Issue 45, November 12, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 45, 11/12/12

1. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. High one year mortality in adults with sickle cell disease and end-stage renal disease
        McClellan AC, Luthi JC, Lynch JR, Soucie JM, Kulkarni R, Guasch A, Huff ED, Gilbertson D, McClellan WM, Debaun MR.
        Br J Haematol. 2012 Nov;159(3):360-7.
        
     2. High diabetes prevalence among tuberculosis cases in Kerala, India
        Balakrishnan S, Vijayan S, Nair S, Subramoniapillai J, Mrithyunjayan S, Wilson N, Satyanarayana S, Dewan PK, Kumar AM, Karthickeyan D, Willis M, Harries AD, Nair SA.
        PLos One. 2012 ;7(10):e46502.
        
     3. Characteristics of adults with serious mental illness in the United States household population in 2007
        Pratt LA.
        Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Oct 1;63(10):1042-6.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Effect of hormonal contraceptive methods on HIV disease progression: a systematic review
        Phillips SJ, Curtis KM, Polis CB.
        AIDS. 2012 Nov 6.
        
     5. Infectious disease burden and vaccination needs among asylees versus refugees -- District of Columbia
        Chai SJ, Davies-Cole J, Cookson ST.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Nov 1.
        
     6. Treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors for critically ill patients with influenza A (H1N1)pdm09
        Louie JK, Yang S, Acosta M, Yen C, Samuel MC, Schechter R, Guevara H, Uyeki TM.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Nov;55(9):1198-204.
        
     7. Risk factors associated with tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Inner Mongolia, China
        He GX, Wang LX, Chai SJ, Klena JD, Cheng SM, Ren YL, Ren LP, Gao F, Li YY, He GM, Li JB, Wang Y, Rao C, Varma JK.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Nov;16(11):1485-91.
        
     8. Tuberculosis mortality: death from a curable disease, Connecticut, 2007-2009
        Kattan JA, Sosa LE, Lobato MN.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Dec;16(12):1657-62.
        
     9. Impact of rapid drug susceptibility testing for tuberculosis: program experience in Lima, Peru
        Shin SS, Asencios L, Yagui M, Yale G, Suarez C, Bayona J, Bonilla C, Jave O, Contreras CC, Atwood S, Blaya JA, Ershova J, Cegielski JP.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Nov;16(11):1538-43.
        
     10. Risk factors for excess mortality and death in adults with tuberculosis in Western Kenya
         Van't Hoog AH, Williamson J, Sewe M, Mboya P, Odeny LO, Agaya JA, Amolloh M, Borgdorff MW, Laserson KF.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Dec;16(12):1649-56.
         
     11. Mortality, severe acute respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness associated with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Argentina, 2009
         Azziz-Baumgartner E, Cabrera AM, Chang L, Calli R, Kusznierz G, Baez C, Yedlin P, Zamora AM, Cuezzo R, Sarrouf EB, Uboldi A, Herrmann J, Zerbini E, Uez O, Rico Cordeiro PO, Chavez P, Han G, Antman J, Coronado F, Bresee J, Kosacoff M, Widdowson MA, Echenique H.
         PLos One. 2012 ;7(10):e47540.
         
     12. Patterns of measles transmission among airplane travelers
         Edelson PJ.
         Travel Med Infect Dis. 2012 Nov 2.
         

   • Community Health Services

     13. Using intervention mapping as a participatory strategy: development of a cervical cancer screening intervention for Hispanic women
         Byrd TL, Wilson KM, Smith JL, Heckert A, Orians CE, Vernon SW, Fernandez-Esquer ME, Fernandez ME.
         Health Educ Behav. 2012 Oct;39(5):603-11.
         

   • Drug Safety

     14. The association of statin use with peripheral neuropathy in the US population 40 years of age or older
         Tierney EF, Thurman DJ, Beckles GL, Cadwell BL.
         J Diabetes. 2012 Nov 1.
         

   • Environmental Health

     15. Exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and age of menarche in adolescent girls in NHANES (2003-2008)
         Buttke DE, Sircar K, Martin C.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Nov;120(11):1613-8.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     16. Testing the feasibility of a National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
         Thibadeau JK, Ward EA, Soe MM, Liu T, Swanson M, Sawin KJ, Freeman KA, Castillo H, Rauen K, Schechter MS.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Nov 2.
         
     17. Epidemiology of influenza A (H1N1)pdm09-associated deaths in the United States, September-October 2009
         Regan J, Fowlkes A, Biggerstaff M, Jhung MA, Gindler J, Kennedy E, Fields V, Finelli L.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Nov;6(6):e169-e177.
         
     18. Extension of the representativeness of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database: 2001 to 2010
         Cuthbert JP, Corrigan JD, Whiteneck GG, Harrison-Felix C, Graham JE, Bell JM, Coronado VG.
         J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2012 Nov;27(6):E15-27.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     19. The relationship between gender role conflict and condom use among black MSM
         Malebranche DJ, Gvetadze R, Millett GA, Sutton MY.
         AIDS Behav. 2012 Oct;16(7):2051-61.
         
     20. Role flexing: how community, religion, and family shape the experiences of young black men who have sex with men
         Balaji AB, Oster AM, Viall AH, Heffelfinger JD, Mena LA, Toledo CA.
         AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Nov 7.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     21. Text messaging reduces HIV risk behaviors among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men
         Reback CJ, Grant DL, Fletcher JB, Branson CM, Shoptaw S, Bowers JR, Charania M, Mansergh G.
         AIDS Behav. 2012 Oct;16(7):1993-2002.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     22. Fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone in Tennessee
         Kainer MA, Reagan DR, Nguyen DB, Wiese AD, Wise ME, Ward J, Park BJ, Kanago ML, Baumblatt J, Schaefer MK, Berger BE, Marder EP, Min JY, Dunn JR, Smith RM, Dreyzehner J, Jones TF.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 6.
         
     23. Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals
         Lee GM, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Tse A, Cole D, Fridkin SK, Horan T, Platt R, Gay C, Kassler W, Goldmann DA, Jernigan J, Jha AK.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 11;367(15):1428-37.
         
     24. Bartonella henselae-mediated disease in solid organ transplant recipients: two pediatric cases and a literature review
         Rostad CA, McElroy AK, Hilinski JA, Thompson MP, Drew CP, Denison AM, Zaki SR, Mahle WT, Rogers J, Abramowsky CR, Shehata B.
         Transpl Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;14(5):E71-81.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     25. Coordination costs for school-located influenza vaccination clinics, Maine, 2009 H1N1 pandemic
         Asay GR, Cho BH, Lorick SA, Tipton ML, Dube NL, Messonnier ML.
         J Sch Nurs. 2012 Oct;28(5):328-35.
         
     26. Costs of school-located influenza vaccination clinics in Maine during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic
         Cho BH, Asay GR, Lorick SA, Tipton ML, Dube NL, Messonnier ML.
         J Sch Nurs. 2012 Oct;28(5):336-43.
         
     27. Health status and health insurance coverage of women with live-born infants: an opportunity for preventive services after pregnancy
         D'Angelo DV, Williams L, Harrison L, Ahluwalia IB.
         Matern Child Health J. 2012 Nov 4.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     28. Impact of a third dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine on a mumps outbreak
         Ogbuanu IU, Kutty PK, Hudson JM, Blog D, Abedi GR, Goodell S, Lawler J, McLean HQ, Pollock L, Rausch-Phung E, Schulte C, Valure B, Armstrong GL, Gallagher K.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Nov 5.
         

   • Informatics

     29. Physicians who use social media and other internet-based communication technologies
         Cooper CP, Gelb CA, Rim SH, Hawkins NA, Rodriguez JL, Polonec L.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Nov 1;19(6):960-4.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     30. Performance of a fourth-generation HIV screening assay and an alternative HIV diagnostic testing algorithm
         Nasrullah M, Wesolowski LG, Meyer WA, Owen SM, Masciotra S, Vorwald C, Becker WJ, Branson BM.
         AIDS. 2012 Nov 6.
         
     31. High-throughput immunomagnetic scavenging technique for quantitative analysis of live VX nerve agent in water, hamburger, and soil matrixes
         Knaack JS, Zhou Y, Abney CW, Prezioso SM, Magnuson M, Evans R, Jakubowski EM, Hardy K, Johnson RC.
         Anal Chem. 2012 Nov 5.
         
     32. Optimal methods for collecting and storing vaginal specimens for prostate-specific antigen testing in research studies
         Gallo MF, Snead MC, Black CM, Brown TM, Kourtis AP, Jamieson DJ, Carter M, Penman-Aguilar A, Macaluso M.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 31.
         
     33. Clinical application of a multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Legionella species, Legionella pneumophila and Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1
         Benitez AJ, Winchell JM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Nov 7.
         
     34. Assessment of Rickettsia spp. and R. rickettsii real-time PCR assay performance on banked clinical samples
         Kato CY, Chung IH, Robinson LK, Austin AL, Dasch GA, Massung RF.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Nov 7.
         
     35. Evaluation of methods for identification and determination of the taxonomic status of strains belonging to the Streptococcus porcinus-Streptococcus pseudoporcinus complex isolated from animal, human, and dairy sources
         Shewmaker PL, Steigerwalt AG, Whitney AM, Morey RE, Graziano JC, Facklam RR, Musser KA, Merquior VL, Teixeira LM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Nov;50(11):3591-7.
         
     36. Standardized methods and quality control limits for agar and broth microdilution susceptibility testing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum
         Waites KB, Duffy LB, Bebear CM, Matlow A, Talkington DF, Kenny GE, Totten PA, Bade DJ, Zheng X, Davidson MK, Shortridge VD, Watts JL, Brown SD.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Nov;50(11):3542-7.
         
     37. Host mTORC1 signaling regulates Andes virus replication
         McNulty S, Flint M, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         J Virol. 2012 Nov 7.
         
     38. Humoral immunity to smallpox vaccines and monkeypox virus challenge; proteomic assessment and clinical correlations
         Townsend MB, Keckler MS, Patel N, Davies DH, Felgner P, Damon IK, Karem KL.
         J Virol. 2012 Nov 7.
         
     39. CT694 and pgp3 as serological tools for monitoring trachoma programs
         Goodhew EB, Priest JW, Moss DM, Zhong G, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Martin DL, West SK, Gaydos C, Lammie PJ.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Nov;6(11):e1873.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     40. Maternal tea consumption during early pregnancy and the risk of spina bifida
         Yazdy MM, Tinker SC, Mitchell AA, Demmer LA, Werler MM.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Oct;94(10):756-61.
         
     41. Prepregnancy obesity trends among low-income women, United States, 1999-2008
         Hinkle SN, Sharma AJ, Kim SY, Park S, Dalenius K, Brindley PL, Grummer-Strawn LM.
         Matern Child Health J. 2012 Oct;16(7):1339-48.
         

   • Medicine

     42. Antimicrobial and analgesic prescribing patterns for acute otitis externa, 2004-2010
         Collier SA, Hlavsa MC, Piercefield EW, Beach MJ.
         Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Nov 6.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     43. Occupational exposure assessment in carbon nanotube and nanofiber primary and secondary manufacturers: mobile direct-reading sampling
         Dahm MM, Evans DE, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Birch ME, Deddens JA.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2012 Oct 25.
         
     44. Evaluation of a nationally funded state-based programme to reduce fatal occupational injuries
         Menendez C, Castillo D, Rosenman K, Harrison R, Hendricks S.
         Occup Environ Med. 2012 Nov;69(11):810-4.
         

   • Physical Activity

     45. The cost of physical inactivity: moving into the 21st century
         Pratt M, Norris J, Lobelo F, Roux L, Wang G.
         Br J Sports Med. 2012 Nov 7.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     46. Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a school-located influenza vaccination program with third-party billing in elementary schools
         Christensen JJ, Humiston SG, Long CE, Kennedy AM, Dimattia K, Kolasa MS.
         J Sch Nurs. 2012 Oct;28(5):344-51.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     47. Physical examination prior to initiating hormonal contraception: a systematic review
         Tepper NK, Curtis KM, Steenland MW, Marchbanks PA.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 31.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     48. Identifying implausible gestational ages in preterm babies with Bayesian mixture models
         Zhang G, Schenker N, Parker JD, Liao D.
         Stat Med. 2012 Nov 4.
         
   
   

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Healthcare Associated Infections - Unsafe Injections

     49. Transmission of hepatitis C virus during myocardial perfusion imaging in an outpatient clinic
         Moore ZS, Schaefer MK, Hoffmann KK, Thompson SC, Xia GL, Lin Y, Khudyakov Y, et al.
         Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 1;108(1):126-32.
         
     50. Injection practices among clinicians in United States health care settings
         Pugliese G, Gosnell C, Bartley JM, Robinson S.
         Am J Infect Control. 2010 Dec;38(10):789-98.
         
     51. Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infections attributed to narcotic diversion
         Hellinger WC, Bacalis LP, Kay RS, Thompson ND, Xia GL, Lin Y, Khudyakov YE, Perz JF.
         Ann Intern Med. 2012 Apr 3;156(7):477-82.
         
     52. The price of cost savings
         Baker RM.
         Clin J Pain. 2008 Jun;24(5):381-3.
         
     53. Outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream and central nervous system infections after interventional pain management procedures
         Cohen AL, Ridpath A, Noble-Wang J, Jensen B, Peterson AM, Arduino M, Jernigan D, Srinivasan A.
         Clin J Pain. 2008 Jun;24(5):374-80.
         
     54. Case-control study of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in older adults: do healthcare exposures contribute to burden of new infections?
         Perz JF, Grytdal S, Beck S, Fireteanu AM, Poissant T, Rizzo E, Bornschlegel K, et al.
         Hepatology. 2012 Mar 2.
         
     55. Infection control practices in ambulatory surgical centers
         Barie PS.
         JAMA. 2010 Jun 9;303(22):2295-7.
         
     56. Infection control assessment of ambulatory surgical centers
         Schaefer MK, Jhung M, Dahl M, Schillie S, Simpson C, Llata E, Link-Gelles R, et al.
         JAMA. 2010 Jun 9;303(22):2273-9.
         
     57. Patient notification for bloodborne pathogen testing due to unsafe injection practices in the US health care settings, 2001-2011
         Guh AY, Thompson ND, Schaefer MK, Patel PR, Perz JF.
         Med Care. 2012 Sep;50(9):785-91.
         
     58. Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic--Nevada, 2007
         Bornschlegel K, Dentinger C, Layton M, Balter S, France A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 May 16;57(19):513-7.
         
     59. Investigation of viral hepatitis infections possibly associated with health-care delivery--New York City, 2008-2011
         Labus B, Sands L, Rowley P, Azzam I, Holmberg S, Perz JF, Patel P, et al.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 May 18;61(19):333-8.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.

   • MMWR in the Media

     60. Current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Nov 9;61(44):889-94.
         
     61. Energy drink consumption and its association with sleep problems among U.S. service members on a combat deployment - Afghanistan, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Nov 9;61(44):895-8.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     62. Prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases among Hispanic/Latino individuals of diverse backgrounds in the United States
         Daviglus ML, Talavera GA, Aviles-Santa ML, Allison M, Cai J, Criqui MH, Gellman M, Giachello AL, Gouskova N, Kaplan RC, LaVange L, Penedo F, Perreira K, Pirzada A, Schneiderman N, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Sorlie PD, Stamler J.
         JAMA. 2012 Nov 7;308(17):1775-84.
         
   
   

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