Vol. 2, Issue: 23, 6/7/10Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC's new weekly digest!The report consists of four components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Diseases - Influenza and Communicable Diseases - Polio)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Potential threat of drug-resistant and vaccine-escape HBV mutants to public health
       Teo CG, Locarnini SA.
       Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):445-9.
       
     • Late presentation for human immunodeficiency virus care in the United States and Canada
       Althoff KN, Gange SJ, Klein MB, Brooks JT, Hogg RS, Bosch RJ, Horberg MA, Saag MS, Kitahata MM, Justice AC, Gebo KA, Eron JJ, Rourke SB, Gill MJ, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Calzavara LM, Deeks SG, Martin JN, Rachlis AR, Napravnik S, Jacobson LP, Kirk GD, Collier AC, Benson CA, Silverberg MJ, Kushel M, Goedert JJ, McKaig RG, Van Rompaey SE, Zhang J, Moore RD.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;50(11):1512-20.
       
   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza
     • Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study
       Baker MG, Thornley CN, Mills C, Roberts S, Perera S, Peters J, Kelso A, et al.
       BMJ. 2010 ;340:c2424.
       
   • Community Health Services
     • Beyond beta: lessons learned from implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention initiative
       Garcia-Williams AG, Miller LJ, Burkitt KH, Cuerdon T, Jain R, Fine MJ, Jernigan JA, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May 28.
       
     • Assessing bed net use and non-use after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution: a simple framework to guide programmatic strategies
       Vanden Eng JL, Thwing J, Wolkon A, Kulkarni MA, Manya A, Erskine M, Hightower A, Slutsker L.
       Malar J. 2010 May 18;9(1):133.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • Current and historically used pesticides in residential soil from 11 homes in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
       Riederer AM, Smith KD, Barr DB, Hayden SW, Hunter Jr. RE, Ryan PB.
       Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 May;58(4):908-17.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005
       Farnon EC, Gould LH, Griffith KS, Osman MS, Kholy AE, Brair ME, Panella AJ, Kosoy O, Laven JJ, Godsey MS, Perea W, Hayes EB.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1146-52.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Stroke awareness: surveillance, educational campaigns, and public health practice
       Payne GH, Fang J, Fogle CC, Oser CS, Wigand DA, Theisen V, Farris RP.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 July/August;16(4):345-358.
       
   • Informatics
     • Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
       Mendelson M, Davis XM, Jensenius M, Keystone JS, von Sonnenburg F, Hale DC, Burchard GD, Field V, Vincent P, Freedman DO.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):991-995.
       
   • Physical Activity
     • Joint associations of physical activity and aerobic fitness on the development of incident hypertension. Coronary artery risk development in young adults
       Carnethon MR, Evans NS, Church TS, Lewis CE, Schreiner PJ, Jacobs Jr. DR, Sternfeld B, Sidney S.
       Hypertension. 2010 Jun 1.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Years of potential life lost caused by prostate cancer deaths in the United States-projection from 2004 through 2050
        Li C, Ekwueme DU.
        Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 May 24.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
        Shieh WJ, Blau DM, Denison AM, Deleon-Carnes M, Adem P, Bhatnagar J, Sumner J, Liu L, Patel M, Batten B, Greer P, Jones T, Smith C, Bartlett J, Montague J, White E, Rollin D, Gao R, Seales C, Jost H, Metcalfe M, Goldsmith CS, Humphrey C, Schmitz A, Drew C, Paddock C, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR.
        Am J Pathol. 2010 May 27.
        
     3. Challenges faced by the global polio eradication initiative
        Wassilak S, Orenstein W.
        Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 May;9(5):447-9.
        
     4. Outbreak of adenovirus type 4 infection in a long-term care facility for the elderly
        Kandel R, Srinivasan A, D'Agata EM, Lu X, Erdman D, Jhung M.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May 28.
        
     5. Clinical aspects of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
        Bautista E, Chotpitayasunondh T, Gao Z, Harper SA, Shaw M, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR, Hayden FG, Hui DS, Kettner JD, Kumar A, Lim M, Shindo N, Penn C, Nicholson KG.
        N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1708-19.
        
     6. Hyperendemic H. pylori and tapeworm infections in a U.S.-Mexico border population
        Cardenas VM, Mena KD, Ortiz M, Karri S, Variyam E, Behravesh CB, Snowden KF, Flisser A, Bristol JR, Mayberry LF, Ortega YR, Fukuda Y, Campos A, Graham DY.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 May-Jun;125(3):441-7.
        
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     7. Multi-generation cross contamination of mail with Bacillus spp. spores by tumbling
        Edmonds J, Clark P, Williams L, Lindquist HD, Martinez K, Gardner W, Shadomy S, Hornsby-Myers J.
        Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May 28.
        
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     8. Coevolution and HBV drug resistance
        Khudyakov Y.
        Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):505-15.
        
     9. Changing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients, New York City, 1992-2005
        Harris TG, Li J, Hanna DB, Munsiff SS.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 1;50(11):1524-31.
        
     10. Recent population changes in HbA(1c) and fasting insulin concentrations among US adults with preserved glucose homeostasis
         Cheng YJ, Kahn HS, Gregg EW, Imperatore G, Geiss LS.
         Diabetologia. 2010 May 27.
         
     11. Is self-rated health associated with blood immune markers in healthy individuals?
         Nakata A, Takahashi M, Otsuka Y, Swanson NG.
         Int J Behav Med. 2010 May 29.
         
     12. Viral respiratory infections in hospitalized and community control children in Alaska
         Singleton RJ, Bulkow LR, Miernyk K, DeByle C, Pruitt L, Hummel KB, Bruden D, Englund JA, Anderson LJ, Lucher L, Holman RC, Hennessy TW.
         J Med Virol. 2010 Jul;82(7):1282-90.
         
     13. The impact of transient hypothyroidism on the increasing rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States
         Parks JS, Lin M, Grosse SD, Hinton CF, Drummond-Borg M, Borgfeld L, Sullivan KM.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S54-63.
         
     14. Prevalence, nature, and correlates of sleep problems among children with fragile X syndrome based on a large scale parent survey
         Kronk R, Bishop EE, Raspa M, Bickel JO, Mandel DA, Bailey Jr. DB.
         Sleep. 2010 May 1;33(5):679-87.
         
   • Food Safety
     15. Foodborne disease trends and reports
         Gerner-Smidt P, Whichard JM.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2010 Jun;7(6):609-11.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     16. Prevalence and protective value of serosorting and strategic positioning among black and Latino men who have sex with men
         Marks G, Millett GA, Bingham T, Lauby J, Murrill CS, Stueve A.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2010 May;37(5):325-7.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     17. Transmission of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (formerly Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) to tissue-allograft recipients: a report of two cases
         Cartwright EJ, Prabhu RM, Zinderman CE, Schobert WE, Jensen B, Noble-Wang J, Church K, Welsh C, Kuehnert M, Burke TL, Srinivasan A.
         J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Jun;92-A(6):1501-1506.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     18. Infectivity and vaccination efficacy studies in animal models of HBV S and pol gene mutants
         Kamili S.
         Antivir Ther. 2010 ;15(3 Pt B):477-85.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     19. Sequence diversity of genes encoding botulinum neurotoxin type F
         Raphael BH, Choudoir MJ, Luquez C, Fernandez R, Maslanka SE.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 May 28.
         
     20. Reduced reactive oxygen species-generating capacity contributes to the enhanced cell growth of arsenic-transformed epithelial cells
         Chang Q, Pan J, Wang X, Zhang Z, Chen F, Shi X.
         Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 1.
         
     21. Mass spectrometric analysis of multiple pertussis toxins and toxoids
         Williamson YM, Moura H, Schieltz D, Rees J, Woolfitt AR, Pirkle JL, Sampson JS, Tondella ML, Ades E, Carlone G, Barr JR.
         J Biomed Biotechnol. 2010 ;2010:942365.
         
     22. Receptor specificity of influenza A H3N2 viruses isolated in mammalian cells and embryonated chicken eggs
         Stevens J, Chen LM, Carney PJ, Garten R, Foust A, Le J, Pokorny BA, Manojkumar R, Silverman J, Devis R, Rhea K, Xu X, Bucher DJ, Paulson J, Cox NJ, Klimov A, Donis RO.
         J Virol. 2010 Jun 2.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     23. Effect of laboratory practices on the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism
         Hertzberg V, Mei J, Therrell BL.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125 Suppl 2:S48-53.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     24. Health hazards, injury problems, and workplace conditions of carpet-weaving children in three districts of Punjab, Pakistan
         Awan S, Nasrullah M, Cummings KJ.
         Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 Apr-Jun;16(2):115-21.
         
     25. Physiological effects of boot weight and design on men and women firefighters
         Turner NL, Chiou S, Zwiener J, Weaver D, Spahr J.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Aug;7(8):477-82.
         
   • Public Health Law
     26. Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care
         Li R, Zhang P, Barker L, Hartsfield D.
         BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 May 21;10(1):133.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     27. Physiologic reference ranges for captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)
         Keckler MS, Gallardo-Romero NF, Langham GL, Damon IK, Karem KL, Carroll DS.
         J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2010 ;49(3):274-281.
         
   • Zoonoses
     28. Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh
         Kendall EA, Larocque RC, Bui DM, Galloway R, Ari MD, Goswami D, Breiman RF, Luby S, Brooks WA.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1127-30.
         
     29. Identification of bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs
         Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1140-5.
         
     30. Natural infection of vertebrate hosts by different lineages of Buggy Creek virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus)
         Brown CR, Moore AT, O'Brien VA, Padhi A, Knutie SA, Young GR, Komar N.
         Arch Virol. 2010 May;155(5):745-9.
         
     31. Host immunity to repeated rabies virus infection in big brown bats
         Turmelle A, Jackson F, Green D, McCracken G, Rupprecht C.
         J Gen Virol. 2010 Jun 2.
         
     32. Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally
         Sutherland CJ, Tanomsing N, Nolder D, Oguike M, Jennison C, Pukrittayakamee S, Dolecek C, Hien TT, do Rosario VE, Arez AP, Pinto J, Michon P, Escalante AA, Nosten F, Burke M, Lee R, Blaze M, Otto TD, Barnwell JW, Pain A, Williams J, White NJ, Day NP, Snounou G, Lockhart PJ, Chiodini PL, Imwong M, Polley SD.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;201(10):1544-50.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza
     33. 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): pathology and pathogenesis of 100 fatal cases in the United States
         Shieh WJ, Blau DM, Denison AM, Deleon-Carnes M, Adem P, Bhatnagar J, Sumner J, et al.
         Am J Pathol. 2010 May 27.
         
     34. Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 and mortality in the United Kingdom: risk factors for death, April 2009 to March 2010
         Pebody RG, McLean E, Zhao H, Cleary P, Bracebridge S, Foster K, Charlett A, et al.
         Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(20).
         
     35. Adverse drug effects following oseltamivir mass treatment and prophylaxis in a school outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in June 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom
         Strong M, Burrows J, Stedman E, Redgrave P.
         Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(19):pii/19565.
         
     36. Clinical aspects of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
         Bautista E, Chotpitayasunondh T, Gao Z, Harper SA, Shaw M, Uyeki TM, Zaki SR, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1708-19.
         
     37. Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: a prospective cohort study
         Bryant PA, Tebruegge M, Papadakis G, Clarke C, Barnett P, Daley AJ, South M, et al.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 May 7.
         
     38. Early pandemic influenza (2009 H1N1) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a clinical virological and epidemiological analysis
         Hien TT, Boni MF, Bryant JE, Ngan TT, Wolbers M, Nguyen TD, Truong NT, et al.
         PLoS Med. 2010 ;7(5):e1000277.
         
   • Communicable Diseases - Polio
     39. The impact of age and comorbidity on the progression of disability in late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis
         Stolwijk-Swuste JM, Tersteeg I, Beelen A, Lankhorst GJ, Nollet F.
         Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Apr;91(4):523-8.
         
     40. Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study
         Mushtaq MU, Majrooh MA, Ullah MZ, Akram J, Siddiqui AM, Shad MA, Waqas M, et al.
         BMC Public Health. 2010 ;10:60.
         
     41. Global lessons from India's poliomyelitis elimination campaign
         Arora NK, Chaturvedi S, Dasgupta R.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Mar;88(3):232-4.
         
     42. Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Tajikistan in 2010: risk for importation and impact on polio surveillance in Europe?
         Euro Surveill. 2010 ;15(17).
         
     43. Challenges faced by the global polio eradication initiative
         Wassilak S, Orenstein W.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 May;9(5):447-9.
         
     44. Asymptomatic wild-type poliovirus infection in India among children with previous oral poliovirus vaccination
         Grassly NC, Jafari H, Bahl S, Durrani S, Wenger J, Sutter RW, Bruce Aylward R.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;201(10):1535-43.
         
     45. Randomized controlled clinical trial of fractional doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine administered intradermally by needle-free device in Cuba
         Resik S, Tejeda A, Lago PM, Diaz M, Carmenates A, Sarmiento L, Alemani N, et al.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 May 1;201(9):1344-52.
         
     46. Is there an ethical obligation to complete polio eradication?
         Emerson CI, Singer PA.
         Lancet. 2010 Apr 17;375(9723):1340-1.
         
     47. Optimal vaccine stockpile design for an eradicated disease: application to polio
         Duintjer Tebbens RJ, Pallansch MA, Alexander JP, Thompson KM.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jun 11;28(26):4312-4327.
         
     48. The global introduction of inactivated polio vaccine can circumvent the oral polio vaccine paradox
         Heinsbroek E, Ruitenberg EJ.
         Vaccine. 2010 May 14;28(22):3778-83.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     49. Preliminary results: surveillance for Guillain-Barre syndrome after receipt of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine - United States, 2009-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 ;59(21):657-661.
         
     50. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
         Eaton DK, Kann L, Kinchen S, Shanklin S, Ross J, Harris W, Lowry R, McManus T, Chyen D, Lim C, Whittle L, Brener ND, Wechsler H.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Sur Sum. 2010 ;59(SS05):1-142.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     51. Gene-environment interactions in 7610 women with breast cancer: prospective evidence from the million women study
         Travis RC, Reeves GK, Green J, Bull D, Tipper SJ, Baker K, Beral V, Peto R, Bell J, Zelenika D, Lathrop M.
         Lancet. 2010 .
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     52. Young age and termination of pregnancy during the second trimester are risk factors for repeat second-trimester abortion
         Mentula MJ, Niinimaki M, Suhonen S, Hemminki E, Gissler M, Heikinheimo O.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr 30.
         
     53. Association of maternal weight gain in pregnancy with offspring obesity and metabolic and vascular traits in childhood
         Fraser A, Tilling K, Macdonald-Wallis C, Sattar N, Brion MJ, Benfield L, Ness A, Deanfield J, Hingorani A, Nelson SM, Smith GD, Lawlor DA.
         Circulation. 2010 Jun 1.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     54. Effect of differing levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in cigarette smoke on the levels of biomarkers in smokers
         Ashley DL, O'Connor RJ, Bernert JT, Watson CH, Polzin GM, Jain RB, Hammond D, Hatsukami DK, Giovino GA, Cummings KM, McNeill A, Shahab L, King B, Fong GT, Zhang L, Xia Y, Yan X, McCraw JM.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May 25;19(6):1389-98.
         
   
   

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