Issue 22, May 30, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 22, 5/30/11

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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 Public Health Law)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week  

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Screening for sudden cardiac death in the young: report from a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group
       Kaltman JR, Thompson PD, Lantos J, Berul CI, Botkin J, Cohen JT, Cook NR, Corrado D, Drezner J, Frick KD, Goldman S, Hlatky M, Kannankeril PJ, Leslie L, Priori S, Saul JP, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Siscovick D, Vetter VL, Boineau R, Burns KM, Friedman RA.
       Circulation. 2011 May 3;123(17):1911-8.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Vaccine attitudes, concerns, and information sources reported by parents of young children: results from the 2009 HealthStyles survey
       Kennedy A, Basket M, Sheedy K.
       Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S92-9.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Understanding the role of human variation in vaccine adverse events: the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network
       LaRussa PS, Edwards KM, Dekker CL, Klein NP, Halsey NA, Marchant C, Baxter R, Engler RJ, Kissner J, Slade BA.
       Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S65-73.
       

   • Informatics

     • GWAS Integrator: a bioinformatics tool to explore human genetic associations reported in published genome-wide association studies
       Yu W, Yesupriya A, Wulf A, Hindorff LA, Dowling N, Khoury MJ, Gwinn M.
       Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 May 25.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
       Boehme CC, Nicol MP, Nabeta P, Michael JS, Gotuzzo E, Tahirli R, Gler MT, Blakemore R, Worodria W, Gray C, Huang L, Caceres T, Mehdiyev R, Raymond L, Whitelaw A, Sagadevan K, Alexander H, Albert H, Cobelens F, Cox H, Alland D, Perkins MD.
       Lancet. 2011 Apr 30;377(9776):1495-505.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Trends in the prevalence of developmental disabilities in US children, 1997-2008
       Boyle CA, Boulet S, Schieve LA, Cohen RA, Blumberg SJ, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Visser S, Kogan MD.
       Pediatrics. 2011 May 23.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • General principles of medical surveillance: implications for workers potentially exposed to nanomaterials
       Trout DB.
       J Occup Environ Med. 2011 May 19.
       

   • Physical Activity

     • Physical activity level and ischemic heart disease prevalence among individuals aged 45 years and older with normal weight, BRFSS, 2007
       Wen XJ, Balluz LS.
       J Phys Act Health. 2011 May;8(4):475-80.
       

   • Public Health Law

     • Mandatory public reporting of hospital-acquired infection rates: a report from California
       Halpin HA, Milstein A, Shortell SM, Vanneman M, Rosenberg J.
       Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Apr;30(4):723-9.
       
     • Evaluation of Alabama public school wellness policies and state school mandate implementation
       Gaines AB, Lonis-Shumate SR, Gropper SS.
       J Sch Health. 2011 May;81(5):281-287.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications  

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Relationship between body mass index and perceived insufficient sleep among U.S. adults: an analysis of 2008 BRFSS data
        Wheaton AG, Perry GS, Chapman DP, McKnight-Eily LR, Presley-Cantrell LR, Croft JB.
        BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11:295.
        
     2. Update on mammography trends: comparisons of rates in 2000, 2005, and 2008
        Breen N, Gentleman JF, Schiller JS.
        Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10):2209-18.
        
     3. Long-term and recent progress in blood pressure levels among U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes, 1988-2008
        Wang J, Geiss LS, Cheng YJ, Imperatore G, Saydah SH, James C, Gregg EW.
        Diabetes Care. 2011 May 20.
        
     4. A public-health perspective on screening colonoscopy
        Hoffman RM, Espey D, Rhyne RL.
        Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2011 Apr;11(4):561-9.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     5. Antiretroviral therapy and tuberculosis: what's the connection and what's the way forward?
        Date AA, Miller B.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 May 11.
        
     6. Influenza and acute myocardial infarction
        Finelli L, Chaves SS.
        J Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;203(12):1701-4.
        
     7. Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007
        Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Hadler JL, Harrison LH, Farley MM, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Lewis MM, Scallan E, Schuchat A.
        N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26;364(21):2016-25.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     8. Vector competence of the stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) for West Nile virus
        Doyle MS, Swope BN, Hogsette JA, Burkhalter KL, Savage HM, Nasci RS.
        J Med Entomol. 2011 ;48(3):656-668.
        
     9. Increased proportions of outdoor feeding among residual malaria vector populations following increased use of insecticide-treated nets in rural Tanzania
        Russell TL, Govella NJ, Azizi S, Drakeley CJ, Kachur SP, Killeen GF.
        Malar J. 2011 ;10:80.
        

   • Entomology

     10. Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) bloodmeal sources during a period of West Nile virus transmission in Puerto Rico
         Barrera R, Amador M, Young G, Komar N.
         J Med Entomol. 2011 ;48(3):701-704.
         

   • Environmental Health

     11. Deepwater Horizon response workers exposure assessment at the source: MC252 well no. 1
         Ahrenholz SH, Sylvain DC.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Jun;8(6):43-50.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     12. Meningococcal disease: shifting epidemiology and genetic mechanisms that may contribute to serogroup C virulence
         MacNeil JR, Thomas JD, Cohn AC.
         Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 May 21.
         
     13. Healthcare-use for major infectious disease syndromes in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
         Breiman RF, Olack B, Shultz A, Roder S, Kimani K, Feikin DR, Burke H.
         J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Apr;29(2):123-33.
         
     14. Tracking vaccine-safety inquiries to detect signals and monitor public concerns
         Miller E, Batten B, Hampton L, Campbell SR, Gao J, Iskander J.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S87-91.
         
     15. Immunization-safety monitoring systems for the 2009 H1N1 monovalent influenza vaccination program
         Salmon DA, Akhtar A, Mergler MJ, Vannice KS, Izurieta H, Ball R, Lee GM, Vellozzi C, Garman P, Cunningham F, Gellin B, Koh H, Lurie N.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S78-86.
         
     16. Active surveillance for adverse events: the experience of the Vaccine Safety Datalink project
         Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Fireman BH, Shui IM, Lewis EM, Klein NP, Baggs J, Weintraub ES, Belongia EA, Naleway A, Gee J, Platt R, Lieu TA.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S54-64.
         
     17. Monitoring vaccine safety using the Vaccine Safety Datalink: utilizing immunization registries for pandemic influenza
         McCarthy NL, Gee J, Weintraub E, Donahue JG, Nordin JD, Daley MF, Naleway A, Henninger M, Baxter R, Crane B, Aukes L, Wagner N, Fisher S, Jacobsen SJ, Sy L, Baggs J.
         Vaccine. 2011 May 17.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     18. The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection
         Purdy MA, Khudyakov YE.
         Virus Res. 2011 May 11.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     19. You've got male: internet use, rural residence, and risky sex in men who have sex with men recruited in 12 U.S. cities
         Kakietek J, Sullivan PS, Heffelfinger JD.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Apr;23(2):118-27.
         
     20. Attitudes and beliefs of parents concerned about vaccines: impact of timing of immunization information
         Vannice KS, Salmon DA, Shui I, Omer SB, Kissner J, Edwards KM, Sparks R, Dekker CL, Klein NP, Gust DA.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S120-6.
         
     21. Acceptability of newborn circumcision to prevent HIV infection in the United States
         Gust DA, Kretsinger K, Gaul Z, Pals S, Heffelfinger JD, Begley E, Chen RT, Kilmarx PH.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Jan 6.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     22. How to communicate with vaccine-hesitant parents
         Healy CM, Pickering LK.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S127-33.
         
     23. Immunization safety in US print media, 1995-2005
         Hussain H, Omer SB, Manganello JA, Kromm EE, Carter TC, Kan L, Stokley S, Halsey NA, Salmon DA.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S100-6.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     24. Why behavioral and environmental interventions are needed to improve health at lower cost
         Milstein B, Homer J, Briss P, Burton D, Pechacek T.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 May;30(5):823-32.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     25. Decline in diarrhea mortality and admissions after routine childhood rotavirus immunization in Brazil: a time-series analysis
         do Carmo GM, Yen C, Cortes J, Siqueira AA, de Oliveira WK, Cortez-Escalante JJ, Lopman B, Flannery B, de Oliveira LH, Hage Carmo E, Patel M.
         PLoS Med. 2011 Apr;8(4):e1001024.
         

   • Informatics

     26. Internet-based reporting to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System: a more timely and complete way for providers to support vaccine safety
         Haber P, Iskander J, Walton K, Campbell SR, Kohl KS.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127 Suppl 1:S39-44.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     27. Factors that predict acute hospitalization discharge disposition for adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
         Cuthbert JP, Corrigan JD, Harrison-Felix C, Coronado V, Dijkers MP, Heinemann AW, Whiteneck GG.
         Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 May;92(5):721-730 e3.
         
     28. Individual and contextual factors for bullying and peer victimization: implications for prevention
         Vivolo AM, Holt MK, Massetti GM.
         J Sch Violence. 2011 Apr;10(2):201-212.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     29. Immunotherapy with a combination of intravenous immune globulin and p4 Peptide rescues mice from postinfluenza pneumococcal pneumonia
         Weeks JN, Boyd KL, Rajam G, Ades EW, McCullers JA.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 May;55(5):2276-81.
         
     30. Isotope dilution ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and 3-epi-25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in human serum
         Schleicher RL, Encisco SE, Chaudhary-Webb M, Paliakov E, Pfeiffer CM.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2011 May 13.
         
     31. Critical analysis of literature on low-dose synergy for use in screening chemical mixtures for risk assessment
         Boobis A, Budinsky R, Collie S, Crofton K, Embry M, Felter S, Hertzberg R, Kopp D, Mihlan G, Mumtaz M, Price P, Solomon K, Teuschler L, Yang R, Zaleski R.
         Crit Rev Toxicol. 2011 May;41(5):369-83.
         
     32. Cryogenic zone compression for the measurement of dioxins in human serum by isotope dilution at the attogram level using modulated gas chromatography coupled to high resolution magnetic sector mass spectrometry
         Patterson DG, Welch SM, Turner WE, Sjodin A, Focant JF.
         J Chromatogr A. 2011 May 27;1218(21):3274-81.
         
     33. Quantification of riboflavin in human urine using high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
         Bishop AM, Fernandez C, Whitehead Jr RD, Morales AP, Barr DB, Wilder LC, Baker SE.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2011 May 6.
         
     34. Comparison of serum and red blood cell folate microbiologic assays for national population surveys
         Pfeiffer CM, Zhang M, Lacher DA, Molloy AM, Tamura T, Yetley EA, Picciano MF, Johnson CL.
         J Nutr. 2011 May 25.
         
     35. Blood gene expression profiling detects silica exposure and toxicity
         Sellamuthu R, Umbright C, Roberts JR, Chapman R, Young SH, Richardson D, Leonard H, McKinney W, Chen B, Frazer D, Li S, Kashon M, Joseph P.
         Toxicol Sci. 2011 May 19.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     36. Maternal nutrition and gastroschisis: findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         Feldkamp ML, Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Panichello JD, Moore CA, Botto LD.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 May;204 (5):404.e1-404.e10.
         
     37. United States home births increase 20 percent from 2004 to 2008
         MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Mathews TJ.
         Birth. 2011 ;38(2):1-6.
         
     38. Barriers to managing diabetes during pregnancy: the perceptions of health care practitioners
         Mersereau P, Williams J, Collier SA, Mulholland C, Turay K, Prue C.
         Birth. 2011 Jun;38(2):142-149.
         
     39. Pregnancy complications and prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: stay tuned
         Kuklina EV, Bateman BT.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 May;20(5):657-9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     40. Airline pilot cosmic radiation and circadian disruption exposure assessment from logbooks and company records
         Grajewski B, Waters MA, Yong LC, Tseng CY, Zivkovich Z, Cassinelli RT.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 May 24.
         
     41. Occupational exposures to styrene vapor in a manufacturing plant for fiber-reinforced composite wind turbine blades
         Hammond D, Garcia A, Feng HA.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 May 19.
         
     42. Evaluation of a handwipe disclosing method for lead
         Ashley K, Wise T, Esswein E.
         J ASTM Int. 2011 Published Online: 4 April 2011;8(4).
         
     43. Overview of current toxicological knowledge of engineered nanoparticles
         Castranova V.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2011 May 19.
         
     44. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Nanomaterials and Worker Health Conference-medical surveillance session summary report
         Fischman M, Storey E, McCunney RJ, Kosnett M.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2011 May 19.
         
     45. Workplace and individual risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome
         Burt S, Crombie K, Jin Y, Wurzelbacher S, Ramsey J, Deddens J.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 May 25.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     46. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis in the United States: regional differences 40 years after implementation of the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
         Suarthana E, Laney AS, Storey E, Hale JM, Attfield MD.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 May 19.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     47. Associates of stigma in an incident epilepsy population from northern Manhattan, New York City
         Leaffer EB, Jacoby A, Benn E, Hauser WA, Shih T, Dayan P, Green R, Andrews H, Thurman DJ, Hesdorffer D.
         Epilepsy Behav. 2011 May;21(1):60-4.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas  

   • Public Health Law

     48. The population impact of smoke-free workplace and hospitality industry legislation on smoking behaviour. Findings from a national population survey
         Nagelhout GE, Willemsen MC, de Vries H.
         Addiction. 2011 Apr;106(4):816-23.
         
     49. Surveillance Provinciale des Infections Nosocomiales (SPIN) program: implementation of a mandatory surveillance program for central line-associated bloodstream infections
         Fontela PS, Platt RW, Rocher I, Frenette C, Moore D, Fortin E, Buckeridge D, et al.
         Am J Infect Control. 2011 May;39(4):329-35.
         
     50. Water rights and water fights: preventing and resolving conflicts before they boil over
         Levy BS, Sidel VW.
         Am J Public Health. 2011 May;101(5):778-80.
         
     51. Lessons learned from flame retardant use and regulation could enhance future control of potentially hazardous chemicals
         Brown P, Cordner A.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 May;30(5):906-14.
         
     52. Why the Toxic Substances Control Act needs an overhaul, and how to strengthen oversight of chemicals in the interim
         Vogel SA, Roberts JA.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 May;30(5):898-905.
         
     53. Vaccine liability in the Supreme Court: forging a social compact
         Kraemer JD, Gostin LO.
         JAMA. 2011 May 11;305(18):1900-1.
         
     54. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006 human immunodeficiency virus testing recommendations and state testing laws
         Neff S, Goldschmidt R.
         JAMA. 2011 May 4;305(17):1767-8.
         
     55. Safety, supply, and suits--litigation and the vaccine industry
         Kesselheim A.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 21;364(16):1485-7.
         
     56. Relationship between quality of care and negligence litigation in nursing homes
         Studdert DM, Spittal MJ, Mello MM, O'Malley AJ, Stevenson DG.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 31;364(13):1243-50.
         
     57. The Freedom of Information Act: implications for public health policy and practice
         Berger M.
         Public Health Rep. 2011 May-Jun;126(3):428-32.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media  

   • MMWR in the Media

     58. Cigarette package health warnings and interest in quitting smoking --- 14 countries, 2008--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 27;60(20):645-51.
         
     59. Human Jamestown Canyon virus infection --- Montana, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 27;60(20):652-5.
         
     60. Measles --- United States, January--May 20, 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 27;60(20):666-8.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     61. Discordance in national estimates of hypertension among young adults
         Nguyen QC, Tabor JW, Entzel PP, Lau Y, Suchindran C, Hussey JM, Halpern CT, Harris KM, Whitsel EA.
         Epidemiology. 2011 May 23.
         
     62. Obesity impact on the attentional cost for controlling posture
         Mignardot JB, Olivier I, Promayon E, Nougier V.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(12):e14387.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     63. Circulating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: a time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong
         Warren-Gash C, Bhaskaran K, Hayward A, Leung GM, Lo SV, Wong CM, Ellis J, Pebody R, Smeeth L, Cowling BJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;203(12):1710-8.
         
     64. Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007
         Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Hadler JL, Harrison LH, Farley MM, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Lewis MM, Scallan E, Schuchat A.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26;364(21):2016-25.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     65. United States home births increase 20 percent from 2004 to 2008
         MacDorman M, Declercq E, Mathews T.
         Birth. 2011 ;38(2):1-6.
         
     66. Ramifications of adolescent menstrual cycles >/=42 days in young adults
         Morrison J, Glueck CJ, Daniels S, Wang P, Stroop D.
         Fertil Steril. 2011 .
         
     67. Term pregnancy: a period of heterogeneous risk for infant mortality
         Reddy UM, Bettegowda VR, Dias T, Yamada-Kushnir T, Ko CW, Willinger M.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;117(6):1279-87.
         
   
   

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