Issue 23, June 06, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 23, 6/6/11

Welcome to Science Clips, CDC's 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 Global Health - Malaria and Meningococcal Vaccines)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week  

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Elimination of hepatocellular carcinoma and acute hepatitis B in children 25 years after a hepatitis B newborn and catch-up immunization program
       McMahon BJ, Bulkow LR, Singleton RJ, Williams J, Snowball M, Homan C, Parkinson AJ.
       Hepatology. 2011 May 26.
       
     • The seroprevalence of pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009) virus in China
       Xu C, Bai T, Iuliano AD, Wang M, Yang L, Wen L, Zeng Y, Li X, Chen T, Wang W, Hu Y, Li Z, Zou S, Li D, Wang S, Feng Z, Zhang Y, Yu H, Yang W, Wang Y, Widdowson MA, Shu Y.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e17919.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • A laboratory-based surveillance system for Wuchereria bancrofti in Togo: a practical model for resource-poor settings
       Mathieu E, Dorkenoo A, Otogbe FK, Budge PJ, Sodahlon YK.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):988-93.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • HIV/AIDS prevention, faith, and spirituality among black/African American and Latino communities in the United States: strengthening scientific faith-based efforts to shift the course of the epidemic and reduce HIV-related health disparities
       Sutton MY, Parks CP.
       J Relig Health. 2011 May 28.
       

   • Health Disparities

     • Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening persisted despite expansion of Medicare's screening reimbursement
       White A, Vernon SW, Franzini L, Du XL.
       Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):811-7.
       

   • Healthcare Economics

     • Cost-effectiveness of HIV screening in STD clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient units: a model-based analysis
       Prabhu VS, Farnham PG, Hutchinson AB, Soorapanth S, Heffelfinger JD, Golden MR, Brooks JT, Rimland D, Sansom SL.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(5):e19936.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Establishment of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) as a novel animal model for comparing smallpox vaccines administered pre-exposure in both high and low-dose monkeypox challenges
       Keckler MS, Carroll DS, Gallardo-Romero NF, Lash RR, Salzer JS, Weiss SL, Patel N, Clemmons CJ, Smith SK, Hutson CL, Karem KL, Damon IK.
       J Virol. 2011 Jun 1.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Prenatal vitamins, one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autism
       Schmidt RJ, Hansen RL, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Schmidt LC, Tancredi DJ, Tassone F, Hertz-Picciotto I.
       Epidemiology. 2011 May 23.
       

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     • NYC Epi Scholars program: promoting applied health disparities research in an urban public health department - a program model
       Blake J, Choden T, Hemans-Henry C, Koppaka R, Greene C.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 Jul-Aug;17(4):313-5.
       

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     • Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United States
       Caraballo RS, Asman K.
       Tob Induc Dis. 2011 ;9 Suppl 1:S1.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications  

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Awareness of heart attack symptoms among US adults in 2007, and changes in awareness from 2001 to 2007
        Fang J, Gillespie C, Keenan NL, Greenlund KJ.
        Future Cardiol. 2011 May;7(3):311-20.
        
     2. Co-occurrence of obesity and patterns of alcohol use associated with elevated serum hepatic enzymes in US adults
        Tsai J, Ford ES, Zhao G, Li C, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB.
        J Behav Med. 2011 May 28.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Survey of diagnostic services for genital herpes in fourteen countries in Eastern Europe
        Domeika M, Babayan K, Ismailov R, Shimanskaya I, Chudomirova K, Brilene T, Kvlividze O, Deak J, Askarova G, Mamajeva G, Kucinskiene V, Frigo N, Savicheva A, Krasnoselskich T, Mavrov G, Kasymov O, Izvekova O, Unemo M, Ballard R.
        Acta Derm Venereol. 2011 May;91(3):333-6.
        
     4. Enterovirus 71 meningoencephalitis complicating Rituximab therapy
        Ahmed R, Buckland M, Davies L, Halmagyi GM, Rogers SL, Oberste S, Barnett MH.
        J Neurol Sci. 2011 Jun 15;305(1-2):149-51.
        

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     5. Chlorine dioxide inactivation of bacterial threat agents
        Shams AM, O'Connell H, Arduino MJ, Rose LJ.
        Lett Appl Microbiol. 2011 May 30.
        

   • Environmental Health

     6. Personal care product use and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites in Mexican women
        Romero-Franco M, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Calafat AM, Cebrian ME, Needham LL, Teitelbaum S, Wolff MS, Lopez-Carrillo L.
        Environ Int. 2011 Jul;37(5):867-71.
        

   • Genetics and Genomics

     7. Detection of G3P[3] and G3P[9] rotavirus strains in American Indian children with evidence of gene reassortment between human and animal rotaviruses
        Grant L, Esona M, Gentsch J, Watt J, Reid R, Weatherholtz R, Santosham M, Parashar U, O'Brien K.
        J Med Virol. 2011 Jul;83(7):1288-99.
        

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     8. Homophobia and racism experienced by Latino men who have sex with men in the United States: correlates of exposure and associations with HIV risk behaviors
        Mizuno Y, Borkowf C, Millett GA, Bingham T, Ayala G, Stueve A.
        AIDS Behav. 2011 Jun 1.
        

   • Immunity and Immunization

     9. The need for innovative strategies to improve immunisation services in rural Zimbabwe
        Chadambuka A, Chimusoro A, Apollo T, Tshimanga M, Namusisi O, Luman ET.
        Disasters. 2011 May 31.
        
     10. Evaluation of immunization rates and safety among children with inborn errors of metabolism
         Klein NP, Aukes L, Lee J, Fireman B, Shapira SK, Slade B, Baxter R, Summar M.
         Pediatrics. 2011 May;127(5):e1139-46.
         
     11. Toward the development of a hepatitis E vaccine
         Kamili S.
         Virus Res. 2011 May 18.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     12. Evaluation of three serological tests manufactured in Belarus for the diagnosis of syphilis
         Shimanskaya I, Zhurauskaya L, Pankratov O, Unemo M, Ballard R, Domeika M.
         Acta Derm Venereol. 2011 May;91(3):299-302.
         
     13. Efficacy of a tetravalent chimeric dengue vaccine (DENVax) in cynomolgus macaques
         Osorio JE, Brewoo JN, Silengo SJ, Arguello J, Moldovan IR, Tary-Lehmann M, Powell TD, Livengood JA, Kinney RM, Huang CY, Stinchcomb DT.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):978-87.
         
     14. Evaluation of mailed pediatric buccal cytobrushes for use in a case-control study of birth defects
         Gallagher ML, Sturchio C, Smith A, Koontz D, Jenkins MM, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 May 31.
         
     15. Intra- and inter-modality comparisons of storage phosphor computed radiography and conventional film-screen radiography in the recognition of small pneumoconiotic opacities
         Laney AS, Petsonk EL, Attfield MD.
         Chest. 2011 May 26.
         
     16. Triggering of the Newcastle disease virus fusion protein by a chimeric attachment protein that binds to Nipah virus receptors
         Mirza AM, Aguilar HC, Zhu Q, Mahon PJ, Rota PA, Lee B, Iorio RM.
         J Biol Chem. 2011 May 20;286(20):17851-60.
         
     17. Protection against rectal transmission of an emtricitabine (FTC)-resistant SHIV162p3M184V mutant by intermittent prophylaxis with Truvada
         Cong ME, Youngpairoj AS, Zheng Q, Aung W, Mitchell J, Sweeney E, Hanson DL, Hendry RM, Dobard C, Heneine W, Garcia-Lerma JG.
         J Virol. 2011 Jun 1.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     18. The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, 2002-2006
         Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra RM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):870-7.
         
     19. Stillbirths: the way forward in high-income countries
         Flenady V, Middleton P, Smith GC, Duke W, Erwich JJ, Khong TY, Neilson J, Ezzati M, Koopmans L, Ellwood D, Fretts R, Froen JF.
         Lancet. 2011 May 14;377(9778):1703-17.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     20. Some important oversights in the assessment of whole-body vibration exposure based on ISO-2631-1
         Dong RG, Welcome DE, McDowell TW.
         Appl Ergon. 2011 May 30.
         
     21. Impact of air velocity on the detection of fires in conveyor belt haulageways
         Perera IE, Litton CD.
         Fire Technol. 2011 :1-14.
         
     22. Predicting the performance of cost-effective rollover protective structure designs
         Harris JR, Winn GL, Ayers PD, McKenzie Jr EA.
         Saf Sci. 2011 .
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     23. Economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in Peru
         Moro PL, Budke CM, Schantz PM, Vasquez J, Santivanez SJ, Villavicencio J.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 May;5(5):e1179.
         
     24. Chagas disease has now gone global
         Tanowitz HB, Weiss LM, Montgomery SP.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 ;5(4):e1136.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     25. Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
         Madans JH, Loeb ME, Altman BM.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11 Suppl 4:S4.
         

   • Vital Statistics

     26. Ambulatory medical care utilization estimates for 2007
         Schappert SM, Rechtsteiner EA.
         Vital Health Stat 13. 2011 Apr(169):1-38.
         

   • Zoonoses

     27. Seroepidemiologic survey for Coxiella burnetii among hospitalized US troops deployed to Iraq
         Anderson AD, Baker TR, Littrell AC, Mott RL, Niebuhr DW, Smoak BL.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2011 Jun;58(4):276-83.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas  

   • Global Health - Malaria and Meningococcal Vaccines

     28. An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal disease
         Choudhuri D, Huda T, Theodoratou E, Nair H, Zgaga L, Falconer R, Luksic I, et al.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11 Suppl 3:S29.
         
     29. The mysteries of immunity to malaria
         Greenwood B, Targett G.
         Lancet. 2011 May 21;377(9779):1729-30.
         
     30. Long-term protection against malaria after experimental sporozoite inoculation: an open-label follow-up study
         Roestenberg M, Teirlinck AC, McCall MB, Teelen K, Makamdop KN, Wiersma J, Arens T, et al.
         Lancet. 2011 May 21;377(9779):1770-6.
         
     31. Immunological correlates of protection for the RTS,S candidate malaria vaccine
         Greenwood B.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;11(2):75-6.
         
     32. Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5-17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial
         Olotu A, Lusingu J, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Msham S, Lang T, et al.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;11(2):102-9.
         
     33. A research agenda to underpin malaria eradication
         Alonso PL, Brown G, Arevalo-Herrera M, Binka F, Chitnis C, Collins F, Doumbo OK, et al.
         PLoS Med. 2011 ;8(1):e1000406.
         
     34. Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey
         Lubell Y, Staedke SG, Greenwood BM, Kamya MR, Molyneux M, Newton PN, Reyburn H, et al.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(2):e17439.
         
     35. The global meningococcal initiative: recommendations for reducing the global burden of meningococcal disease
         Harrison LH, Pelton SI, Wilder-Smith A, Holst J, Safadi MA, Vazquez JA, Taha MK, et al.
         Vaccine. 2011 Apr 18;29(18):3363-71.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media  

   • MMWR in the Media

     36. HIV surveillance - United States, 1981-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):689-693.
         
     37. Thirty years of HIV - 1981-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):689.
         
     38. Update: influenza activity - United States, 2010-11 season, and composition of the 2011-12 influenza vaccine
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):705-712.
         
     39. Vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten - United States, 2009-10 school year
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):700-704.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     40. Effects of moderate red wine consumption on liver fat and blood lipids: a prospective randomized study
         Kechagias S, Zanjani S, Gjellan S, Leinhard OD, Kihlberg J, Smedby O, Johansson L, Kullberg J, Ahlstrom H, Lindstrom T, Nystrom FH.
         Ann Med. 2011 May 23.
         
     41. Impact of diabetes on work cessation: data from the GAZEL cohort study
         Herquelot E, Gueguen A, Bonenfant S, Dray-Spira R.
         Diabetes Care. 2011 Jun;34(6):1344-9.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     42. Mother's body size and placental size predict coronary heart disease in men
         Eriksson JG, Kajantie E, Thornburg KL, Osmond C, Barker DJ.
         Eur Heart J. 2011 Jun 1.
         
     43. Childhood appendectomy, tonsillectomy, and risk for premature acute myocardial infarction--a nationwide population-based cohort study
         Janszky I, Mukamal KJ, Dalman C, Hammar N, Ahnve S.
         Eur Heart J. 2011 Jun 1.