Issue 35, August 29, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 35, 8/29/11

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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 Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week  

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Diabetes performance measures: current status and future directions
       O'Connor PJ, Bodkin NL, Fradkin J, Glasgow RE, Greenfield S, Gregg E, Kerr EA, Pawlson LG, Selby JV, Sutherland JE, Taylor ML, Wysham CH.
       Diabetes Care. 2011 Jul;34(7):1651-9.
       
     • Lower risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in pituitary growth hormone recipients initiating treatment after 1977
       Abrams JY, Schonberger LB, Belay ED, Maddox RA, Leschek EW, Mills JL, Wysowski DK, Fradkin JE.
       J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Aug 24.
       

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity

     • A simulation of affordability and effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions
       Ma S, Frick KD.
       Acad Pediatr. 2011 Jul-Aug;11(4):342-50.
       
     • Short sleep duration is associated with increased obesity markers in European adolescents: effect of physical activity and dietary habits. The HELENA study
       Garaulet M, Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Rey-Lopez JP, Beghin L, Manios Y, Cuenca-Garcia M, et al.
       Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 Jul 26.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Genotypic distribution of hepatitis B Virus (HBV) among acute cases of HBV infection, selected US counties, 1999-2005
       Teshale EH, Ramachandran S, Xia GL, Roberts H, Groeger J, Barry V, Hu DJ, Holmberg SD, Holtzman D, Ward JW, Teo CG, Khudyakov Y.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Aug 22.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Parent-reported reasons for nonreceipt of recommended adolescent vaccinations, National Immunization Survey--Teen, 2009
       Dorell C, Yankey D, Strasser S.
       Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2011 Aug 19.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006
       Finer L, Zolna M.
       Contraception. 2011 .
       

   • Public Health Law

     • Effects of dram shop liability and enhanced overservice law enforcement initiatives on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms: two community guide systematic reviews
       Rammohan V, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey TL, Chattopadhyay SK, Zometa C.
       Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):334-43.
       

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     • Cigarettes smoked per day among high school students in the U.S., 1991-2009
       Jones SE, Kann L, Pechacek TF.
       Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):297-9.
       

   • Zoonoses

     • Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009
       Pritt BS, Sloan LM, Johnson DK, Munderloh UG, Paskewitz SM, McElroy KM, McFadden JD, Binnicker MJ, Neitzel DF, Liu G, Nicholson WL, Nelson CM, Franson JJ, Martin SA, Cunningham SA, Steward CR, Bogumill K, Bjorgaard ME, Davis JP, McQuiston JH, Warshauer DM, Wilhelm MP, Patel R, Trivedi VA, Eremeeva ME.
       N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 4;365(5):422-9.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications  

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. A randomized trial of air cleaners and a health coach to improve indoor air quality for inner-city children with asthma and secondhand smoke exposure
        Butz AM, Matsui EC, Breysse P, Curtin-Brosnan J, Eggleston P, Diette G, Williams D, Yuan J, Bernert JT, Rand C.
        Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Aug;165(8):741-8.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     2. Demographic but not geographic insularity in HIV transmission among young black men who have sex with men, Mississippi, USA
        Oster AM, Pieniazek D, Zhang X, Switzer WM, Ziebell RA, Mena LA, Wei X, Johnson KL, Singh SK, Thomas PE, Elmore KA, Heffelfinger JD.
        AIDS. 2011 Aug 23.
        
     3. Placental malaria and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in rural Rwanda
        Bulterys PL, Chao A, Dalai SC, Zink MC, Dushimimana A, Katzenstein D, Saah AJ, Bulterys M.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Aug;85(2):202-206.
        
     4. Early use of glucocorticoids was a risk factor for critical disease and death from pH1N1 infection
        Han K, Ma H, An X, Su Y, Chen J, Lian Z, Zhao J, Zhu BP, Fontaine RE, Feng Z, Zeng G.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;53(4):326-33.
        
     5. Determinants of early and late mortality among HIV-infected individuals receiving home-based antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda
        Moore DM, Yiannoutsos CT, Musick BS, Tappero J, Degerman R, Campbell J, Were W, Kaharuza F, Alexander LN, Downing R, Mermin J.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Aug 18.
        
     6. Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy
        Cohen MS, Chen YQ, McCauley M, Gamble T, Hosseinipour MC, Kumarasamy N, Hakim JG, Kumwenda J, Grinsztejn B, Pilotto JH, Godbole SV, Mehendale S, Chariyalertsak S, Santos BR, Mayer KH, Hoffman IF, Eshleman SH, Piwowar-Manning E, Wang L, Makhema J, Mills LA, de Bruyn G, Sanne I, Eron J, Gallant J, Havlir D, Swindells S, Ribaudo H, Elharrar V, Burns D, Taha TE, Nielsen-Saines K, Celentano D, Essex M, Fleming TR.
        N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 11;365(6):493-505.
        
     7. Risk factors for severe outcomes following 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection: a global pooled analysis
        Van Kerkhove MD, Vandemaele KA, Shinde V, Jaramillo-Gutierrez G, Koukounari A, Donnelly CA, Carlino LO, Owen R, Paterson B, Pelletier L, Vachon J, Gonzalez C, Hongjie Y, Zijian F, Chuang SK, Au A, Buda S, Krause G, Haas W, Bonmarin I, Taniguichi K, Nakajima K, Shobayashi T, Takayama Y, Sunagawa T, Heraud JM, Orelle A, Palacios E, van der Sande MA, Wielders CC, Hunt D, Cutter J, Lee VJ, Thomas J, Santa-Olalla P, Sierra-Moros MJ, Hanshaoworakul W, Ungchusak K, Pebody R, Jain S, Mounts AW.
        PLoS Med. 2011 Jul;8(7):e1001053.
        
     8. Seroprevalence and correlates of hepatitis A among HIV-negative American men who have sex with men
        Bialek SR, Barry V, Bell BP, Valleroy LA, Behel S, Mackellar DA, Secura G, Thiede H, McFarland W, Ford WL, Bingham TA, Shehan DA, Celentano DD.
        Sex Health. 2011 Sep;8(3):343-8.
        

   • Environmental Health

     9. Recipients of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning and exposure circumstances
        Clower JH, Hampson NB, Iqbal S, Yip FY.
        Am J Emerg Med. 2011 Aug 18.
        
     10. Visual contrast sensitivity in children exposed to tetrachloroethylene
         Storm JE, Mazor KA, Aldous KM, Blount BC, Brodie SE, Serle JB.
         Arch Environ Occup Health. 2011 July;66 (3):166-177.
         
     11. Cadmium, lead, and mercury in relation to reproductive hormones and anovulation in premenopausal women
         Pollack AZ, Schisterman EF, Goldman LR, Mumford SL, Albert PS, Jones RL, Wactawski-Wende J.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Aug;119(8):1156-61.
         
     12. Modeling of road traffic noise and estimated human exposure in Fulton County, Georgia, USA
         Seong JC, Park TH, Ko JH, Chang SI, Kim M, Holt JB, Mehdi MR.
         Environ Int. 2011 Nov;37(8):1336-41.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     13. Erratum: Molecular monitoring of resistant dhfr and dhps allelic haplotypes in Morogoro and Mvomero districts in south eastern Tanzania
         Malisa A, Pearce R, Abdullah S, Mutayoba B, Mshinda H, Kachur P, Bloland P, Roper C.
         Afr Health Sci. 2011 Jun;11(2):142-50.
         
     14. Common ancestry and novel genetic traits of Francisella novicida-like isolates from North America and Australia as revealed by comparative genomic analyses
         Siddaramappa S, Challacombe JF, Petersen JM, Pillai S, Hogg G, Kuske CR.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Aug;77(15):5110-22.
         
     15. Detection of the first G6P[14] human rotavirus strain from a child with diarrhea in Egypt
         El Sherif M, Esona MD, Wang Y, Gentsch JR, Jiang B, Glass RI, Baker SA, Klena JD.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Aug;11(6):1436-42.
         
     16. Mycobacterium shinjukuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species isolated from human clinical specimens
         Saito H, Iwamoto T, Ohkusu K, Otsuka Y, Akiyama Y, Sato S, Taguchi O, Sueyasu Y, Kawabe Y, Fujimoto H, Ezaki T, Butler R.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2011 Aug;61(Pt 8):1927-32.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     17. Age, poverty and alcohol use as HIV risk factors for women in Mongu, Zambia
         Singh K, Buckner B, Tate J, Ndubani P, Kamwanga J.
         Afr Health Sci. 2011 Jun;11(2):204-10.
         
     18. Difficulties leaving home: a cross-sectional study of delays in seeking emergency obstetric care in Herat, Afghanistan
         Hirose A, Borchert M, Niksear H, Alkozai AS, Cox J, Gardiner J, Osmani KR, Filippi V.
         Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul 29.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     19. A cluster of mucormycosis infections in hematology patients: challenges in investigation and control of invasive mold infections in high-risk patient populations
         Llata E, Blossom DB, Khoury HJ, Rao CY, Wannemuehler KA, Noble-Wang J, Langston AA, Ribner BS, Lyon GM, Arnold KE, Jackson DR, Brandt ME, Chiller TM, Balajee SA, Srinivasan A, Magill SS.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;71(1):72-80.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     20. Safety of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in children aged 24 to 59 months in the Vaccine Safety Datalink
         Glanz JM, Newcomer SR, Hambidge SJ, Daley MF, Narwaney KJ, Xu S, Lee GM, Baggs J, Klein NP, Nordin JD, Naleway AL, Belongia EA, Weintraub ES.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Aug;165(8):749-55.
         
     21. Modeling the impact of RV144-like vaccines on HIV transmission
         Hankins CA, Glasser JW, Chen RT.
         Vaccine. 2011 Aug 18;29(36):6069-71.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     22. Chronic disease and health behaviours linked to experiences of non-consensual sex among women and men
         Smith SG, Breiding MJ.
         Public Health. 2011 Aug 18.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     23. Pendrin mediates uptake of perchlorate in a mammalian in vitro system
         Attanasio R, Scinicariello F, Blount BC, Valentin-Blasini L, Rogers KA, Nguyen DC, Murray HE.
         Chemosphere. 2011 Sep;84(10):1484-8.
         
     24. Gestational and chronic low-dose PFOA exposures and mammary gland growth and differentiation in three generations of CD-1 mice
         White SS, Stanko JP, Kato K, Calafat AM, Hines EP, Fenton SE.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Aug;119(8):1070-6.
         
     25. The vibration transmissibility and driving-point biodynamic response of the hand exposed to vibration normal to the palm
         Xu XS, Welcome DE, McDowell TW, Wu JZ, Wimer B, Warren C, Dong RG.
         Int J of Ind Ergon. 2011 ;41(5):418-427.
         
     26. Standardization and monitoring of laboratory performance and quality assurance by use of the less-sensitive HIV incidence assay: seven years of results
         Mei J, Kennedy M, Linley L, Hanson D, Schiffer J, Ethridge S, Branson B.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Aug 18.
         
     27. Collaborative evaluation of an erythromycin-clindamycin combination well for detection of inducible clindamycin resistance in beta-hemolytic streptococci by use of the CLSI broth microdilution method
         Jorgensen JH, McElmeel ML, Fulcher LC, McGee L, Richter SS, Heilmann KP, Ferraro MJ, Spargo J, Glennen A.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Aug;49(8):2884-6.
         
     28. The host phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase SHIP2 regulates dissemination of vaccinia virus
         McNulty S, Powell K, Erneux C, Kalman D.
         J Virol. 2011 Jul;85(14):7402-10.
         
     29. Nanoparticle inhalation alters systemic arteriolar vasoreactivity through sympathetic and cyclooxygenase-mediated pathways
         Knuckles TL, Yi J, Frazer DG, Leonard HD, Chen BT, Castranova V, Nurkiewicz TR.
         Nanotoxicology. 2011 Aug 10.
         
     30. Cost-effectiveness analysis of diagnostic options for pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
         Harris JR, Marston BJ, Sangrujee N, Duplessis D, Park B.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(8):e23158.
         
     31. Lack of evidence for the direct activation of endothelial cells by adult female and microfilarial excretory-secretory products
         Weinkopff T, Lammie P.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(8):e22282.
         
     32. Immunogenicity of low-pH treated whole viral influenza vaccine
         Quan FS, Li ZN, Kim MC, Yang D, Compans RW, Steinhauer DA, Kang SM.
         Virology. 2011 Aug 15;417(1):196-202.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     33. Acculturation factors are associated with folate intakes among Mexican American women
         Hamner HC, Cogswell ME, Johnson MA.
         J Nutr. 2011 Aug 24.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     34. An official American Thoracic Society Statement: work-exacerbated asthma
         Henneberger PK, Redlich CA, Callahan DB, Harber P, Lemiere C, Martin J, Tarlo SM, Vandenplas O, Toren K.
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Aug 1;184(3):368-378.
         
     35. A recirculation aerosol wind tunnel for evaluating aerosol samplers and measuring particle penetration through protective clothing materials
         Jaques PA, Hsiao TC, Gao P.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Aug;55(7):784-96.
         
     36. Association of shift work with physical activity among police officers: the Buffalo cardio-metabolic occupational police stress study
         Ma CC, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Charles LE, Gu JK, Mnatsakanova A, Violanti JM.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug 23.
         
     37. Association of general fatigue with cellular immune indicators among healthy white-collar employees
         Nakata A, Irie M, Takahashi M.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug 19.
         
     38. Efficacy of the revised NIOSH lifting equation to predict risk of low back pain due to manual lifting: expanded cross-sectional analysis
         Waters TR, Lu ML, Piacitelli LA, Werren D, Deddens JA.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug 23.
         
     39. Nanomaterials in humans: identification, characteristics, and potential damage
         Song Y, Li X, Wang L, Rojanasakul Y, Castranova V, Li H, Ma J.
         Toxicol Pathol. 2011 ;39(5):841-9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     40. Release of beryllium from mineral ores in artificial lung and skin surface fluids
         Duling MG, Stefaniak AB, Lawrence RB, Chipera SJ, Abbas Virji M.
         Environ Geochem Health. 2011 Aug 25.
         

   • Public Health Law

     41. Recommendations on dram shop liability and overservice law enforcement initiatives to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and related harms
         Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
         Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):344-6.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     42. The associations between organizational culture and knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a multicenter Veterans Affairs quality improvement initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
         Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Burkitt KH, Cuerdon T, Harrison C, Gao S, Scott Obrosky D, Jain R, Fine MJ, Jernigan JA.
         Am J Infect Control. 2011 Aug 22.
         
     43. Adherence to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation to prevent injuries from postvaccination syncope: a national physician survey
         Huang WT, Suh C, Campagna E, Broder KR, Daley MF, Crane LA, Stokley S, Kempe A.
         Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):317-21.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     44. Validation data-based adjustments for outcome misclassification in logistic regression: an illustration
         Lyles RH, Tang L, Superak HM, King CC, Celentano DD, Lo Y, Sobel JD.
         Epidemiology. 2011 Jul;22(4):589-97.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     45. Impact of cigarette smoking on volatile organic compound (VOC) blood levels in the U.S. population: NHANES 2003-2004
         Chambers DM, Ocariz JM, McGuirk MF, Blount BC.
         Environ Int. 2011 Nov;37(8):1321-8.
         

   • Zoonoses

     46. Chasing Jenner's vaccine: revisiting cowpox virus classification
         Carroll DS, Emerson GL, Li Y, Sammons S, Olson V, Frace M, Nakazawa Y, Czerny CP, Tryland M, Kolodziejek J, Nowotny N, Olsen-Rasmussen M, Khristova M, Govil D, Karem K, Damon IK, Meyer H.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(8):e23086.
         
     47. Gotch ear in a goat: a case report
         Edwards KT, Varela-Stokes AS, Paddock CD, Goddard J.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug;11(8):1217-9.
         
     48. Efficacy of three vaccines in protecting Western Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica) from experimental infection with West Nile virus: implications for vaccination of Island Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma insularis)
         Wheeler SS, Langevin S, Woods L, Carroll BD, Vickers W, Morrison SA, Chang GJ, Reisen WK, Boyce WM.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug;11(8):1069-80.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas  

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity

     49. Socioeconomic differences in cardiometabolic factors: social causation or health-related selection? Evidence from the Whitehall II cohort study, 1991-2004
         Elovainio M, Ferrie JE, Singh-Manoux A, Shipley M, Batty GD, Head J, Hamer M, et al.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Aug 3.
         
     50. The association between neighborhood characteristics and body size and physical activity in the California teachers study cohort
         Keegan TH, Hurley S, Goldberg D, Nelson DO, Reynolds P, Bernstein L, Horn-Ross PL, et al.
         Am J Public Health. 2011 Aug 18.
         
     51. Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: a national study
         Richardson AS, Boone-Heinonen J, Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11:543.
         
     52. Development and evaluation of the school cafeteria nutrition assessment measures
         Krukowski RA, Philyaw Perez AG, Bursac Z, Goodell M, Raczynski JM, Smith West D, Phillips MM.
         J Sch Health. 2011 Aug;81(8):431-436.
         
     53. Framing obesity: the framing contest between industry and public health at the New Zealand inquiry into obesity
         Jenkin GL, Signal L, Thomson G.
         Obes Rev. 2011 Aug 10.
         
     54. Consumer estimation of recommended and actual calories at fast food restaurants
         Elbel B.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul 21.
         
     55. Public policy versus individual rights and responsibility: an economist's perspective
         Chaloupka FJ.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Sep;8(5):A100.
         
     56. A midpoint process evaluation of the Los Angeles basin Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the US (REACH US) Disparities Center, 2007-2009
         Maxwell AE, Yancey AK, Auyoung M, Guinyard JJ, Glenn BA, Mistry R, McCarthy WJ, et al.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Sep;8(5):A115.
         
     57. Public policy versus individual rights in childhood obesity interventions: perspectives from the Arkansas experience with Act 1220 of 2003
         Phillips MM, Ryan K, Raczynski JM.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Sep;8(5):A96.
         
     58. Nutrition-related claims on children's cereals: what do they mean to parents and do they influence willingness to buy?
         Harris JL, Thompson JM, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD.
         Public Health Nutr. 2011 Aug 2:1-6.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media  

   • MMWR in the Media

     59. National and state vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13 through 17 years --- United States, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Aug 26;60:1117-1123.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     60. An invariant dimensional liability model of gender differences in mental disorder prevalence: evidence from a national sample
         Eaton NR, Keyes KM, Krueger RF, Balsis S, Skodol AE, Markon KE, Grant BF, Hasin DS.
         J Abnorm Psychol. 2011 Aug 15.
         
     61. Progression of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and risk of heart failure
         Kane GC, Karon BL, Mahoney DW, Redfield MM, Roger VL, Burnett JC, Jacobsen SJ, Rodeheffer RJ.
         JAMA. 2011 Aug 24;306(8):856-63.
         
   
   

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