Issue 19, May 10, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 19, 5/10/10

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 Healthcare Associated Infections and Public Health Law - Secondhand Smoke)
• 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. Trends in hypercholesterolemia, treatment and control among United States adults
        Ford ES, Li C, Pearson WS, Zhao G, Mokdad AH.
        Int J Cardiol. 2010 Apr 15;140(2):226-35.
        
     2. Recurrent polymorphonuclear pleocytosis with increased red blood cells caused by varicella zoster virus infection of the central nervous system: case report and review of the literature
        Haug A, Mahalingam R, Cohrs RJ, Schmid DS, Corboy JR, Gilden D.
        J Neurol Sci. 2010 May 15;292(1-2):85-8.
        
     3. Predictive value of albuminuria in American Indian youth with or without type 2 diabetes
        Kim NH, Pavkov ME, Knowler WC, Hanson RL, Weil EJ, Curtis JM, Bennett PH, Nelson RG.
        Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):e844-51.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Implementation of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV
        Date AA, Vitoria M, Granich R, Banda M, Fox MY, Gilks C.
        Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Apr;88(4):253-9.
        
     5. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: "there must be some kind of way out of here"
        Cegielski JP.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;50 Suppl 3:S195-200.
        
     6. Adherence to treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in a clinical population in New York City
        Li J, Munsiff SS, Tarantino T, Dorsinville M.
        Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;14(4):e292-7.
        
     7. Transforming strategies for the prevention of chronic HBV and HCV infections
        Ward JW, Hu DJ, Alter MJ, Kanwal F, Taylor C, Block JM, Caballero JB, Chase D, Saly M, Sandt L, Swan T.
        J Fam Pract. 2010 Apr;59(4 Suppl):S23-8.
        
     8. Acute HIV infections among men with genital ulcer disease in South Africa
        Paz Bailey G, Sternberg M, Lewis DA, Puren A.
        J Infect Dis. 2010 May 5.
        
     9. Prognostic factors associated with hepatitis C disease: a case-control study utilizing U.S. multiple-cause-of-death data
        Wise M, Finelli L, Sorvillo F.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):414-22.
        

   • Community Health Services

     10. Identifying gaps in HIV prevention services
         Torrone EA, Levandowski BA, Thomas JC, Isler MR, Leone PA.
         Soc Work Public Health. 2010 May;25(3):327-40.
         

   • Environmental Health

     11. Use of simple pharmacokinetic modeling to characterize exposure of Australians to perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid
         Thompson J, Lorber M, Toms LM, Kato K, Calafat AM, Mueller JF.
         Environ Int. 2010 May;36(4):390-7.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     12. Clinical and laboratory features that differentiate dengue from other febrile illnesses in an endemic area--Puerto Rico, 2007-2008
         Gregory CJ, Santiago LM, Arguello DF, Hunsperger E, Tomashek KM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):922-9.
         
     13. Japanese encephalitis in travelers from non-endemic countries, 1973-2008
         Hills SL, Griggs AC, Fischer M.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):930-6.
         
     14. Spatial risk assessments based on vector-borne disease epidemiologic data: importance of scale for West Nile virus disease in Colorado
         Winters AM, Eisen RJ, Delorey MJ, Fischer M, Nasci RS, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Moore CG, Pape WJ, Eisen L.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):945-53.
         
     15. Clostridium difficile infections among hospitalized children, United States, 1997-2006
         Zilberberg MD, Tillotson GS, McDonald C.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;16(4):604-9.
         
     16. Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with a national fast-food chain, 2006: a study incorporating epidemiological and food source traceback results
         Sodha SV, Lynch M, Wannemuehler K, Leeper M, Malavet M, Schaffzin J, Chen T, Langer A, Glenshaw M, Hoefer D, Dumas N, Lind L, Iwamoto M, Ayers T, Nguyen T, Biggerstaff M, Olson C, Sheth A, Braden C.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Apr 30:1-8.
         
     17. A multidisciplinary investigation of a polycythemia vera cancer cluster of unknown origin
         Seaman V, Dearwent SM, Gable D, Lewis B, Metcalf S, Orloff K, Tierney B, Zhu J, Logue J, Marchetto D, Ostroff S, Hoffman R, Xu M, Carey D, Erlich P, Gerhard G, Roda P, Iannuzzo J, Lewis R, Mellow J, Mulvihill L, Myles Z, Wu M, Frank A, Gross-Davis CA, Klotz J, Lynch A, Weissfeld J, Weinberg R, Cole H.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2010 March;7(3):1139-1153.
         
     18. Carbon monoxide-related hospitalizations in the U.S.: evaluation of a web-based query system for public health surveillance
         Iqbal S, Clower JH, Boehmer TK, Yip FY, Garbe P.
         Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):423-32.
         

   • Food Safety

     19. Outbreak of beriberi in the state of Maranhao, Brazil: revisiting the mycotoxin aetiologic hypothesis
         Lima HC, Porto EA, Marins JR, Alves RM, Machado RR, Braga KN, de Paiva FB, Carmo GM, Silva e Santelli AC, Sobel J.
         Trop Doct. 2010 Apr;40(2):95-7.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     20. Future health applications of genomics: priorities for communication, behavioral, and social sciences research
         McBride CM, Bowen D, Brody LC, Condit CM, Croyle RT, Gwinn M, Khoury MJ, Koehly LM, Korf BR, Marteau TM, McLeroy K, Patrick K, Valente TW.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 May;38(5):556-65.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     21. Does patient-delivered partner treatment improve disclosure for treatable sexually transmitted diseases?
         Mohammed H, Leichliter JS, Schmidt N, Farley TA, Kissinger P.
         AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Mar;24(3):183-8.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     22. A qualitative evaluation of fire safety education programs for older adults
         Diekman ST, Stewart TA, Teh SL, Ballesteros MF.
         Health Promot Pract. 2010 Mar;11(2):216-25.
         

   • Health Disparities

     23. Socioeconomic status and risk of diabetes-related mortality in the U.S
         Saydah S, Lochner K.
         Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):377-88.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     24. Reexamining methods and messaging for hand hygiene in the era of increasing clostridium difficile colonization and infection
         Ellingson K, McDonald C.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr 29.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     25. State variation in underinsurance among children with special health care needs in the United States
         Kogan MD, Newacheck PW, Blumberg SJ, Heyman KM, Strickland BB, Singh GK, Zeni MB.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):673-80.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     26. Inhibitory effect of breast milk on infectivity of live oral rotavirus vaccines
         Moon SS, Wang Y, Shane AL, Nguyen T, Ray P, Dennehy P, Baek LJ, Parashar U, Glass RI, Jiang B.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 May 3.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     27. Geographic and sociodemographic variation in self-reported seat belt use in the United States
         Strine TW, Beck LF, Bolen J, Okoro C, Dhingra S, Balluz L.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Jul;42(4):1066-71.
         
     28. Characteristics of elderly and other vulnerable adult victims of homicide by a caregiver: National Violent Death Reporting System--17 U.S. States, 2003-2007
         Karch D, Nunn KC.
         J Interpers Violence. 2010 May 4.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     29. Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihyropteroate synthase mutations and the use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus
         Malamba S, Sandison T, Lule J, Reingold A, Walker J, Dorsey G, Mermin J.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):766-71.
         
     30. A rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test for Bacillus anthracis
         Weigel LM, Sue D, Michel PA, Kitchel B, Pillai SP.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 May 3.
         
     31. A practical method for the extraction of PCR-quality DNA from environmental soil samples
         Fitzpatrick KA, Kersh GJ, Massung RF.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Apr 30.
         
     32. Development and evaluation of a magnetic immunochromatographic test to detect Taenia solium, which causes taeniasis and neurocysticercosis in humans
         Handali S, Klarman M, Gaspard AN, Dong XF, Laborde R, Noh J, Lee YM, Rodriguez S, Gonzalez AE, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Tsang VC, Wilkins PP.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Apr;17(4):631-7.
         
     33. Phylogenetic analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, Germany, 1987-2008
         Jenke C, Harmsen D, Weniger T, Rothganger J, Hyytia-Trees E, Bielaszewska M, Karch H, Mellmann A.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;16(4):610-6.
         
     34. Measurement of pyrethroid, organophosphorus, and carbamate insecticides in human plasma using isotope dilution gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry
         Perez JJ, Williams MK, Weerasekera G, Smith K, Whyatt RM, Needham LL, Barr DB.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2010 Apr 3.
         
     35. Harmonization of glutamic acid decarboxylase and islet antigen-2 autoantibody assays for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Consortia
         Bonifacio E, Yu L, Williams AK, Eisenbarth GS, Bingley PJ, Marcovina SM, Adler K, Ziegler AG, Mueller PW, Schatz DA, Krischer JP, Steffes MW, Akolkar B.
         J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May 5.
         
     36. A multicenter study to determine disk diffusion and broth microdilution criteria for prediction of high- and low-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
         Swenson JM, Wong B, Simor AE, Thomson RB, Ferraro MJ, Hardy DJ, Hindler J, Jorgensen J, Reller LB, Traczewski M, McDougal LK, Patel JB.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 May 5.
         
     37. Concomitant administration of recombinant PsaA and PCV7 reduces Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A colonization in a murine model
         Whaley MJ, Sampson JS, Johnson SE, Rajam G, Stinson-Parks A, Holder P, Mauro E, Romero-Steiner S, Carlone GM, Ades EW.
         Vaccine. 2010 Apr 19;28(18):3071-5.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     38. Autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring developmental, psychiatric, and medical conditions among children in multiple populations of the United States
         Levy SE, Giarelli E, Lee LC, Schieve LA, Kirby RS, Cunniff C, Nicholas J, Reaven J, Rice CE.
         J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr 24.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     39. Zinc and iron deficiency and their interrelations in low-income African American and Hispanic children in Atlanta
         Cole CR, Grant FK, Swaby-Ellis ED, Smith JL, Jacques A, Northrop-Clewes CA, Caldwell KL, Pfeiffer CM, Ziegler TR.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr;91(4):1027-34.
         
     40. Impact of malnutrition on clinical presentation, clinical course, and mortality in MDR-TB patients
         Podewils LJ, Holtz T, Riekstina V, Skripconoka V, Zarovska E, Kirvelaite G, Kreigere E, Leimane V.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Apr 30:1-8.
         
     41. Estimation of total usual calcium and vitamin D intakes in the United States
         Bailey RL, Dodd KW, Goldman JA, Gahche JJ, Dwyer JT, Moshfegh AJ, Sempos CT, Picciano MF.
         J Nutr. 2010 Apr;140(4):817-22.
         
     42. 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of healthy, low-income, minority children in Atlanta, Georgia
         Cole CR, Grant FK, Tangpricha V, Swaby-Ellis ED, Smith JL, Jacques A, Chen H, Schleicher RL, Ziegler TR.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):633-9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     43. Stressors, resources, and well-being among Latino and White warehouse workers in the United States
         Hoppe A, Heaney CA, Fujishiro K.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Mar;53(3):252-63.
         
     44. Statistical modeling of occupational chlorinated solvent exposures for case-control studies using a literature-based database
         Hein MJ, Waters MA, Ruder AM, Stenzel MR, Blair A, Stewart PA.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Apr 23.
         
     45. Digital 3-D headforms with facial features representative of the current US workforce
         Zhuang Z, Benson S, Viscusi D.
         Ergonomics. 2010 May;53(5):661-71.
         
     46. A comparison of assessment methods of hand activity and force for use in calculating the ACGIH(R) hand activity level (HAL) TLV(R)
         Wurzelbacher S, Burt S, Crombie K, Ramsey J, Luo L, Allee S, Jin Y.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Jul;7(7):407-16.
         
     47. Evaluation of a preventive program to reduce sensitization at a beryllium metal, oxide, and alloy production plant
         Bailey RL, Thomas CA, Deubner DC, Kent MS, Kreiss K, Schuler CR.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Apr 26.
         
     48. Vermiculite worker mortality: estimated effects of occupational exposure to Libby amphibole
         Larson TC, Antao VC, Bove FJ.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Apr 26.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     49. Proficiency testing performance in US laboratories: results reported to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1994 through 2006
         Howerton D, Krolak JM, Manasterski A, Handsfield JH.
         Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010 May;134(5):751-8.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     50. The structure, role, and procedures of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
         Smith JC.
         Vaccine. 2010 19 Apr;28(SUPPL. 1):A68-A75.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     51. Determining prevalence and correlates of psychiatric treatment with Andersen's behavioral model of health services use
         Dhingra SS, Zack M, Strine T, Pearson WS, Balluz L.
         Psychiatr Serv. 2010 May;61(5):524-8.
         
     52. Estimating duration in partnership studies: issues, methods and examples
         Burington B, Hughes JP, Whittington WL, Stoner B, Garnett G, Aral SO, Holmes KK.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2010 Apr;86(2):84-9.
         

   • Zoonoses

     53. Assessing human risk of exposure to plague bacteria in northwestern Uganda based on remotely sensed predictors
         Eisen RJ, Griffith KS, Borchert JN, MacMillan K, Apangu T, Owor N, Acayo S, Acidri R, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Winters AM, Enscore RE, Schriefer ME, Beard CB, Gage KL, Mead PS.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):904-11.
         
     54. Identification of adenoviruses in fecal specimens from wild chimpanzees (Pan trogylodytes schweinfurthii) in western Tanzania
         Tong S, Singh J, Ruone S, Humphrey C, Yip CC, Lau SK, Anderson LJ, Kaur T.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):967-70.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     55. Who is really caring for your environment of care? Developing standardized cleaning procedures and effective monitoring techniques
         Dumigan DG, Boyce JM, Havill NL, Golebiewski M, Balogun O, Rizvani R.
         Am J Infect Control. 2010 Apr 30.
         
     56. Cost-effectiveness of skin-barrier-enhancing emollients among preterm infants in Bangladesh
         LeFevre A, Shillcutt SD, Saha SK, Ahmed AS, Ahmed S, Chowdhury MA, Law PA, et al.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Feb;88(2):104-12.
         
     57. Reexamining methods and messaging for hand hygiene in the era of increasing clostridium difficile colonization and infection
         Ellingson K, McDonald C.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr 29.
         
     58. Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand rubs for removal of clostridium difficile spores from hands
         Jabbar U, Leischner J, Kasper D, Gerber R, Sambol SP, Parada JP, Johnson S, et al.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr 29.
         
     59. Universal methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance for adults at hospital admission: an economic model and analysis
         Lee BY, Bailey RR, Smith KJ, Muder RR, Strotmeyer ES, Lewis GJ, Ufberg PJ, et al.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jun;31(6):598-606.
         
     60. Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection: documentation and coding issues may reduce financial impact of Medicare's new payment policy
         Meddings J, Saint S, McMahon Jr. LF.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jun;31(6):627-33.
         
     61. Factors associated with increased healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates: results from a national survey of university hospitals and medical centers
         Talbot TR, Dellit TH, Hebden J, Sama D, Cuny J.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May;31(5):456-62.
         
     62. Risk factors for surgical site infection following spine surgery: efficacy of intraoperative saline irrigation
         Watanabe M, Sakai D, Matsuyama D, Yamamoto Y, Sato M, Mochida J.
         J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 May;12(5):540-6.
         

   • Public Health Law - Secondhand Smoke

     63. Public policy to maximize tobacco cessation
         McGoldrick DE, Boonn AV.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Mar;38(3 Suppl):S327-32.
         
     64. Tobacco smoke exposure in nonsmoking hospitality workers before and after a state smoking ban
         Jensen JA, Schillo BA, Moilanen MM, Lindgren BR, Murphy S, Carmella S, Hecht SS, et al.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Apr;19(4):1016-21.
         
     65. Implementing a smoke-free medical campus: impact on inpatient and employee outcomes
         Gadomski AM, Stayton M, Krupa N, Jenkins P.
         J Hosp Med. 2010 Jan;5(1):51-4.
         
     66. Exemptions for hookah bars in clean indoor air legislation: a public health concern
         Noonan D.
         Public Health Nurs. 2010 Jan-Feb;27(1):49-53.
         
     67. Policy-driven tobacco control
         Francis JA, Abramsohn EM, Park HY.
         Tob Control. 2010 Apr;19 Suppl 1:i16-20.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     68. Hepatocellular carcinoma --- United States, 2001--2006
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rept. 2010 May 7;59(17):517-520.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     69. Night-shift work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of Chinese women
         Pronk A, Ji BT, Shu XO, Xue S, Yang G, Li HL, Rothman N, Gao YT, Zheng W, Chow WH.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2010 May 1;171(9):953-9.
         
     70. Changes in state-specific childhood obesity and overweight prevalence in the United States from 2003 to 2007
         Singh GK, Kogan MD, van Dyck PC.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 May 3;164(7).
         
     71. Age-specific trends in incidence of noncardia gastric cancer in US adults
         Anderson WF, Camargo MC, Fraumeni Jr JF, Correa P, Rosenberg PS, Rabkin CS.
         JAMA. 2010 May 5;303(17):1723-8.
         
     72. Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer: a meta-analysis
         Global Advanced/Adjuvant Stomach Tumor Research International Collaboration (GASTRIC) Group, Paoletti X, Oba K, Burzykowski T, Michiels S, Ohashi Y, Pignon JP, Rougier P, Sakamoto J, Sargent D, Sasako M, Van Cutsem E, Buyse M.
         JAMA. 2010 May 5;303(17):1729-37.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     73. Increased risk of HIV acquisition among Kenyan men with human papillomavirus infection
         Smith JS, Moses S, Hudgens MG, Parker CB, Agot K, Maclean I, Ndinya-Achola JO, Snijders PJ, Meijer CJ, Bailey RC.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;201(11):1677-85.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     74. Pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in men
         Tseng HF, Slezak JM, Quinn VP, Sy LS, Van den Eeden SK, Jacobsen SJ.
         JAMA. 2010 May 5;303(17):1699-706.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     75. Maternal and paternal race/ethnicity are both associated with gestational diabetes
         Caughey AB, Cheng YW, Stotland NE, Washington AE, Escobar GJ.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr 16.
         
     76. Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and risk of childhood leukemia: systematic review and meta-analysis
         Latino-Martel P, Chan D, Druesne-Pecollo N, Barrandon E, Hercberg S, Norat T.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May;19(5):1238-1260.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     77. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in adolescents: race, season, adiposity, physical activity, and fitness
         Dong Y, Pollock N, Stallmann-Jorgensen IS, Gutin B, Lan L, Chen TC, Keeton D, Petty K, Holick MF, Zhu H.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May 3.
         

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