Issue 31, August 2, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 31, 8/2/10

Welcome 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 Communicable Diseases - Influenza and Public Health Ethics)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Increasing public health partner services for human immunodeficiency virus: results of a second national survey
       Katz DA, Hogben M, Dooley Jr SW, Golden MR.
       Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Aug;37(8):469-75.
       

   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza

     • Diabetes and the severity of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection
       Allard R, Leclerc P, Tremblay C, Tannenbaum TN.
       Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul;33(7):1491-3.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Seroprevalence of antibody to mumps virus in the US population, 1999-2004
       Kutty PK, Kruszon-Moran DM, Dayan GH, Alexander JP, Williams NJ, Garcia PE, Hickman CJ, McQuillan GM, Bellini WJ.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 27.
       

   • Food Safety

     • Trends in pediatric emergency department visits for food-induced anaphylaxis
       Rudders SA, Banerji A, Vassallo MF, Clark S, Camargo Jr. CA.
       J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jul 9.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • Follow-up of an elementary school intervention for asthma management: do gains last into middle school?
       Greenberg C, Luna P, Simmons G, Huhman M, Merkle S, Robin L, Keener D.
       J Asthma. 2010 Jun;47(5):587-93.
       
     • Knowledge of malaria and its association with malaria-related behaviors--results from the Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopia, 2007
       Hwang J, Graves PM, Jima D, Reithinger R, Kachur SP.
       PLoS One. 2010 ;5(7):e11692.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Flexible label-free quantitative assay for antibodies to influenza virus hemagglutinins
       Carney PJ, Lipatov AS, Monto AS, Donis RO, Stevens J.
       Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Jul 21.
       
     • Development and application of a broadly-sensitive dried blood spots-based genotyping assay for global surveillance of HIV-1 drug resistance
       Yang C, McNulty A, Diallo K, Zhang J, Titanji B, Kassim S, Wadonda-Kabondo N, Aberle-Grasse J, Kibuka T, Ndumbe PM, Vedapuri S, Zhou Z, Chilima B, Nkengasong JN.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jul 21.
       
     • An immunofiltration device for the simultaneous detection of non-treponemal and treponemal antibodies in patients with syphilis
       Castro AR, Mody HC, Parab SY, Patel MT, Kikkert SE, Park MM, Ballard RC.
       Sex Transm Infect. 2010 Jul 23.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Preventing heat-related illness among agricultural workers
       Jackson LL, Rosenberg HR.
       J Agromedicine. 2010 Jul;15(3):200-15.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Arthritis restricts volunteer participation: prevalence and correlates of volunteer status among adults with arthritis
        Theis KA, Murphy L, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ.
        Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Jul;62(7):907-16.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     2. Preventing influenza coinfection among HIV-infected persons: a complex picture coming into focus
        Reyes-Teran G, Butera ST.
        AIDS. 2010 Jul 21.
        
     3. High rate of pneumococcal bacteremia in a prospective cohort of older children and adults in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural western Kenya
        Feikin DR, Jagero G, Aura B, Bigogo GM, Oundo J, Beall BW, Karani A, Morpeth S, Njenga MK, Breiman RF.
        BMC Infect Dis. 2010 ;10:186.
        
     4. Nevirapine-associated hepatotoxicity was not predicted by CD4 count >/=250 cells/muL among women in Zambia, Thailand and Kenya
        Peters P, Stringer J, McConnell MS, Kiarie J, Ratanasuwan W, Intalapaporn P, Potter D, Mutsotso W, Zulu I, Borkowf CB, Bolu O, Brooks JT, Weidle PJ.
        HIV Med. 2010 Jul 26.
        
     5. Coverage of nevirapine-based services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in 4 African countries
        Stringer EM, Ekouevi DK, Coetzee D, Tih PM, Creek TL, Stinson K, Giganti MJ, Welty TK, Chintu N, Chi BH, Wilfert CM, Shaffer N, Dabis F, Stringer JS.
        JAMA. 2010 Jul 21;304(3):293-302.
        
     6. Mycoplasma hominis infection of Trichomonas vaginalis is not associated with metronidazole-resistant trichomoniasis in clinical isolates from the United States
        Butler SE, Augostini P, Secor WE.
        Parasitol Res. 2010 Jul 21.
        

   • Drug Safety

     7. Safety of contraceptive use among women with peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic review
        Tepper NK, Paulen ME, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
        Contraception. 2010 Jul;82(1):95-101.
        
     8. Contraceptive use among women with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review
        Zapata LB, Paulen ME, Cansino C, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
        Contraception. 2010 Jul;82(1):72-85.
        

   • Entomology

     9. Detection of Dirofilaria immitis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) by polymerase chain reaction in Aedes albopictus, Anopheles punctipennis, and Anopheles crucians (Diptera: Culicidae) from Georgia, USA
        Licitra B, Chambers EW, Kelly R, Burkot TR.
        J Med Entomol. 2010 Jul;47(4):634-638.
        

   • Environmental Health

     10. The elderly as a sensitive population in environmental exposures: making the case
         Risher JF, Todd GD, Meyer D, Zunker CL.
         Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 ;207:95-157.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     11. How valid are the rates of Down syndrome internationally? Findings from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research
         Leoncini E, Botto LD, Cocchi G, Anneren G, Bower C, Halliday J, Amar E, Bakker MK, Bianca S, Canessa Tapia MA, Castilla EE, Csaky-Szunyogh M, Dastgiri S, Feldkamp ML, Gatt M, Hirahara F, Landau D, Lowry RB, Marengo L, McDonnell R, Mathew TM, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Pierini A, Poetzsch S, Ritvanen A, Scarano G, Siffel C, Sipek A, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Vollset SE, Wertelecki W, Zhuchenko L, Mastroiacovo P.
         Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Jul;152A(7):1670-80.
         
     12. Should people who have joint symptoms, but no diagnosis of arthritis from a doctor, be included in surveillance efforts?
         Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Gizlice Z, Potter C.
         Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Jul 27.
         
     13. Contraception matters: two approaches to analyzing evidence of the abortion decline in Georgia
         Serbanescu F, Stupp P, Westoff C.
         Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2010 Jun;36(2):99-110.
         
     14. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy deaths in the USA, 1979-2005
         Yorita Christensen KL, Holman RC, Hammett TA, Belay ED, Schonberger LB.
         Neuroepidemiology. 2010 Jul 24;35(3):178-184.
         
     15. Epidemic history and evolutionary dynamics of hepatitis B virus infection in two remote communities in rural Nigeria
         Forbi JC, Vaughan G, Purdy MA, Campo DS, Xia GL, Ganova-Raeva LM, Ramachandran S, Thai H, Khudyakov YE.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(7):e11615.
         
     16. Diagnostic X-ray examinations and increased chromosome translocations: evidence from three studies
         Bhatti P, Yong LC, Doody MM, Preston DL, Kampa DM, Ramsey MJ, Ward EM, Edwards AA, Ron E, Tucker JD, Sigurdson AJ.
         Radiat Environ Biophys. 2010 Jul 3.
         
     17. Coverage bias in variances, associations, and total error from exclusion of the cell phone-only population in the United States
         Peytchev A, Carley-Baxter LR, Black MC.
         Soc Sci Comput Rev. 2010 Aug;28(3):287-302.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     18. Genetic factors associated with elevated carbapenem resistance in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
         Kitchel B, Rasheed JK, Endimiani A, Hujer AM, Anderson KF, Bonomo RA, Patel JB.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jul 26.
         

   • Global Health

     19. The epidemiology of stroke in the Middle East and North Africa
         Tran J, Mirzaei M, Anderson L, Leeder SR.
         J Neurol Sci. 2010 Aug 15;295(1-2):38-40.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     20. Communication as an essential component of environmental health science
         Beato RR, Telfer J.
         J Environ Health. 2010 July-Aug;73(1):24-25.
         
     21. Prevention and management of obesity in nonpregnant women and adolescents: beliefs and practices of U.S. obstetricians and gynecologists
         Cogswell ME, Power ML, Sharma AJ, Schulkin J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Jul 21.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     22. Varicella vaccine safety and immunogenicity in patients with juvenile rheumatic diseases receiving methotrexate and corticosteroids
         Frenck Jr RW, Seward JF.
         Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Jul;62(7):903-6.
         
     23. Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella combination vaccine and the risk of febrile seizures
         Klein NP, Fireman B, Yih WK, Lewis E, Kulldorff M, Ray P, Baxter R, Hambidge S, Nordin J, Naleway A, Belongia EA, Lieu T, Baggs J, Weintraub E.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1):e1-8.
         
     24. Supporting new vaccine introduction decisions: Lessons learned from the Hib Initiative experience
         Hajjeh RA, Privor-Dumm L, Edmond K, O'Loughlin R, Shetty S, Griffiths UK, Bear AP, Cohen AL, Chandran A, Schuchat A, Mulholland EK, Santosham M.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jul 23.
         
     25. Recombinant H1N1 virus-like particle vaccine elicits protective immunity in ferrets against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus
         Pushko P, Kort T, Nathan M, Pearce MB, Smith G, Tumpey TM.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jul 5;28(30):4771-6.
         
     26. Estimating the vaccine-preventable burden of hospitalized pneumonia among young Mozambican children
         Roca A, Sigauque B, Quinto L, Morais L, Berenguera A, Corachan M, Ribo JL, Naniche D, Bassat Q, Sacoor C, Nhalungo D, Macete E, Schuchat A, Soriano-Gabarro M, Flannery B, Alonso PL.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jul 5;28(30):4851-7.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     27. A review of unintentional injuries in adolescents
         Sleet DA, Ballesteros MF, Borse NN.
         Annu Rev Public Health. 2010 ;31:195-212 .
         
     28. Ecological approaches to the prevention of unintentional injuries
         Allegrante J, Hanson D, Sleet D, Marks R.
         IJPH. 2010 ;7(2):24-31.
         
     29. Injury prevention and public health
         Sleet D.
         IJPH. 2010 ;7(2):3-5.
         
     30. Drowning in Alaska: progress and persistent problems
         Strayer HD, Lucas DL, Hull-Jilly DC, Lincoln JM.
         Int J Circumpolar Health. 2010 Jun;69(3):253-64.
         
     31. Lost in translation: Translating injury research into effective interventions
         Sleet D, Baldwin G.
         J Aust Coll Road Saf. 2010 ;21(2):9-12.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     32. Porous silicon-based optical microsensors for volatile organic analytes: effect of surface chemistry on stability and specificity
         Ruminski A, King B, Salonen J, Snyder J, Sailor M.
         Adv Funct Mater. 2010 .
         
     33. The effects of tuberculosis, race and human gene SLCO1B1 polymorphisms on rifampin concentrations
         Weiner M, Peloquin C, Burman W, Luo CC, Engle M, Prihoda TJ, MacKenzie WR, Bliven-Sizemore E, Johnson JL, Vernon A.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jul 26.
         
     34. Dissemination of an enterococcus Inc18-like vanA plasmid, associated with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
         Zhu W, Murray PR, Huskins WC, Jernigan JA, McDonald LC, Clark NC, Anderson KF, McDougal LK, Hageman JC, Olsen-Rasmussen M, Frace M, Alangaden GJ, Chenoweth C, Zervos MJ, Robinson-Dunn B, Schreckenberger PC, Reller LB, Rudrik JT, Patel JB.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jul 26.
         
     35. Extrapulmonary tissue responses in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
         Tolnay AE, Baskin CR, Tumpey TM, Sabourin PJ, Sabourin CL, Long JP, Pyles JA, Albrecht RA, Garcia-Sastre A, Katze MG, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H.
         Arch Virol. 2010 Jun;155(6):905-14.
         
     36. Validation of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay for detection of MDR-TB in a public health laboratory in Thailand
         Anek-Vorapong R, Sinthuwattanawibool C, Podewils LJ, McCarthy K, Ngamlert K, Promsarin B, Varma JK.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 ;10:123.
         
     37. Analysis of 4-aminobiphenyl hemoglobin adducts in smokers and nonsmokers by pseudo capillary on-column gas chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry
         Seyler TH, Reyes LR, Bernert JT.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2010 ;34(6):304-11.
         
     38. Comparative evaluation of Taqman real-time PCR and semi-nested VP1 PCR for detection of enteroviruses in clinical specimens
         Oberste MS, Penaranda S, Rogers SL, Henderson E, Nix WA.
         J Clin Virol. 2010 Jul 26.
         
     39. Optimal swab processing recovery method for detection of bioterrorism-related Francisella tularensis by real-time PCR
         Walker RE, Petersen JM, Stephens KW, Dauphin LA.
         J Microbiol Methods. 2010 Jul 21.
         
     40. Two new diterpene phenols from Calocedrus decurrans
         Veluthoor S, Li SJ, Kelsey RG, Dolan MC, Panella NA, Karchesy J.
         Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Apr;5(4):519-522.
         
     41. Use of monoclonal antibodies against Hendra and Nipah viruses in an antigen capture ELISA
         Chiang CF, Lo MK, Rota PA, Spiropoulou CF, Rollin PE.
         Virol J. 2010 ;7.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     42. Progestogen-only contraceptive use among breastfeeding women: a systematic review
         Kapp N, Curtis K, Nanda K.
         Contraception. 2010 Jul;82(1):17-37.
         
     43. Combined oral contraceptive use among breastfeeding women: a systematic review
         Kapp N, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2010 Jul;82(1):10-16.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     44. Performance of high flow rate samplers for respirable particle collection
         Lee T, Kim SW, Chisholm WP, Slaven J, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Jul 21.
         
     45. Reservations concerning second-hand fentanyl exposure in the operating room
         Law BF, Hettick JM, Hornsby-Myers J, Siegel PD.
         J Addict Dis. 2010 Jul;29(3):282-3.
         
     46. Bridging gaps in agricultural safety and health
         Conway GA.
         J Agromedicine. 2010 Jul;15(3):180-3.
         
     47. Laboratory evaluation of a physiologic sampling pump (PSP)
         Lin MI, Groves WA, Freivalds A, Lee L, Lee EG, Slaven JE, Harper M.
         J Environ Monit. 2010 Jul 8;12(7):1415-21.
         
     48. Occupational exposure limits for nanomaterials: state of the art
         Schulte P, Murashov V, Zumwalde R, Kuempel E, Geraci C.
         J Nanopart Res. 2010 ;12(6):1971-1987.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     49. Proficiency testing of human leukocyte antigen-DR and human leukocyte antigen-DQ genetic risk assessment for type 1 diabetes using dried blood spots
         Dantonio P, Meredith-Molloy N, Hagopian WA, She JX, Akolkar B, Cordovado SK, Hendrix M, Henderson LO, Hannon WH, Vogt RF.
         J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2010 ;4(4):929-941.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     50. Commentary: The quest for weight standards
         Flegal KM.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 21.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     51. Personality features and personality disorders in chronic fatigue syndrome: A population-based study
         Nater UM, Jones JF, Lin JM, Maloney E, Reeves WC, Heim C.
         Psychother Psychosom. 2010 Jul 28;79(5):312-318.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     52. A Bayesian network model for biomarker-based dose response
         Hack CE, Haber LT, Maier A, Shulte P, Fowler B, Lotz WG, Savage Jr RE.
         Risk Anal. 2010 Jul;30(7):1037-51.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     53. Route of administration and dose escalation assessment of an adenovirus-based influenza A (H5N1) vaccine in chickens
         Steitz J, Wagner RA, Bristol T, Gao W, Donis RO, Gambotto A.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Jul 21.
         
     54. Surgical extraction of an intraocular infection of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in a horse
         Reinstein SL, Lucio-Forster A, Bowman DD, Eberhard ML, Hoberg EP, Pot SA, Miller PE.
         J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2010 Jul;237(2):196-199.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza

     55. Oseltamivir for treatment and prevention of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in households, Milwaukee, 2009
         Goldstein E, Cowling BJ, O'Hagan JJ, Danon L, Fang VJ, Hagy A, Miller JC, et al.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 20;10(1):211.
         
     56. Factors associated with health care-associated 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection among Thai health care workers
         Apisarnthanarak A, Mundy LM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 1;51(3):368-9.
         
     57. Oseltamivir dosing for influenza infection in premature neonates
         Acosta EP, Jester P, Gal P, Wimmer J, Wade J, Whitley RJ, Kimberlin DW.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 15;202(4):563-6.
         
     58. The spread of pandemic H1N1 2009 by age and region and the comparison among monitoring tools
         Kim JH, Yoo HS, Lee JS, Lee EG, Park HK, Sung YH, Kim S, et al.
         J Korean Med Sci. 2010 Jul;25(7):1109-12.
         
     59. Outcomes from pandemic influenza A H1N1 infection in recipients of solid-organ transplants: a multicentre cohort study
         Kumar D, Michaels MG, Morris MI, Green M, Avery RK, Liu C, Danziger-Isakov L, et al.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 8.
         
     60. Seroprevalence following the second wave of pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
         Zimmer SM, Crevar CJ, Carter DM, Stark JH, Giles BM, Zimmerman RK, Ostroff SM, et al.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(7):e11601.
         
     61. Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009)
         Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Openshaw PJ, Hashim A, Gadd EM, Lim WS, Semple MG, Read RC, et al.
         Thorax. 2010 Jul;65(7):645-51.
         

   • Public Health Ethics

     62. Professional medical organizations and commercial conflicts of interest: ethical issues
         Brody H.
         Ann Fam Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;8(4):354-8.
         
     63. Identifying and addressing potential conflict of interest: a professional medical organization's code of ethics
         Heim L.
         Ann Fam Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;8(4):359-61.
         
     64. Defending human enhancement technologies: unveiling normativity
         de Melo-Martin I.
         J Med Ethics. 2010 Aug;36(8):483-7.
         
     65. The ethics of research on enhancement interventions
         Lev O, Miller FG, Emanuel EJ.
         Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2010 Jun;20(2):101-13.
         
     66. Evidence, ethics and inclusion: a broader base for NICE
         Wilmot S.
         Med Health Care Philos. 2010 Jul 22.
         
     67. Social justice approach to road safety in Kenya: addressing the uneven distribution of road traffic injuries and deaths across population groups
         Azetsop J.
         Public Health Ethics. 2010 Jul;3(2):115-127.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     68. La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease - Missouri, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 July 23;59(28):869-871.
         
     69. Update: Influenza activity - United States, 2009 -10 Season
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 July 30;59(29):901-908.
         

   • Environmental Health

     70. Home dampness and molds as determinants of allergic rhinitis in childhood: A 6-year, population-based cohort study
         Jaakkola JJ, Hwang BF, Jaakkola MS.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 16.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     71. Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study of 59,334 Danish pregnant women
         Halldorsson TI, Strom M, Petersen SB, Olsen SF.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jun 30.
         
     72. Delayed onset of lactogenesis among first-time mothers is related to maternal obesity and factors associated with ineffective breastfeeding
         Nommsen-Rivers LA, Chantry CJ, Peerson JM, Cohen RJ, Dewey KG.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jun 23.
         
     73. Gestational diabetes: risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies
         Getahun D, Fassett MJ, Jacobsen SJ.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul 12.
         
     74. The risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is increased in preeclamptic women who smoke compared with nonpreeclamptic women who do not smoke
         Miller EC, Cao H, Wu Wen S, Yang Q, Lafleche J, Walker M.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jun 24.
         
   
   

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