Vol. 2, Issue: 3, 1/18/10

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 Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity, Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), and Communicable Diseases - Polio)
• 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. An evaluation of exclusionary medical/psychiatric conditions in the definition of chronic fatigue syndrome
        Jones JF, Lin JM, Maloney EM, Boneva RS, Nater UM, Unger ER, Reeves WC.
        BMC Med. 2009 ;7:57.
        
     2. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008
        Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Curtin LR.
        JAMA. 2010 Jan 13.
        
     3. Prevalence of high body mass Index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008
        Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Lamb MM, Flegal KM.
        JAMA. 2010 Jan 13;303(3).
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Emergence and persistence of nevirapine resistance in breast milk after single-dose nevirapine administration
        Hudelson SE, McConnell MS, Bagenda D, Piwowar-Manning E, Parsons TL, Nolan ML, Bakaki PM, Thigpen MC, Mubiru M, Fowler MG, Eshleman SH.
        AIDS. 2010 Jan 6.
        
     5. H5N1 Avian influenza: preventive and therapeutic strategies against a pandemic
        Sambhara S, Poland GA.
        Annu Rev Med. 2010 ;61:187-98.
        
     6. Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among female adolescents aged 14 to 19 in the United States
        Forhan SE, Gottlieb SL, Sternberg MR, Xu F, Datta SD, McQuillan GM, Berman SM, Markowitz LE.
        Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1505-12.
        
   • Community Health Services
     7. Young women and their reproductive health needs in a family practice setting: factors influencing care seeking in Vitoria, Brazil
        Miranda AE, St Louis ME, Figueiredo NC, Milbratz I, Page-Shafer K.
        Fam Pract. 2009 Dec;26(6):493-500.
        
   • Environmental Health
     8. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate tablets for routine treatment of household drinking water in periurban Ghana: a randomized controlled trial
        Jain S, Sahanoon OK, Blanton E, Schmitz A, Wannemuehler KA, Hoekstra RM, Quick RE.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jan;82(1):16-22.
        
     9. Urinary concentrations of four parabens in the U.S. population: 2005-2006
        Calafat AM, Ye X, Wong LY, Bishop AM, Needham LL.
        Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jan 4.
        
     10. Murine models of airway fungal exposure and allergic sensitization
         Templeton SP, Buskirk AD, Green BJ, Beezhold DH, Schmechel D.
         Med Mycol. 2010 Jan 8.
         
     11. Prenatal di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate exposure and length of gestation among an inner-city cohort
         Whyatt RM, Adibi JJ, Calafat AM, Camann DE, Rauh V, Bhat HK, Perera FP, Andrews H, Just AC, Hoepner L, Tang D, Hauser R.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):e1213-20.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     12. Age- and gender-specific estimates of partnership formation and dissolution rates in the Seattle sex survey
         Nelson SJ, Hughes JP, Foxman B, Aral SO, Holmes KK, White PJ, Golden MR.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Jan 11.
         
     13. Use of four biomarkers to evaluate the risk of breast cancer subtypes in the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study
         Ma H, Wang Y, Sullivan-Halley J, Weiss L, Marchbanks PA, Spirtas R, Ursin G, Burkman RT, Simon MS, Malone KE, Strom BL, McDonald JA, Press MF, Bernstein L.
         Cancer Res. 2010 Jan 12.
         
     14. Improvements in risk factor control among persons with diabetes in the United States: evidence and implications for remaining life expectancy
         Hoerger TJ, Zhang P, Segel JE, Gregg EW, Narayan KM, Hicks KA.
         Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2009 Dec;86(3):225-32.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     15. Family history in public health practice: A genomic tool for disease prevention and health promotion
         Valdez R, Yoon PW, Qureshi N, Green RF, Khoury MJ.
         Annu Rev Public Health. 2010 Jan 12.
         
     16. Detection and differentiation of Clostridium botulinum type A strains using a focused DNA microarray
         Raphael BH, Joseph LA, McCroskey LM, Luquez C, Maslanka SE.
         Mol Cell Probes. 2010 Jan 6.
         
     17. Synthetic viruses: a new opportunity to understand and prevent viral disease
         Wimmer E, Mueller S, Tumpey TM, Taubenberger JK.
         Nat Biotechnol. 2009 Dec;27(12):1163-72.
         
     18. Family history as a risk factor for early-onset stroke/transient Ischemic attack among adults in the United States
         Mvundura M, McGruder H, Khoury MJ, Valdez R, Yoon PW.
         Public Health Genomics. 2010 ;13(1):13-20.
         
   • Global Health
     19. Evaluation of the effectiveness of stainless steel cooking pots in reducing iron-deficiency anaemia in food aid-dependent populations
         Talley L, Woodruff BA, Seal A, Tripp K, Mselle LS, Abdalla F, Bhatia R, Mirghani Z.
         Public Health Nutr. 2010 Jan;13(1):107-15.
         
     20. Acceptability and use of iron and iron-alloy cooking pots: implications for anaemia control programmes
         Tripp K, Mackeith N, Woodruff BA, Talley L, Mselle L, Mirghani Z, Abdalla F, Bhatia R, Seal AJ.
         Public Health Nutr. 2010 Jan;13(1):123-30.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     21. Perceptions of HIV-related websites among persons recently diagnosed with HIV
         Courtenay-Quirk C, Horvath KJ, Ding H, Fisher H, McFarlane M, Kachur R, O'Leary A, Rosser BR, Harwood E.
         AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Jan 11.
         
   • Health Disparities
     22. Spatial accessibility to providers and vaccination compliance among children with medicaid
         Fu LY, Cowan N, McLaren R, Engstrom R, Teach SJ.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1579-86.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     23. From the American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy statements--Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for children and youth with disabilities
         Murphy NA, Burke R, Desch LW, Duby JC, Elias ER, Levy SE, Liptak GS, McNeal D, Myers SM, Norwood Jr KW, Sagerman PJ, Peacock G, Council on Children With Disabilities.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1702-8.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     24. Providing monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 to newborns: Findings from a pilot birth-dose project in Moradabad district, India
         Rainey JJ, Bhatnagar P, Estivariz CF, Durrani S, Galway M, Sandhu H, Bahl S, Jafari H, Wenger J.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2009 December;87(12):955-959.
         
     25. Impact of varicella vaccine on varicella-zoster virus dynamics
         Schmid DS, Jumaan AO.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Jan;23(1):202-17.
         
     26. Toward optimal health: a review of vaccine recommendations for women. Interview by Jodi R Godfrey
         Godfrey JR, Jamieson DJ, Harpaz R, Markowitz LE.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Dec;18(12):1919-22.
         
     27. Reduction in hospitalizations for diarrhea and rotavirus infections in New York state following introduction of rotavirus vaccine
         Chang HG, Smith PF, Tserenpuntsag B, Markey K, Parashar U, Morse DL.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jan 8;28(3):754-8.
         
     28. MCV vaccination in the presence of vaccine-associated Guillain-Barre Syndrome risk: a decision analysis approach
         Cho BH, Clark TA, Messonnier NE, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Weintraub E, Messonnier ML.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jan 8;28(3):817-22.
         
     29. Successful seroresponses to measles and rubella following aerosolized Triviraten vaccine, but poor response to aerosolized mumps (Rubini) component: comparisons with injected MMR
         Diaz-Ortega JL, Bennett JV, Castaneda D, Vieyra JR, Valdespino-Gomez JL, de Castro JF.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jan 8;28(3):692-8.
         
     30. The influence of the multi-basic cleavage site of the H5 hemagglutinin on the attenuation, immunogenicity and efficacy of a live attenuated influenza A H5N1 cold-adapted vaccine virus
         Suguitan AL, Marino MP, Desai PD, Chen LM, Matsuoka Y, Donis RO, Jin H, Swayne DE, Kemble G, Subbarao K.
         Virology. 2009 Dec 20;395(2):280-8.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     31. Development of two avidity-based assays to detect recent HIV type 1 seroconversion using a multisubtype gp41 recombinant protein
         Wei X, Liu X, Dobbs T, Kuehl D, Nkengasong JN, Hu DJ, Parekh BS.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Jan 11.
         
     32. Quality assurance of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in routine patient care in rural Tanzania
         McMorrow ML, Masanja MI, Kahigwa E, Abdulla SM, Kachur SP.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jan;82(1):151-5.
         
     33. Utility of a point-of-care malaria rapid diagnostic test for excluding malaria as the cause of fever among HIV-positive adults in rural Rakai, Uganda
         Mills LA, Kagaayi J, Nakigozi G, Galiwango RM, Ouma J, Shott JP, Ssempijja V, Gray RH, Wawer MJ, Serwadda D, Quinn TC, Reynolds SJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jan;82(1):145-7.
         
     34. Detecting acute human immunodeficiency virus infection using 3 different screening immunoassays and nucleic acid amplification testing for human immunodeficiency virus RNA, 2006-2008
         Patel P, Mackellar D, Simmons P, Uniyal A, Gallagher K, Bennett B, Sullivan TJ, Kowalski A, Parker MM, LaLota M, Kerndt P, Sullivan PS.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jan 11;170(1):66-74.
         
     35. MicroRNA expression and virulence in pandemic influenza virus infected mice
         Li Y, Chan EY, Li J, Ni C, Peng X, Rosenzweig E, Tumpey TM, Katze MG.
         J Virol. 2010 Jan 13.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     36. Association of paternal age and risk for major congenital anomalies from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997 to 2004
         Green RF, Devine O, Crider KS, Olney RS, Archer N, Olshan AF, Shapira SK.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Jan 5.
         
     37. Factors associated with declining a rapid human immunodeficiency virus test in labor and delivery
         Tan KR, Lampe MA, Danner SP, Kissinger P, Webber MP, Cohen MH, O'Sullivan MJ, Nesheim S, Jamieson DJ.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jan 10.
         
     38. Unmet health care needs among CSHCN with neurologic conditions
         Bitsko RH, Visser SN, Schieve LA, Ross DS, Thurman DJ, Perou R.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124 Suppl 4:S343-51.
         
     39. The well-being of the health care environment for CSHCN and their families: a latent variable approach
         Blumberg SJ, Carle AC.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124 Suppl 4:S361-7.
         
     40. The role of immunoprophylaxis in the reduction of disease attributable to respiratory syncytial virus
         Meissner HC, Bocchini JA, Brady MT, Hall CB, Kimberlin DW, Pickering LK.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1676-9.
         
     41. Association of maternal smoking status with breastfeeding practices: Missouri, 2005
         Weiser TM, Lin M, Garikapaty V, Feyerharm RW, Bensyl DM, Zhu BP.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1603-10.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     42. Close encounters of the small kind: adverse effects of man-made materials interfacing with the nano-cosmos of biological systems
         Shvedova AA, Kagan VE, Fadeel B.
         Annu Rev Pharmacol and Toxicol. 2010 ;50:63-88.
         
     43. Potential for occupational exposure to engineered carbon-based nanomaterials in environmental laboratory studies
         Johnson DR, Methner MM, Kennedy AJ, Steevens JA.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jan;118(1):49-54.
         
     44. Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique (NEAT) for the identification and measurement of potential inhalation exposure to engineered nanomaterials--Part B: Results from 12 field studies
         Methner M, Hodson L, Dames A, Geraci C.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Mar;7(3):163-76.
         
   • Physical Activity
     45. Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and concentrations of insulin among US adults
         Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Tsai J, Churilla JR.
         Metabolism. 2010 Jan 6.
         
   • Public Health Ethics
     46. Population screening for genetic disorders in the 21st century: evidence, economics, and ethics
         Grosse SD, Rogowski WH, Ross LF, Cornel MC, Dondorp WJ, Khoury MJ.
         Public Health Genomics. 2010 ;13(2):106-15.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     47. From the American Academy of Pediatrics: policy statements--modified recommendations for use of palivizumab for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections
         Bocchini Jr JA, Bernstein HH, Bradley JS, Brady MT, Byington CL, Fisher MC, Glode MP, Jackson MA, Keyserling HL, Kimberlin DW, Orenstein WA, Schutze GE, Willoughby RE, Bell B, Bortolussi R, Clover RD, Fischer MA, Gellin B, Gorman RL, Pratt RD, Lee L, Read JS, Starke JR, Swanson J, Committee on Infectious Diseases.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1694-701.
         
     48. Vaccine wastage in Bangladesh
         Guichard S, Hymbaugh K, Burkholder B, Diorditsa S, Navarro C, Ahmed S, Rahman MM.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jan 8;28(3):858-63.
         
   • Public Health, General
     49. Progress toward the Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives
         Sondik EJ, Huang DT, Klein RJ, Satcher D.
         Annu Rev Public Health. 2009 Dec 1.
         
   • Zoonoses
     50. Climatic predictors of the intra- and inter-annual distributions of plague cases in New Mexico based on 29 years of animal-based surveillance data
         Brown HE, Ettestad P, Reynolds PJ, Brown TL, Hatton ES, Holmes JL, Glass GE, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jan;82(1):95-102.
         
     51. Preliminary serologic investigation of 'Rickettsia amblyommii' in the aetiology of Southern tick associated rash illness (STARI)
         Nicholson WL, Masters E, Wormser GP.
         Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Dec;15(s2):235-236.
         
     52. Ability of two natural products, nootkatone and carvacrol, to suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme disease endemic area of New Jersey
         Dolan MC, Jordan RA, Schulze TL, Schulze CJ, Manning MC, Ruffolo D, Schmidt JP, Piesman J, Karchesy JJ.
         J Econ Entomol. 2009 Dec;102(6):2316-24.
         
2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity
     53. Obesity and weight change in relation to breast cancer survival
         Chen X, Lu W, Zheng W, Gu K, Chen Z, Zheng Y, Shu XO.
         Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Jan 8.
         
     54. The role of adiposity and lifestyle in the relationship between family history of diabetes and 20-year incidence of type 2 diabetes in U.S. women
         van 't Riet E, Dekker JM, Sun Q, Nijpels G, Hu FB, van Dam RM.
         Diabetes Care. 2010 Jan 12.
         
     55. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008
         Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Curtin LR.
         JAMA. 2010 Jan 13.
         
     56. Prevalence of high body mass Index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008
         Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Lamb MM, Flegal KM.
         JAMA. 2010 Jan 13.
         
     57. Limited supermarket availability is not associated with obesity risk among participants in the Kansas WIC program
         Ford PB, Dzewaltowski DA.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Jan 7.
         
   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
     58. The natural viral load profile of patients with pandemic swine-origin influenza A H1N1 2009 (pH1N1) and the effect of oseltamivir treatment
         Li IW, Hung IF, To KK, Chan KH, Wong SS, Chan JF, Cheng VC, Tsang OT, Lai ST, Lau YL, Yuen KY.
         Chest. 2010 Jan 8.
         
     59. Initial response of health care institutions to emergence of H1N1 influenza: experiences, obstacles, and perceived future needs
         Lautenbach E, Saint S, Henderson DK, Harris AD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 11.
         
     60. Quantifying the risk of pandemic influenza in pregnancy and indigenous people in Australia in 2009
         Kelly H, Mercer G, Cheng A.
         Euro Surveill. 2009 ;14(50).
         
     61. Prevention of nosocomial transmission of swine-origin pandemic influenza virus A/H1N1 by infection control bundle
         Cheng VC, Tai JW, Wong LM, Chan JF, Li IW, To KK, Hung IF, Chan KH, Ho PL, Yuen KY.
         J Hosp Infect. 2010 Jan 8.
         
   • Communicable Diseases - Polio
     62. Gender inequity and age-appropriate immunization coverage in India from 1992 to 2006
         Corsi DJ, Diego BG, Kumar R, Awasthi S, Jotkar R, Kaur N, Jha P.
         BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2009 ;9 Suppl 1:S3.
         
     63. Public health response to imported case of poliomyelitis, Australia, 2007
         Carnie JA, Lester R, Moran R, Brown L, Meagher J, Roberts JA, Thorley BR.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1733-7.
         
     64. Deconstructing social resistance to pulse polio campaign in two North Indian districts
         Chaturvedi S, Dasgupta R, Adhish V, Ganguly KK, Rai S, Sushant L, Srabasti S, Arora NK.
         Indian Pediatr. 2009 Nov;46(11):963-74.
         
     65. Polio: measuring the protection that matters most
         Fine PE.
         J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 1;200(5):673-5.
         
     66. Lessons from the challenges of polio eradication in India
         John TJ.
         Natl Med J India. 2009 Jan-Feb;22(1):4-8.
         
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     67. "Choking Game" awareness and participation among 8th graders --- Oregon, 2008
         MMWR. 2010 Jan 15;59(01):1-5.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     68. 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.
         
     69. Blood lead level and kidney function in US adolescents: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
         Fadrowski JJ, Navas-Acien A, Tellez-Plaza M, Guallar E, Weaver VM, Furth SL.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jan 11;170(1):75-82.
         
     70. Television viewing time and mortality. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
         Dunstan DW, Barr EL, Healy GN, Salmon J, Shaw JE, Balkau B, Magliano DJ, Cameron AJ, Zimmet PZ, Owen N.
         Circulation. 2010 Jan 11.
         
     71. Empyema hospitalizations increased in US children despite pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
         Li ST, Tancredi DJ.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jan;125(1):26-33.
         
   • Food Safety
     72. Association of urinary bisphenol A concentation with heart disease: evidence from NHANES 2003/06
         Melzer D, Rice N, Lewis C, Henley W, Galloway T.
         PLOS One. 2010 Jan;5(1):e8673.
         
   • Immune System Disorders
     73. Allergy or tolerance in children sensitized to peanut: prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics
         Nicolaou N, Poorafshar M, Murray C, Simpson A, Winell H, Kerry G, Harlin A, Woodcock A, Ahlstedt S, Custovic A.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jan;125(1):191-197.e13.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     74. The long-term effects of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health: A pregnancy cohort study followed for 14 years
         Oddy WH, Kendall GE, Li J, Jacoby P, Robinson M, Klerk NH, Silburn SR, Zubrick SR, Landau LI, Stanley FJ.
         J Pediatr. 2009 Dec 10.
         
     75. Schizophrenia and 1957 pandemic of influenza: meta-analysis
         Selten JP, Frissen A, Lensvelt-Mulders G, Morgan VA.
         Schizophr Bull. 2009 Dec 3.
         

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