Issue 26, June 27, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 26, 6/27/11

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

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Reduction in the incidence of influenza A but not influenza B associated with use of hand sanitizer and cough hygiene in schools: a randomized controlled trial
       Stebbins S, Cummings DA, Stark JH, Vukotich C, Mitruka K, Thompson W, Rinaldo C, Roth L, Wagner M, Wisniewski SR, Dato V, Eng H, Burke DS.
       Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jun 17.
       

   • Community Health Services

     • Establishing a baseline measure of school wellness-related policies implemented in a nationally representative sample of school districts
       Brener ND, Chriqui JF, O'Toole TP, Schwartz MB, McManus T.
       J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Jun;111(6):894-901.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Early diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders in Massachusetts birth cohorts, 2001-2005
       Manning SE, Davin CA, Barfield WD, Kotelchuck M, Clements K, Diop H, Osbahr T, Smith LA.
       Pediatrics. 2011 Jun;127(6):1043-51.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Novel pandemic A (H1N1) influenza vaccination among pregnant women: motivators and barriers
       SteelFisher GK, Blendon RJ, Bekheit MM, Mitchell EW, Williams J, Lubell K, Peugh J, DiSogra CA.
       Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6 Suppl 1):S116-23.
       
     • Early effect of the HPV vaccination programme on cervical abnormalities in Victoria, Australia: an ecological study
       Brotherton JM, Fridman M, May CL, Chappell G, Saville AM, Gertig DM.
       Lancet. 2011 Jun 18;377(9783):2085-92.
       
     • HPV vaccine effect: is the glass half full or half empty?
       Saraiya M, Hariri S.
       Lancet. 2011 Jun 18;377(9783):2057-8.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • A multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and associated toxin genes
       Fosheim G, Nicholson A, Albrecht V, Limbago B.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun 22.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Protecting workers in large-scale emergency responses: NIOSH experience in the Deepwater Horizon response
       Kitt MM, Decker JA, Delaney L, Funk R, Halpin J, Tepper A, Spahr J, Howard J.
       J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Jun 21.
       

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     • Estimating the potential health impact and costs of implementing a local policy for food procurement to reduce the consumption of sodium in the County of Los Angeles
       Gase LN, Kuo T, Dunet D, Schmidt SM, Simon PA, Fielding JE.
       Am J Public Health. 2011 Jun 16.
       

   • Reproductive Health

     • Reproductive health assessment after disaster: introduction to the RHAD toolkit
       Zotti ME, Williams AM.
       J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jun 20.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Trends in endometrial cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1999-2006
        Duong LM, Wilson RJ, Ajani UA, Singh SD, Eheman CR.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jun 17.
        
     2. Liquid-based cytology test use by office-based physicians: United States, 2006-2007
        Hing E, Saraiya M, Roland KB.
        Natl Health Stat Report. 2011 Jun 1(40):1-6.
        
     3. Low-risk human papillomavirus testing and other nonrecommended human papillomavirus testing practices among U.S. health care providers
        Lee JW, Berkowitz Z, Saraiya M.
        Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jul;118(1):4-13.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus revisited: an evolutionary retrospective
        Christman MC, Kedwaii A, Xu J, Donis RO, Lu G.
        Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Jul;11(5):803-11.
        
     5. You have to find TB to treat TB
        Cain KP, Varma JK.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jul;15(7):854.
        
     6. Baseline estimates of diarrhea-associated mortality among United States children before rotavirus vaccine introduction
        Esposito DH, Holman RC, Haberling DL, Tate JE, Podewils LJ, Glass RI, Parashar U.
        Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jun 17.
        
     7. Risk factors for hospitalized seasonal influenza in rural Western Kenya
        Ope MO, Katz MA, Aura B, Gikunju S, Njenga MK, Ng'ang'a Z, Vulule J, Breiman RF, Feikin DR.
        PLoS One. 2011 ;6(5):e20111.
        

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     8. Mass casualty triage: an evaluation of the science and refinement of a national guideline
        Lerner EB, Cone DC, Weinstein ES, Schwartz RB, Coule PL, Cronin M, Wedmore IS, Bulger EM, Mulligan DA, Swienton RE, Sasser SM, Shah UA, Weireter LJ, Sanddal TL, Lairet J, Markenson D, Romig L, Lord G, Salomone J, O'Connor R, Hunt RC.
        Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Jun;5(2):129-137.
        

   • Environmental Health

     9. A community demand-driven approach toward sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure development
        Hubbard B, Sarisky J, Gelting R, Baffigo V, Seminario R, Centurion C.
        Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2011 Jun 14.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     10. Geographic variation in invasive pneumococcal disease following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in the United States
         Rosen JB, Thomas AR, Lexau CA, Reingold A, Hadler JL, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Schaffner W, Farley MM, Beall BW, Moore MR.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(2):137-43.
         
     11. Diabetes and tuberculosis, US National Health Interview Survey, 2000-2005
         Marks SM.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jul;15(7):982-4.
         
     12. Effect of misclassified underlying cause of death on survival estimates of colon and rectal cancer
         Yin D, Morris CR, Bates JH, German RR.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jun 22.
         
     13. Changes in pregnancy mortality ascertainment: United States, 1999-2005
         MacKay AP, Berg CJ, Liu X, Duran C, Hoyert DL.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jul;118(1):104-10.
         

   • Food Safety

     14. Travel history, hunting, and venison consumption related to prion disease exposure, 2006-2007 FoodNet population survey
         Abrams JY, Maddox RA, Harvey AR, Schonberger LB, Belay ED.
         J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Jun;111(6):858-63.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     15. Characterization and allelic polymorphisms of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) IgG Fc receptor genes
         Nguyen DC, Scinicariello F, Attanasio R.
         Immunogenetics. 2011 Jun;63(6):351-62.
         
     16. Genetic variability, phylogenetic relationships and gene flow in Triatoma infestans dark morphs from the Argentinean Chaco
         Piccinali RV, Marcet PL, Ceballos LA, Kitron U, Gurtler RE, Dotson EM.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Jul;11(5):895-903.
         

   • Health Disparities

     17. Geographic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States
         Holt JB, Zhang X, Presley-Cantrell L, Croft JB.
         Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2011 ;6:321-8.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     18. Impact of maternal immunization on influenza hospitalizations in infants
         Poehling KA, Szilagyi PG, Staat MA, Snively BM, Payne DC, Bridges CB, Chu SY, Light LS, Prill MM, Finelli L, Griffin MR, Edwards KM.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6 Suppl 1):S141-8.
         
     19. Poliovirus vaccines: past, present, and future
         Nathanson N, Kew OM.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jun;165(6):489-90.
         
     20. Increasing adolescent vaccination coverage: the challenges that remain
         Stokley S, Vogt T, Shefer A.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jun;165(6):568-70.
         
     21. Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among 9- to 17-year-old girls: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
         Wong CA, Berkowitz Z, Dorell CG, Price RA, Lee J, Saraiya M.
         Cancer. 2011 Jun 20.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     22. Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from the ARTEMIS global surveillance is primarily due to the TR/L98H mutation in the cyp51A gene
         Lockhart SR, Frade JP, Etienne KA, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Balajee SA.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jun 20.
         
     23. Antimicrobial susceptibility to azithromycin among Salmonella enterica isolated in the United States
         Sjolund-Karlsson M, Joyce K, Blickenstaff K, Ball T, Haro J, Medalla FM, Fedorka-Cray P, Zhao S, Crump JA, Whichard JM.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jun 20.
         
     24. Fine epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies against hemagglutinin of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus using yeast surface display
         Han T, Sui J, Bennett AS, Liddington RC, Donis RO, Zhu Q, Marasco WA.
         Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Jun 3;409(2):253-9.
         
     25. Detection of TPN contamination of dried blood spots used in newborn and metabolic screening and its impact on quantitative measurement of amino acids
         Chace DH, De Jesus VR, Lim TH, Hannon WH, Clark RH, Spitzer AR.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Jul 15;412(15-16):1385-90.
         
     26. Serologic assays for influenza surveillance, diagnosis and vaccine evaluation
         Katz JM, Hancock K, Xu X.
         Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011 Jun;9(6):669-83.
         
     27. Measurement of nicotine, cotinine and trans-3'-hydroxycotinine in meconium by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
         Xia Y, Xu M, Alexander RR, Bernert JT.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2011 Jun 12.
         
     28. Reference ranges for testosterone in men generated using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in a community-based sample of healthy nonobese young men in the Framingham Heart Study and applied to three geographically distinct cohorts
         Bhasin S, Pencina M, Jasuja GK, Travison TG, Coviello A, Orwoll E, Wang PY, Nielson C, Wu F, Tajar A, Labrie F, Vesper H, Zhang A, Ulloor J, Singh R, D'Agostino R, Vasan RS.
         J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jun 22.
         
     29. Knee joint angular velocities and accelerations during the patellar tendon jerk
         Lebiedowska MK, Sikdar S, Eranki A, Garmirian L.
         J Neurosci Methods. 2011 Jun 15;198(2):255-9.
         
     30. Effective antiviral treatment of systemic orthopoxvirus disease: ST-246 treatment of prairie dogs infected with monkeypox
         Smith SK, Self J, Weiss S, Carroll D, Braden Z, Regnery RL, Davidson W, Jordan R, Hruby DE, Damon IK.
         J Virol. 2011 Jun 22.
         
     31. Unusual interferon gamma measurements with QuantiFERON-TB Gold and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube tests
         Powell RD, Whitworth WC, Bernardo J, Moonan PK, Mazurek GH.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e20061.
         
     32. Viral shedding in patients infected with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in Kenya, 2009
         Waiboci LW, Lebo E, Williamson JM, Mwiti W, Kikwai GK, Njuguna H, Olack B, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, Katz MA.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e20320.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     33. Injuries to hired crop workers in the United States-a descriptive analysis of a national probability survey
         Wang S, Myers JR, Layne LA.
         Am J Ind Med. 2011 Jun 20.
         
     34. Endoscope reprocessing: exposure to peracetic acid-based sterilant
         Sylvain D, Gibbins J, Niemeier M.
         EndoNurse. 2011 Jun-Jul;11(3):26; 28-29.
         
     35. Musculoskeletal disorder costs and medical claim filing in the US retail trade sector
         Bhattacharya A, Leigh JP.
         Ind Health. 2011 Jun 21.
         
     36. The evolution of skin notations for occupational risk assessment: a new NIOSH strategy
         Dotson GS, Chen CP, Gadagbui B, Maier A, Ahlers HW, Lentz TJ.
         Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2011 Jun 12.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     37. Chronic rhinofacial mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis (Rhizomucor variabilis) in India
         Hemashettar BM, Patil RN, O'Donnell K, Chaturvedi V, Ren P, Padhye AA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;49(6):2372-5.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     38. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's maternal health response to 2009 H1N1 influenza
         Mosby LG, Ellington SR, Forhan SE, Yeung LF, Perez M, Shah MM, MacFarlane K, Laird SK, House LD, Jamieson DJ.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6 Suppl 1):S7-12.
         
     39. An overview of home health aides: United States, 2007
         Bercovitz A, Moss A, Sengupta M, Park-Lee EY, Jones A, Harris-Kojetin LD.
         Natl Health Stat Report. 2011 May 19(34):1-31.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     40. Mental health promotion in public health: perspectives and strategies from positive psychology
         Kobau R, Seligman ME, Peterson C, Diener E, Zack MM, Chapman D, Thompson W.
         Am J Public Health. 2011 Jun 16.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Public Health Ethics

     41. Is state power to protect health compatible with substantive due process rights?
         Jacobs AJ.
         Ann Health Law. 2011 ;20(1):113-49, 7 p preceding 1.
         
     42. Physician privacy concerns when disclosing patient data for public health purposes during a pandemic influenza outbreak
         El Emam K, Mercer J, Moreau K, Grava-Gubins I, Buckeridge D, Jonker E.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 9;11(1):454.
         
     43. Equity, social determinants and public health programmes - the case of oral health
         Petersen PE, Kwan S.
         Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2011 May 30.
         
     44. Ethical aspects of human biobanks: a systematic review
         Budimir D, Polasek O, Marusic A, Kolcic I, Zemunik T, Boraska V, Jeroncic A, et al.
         Croat Med J. 2011 Jun 15;52(3):262-79.
         
     45. Blueprint for a deliberative public forum on biobanking policy: were theoretical principles achievable in practice?
         Molster C, Maxwell S, Youngs L, Kyne G, Hope F, Dawkins H, O'Leary P.
         Health Expect. 2011 Jun 7.
         
     46. People's policies for the health of the poor globally
         Govender V, Mooney G.
         Int J Health Plann Manage. 2011 Jun 15.
         
     47. Damned if you do, damned if you don't: subgroup analysis and equity
         Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Kristjansson E, Oliver S, Ueffing E, Welch V.
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011 Jun 6.
         
     48. Research, engagement and public bioethics: promoting socially robust science
         Pickersgill MD.
         J Med Ethics. 2011 Jun 14.
         
     49. Eliciting ethical and social values in health technology assessment: a participatory approach
         Bombard Y, Abelson J, Simeonov D, Gauvin FP.
         Soc Sci Med. 2011 May 23.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     50. HIV screening of male inmates during prison intake medical evaluation - Washington, 2006-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jun 24;60(24):811-3.
         
     51. Results of the expanded HIV testing initiative - 25 jurisdictions, United States, 2007--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jun 24;60(24):805-10.
         
     52. Ten great public health achievements --- worldwide, 2001--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jun 24;60(24):814-8.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     53. Temporal trends in the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the United States
         de Boer IH, Rue TC, Hall YN, Heagerty PJ, Weiss NS, Himmelfarb J.
         JAMA. 2011 Jun 22;305(24):2532-9.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     54. Recent decline in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection among California men who have sex with men
         Xia Q, Nonoyama A, Molitor F, Webb D, Osmond D.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2011 May 17.
         

   • Environmental Health

     55. Air pollution and asthma control in the epidemiological study on the genetics and environment of asthma
         Jacquemin B, Kauffmann F, Pin I, Le Moual N, Bousquet J, Gormand F, Just J, Nadif R, Pison C, Vervloet D, Kunzli N, Siroux V.
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011 Jun 20.
         

   • Immune System Disorders

     56. The prevalence, severity, and distribution of childhood food allergy in the United States
         Gupta RS, Springston EE, Warrier MR, Smith B, Kumar R, Pongracic J, Holl JL.
         Pediatrics. 2011 Jun 20.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     57. Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain in women and men
         Mozaffarian D, Hao T, Rimm EB, Willett WC, Hu FB.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2392-404.
         
   
   

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