Issue 2, January 11, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 2, 1/11/10

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 - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), Injury and Violence - Motor Vehicle-Related Injury, and Public Health Law)
• 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. Intervention to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers. A systematic review of provider reminders
        Baron RC, Melillo S, Rimer BK, Coates RJ, Kerner J, Habarta N, Chattopadhyay S, Sabatino SA, Elder R, Leeks KJ.
        Am J Prev Med. 2010 January;38(1):110-117.
        
     2. Serum concentrations of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone and prevalent metabolic syndrome among adults in the United States
        Ford ES, Zhao GX, Li CY, Pearson WS.
        J Diabetes. 2009 ;1(4):296-303.
        
     3. Public health interventions for arthritis: expanding the toolbox of evidence-based interventions
        Brady TJ, Jernick SL, Hootman JM, Sniezek JE.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Dec;18(12):1905-17.
        
     4. Human prion diseases in the United States
        Holman RC, Belay ED, Christensen KY, Maddox RA, Minino AM, Folkema AM, Haberling DL, Hammett TA, Kochanek KD, Sejvar JJ, Schonberger LB.
        PLoS One. 2010 ;5(1):e8521.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     5. Influenza: prevention and treatment
        Dawood FS, Finelli L, Fiore A.
        Minerva Pneumologica. 2009 ;48(2):177-194.
        
     6. Disease and economic burden of rotavirus diarrhoea in India
        Tate JE, Chitambar S, Esposito DH, Sarkar R, Gladstone B, Ramani S, Raghava MV, Sowmyanarayanan TV, Gandhe S, Arora R, Parashar UD, Kang G.
        Vaccine. 2009 Nov 20;27 Suppl 5:F18-24.
        
   • Environmental Health
     7. Climate change, its impact on human health in the Arctic and the public health response to threats of emerging infectious diseases
        Parkinson AJ, Evengard B.
        Glob Health Action. 2009 ;2.
        
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     8. The impact of obesity on time spent with the provider and number of medications managed during office-based physician visits using a cross-sectional, national health survey
        Pearson WS, Bhat-Schelbert K, Ford ES, Mokdad AH.
        BMC Public Health. 2009 ;9:436.
        
     9. Pelvic inflammatory disease among privately insured women, United States, 2001-2005
        Bohm MK, Newman L, Satterwhite CL, Tao G, Weinstock HS.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Dec 31.
        
     10. Importance and challenges of accurately counting rotavirus deaths in China, 2002
         Yee EL, Fang ZY, Liu N, Hadler SC, Liang X, Wang H, Zhu X, Jiang B, Parashar U, Widdowson MA, Glass RI.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 20;27 Suppl 5:F46-9.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     11. Attribution of hepatitis C virus seroconversion risk in young injection drug users in 5 US cities
         Hagan H, Pouget ER, Williams IT, Garfein RL, Strathdee SA, Hudson SM, Latka MH, Ouellet LJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 6.
         
     12. Use of dual protection in Botswana
         Kraft JM, Galavotti C, Carter M, Jamieson DJ, Busang L, Fleming D, Kilmarx PH.
         Stud Fam Plann. 2009 ;40(4):319-328.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     13. Provider-initiated HIV testing in health care settings: should it include client-centered counselling?
         Kiene SM, Bateganya M, Wanyenze R, Lule H, Mayer K, Stein M.
         Sahara J-J. Soc. Asp. HIV/AIDS. 2009 Nov;6(3):115-119.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     14. Net financial gain or loss from vaccination in pediatric medical practices
         Coleman MS, Lindley MC, Ekong J, Rodewald L.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S472-S491.
         
     15. Financing vaccination of children and adolescents: National Vaccine Advisory Committee recommendations
         Lindley MC, Birkhead GS, Almquist JR, Clover RD, Dekker C, Feinberg M, Fergie J, Gordon LK, Humiston SG, Jackson LA, Lovell Jr C, Mason JO, McCormick M, Nevin-Woods C, Parnell T, Pavia A, Riley LE, Abramson JS, Coleman MS, Edwards B, Freed GL, Gellin B, Greenbaum E, Haddix AC, Hinman AR, Johnson CB, Kelman J, Klein JO, Orenstein WA, Pauly M, Pisani AA, Rodewald LE, Rosenberg A, Salesa J, Shen AK, Wallace G, Wilson JJ, Wisniewski AC.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S558-S562.
         
     16. Financing the delivery of vaccines to children and adolescents: challenges to the current system
         Lindley MC, Shen AK, Orenstein WA, Rodewald LE, Birkhead GS.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S548-S557.
         
     17. Role of health insurance in financing vaccinations for children and adolescents in the United States
         Shen AK, Hunsaker J, Gazmararian JA, Lindley MC, Birkhead GS.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S522-S531.
         
     18. Perspective of vaccine manufacturers on financing pediatric and adolescent vaccines in the United States
         Shen AK, Rodewald LE, Birkhead GS.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S540-S547.
         
     19. Underinsurance and adolescent immunization delivery in the United States
         Smith PJ, Lindley MC, Shefer A, Rodewald LE.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S515-S521.
         
     20. Underinsurance and pediatric immunization delivery in the United States
         Smith PJ, Molinari NA, Rodewald LE.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S507-S514.
         
     21. Cost of universal influenza vaccination of children in pediatric practices
         Yoo BK, Szilagyi PG, Schaffer SJ, Humiston SG, Rand CM, Albertin CS, Vincelli P, Blumkin AK, Shone LP, Coleman MS.
         Pediatrics. 2009 ;124(SUPPL. 5):S499-S506.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     22. Recommended adult immunization schedule: United States, 2010
         Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
         Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jan 5;152(1):36-9.
         
     23. Sustained reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of conjugate vaccine
         Pilishvili T, Lexau C, Farley MM, Hadler J, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Smith PJ, Beall BW, Whitney CG, Moore MR, Active Bacterial Core Surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 1;201(1):32-41.
         
     24. Meningococcal conjugate vaccination among adolescents aged 13-17 years, United States, 2007
         Lu PJ, Jain N, Cohn AC.
         Vaccine. 2009 Dec 28.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     25. Assessing the validity of the Omron HEM-907XL oscillometric blood pressure measurement device in a National Survey environment
         Ostchega Y, Nwankwo T, Sorlie PD, Wolz M, Zipf G.
         J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2010 Jan;12(1):22-8.
         
     26. Genetic relationships among reptile and mammalian Campylobacter fetus by multilocus sequence typing
         Dingle KE, Blaser MJ, Tu ZC, Pruckler J, Fitzgerald C, van Bergen MA, Lawson AJ, Owen RJ, Wagenaar JA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan 6.
         
     27. Rapid identification and discrimination of Brucella isolates using real-time PCR and high resolution melt analysis
         Winchell JM, Wolff BJ, Tiller R, Bowen M, Hoffmaster A.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan 6.
         
     28. Identification of a potential molecular link between the glucocorticoid and serotonergic signaling systems
         Falkenberg VR, Rajeevan MS.
         J Mol Neurosci. 2010 Jan 6.
         
     29. Evaluation of local MCP-1 and IL-12 nanocoatings for infection prevention in open fractures
         Li B, Jiang B, Dietz MJ, Smith ES, Clovis NB, Rao KM.
         J Orthop Res. 2010 Jan;28(1):48-54.
         
     30. Critical cysteine residues of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 in arsenic sensing and suppression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
         He X, Ma Q.
         J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Jan;332(1):66-75.
         
     31. Accuracy of serological assays for detection of recent infection with HIV and estimation of population incidence: a systematic review
         Guy R, Gold J, Calleja JM, Kim AA, Parekh B, Busch M, Rehle T, Hargrove J, Remis RS, Kaldor JM, W. H. O. Working Group on HIV Incidence Assays.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;9(12):747-59.
         
     32. Protracted exposure to supraphysiological levels of corticosterone does not cause neuronal loss or damage and protects against kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity in the hippocampus of C57BL/6J mice
         Benkovic SA, O'Callaghan JP, Miller DB.
         Neurotoxicology. 2009 Nov;30(6):965-76.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     33. Does frank diabetes in first-degree relatives of a pregnant woman affect the likelihood of her developing gestational diabetes mellitus or nongestational diabetes?
         Kim C, Liu T, Valdez R, Beckles GL.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec;201(6):576 e1-6.
         
     34. Infant deaths associated with human parechovirus infection in Wisconsin
         Sedmak G, Nix WA, Jentzen J, Haupt TE, Davis JP, Bhattacharyya S, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 4.
         
     35. Chlorhexidine maternal-vaginal and neonate body wipes in sepsis and vertical transmission of pathogenic bacteria in South Africa: a randomised, controlled trial
         Cutland CL, Madhi SA, Zell ER, Kuwanda L, Laque M, Groome M, Gorwitz R, Thigpen MC, Patel R, Velaphi SC, Adrian P, Klugman K, Schuchat A, Schrag SJ, PoPS Trial Team.
         Lancet. 2009 Dec 5;374(9705):1909-16.
         
     36. Neonatal mortality risk for repeat cesarean compared to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States, 1998-2002 birth cohorts
         Menacker F, Macdorman MF, Declercq E.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jan 1.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     37. Sage advice: don't blow your top
         Mulhern B, Putz Anderson V.
         Retail Merchan. 2009 Nov/Dec;49(6):20-24.
         
     38. Occupational hazards experienced by cleaning workers and janitors: a review of the epidemiologic literature
         Charles LE, Loomis D, Demissie Z.
         Work. 2009 ;34(1):105-16.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     39. Controlling dust exposures in longwall mining utilizing a simple barrier
         Sweeney DD, Slagley JM, Smith DA, Rider JP.
         Min Eng. 2009 Dec;61(12):58-61.
         
     40. Doing the math: the effectiveness of enclosed-cab air-cleaning methods can be spelled out in mathematical equations
         Organiscak JA, Cecala AB.
         Rock Prod. 2009 Oct;112(10):20-22.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     41. Quality of malaria case management at outpatient health facilities in Angola
         Rowe AK, de Leon GF, Mihigo J, Santelli AC, Miller NP, Van-Dunem P.
         Malar J. 2009 ;8(1):275.
         
   • Zoonoses
     42. No adverse effects of simultaneous vaccination with the immunocontraceptive GonaCon and a commercial rabies vaccine on rabies virus neutralizing antibody production in dogs
         Bender SC, Bergman DL, Wenning KM, Miller LA, Slate D, Jackson FR, Rupprecht CE.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 27;27(51):7210-3.
         
     43. Enhancing comparative rabies DNA vaccine effectiveness through glycoprotein gene modifications
         Osinubi MO, Wu X, Franka R, Niezgoda M, Nok AJ, Ogunkoya AB, Rupprecht CE.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 27;27(51):7214-8.
         
     44. Influence of oral rabies vaccine bait density on rabies seroprevalence in wild raccoons
         Sattler AC, Krogwold RA, Wittum TE, Rupprecht CE, Algeo TP, Slate D, Smith KA, Hale RL, Nohrenberg GA, Lovell CD, Niezgoda M, Montoney AJ, Slemons RD.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 27;27(51):7187-93.
         
2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
     45. Novel influenza A(H1N1) in a pediatric health care facility in New York City during the first wave of the 2009 pandemic
         Miroballi Y, Baird JS, Zackai S, Cannon JM, Messina M, Ravindranath T, Green R, Della-Latta P, Jenkins S, Greenwald BM, Furuya EY, Graham PL, Sonnett FM, Platt S, Delamora P, Saiman L.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):24-30.
         
     46. Predicting the antigenic structure of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus hemagglutinin
         Igarashi M, Ito K, Yoshida R, Tomabechi D, Kida H, Takada A.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(1):e8553.
         
     47. Streptococcus pneumoniae coinfection is correlated with the severity of H1N1 pandemic influenza
         Palacios G, Hornig M, Cisterna D, Savji N, Bussetti AV, Kapoor V, Hui J, Tokarz R, Briese T, Baumeister E, Lipkin WI.
         PLoS One. 2009 ;4(12):e8540.
         
     48. A high dosage influenza vaccine induced significantly more neuraminidase antibody than standard vaccine among elderly subjects
         Cate TR, Rayford Y, Nino D, Winokur P, Brady R, Belshe R, Chen W, Atmar RL, Couch RB.
         Vaccine. 2009 Dec 28.
         
   • Injury and Violence - Motor Vehicle-Related Injury
     49. Effect of 20 mph traffic speed zones on road injuries in London, 1986-2006: controlled interrupted time series analysis
         Grundy C, Steinbach R, Edwards P, Green J, Armstrong B, Wilkinson P.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b4469.
         
     50. The effects of text messaging on young drivers
         Hosking SG, Young KL, Regan MA.
         Hum Factors. 2009 Aug;51(4):582-92.
         
     51. The fatal toll of driving to drink: The effect of minimum legal drinking age evasion on traffic fatalities
         Lovenheim MF, Slemrod J.
         J Health Econ. 2009 Oct 17.
         
     52. Seat belt use in states and territories with primary and secondary laws--United States, 2006
         Beck LF, Shults RA.
         J Safety Res. 2009 ;40(6):469-72.
         
     53. Cost-benefit analysis of an alcohol ignition interlock for installation in all newly registered vehicles
         Lahausse JA, Fildes BN.
         Traffic Inj Prev. 2009 Dec;10(6):528-37.
         
   • Public Health Law
     54. Rationale and evidence for menu-labeling legislation
         Roberto CA, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD.
         Am J Prev Med. 2009 Dec;37(6):546-51.
         
     55. Emergency legal preparedness among select U.S. local governments
         Anderson E, Hodge J.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 ;3(Supplement 2):S176-S184.
         
     56. Implications of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) during public health emergencies and on alternate sites of care
         Roszak A, Jensen F, Wild R, Yeskey K, Handrigan M.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 ;3(Supplement 2):S172-S175.
         
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     57. Multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections associated with aquatic frogs - United States, 2009
         MMWR. 2010 Jan 8;58(51):1433-6.
         
     58. Assessment of epidemiology capacity in state health departments - United States, 2009
         MMWR. 2009 Dec 18;58(49):1373-7.
         
     59. Patients hospitalized with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) - New York City, May 2009
         MMWR. 2010 Jan 8;58(51):1436-40.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     60. Childhood predictors of adult type 2 diabetes at 9- and 26-year follow-ups
         Morrison JA, Glueck CJ, Horn PS, Wang P.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):53-60.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     61. Influenza virus infection among pediatric patients reporting diarrhea and influenza-like illness
         Dilantika C, Sedyaningsih ER, Kasper MR, Agtini M, Listiyaningish E, Uyeki TM, Burgess TH, Blair PJ, Putnam SD.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 7;10(1):3.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     62. Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus
         Bode LG, Kluytmans JA, Wertheim HF, Bogaers D, Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM, Roosendaal R, Troelstra A, Box AT, Voss A, van der Tweel I, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 7;362(1):9-17.
         
     63. Chlorhexidine-alcohol versus povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis
         Darouiche RO, Wall MJ, Itani KM, Otterson MF, Webb AL, Carrick MM, Miller HJ, Awad SS, Crosby CT, Mosier MC, Alsharif A, Berger DH.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 7;362(1):18-26.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     64. Parental refusal of varicella vaccination and the associated risk of varicella infection in children
         Glanz JM, McClure DL, Magid DJ, Daley MF, France EK, Hambidge SJ.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):66-70.
         
     65. Policy statement--Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedules--United States, 2010
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jan;125(1):195-6.
         

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