu SY, Sackoff JE, Jamieson DJ, Fine AD, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Jones LE, Uyeki TM, Balter S, Bish CL, Finelli L, Honein MA.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr;115(4):717-726.
         
     12. Morbid obesity as a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease
         Morgan OW, Bramley A, Fowlkes A, Freedman DS, Taylor TH, Gargiullo P, Belay B, Jain S, Cox C, Kamimoto L, Fiore A, Finelli L, Olsen SJ, Fry AM.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(3):e9694.
         
     13. Prevalence and correlates of Trichomonas vaginalis among incarcerated persons assessed using a highly sensitive molecular assay
         Freeman AH, Katz KA, Pandori MW, Rauch LM, Kohn RP, Liska S, Bernstein KT, Klausner JD.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Mar;37(3):165-8.
         

   • Community Health Services  

     14. Decreases in smoking prevalence in Asian communities served by the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project
         Liao Y, Tsoh JY, Chen R, Foo MA, Garvin CC, Grigg-Saito D, Liang S, McPhee S, Nguyen TT, Tran JH, Giles WH.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Mar 18.
         

   • Environmental Health  

     15. Does the composition of urine change when collected from disposable diapers and other absorbent materials?
         Ye X, Zhou X, Bishop AM, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 24.
         
     16. Biomonitoring for environmental exposures to arsenic
         Orloff K, Mistry K, Metcalf S.
         J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2009 Aug;12(7):509-24.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance  

     17. Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Puerto Rico associated with a novel Carbapenemase variant
         Gregory CJ, Llata E, Stine N, Gould C, Santiago LM, Vazquez GJ, Robledo IE, Srinivasan A, Goering RV, Tomashek KM.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 24.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk  

     18. Fruits and vegetables intake and physical activity among hypertensive adults in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003 and 2007
         Fang J, Keenan NL, Ayala C, Dai S, Valderrama AL.
         Am J Hypertens. 2010 Mar 18.
         
     19. Diabetes risk reduction behaviors among U.S. adults with prediabetes
         Geiss LS, James C, Gregg EW, Albright A, Williamson DF, Cowie CC.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4):403-9.
         
     20. Prevalence of insufficient, borderline, and optimal hours of sleep among high school students - United States, 2007
         Eaton DK, McKnight-Eily LR, Lowry R, Perry GS, Presley-Cantrell L, Croft JB.
         J Adolesc Health. 2010 Apr;46(4):399-401.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections  

     21. Multidrug resistance among gram-negative pathogens that caused healthcare-associated infections reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2006-2008
         Kallen AJ, Hidron AI, Patel J, Srinivasan A.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 24.
         
     22. Hospitalization earlier than 1 year prior to admission as an additional risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization
         McAllister L, Gaynes RP, Rimland D, McGowan Jr JE.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 24.
         

   • Informatics  

     23. Analyzing national health reform strategies with a dynamic simulation model
         Milstein B, Homer J, Hirsch G.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Mar 18.
         

   • Injury and Violence  

     24. Child maltreatment fatalities in children under 5: findings from the National Violence Death Reporting System
         Klevens J, Leeb RT.
         Child Abuse Negl. 2010 Mar 19.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences  

     25. An interlaboratory comparison of three multiplexed bead-based immunoassays for measuring serum antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides
         Whaley MJ, Rose C, Martinez J, Laher G, Sammons DL, Smith JP, Snawder JE, Borrow R, Biagini RE, Plikaytis B, Carlone GM, Romero-Steiner S.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Mar 24.
         
     26. Taenia crassiceps cysticerci: characterization of the 14-kDa glycoprotein with homologies to antigens from Taenia solium cysticerci
         Peralta RH, Espindola NM, Pardini AX, Iha AH, Moura H, Barr JR, Vaz AJ, Peralta JM.
         Exp Parasitol. 2010 Mar;124(3):295-300.
         
     27. Experimental inoculation of pigs with pandemic H1N1 2009 virus and HI cross-reactivity with contemporary swine influenza virus antisera
         Vincent AL, Lager KM, Faaberg KS, Harland M, Zanella EL, Ciacci-Zanella JR, Kehrli ME, Janke BH, Klimov A.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2010 Mar;4(2):53-60.
         
     28. An improved high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method to measure atrazine and its metabolites in human urine
         Panuwet P, Restrepo PA, Magsumbol M, Jung KY, Montesano MA, Needham LL, Barr DB.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2010 Mar 1.
         
     29. Nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis rectal infections
         Bachmann LH, Johnson RE, Cheng H, Markowitz L, Papp JR, Palella FJ, Hook 3rd EW.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Mar 24.
         
     30. Standardization of testosterone measurements in humans
         Vesper HW, Botelho JC.
         J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010 Mar 16.
         
     31. Detection of West Nile viral RNA from field-collected mosquitoes in tropical regions by conventional and real-time RT-PCR
         Gonzalez-Reiche AS, Monzon-Pineda Mde L, Johnson BW, Morales-Betoulle ME.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2010 ;630:109-24.
         
     32. A selective TrkB agonist with potent neurotrophic activities by 7,8-dihydroxyflavone
         Jang SW, Liu X, Yepes M, Shepherd KR, Miller GW, Liu Y, Wilson WD, Xiao G, Blanchi B, Sun YE, Ye K.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 9;107(6):2687-92.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health  

     33. Perinatal outcomes for Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander mothers of single and multiple race/ethnicity: California and Hawaii, 2003-2005
         Schempf AH, Mendola P, Hamilton BE, Hayes DK, Makuc DM.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Mar 18.
         
     34. Assessment of the Institute of Medicine recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy: Florida, 2004-2007
         Park S, Sappenfield WM, Bish C, Salihu H, Goodman D, Bensyl DM.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Mar 20.
         
     35. Recent trends in cesarean delivery in the United States
         Menacker F, Hamilton BE.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Mar(35):1-8.
         

   • Mining  

     36. Prediction of porosity and permeability of caved zone in longwall gobs
         Karacan CO.
         Transport Porous Med. 2010 Mar;82(2):413-439.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health  

     37. Occupational and recreational noise exposures at stock car racing circuits: an exploratory survey of three professional race tracks
         Kardous CA, Morata TC.
         Noise Control Eng J. 2010 Jan-Feb;58(1):54-61.
         

   • Program Evaluation  

     38. Challenges and strategies in applying performance measurement to federal public health programs
         Degroff A, Schooley M, Chapel T, Poister TH.
         Eval Program Plann. 2010 Feb 26.
         

   • Reproductive Health  

     39. Utilization of health services in physician offices and outpatient clinics by adolescents and young women in the United States: implications for improving access to reproductive health services
         Hoover KW, Tao G, Berman S, Kent CK.
         J Adolesc Health. 2010 Apr;46(4):324-30.
         
     40. Condoms for dual protection: patterns of use with highly effective contraceptive methods
         Pazol K, Kramer MR, Hogue CJ.
         Public Health Rep. 2010 Mar-Apr;125(2):208-17.
         

   • Sciences, General  

     41. Thermodynamic and differential entropy under a change of variables
         Hnizdo V, Gilson MK.
         Entropy. 2010 ;12(3):578-590.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine  

     42. Homozygous triplicate mutations in three 16S rRNA genes: responsible for high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Nocardia farcinica clinically isolated in the Canada-wide bovine mastitis epizootic
         Kogure T, Shimada R, Ishikawa J, Yazawa K, Brown JM, Mikami Y, Gonoi T.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar 22.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza  

     43. Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren
         Urashima M, Segawa T, Okazaki M, Kurihara M, Wada Y, Ida H.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 10.
         
     44. Research findings from nonpharmaceutical intervention studies for pandemic influenza and current gaps in the research
         Aiello AE, Coulborn RM, Aragon TJ, Baker MG, Burrus BB, Cowling BJ, Duncan A, et al.
         Am J Infect Control. 2010 Mar 11.
         
     45. Critical illness due to 2009 A/H1N1 influenza in pregnant and postpartum women: population based cohort study
         BMJ. 2010 ;340:c1279.
         
     46. Effect of influenza vaccination of children on infection rates in Hutterite communities: a randomized trial
         Loeb M, Russell ML, Moss L, Fonseca K, Fox J, Earn DJ, Aoki F, et al.
         JAMA. 2010 Mar 10;303(10):943-50.
         
     47. Severity of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in pregnant women
         Creanga AA, Johnson TF, Graitcer SB, Hartman LK, Al-Samarrai T, Schwarz AG, Chu SY, et al.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr;115(4):717-726.
         
     48. Critical illness in children with influenza A/pH1N1 2009 infection in Canada
         Jouvet P, Hutchison J, Pinto R, Menon K, Rodin R, Choong K, Kesselman M, et al.
         Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar 19.
         
     49. Influenza is a major contributor to childhood pneumonia in a tropical developing country
         Brooks WA, Goswami D, Rahman M, Nahar K, Fry AM, Balish A, Iftekharuddin N, et al.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar;29(3):216-21.
         
     50. Morbid obesity as a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease
         Morgan OW, Bramley A, Fowlkes A, Freedman DS, Taylor TH, Gargiullo P, Belay B, et al.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(3):e9694.
         
     51. Pandemic influenza in Canadian children: A summary of hospitalized pediatric cases
         Bettinger JA, Sauve LJ, Scheifele DW, Moore D, Vaudry W, Tran D, Halperin SA, et al.
         Vaccine. 2010 Feb 26.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management  

     52. Leadership in Nigerian health system for cancer prevention and control
         Ogbimi RI.
         Afr J Med Med Sci. 2009 Jun;38 Suppl 2:49-53.
         
     53. Evidence-based dialogue with communities for district health systems' performance improvement
         Kaseje D, Olayo R, Musita C, Oindo CO, Wafula C, Muga R.
         Glob Public Health. 2010 Feb 16:1-16.
         
     54. National and subnational HIV/AIDS coordination: are global health initiatives closing the gap between intent and practice?
         Spicer N, Aleshkina J, Biesma R, Brugha R, Caceres C, Chilundo B, Chkhatarashvili K, et al.
         Global Health. 2010 ;6:3.
         
     55. Trust: the sublime duty in health care leadership
         Piper LE.
         Health Care Manag (Frederick). 2010 Jan-Mar;29(1):34-40.
         
     56. Competency-based impact of a statewide public health leadership training program
         Hawley SR, St Romain T, Orr SA, Molgaard CA, Kabler BS.
         Health Promot Pract. 2010 Feb 15.
         
     57. Scaling up proven public health interventions through a locally owned and sustained leadership development programme in rural Upper Egypt
         Mansour M, Mansour JB, Swesy AH.
         Hum Resour Health. 2010 ;8(1):1.
         
     58. Research into practice: 10 years of international public health partnership between the UK and Swaziland
         Wright J, Walley J, Philip A, Petros H, Ford H.
         J Public Health (Oxf). 2010 Feb 6.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media  

     59. Racial and ethnic differences in breastfeeding initiation and duration, by state - National Immunization Survey, United States, 2004-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 March 26;59(11):327-334.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization  

     60. Measles outbreak in a highly vaccinated population, San Diego, 2008: role of the intentionally undervaccinated
         Sugerman DE, Barskey AE, Delea MG, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Bi D, Ralston KJ, Rota PA, Waters-Montijo K, Lebaron CW.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 22.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health  

     61. Adherence to vitamin D recommendations among US infants
         Perrine CG, Sharma AJ, Jefferds ME, Serdula MK, Scanlon KS.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 22.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse  

     62. Alcohol consumption, weight gain, and risk of becoming overweight in middle-aged and older women
         Wang L, Lee IM, Manson JE, Buring JE, Sesso HD.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Mar 8;170(5):453-61.
         

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