Issue 32, August 9, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 32, 8/9/10

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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 - HPV and Healthcare Associated Infections)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases - HPV

     • Rate of cervical cancer, severe intraepithelial neoplasia, and adenocarcinoma in situ in primary HPV DNA screening with cytology triage: randomised study within organised screening programme
       Anttila A, Kotaniemi-Talonen L, Leinonen M, Hakama M, Laurila P, Tarkkanen J, Malila N, et al.
       BMJ. 2010 ;340:c1804.
       
     • Beyond cervical cancer: burden of other HPV-related cancers among men and women
       Chaturvedi AK.
       J Adolesc Health. 2010 Apr;46(4 Suppl):S20-6.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Lifestyle factors and mortality among adults with diabetes: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study
       Nothlings U, Ford ES, Kroger J, Boeing H.
       J Diabetes. 2010 June;2(2):112-117.
       

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     • Systematic review and meta-analysis: reminder systems to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections and urinary catheter use in hospitalized patients
       Meddings J, Rogers MA, Macy M, Saint S.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;51(5):550-60.
       
     • The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare-associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study
       Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Sep;31(9):901-7.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Validation of a method for preparing influenza H5N1 simulated samples
       Lednicky JA, Villanueva JM, Burke SA, Shively R, Shaw MW, Daniels DE, Hamilton SB, Donis RO.
       J Virol Methods. 2010 Aug;167(2):125-131.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Breastfeeding and the risk of malaria in children born to HIV-infected and uninfected mothers in rural Uganda
       Vora N, Homsy J, Kakuru A, Arinaitwe E, Wanzira H, Sandison TG, Bigira V, Kamya MR, Tappero JW, Dorsey G.
       J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Jul 28.
       

   • Nutritional Sciences

     • Conformity to traditional Mediterranean diet and breast cancer risk in the Greek EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition) cohort
       Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D.
       Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jul 14.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Tractors and rollover protection in the United States
       Murphy DJ, Myers J, McKenzie Jr EA, Cavaletto R, May J, Sorensen J.
       J Agromedicine. 2010 Jul;15(3):249-63.
       

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     • Guidelines to implement medical examiner/coroner-based surveillance for fatal infectious diseases and bioterrorism ("Med-X")
       Nolte KB, Fischer M, Reagan S, Lynfield R.
       Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Jul 29.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survival among adolescents
        Tai E, Pollack LA, Townsend J, Li J, Steele CB, Richardson LC.
        Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Aug;164(8):779-80.
        
     2. Characteristics and survival associated with ovarian cancer diagnosed as first cancer and ovarian cancer diagnosed subsequent to a previous cancer
        Berkowitz Z, Rim SH, Peipins LA.
        Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 29.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease among HIV-infected adults in the era of childhood pneumococcal immunization
        Cohen AL, Harrison LH, Farley MM, Reingold AL, Hadler J, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Thomas AR, Campsmith M, Li J, Schuchat A, Moore MR.
        AIDS. 2010 Jul 27.
        
     4. Household effects of school closure during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA
        Gift TL, Palekar RS, Sodha SV, Kent CK, Fagan RP, Archer WR, Edelson PJ, Marchbanks T, Bhattarai A, Swerdlow D, Ostroff S, Meltzer MI.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1315-1317.
        
     5. Japanese encephalitis virus remains an important cause of encephalitis in Thailand
        Olsen SJ, Supawat K, Campbell AP, Anantapreecha S, Liamsuwan S, Tunlayadechanont S, Visudtibhan A, Lupthikulthum S, Dhiravibulya K, Viriyavejakul A, Vasiknanonte P, Rajborirug K, Watanaveeradej V, Nabangchang C, Laven J, Kosoy O, Panella A, Ellis C, Henchaichon S, Khetsuriani N, Powers AM, Dowell SF, Fischer M.
        Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 29.
        
     6. Respiratory syncytial virus and staphylococcus aureus coinfection in children hospitalized with pneumonia
        Stockman LJ, Reed C, Kallen AJ, Finelli L, Anderson LJ.
        Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Aug 3.
        

   • Environmental Health

     7. Does water hyacinth on East African lakes promote cholera outbreaks?
        Feikin DR, Tabu CW, Gichuki J.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):370-3.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     8. Mortality and health among internally displaced persons in western Kenya following post-election violence, 2008: novel use of demographic surveillance
        Feikin DR, Adazu K, Obor D, Ogwang S, Vulule J, Hamel MJ, Laserson K.
        Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Aug 1;88(8):601-8.
        
     9. Causes of outbreaks associated with drinking water in the United States from 1971 to 2006
        Craun GF, Brunkard JM, Yoder JS, Roberts VA, Carpenter J, Wade T, Calderon RL, Roberts JM, Beach MJ, Roy SL.
        Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Jul;23(3):507-28.
        
     10. Americans hear as well or better today compared with 40 years ago: hearing threshold levels in the unscreened adult population of the United States, 1959-1962 and 1999-2004
         Hoffman HJ, Dobie RA, Ko CW, Themann CL, Murphy WJ.
         Ear Hear. 2010 Jul 28.
         
     11. Challenges in measuring measles case fatality ratios in settings without vital registration
         Cairns KL, Nandy R, Grais RF.
         Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2010 ;7(4):(19 July 2010).
         
     12. Adult hospitalizations for laboratory-positive influenza during the 2005-2006 through 2007-2008 seasons in the United States
         Dao CN, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Arnold KE, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock E, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Vandermeer M, Kirschke DL, Schaffner W, Finelli L.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 2.
         

   • Food Safety

     13. Multiple outbreaks of puffer fish intoxication in Bangladesh, 2008
         Homaira N, Rahman M, Luby SP, Haider MS, Faruque LI, Khan D, Parveen S, Gurley ES.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):440-4.
         
     14. Risk factors for sporadic shigellosis, FoodNet 2005
         Haley CC, Ong KL, Hedberg K, Cieslak PR, Scallan E, Marcus R, Shin S, Cronquist A, Gillespie J, Jones TF, Shiferaw B, Fuller C, Edge K, Zansky SM, Ryan PA, Hoekstra RM, Mintz E.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2010 Jul;7(7):741-7.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     15. High degree of genetic diversity of non-polio enteroviruses identified in Georgia by environmental and clinical surveillance, 2002-2005
         Khetsuriani N, Kutateladze T, Zangaladze E, Shutkova T, Penaranda S, Nix WA, Pallansch M, Oberste MS.
         J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jul 29.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     16. Impact of unfounded vaccine safety concerns on the nationwide measles-rubella immunization campaign, Georgia, 2008
         Khetsuriani N, Imnadze P, Baidoshvili L, Jabidze L, Tatishili N, Kurtsikashvili G, Lezhava T, Laurent E, Martin R.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jul 29.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     17. Use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies-recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice
         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jul;56(1):64-7.
         
     18. Addition of 7 days of zidovudine plus lamivudine to peripartum single-dose nevirapine effectively reduces nevirapine resistance postpartum in HIV-infected mothers in Malawi
         Farr SL, Nelson JA, Ng'ombe TJ, Kourtis AP, Chasela C, Johnson JA, Kashuba AD, Tegha GL, Wiener J, Eron JJ, Banda HN, Mpaso M, Lipscomb J, Matiki C, Fiscus SA, Jamieson DJ, van der Horst C.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Aug 15;54(5):515-23.
         

   • Informatics

     19. An internet-accessible DNA sequence database for identifying fusaria from human and animal infections
         O'Donnell K, Sutton DA, Rinaldi MG, Sarver BA, Balajee SA, Schroers HJ, Summerbell RC, Robert VA, Crous PW, Zhang N, Aoki T, Jung K, Park J, Lee YH, Kang S, Park B, Geiser DM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug 4.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     20. Development of a multiplexed polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay to identify common members of the subgenera Culex (Culex) and Culex (Phenacomyia) in Guatemala
         Kent RJ, Deus S, Williams M, Savage HM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):285-91.
         
     21. Antibiotic use in Thailand: quantifying impact on blood culture yield and estimates of pneumococcal bacteremia incidence
         Rhodes J, Hyder JA, Peruski LF, Fisher C, Jorakate P, Kaewpan A, Dejsirilert S, Thamthitiwat S, Olsen SJ, Dowell SF, Chantra S, Tanwisaid K, Maloney SA, Baggett HC.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):301-306.
         
     22. Perturbations in the lipid profile of individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus: lipidomics analysis of a Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program sample subset
         Sorensen CM, Ding J, Zhang Q, Alquier T, Zhao R, Mueller PW, Smith RD, Metz TO.
         Clin Biochem. 2010 Aug;43(12):948-56.
         
     23. Lethal dissemination of H5N1 influenza virus is associated with dysregulation of inflammation and lipoxin signaling in a mouse model of infection
         Cilloniz C, Pantin-Jackwood MJ, Ni C, Goodman AG, Peng X, Proll SC, Carter VS, Rosenzweig ER, Szretter KJ, Katz JM, Korth MJ, Swayne DE, Tumpey TM, Katze MG.
         J Virol. 2010 Aug;84(15):7613-24.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     24. Factors affecting breastfeeding cessation after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV
         Morgan MC, Masaba RO, Nyikuri M, Thomas TK.
         AIDS Care. 2010 Jul;22(7):866-73.
         

   • Military Medicine and Health

     25. An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in U.S. Marines deployed to Liberia
         Whitman TJ, Coyne PE, Magill AJ, Blazes DL, Green MD, Milhous WK, Burgess TH, Freilich D, Tasker SA, Azar RG, Endy TP, Clagett CD, Deye GA, Shanks GD, Martin GJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):258-265.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     26. Some subgroups of reproductive age women in the United States may be at risk for iodine deficiency
         Perrine CG, Herrick K, Serdula MK, Sullivan KM.
         J Nutr. 2010 Aug;140(8):1489-94.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     27. Well-being at work - overview and perspective
         Schulte P, Vainio H.
         Scand J Work Environ Health. 2010 Aug 5.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     28. The use of covariates to identify records with implausible gestational ages using the birthweight distribution
         Parker JD, Liao D, Schenker N, Branum A.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2010 Sep;24(5):424-32.
         

   • Zoonoses

     29. Zoonotic anatrichosomiasis in an Illinois resident
         Eberhard ML, Mathison B, Bishop H, Handoo NQ, Hellstein JW.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):342-4.
         
     30. Acute arboviral infections in Guinea, West Africa, 2006
         Jentes ES, Robinson J, Johnson BW, Conde I, Sakouvougui Y, Iverson J, Beecher S, Bah MA, Diakite F, Coulibaly M, Bausch DG.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):388-94.
         
     31. West Nile virus knowledge among Hispanics, San Diego County, California, USA, 2006
         Bethel JW, Waterman SH.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1324-6.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Communicable Diseases - HPV

     32. Cervical cancer screening with both human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou testing vs Papanicolaou testing alone: what screening intervals are physicians recommending?
         Saraiya M, Berkowitz Z, Yabroff KR, Wideroff L, Kobrin S, Benard V.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jun 14;170(11):977-85.
         
     33. Human papillomavirus-based triage of women showing a cervical cytology result of borderline or mild dyskaryosis
         Arbyn M, Martin-Hirsch P, Wentzensen N.
         BJOG. 2010 May;117(6):641-4.
         
     34. Scaling up cervical cancer screening in the midst of human papillomavirus vaccination advocacy in Thailand
         Yothasamut J, Putchong C, Sirisamutr T, Teerawattananon Y, Tantivess S.
         BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 ;10 Suppl 1:S5.
         
     35. Long-term follow-up of cervical disease in women screened by cytology and HPV testing: results from the HART study
         Mesher D, Szarewski A, Cadman L, Cubie H, Kitchener H, Luesley D, Menon U, et al.
         Br J Cancer. 2010 Apr 27;102(9):1405-10.
         
     36. p16(INK4a) is superior to high-risk human papillomavirus testing in cervical cytology for the prediction of underlying high-grade dysplasia
         Samarawardana P, Dehn DL, Singh M, Franquemont D, Thompson C, Gaido L, Torkko KC, et al.
         Cancer Cytopathol. 2010 Jun 25;118(3):146-56.
         
     37. Human papillomavirus transmission and cost-effectiveness of introducing quadrivalent HPV vaccination in Denmark
         Olsen J, Jepsen MR.
         Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2010 Apr;26(2):183-91.
         
     38. The psychosocial burden of HPV: a mixed-method study of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among HPV+ women
         Daley EM, Perrin KM, McDermott RJ, Vamos CA, Rayko HL, Packing-Ebuen JL, Webb C, et al.
         J Health Psychol. 2010 Mar;15(2):279-90.
         
     39. Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening by high-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing of self-collected vaginal samples
         Balasubramanian A, Kulasingam SL, Baer A, Hughes JP, Myers ER, Mao C, Kiviat NB, et al.
         J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2010 Jul;14(3):185-95.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     40. Screening cardiac surgery patients for MRSA: an economic computer model
         Lee BY, Wiringa AE, Bailey RR, Goyal V, Lewis GJ, Tsui BY, Smith KJ, et al.
         Am J Manag Care. 2010 Jul;16(7):e163-73.
         
     41. Risk factors and predictors for candidemia in pediatric intensive care unit patients: implications for prevention
         Zaoutis TE, Prasad PA, Localio AR, Coffin SE, Bell LM, Walsh TJ, Gross R.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;51(5):e38-45.
         
     42. Recognition and prevention of hospital-associated enteric infections in the intensive care unit
         Bobo LD, Dubberke ER.
         Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug;38(8 Suppl):S324-34.
         
     43. Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections
         Sawyer M, Weeks K, Goeschel CA, Thompson DA, Berenholtz SM, Marsteller JA, Lubomski LH, et al.
         Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug;38(8 Suppl):S292-8.
         
     44. Developing information technology for infection prevention surveillance
         Woeltje KF, McMullen KM.
         Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug;38(8 Suppl):S399-404.
         
     45. Prioritizing healthcare worker vaccinations on the basis of social network analysis
         Polgreen PM, Tassier TL, Pemmaraju SV, Segre AM.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Sep;31(9):893-900.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     46. Any tobacco use in 13 states - behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Aug 6;59(30):946-950.
         
     47. Launching a national surveillance system after an earthquatke - Haiti, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Aug 6;59(30):933-938.
         
     48. Notifiable diseases and mortality tables
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 July 30;59(29):916-929.
         
     49. Vital signs: state-specific obesity prevalence among adults - United States,2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 August 6;59(30):951-955.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     50. Fitness, fatness, and systolic blood pressure: data from the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study
         Chen J, Das S, Barlow CE, Grundy S, Lakoski SG.
         Am Heart J. 2010 Jul;160(1):166-70.
         
     51. Nonoptimal lipids commonly present in young adults and coronary calcium later in life: The CARDIA (coronary artery risk development in young adults) Study
         Pletcher MJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Liu K, Sidney S, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Hulley SB.
         Ann Intern Med. 2010 Aug 3;153(3):137-46.
         
     52. Risk profiles and treatment patterns among men diagnosed as having prostate cancer and a prostate-specific antigen level below 4.0 ng/ml
         Shao YH, Albertsen PC, Roberts CB, Lin Y, Mehta AR, Stein MN, DiPaola RS, Lu-Yao GL.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jul 26;170(14):1256-61.
         
     53. Vitamin D Supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory tract infection: A randomized, double-blinded trial among young Finnish men
         Laaksi I, Ruohola JP, Mattila V, Auvinen A, Ylikomi T, Pihlajamaki H.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;202(5):809-14.
         
     54. What works in falls prevention after stroke?: a systematic review and meta-analysis
         Batchelor F, Hill K, Mackintosh S, Said C.
         Stroke. 2010 Aug;41(8):1715-22.
         

   • Global Health

     55. Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
         Armah GE, Sow SO, Breiman RF, Dallas MJ, Tapia MD, Feikin DR, Binka FN, Steele AD, Laserson KF, Ansah NA, Levine MM, Lewis K, Coia ML, Attah-Poku M, Ojwando J, Rivers SB, Victor JC, Nyambane G, Hodgson A, Schodel F, Ciarlet M, Neuzil KM.
         Lancet. 2010 .
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     56. Assessment of changes in condom use among female sex workers in a prospective cohort study introducing diaphragm use for disease prevention
         Gallo MF, Warner L, Bell AJ, Wiener J, Eschenbach DA, Bukusi EA, Sharma A, Njoroge B, Ngugi E, Jamieson DJ.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Jul 26.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     57. 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 Sep 1;202(5):667-74.
         
     58. Human papillomavirus vaccination practices: survey of US physicians 18 months after licensure
         Daley MF, Crane LA, Markowitz LE, Black SR, Beaty BL, Barrow J, Babbel C, Gottlieb SL, Liddon N, Stokley S, Dickinson LM, Kempe A.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Aug 2.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     59. The association between pregnancy weight gain and birthweight: a within-family comparison
         Ludwig DS, Currie J.
         Lancet. 2010 .
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     60. Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa
         De Filippo C, Cavalieri D, Di Paola M, Ramazzotti M, Poullet JB, Massart S, Collini S, Pieraccini G, Lionetti P.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 2.
         
   
   

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