Issue 7, February 18, 2013

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. Receipt of systemic corticosteroids during asthma visits to U.S. emergency departments, 2007-2009
        Simon AE, Akinbami LJ.
        J Asthma. 2013 Feb 12.
        
     2. Aspirin in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
        Parekh AK, Galloway JM, Hong Y, Wright JS.
        N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 17;368(3):204-5.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. Community-onset invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections following hospital discharge
        Duffy J, Dumyati G, Bulens S, Namburi S, Gellert A, Fridkin SK, Lessa FC.
        Am J Infect Control. 2013 Feb 5.
        
     4. Using the HIV surveillance system to monitor the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
        Gray KM, Tang T, Shouse L, Li J, Mermin J, Hall HI.
        Am J Public Health. 2013 Jan;103(1):141-7.
        
     5. Community mortality from cholera: urban and rural districts in Zimbabwe
        Morof D, Cookson ST, Laver S, Chirundu D, Desai S, Mathenge P, Shambare D, Charimari L, Midzi S, Blanton C, Handzel T.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb 11.
        
     6. Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: how real is it?
        Lessa FC.
        Anaerobe. 2013 Feb 8.
        
     7. Reaching beyond our Xpert potential: reflections on the 43rd Union World Conference [correspondence]
        Auld SC, Pevzner E.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Mar;17(3):423-4.
        
     8. Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F in Alaska: insights from molecular characterization of isolates associated with rural community outbreaks
        Zulz T, Wenger JD, Rudolph K, Robinson DA, Rakov AV, Bruden D, Singleton RJ, Bruce MG, Hennessy TW.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb 13.
        
     9. Impact of port of entry referrals on initiation of follow-up evaluations for immigrants with suspected tuberculosis: Illinois
        Bell TR, Molinari NM, Blumensaadt S, Selent MU, Arbisi M, Shah N, Christiansen D, Philen R, Puesta B, Jones J, Lee D, Vang A, Cohen NJ.
        J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Feb 8.
        
     10. Prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kisumu, western Kenya, 1997 and 2008
         Vandenhoudt HM, Langat L, Menten J, Odongo F, Oswago S, Luttah G, Zeh C, Crucitti T, Laserson K, Vulule J, Buve A.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(1):e54953.
         
     11. Prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among persons 14 to 39 years of age, United States, 1999 to 2008
         Torrone EA, Johnson RE, Tian LH, Papp JR, Datta SD, Weinstock HS.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):202-5.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     12. Consistently high estimates for the proportion of human exposure to malaria vector populations occurring indoors in rural Africa
         Huho B, Briet O, Seyoum A, Sikaala C, Bayoh N, Gimnig J, Okumu F, Diallo D, Abdulla S, Smith T, Killeen G.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Feb 9.
         
     13. Studies on the origin of Culex pipiens pipiens form molestus in New York City
         Kading RC.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Dec;28(4 Suppl):100-5.
         
     14. A comparison of above-ground and below-ground populations of Culex pipiens pipiens in Chicago, Illinois, and New York City, New York, using 2 microsatellite assays
         Kothera L, Godsey M, Mutebi JP, Savage HM.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Dec;28(4 Suppl):106-12.
         
     15. The Culex pipiens complex in the Mississippi River basin: identification, distribution, and bloodmeal hosts
         Savage HM, Kothera L.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Dec;28(4 Suppl):93-9.
         
     16. Molecular evolution of lineage 2 West Nile virus
         McMullen AR, Albayrak H, May FJ, Davis CT, Beasley DW, Barrett AD.
         J Gen Virol. 2013 Feb;94(Pt 2):318-25.
         
     17. Surveillance of Parapoxvirus among ruminants in Virginia and Connecticut
         Roess AA, McCollum AM, Gruszynski K, Zhao H, Davidson W, Lafon N, Engelmeyer T, Moyer B, Godfrey C, Kilpatrick H, Labonte A, Murphy J, Carroll DS, Li Y, Damon IK.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2013 Feb 8.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     18. Development of an influenza virologic risk assessment tool
         Trock SC, Burke SA, Cox NJ.
         Avian Dis. 2012 Dec;56(4 Suppl):1058-61.
         
     19. Exploring the feasibility of alternative STD-testing venues and results delivery channels for a national screening campaign
         Friedman AL, Bloodgood B.
         Health Promot Pract. 2013 Jan;14(1):96-104.
         
     20. Evolution of cervical cancer screening and prevention in United States and Canada: implications for public health practitioners and clinicians
         Saraiya M, Steben M, Watson M, Markowitz L.
         Prev Med. 2013 Feb 8.
         
     21. Sexually transmitted infections among US women and men: prevalence and incidence estimates, 2008
         Satterwhite CL, Torrone E, Meites E, Dunne EF, Mahajan R, Ocfemia MC, Su J, Xu F, Weinstock H.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):187-93.
         
     22. Secular trends in diagnostic code density in electronic healthcare data from health care systems in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project
         Hechter RC, Qian L, Sy LS, Greene SK, Weintraub ES, Naleway AL, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Donahue JG, Daley MF, Vazquez-Benitez G, Lugg MM, Jacobsen SJ.
         Vaccine. 2013 Feb 4;31(7):1080-5.
         
   • Food Safety
     23. The eyes have it
         Rao AK, Jackson KA, Mahon BE.
         N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 24;368(4):392.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     24. A systematic review to identify challenges of demonstrating efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM)
         Higa DH, Crepaz N, Marshall KJ, Kay L, Vosburgh HW, Spikes P, Lyles CM, Purcell DW.
         AIDS Behav. 2013 Feb 10.
         
     25. Network analysis among HIV-infected young black men who have sex with men demonstrates high connectedness around few venues
         Oster AM, Wejnert C, Mena LA, Elmore K, Fisher H, Heffelfinger JD.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):206-12.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     26. Detection of human monkeypox in the Republic of the Congo following intensive community education
         Reynolds MG, Emerson GL, Pukuta E, Karhemere S, Muyembe JJ, Bikindou A, McCollum AM, Moses C, Wilkins K, Zhao H, Damon IK, Karem KL, Li Y, Carroll DS, Mombouli JV.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb 11.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     27. The estimated direct medical cost of selected sexually transmitted infections in the United States, 2008
         Owusu-Edusei K, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Tao G, Mahajan R, Ocfemia MC, Kent CK.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):197-201.
         
     28. Hospitalization cost of congenital syphilis diagnosis from insurance claims data in the United States
         Owusu-Edusei K, Introcaso CE, Chesson HW.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):226-9.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     29. Immunity to hepatitis B virus infection two decades after implementation of universal infant hepatitis B vaccination: the association of detectable residual antibody and response to a single hepatitis B vaccine challenge dose
         Spradling PR, Xing J, Williams R, Masunu-Faleafaga Y, Dulski T, Mahamud A, Drobeniuc J, Teshale EH.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Feb 13.
         
     30. Investigation of an outbreak of hypersensitivity-type reactions during the 2004 national measles-mumps-rubella vaccination campaign in Brazil
         Freitas DR, Moura E, Araujo G, Cardoso A, Scheidt P, Ferraz E, Madalosso G, Chen RT, Hatch DL.
         Vaccine. 2013 Jan 30;31(6):950-4.
         
     31. Narcolepsy as an adverse event following immunization: case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis and presentation
         Poli F, Overeem S, Lammers GJ, Plazzi G, Lecendreux M, Bassetti CL, Dauvilliers Y, Keene D, Khatami R, Li Y, Mayer G, Nohynek H, Pahud B, Paiva T, Partinen M, Scammell TE, Shimabukuro T, Sturkenboom M, van Dinther K, Wiznitzer M, Bonhoeffer J.
         Vaccine. 2013 Jan 30;31(6):994-1007.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     32. Performance of a novel high throughput method for the determination of VX in drinking water samples
         Knaack JS, Zhou Y, Magnuson M, Silvestri E, Johnson RC.
         Anal Chem. 2013 Feb 12.
         
     33. Comparison of biochemical and molecular tests for detecting insecticide resistance due to insensitive acetylcholinesterase in Culex quinquefasciatus
         Scott ML, McAllister JC.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2012 Dec;28(4):323-6.
         
     34. Inactivation of infectious virus and serological detection of virus antigen in Rift Valley fever virus-exposed mosquitoes fixed with paraformaldehyde
         Kading R, Crabtree M, Miller B.
         J Virol Methods. 2013 Feb 4.
         
     35. Transmissibility of the monkeypox virus clades via respiratory transmission: investigation using the prairie dog-monkeypox virus challenge system
         Hutson CL, Gallardo-Romero N, Carroll DS, Clemmons C, Salzer JS, Nagy T, Hughes CM, Olson VA, Karem KL, Damon IK.
         PLoS One. 2013 ;8(2):e55488.
         
     36. Hemagglutinin homologue from H17N10 bat influenza virus exhibits divergent receptor-binding and pH-dependent fusion activities
         Zhu X, Yu W, McBride R, Li Y, Chen LM, Donis RO, Tong S, Paulson JC, Wilson IA.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 22;110(4):1458-63.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     37. How Option B+ is shifting the PMTCT paradigm
         Adler MR, Riley PL, Bandazi S, Davis MK.
         Afr J Midwifery Womens Health. 2013 2013 Jan-Mar;7(1):7-13.
         
     38. PMTCT Option B+: an opportunity for shaping a new service delivery paradigm
         Riley PL, Adler MR, Davis MK.
         Afr J Midwifery Womens Health. 2013 2013 Jan-Mar;7(1):6-6.
         
     39. Proportion of neural tube defects attributable to known risk factors
         Agopian AJ, Tinker SC, Lupo PJ, Canfield MA, Mitchell LE.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 January;97(1):42-46.
         
     40. Patterns in the prevalence of congenital heart defects, metropolitan Atlanta, 1978 to 2005
         Bjornard K, Riehle-Colarusso T, Gilboa SM, Correa A.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Feb;97(2):87-94.
         
     41. Vasoactive exposures during pregnancy and risk of microtia
         Van Bennekom CM, Mitchell AA, Moore CA, Werler MM.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Jan;97(1):53-9.
         
     42. Maternity care practices that support breastfeeding: CDC efforts to encourage quality improvement
         Grummer-Strawn LM, Shealy KR, Perrine CG, Macgowan C, Grossniklaus DA, Scanlon KS, Murphy PE.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Feb;22(2):107-12.
         
     43. Indigenous children from three countries with non-cystic fibrosis chronic suppurative lung disease/bronchiectasis
         Singleton RJ, Valery PC, Morris P, Byrnes CA, Grimwood K, Redding G, Torzillo PJ, McCallum G, Chikoyak L, Mobberly C, Holman RC, Chang AB.
         Pediatr Pulmonol. 2013 Feb 8.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     44. Is the body adiposity index (hip circumference/height(1.5)) more strongly related to skinfold thicknesses and risk factor levels than is BMI? The Bogalusa Heart Study
         Freedman DS, Blanck HM, Dietz WH, Dasmahapatra P, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS.
         Br J Nutr. 2013 Jan;109(2):338-45.
         
     45. Regular-soda intake independent of weight status is associated with asthma among US high school students
         Park S, Blanck HM, Sherry B, Jones SE, Pan L.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Jan;113(1):106-11.
         
     46. Characteristics associated with consumption of sports and energy drinks among US adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
         Park S, Onufrak S, Blanck HM, Sherry B.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Jan;113(1):112-9.
         
     47. Food availability en route to school and anthropometric change in urban children
         Rossen LM, Curriero FC, Cooley-Strickland M, Pollack KM.
         J Urban Health. 2013 Feb 8.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     48. Head-and-face shape variations of U.S. civilian workers
         Zhuang Z, Shu C, Xi P, Bergman M, Joseph M.
         Appl Ergon. 2013 Feb 8.
         
     49. Occupational causes of constrictive bronchiolitis
         Kreiss K.
         Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Feb 13.
         
     50. Occupational asthma incidence: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey - United States, 2006-2009
         Mazurek JM, Knoeller GE, Moorman JE, Storey E.
         J Asthma. 2013 Feb 11.
         
     51. Is the societal burden of fatal occupational injury different among NORA industry sectors?
         Biddle EA.
         J Safety Res. 2013 Feb;44:7-16.
         
     52. Reducing occupational fatalities by using NIOSH 3rd generation automatically deployable rollover protective structure
         Alkhaledi K, Means K, McKenzie E, Smith J.
         Saf Sci. 2013 Jan;51(1):427-431.
         
   • Physical Activity
     53. Preparing for bike-sharing: insight from focus groups and surveys, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2010
         Webster KM, Cunningham CJ.
         Health Promot Pract. 2013 Jan;14(1):62-8.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     54. Routine bimanual pelvic examinations: practices and beliefs of US obstetrician-gynecologists
         Henderson JT, Harper CC, Gutin S, Saraiya M, Chapman J, Sawaya GF.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Feb;208(2):109 e1-7.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     55. Social participation restriction among U.S. adults with arthritis: a population-based study using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
         Theis KA, Murphy L, Hootman JM, Wilkie R.
         Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Feb 11.
         
     56. Adverse childhood experiences and frequent insufficient sleep in 5 U.S. states, 2009: a retrospective cohort study
         Chapman DP, Liu Y, Presley-Cantrell LR, Edwards VJ, Wheaton AG, Perry GS, Croft JB.
         BMC Public Health. 2013 ;13:3.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     57. Relationship of opioid prescription sales and overdoses, North Carolina
         Modarai F, Mack K, Hicks P, Benoit S, Park S, Jones C, Proescholdbell S, Ising A, Paulozzi L.
         Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Feb 8.
         
   • Vital Statistics
     58. Annual summary of vital statistics: 2010-2011
         Hamilton BE, Hoyert DL, Martin JA, Strobino DM, Guyer B.
         Pediatrics. 2013 Feb 11.
         
   
   
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).
   • Communicable Diseases - HPV
     59. Health care provider recommendation, human papillomavirus vaccination, and race/ethnicity in the US National Immunization Survey
         Ylitalo KR, Lee H, Mehta NK.
         Am J Public Health. 2013 Jan;103(1):164-9.
         
     60. Screening for cervical cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
         Moyer VA.
         Ann Intern Med. 2012 Jun 19;156(12):880-91, W312.
         
     61. Factors that influence parental vaccination decisions for adolescents, 13 to 17 years old: National Immunization Survey-Teen, 2010
         Dorell C, Yankey D, Kennedy A, Stokley S.
         Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Feb;52(2):162-70.
         
     62. Parental views of school-located delivery of adolescent vaccines
         Kelminson K, Saville A, Seewald L, Stokley S, Dickinson LM, Daley MF, Suh C, Kempe A.
         J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug;51(2):190-6.
         
     63. Human papillomavirus and rising oropharyngeal cancer incidence in the United States
         Chaturvedi AK, Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, Hernandez BY, Xiao W, Kim E, Jiang B, et al.
         J Clin Oncol. 2011 Nov 10;29(32):4294-301.
         
     64. Human papillomavirus (HPV) 6, 11, 16, and 18 prevalence among females in the United States--National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006: opportunity to measure HPV vaccine impact?
         Dunne EF, Sternberg M, Markowitz LE, McQuillan G, Swan D, Patel S, Unger ER.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Aug 15;204(4):562-5.
         
     65. Human papillomavirus genotypes in high-grade cervical lesions in the United States
         Hariri S, Unger ER, Powell SE, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, et al.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Dec 15;206(12):1878-86.
         
     66. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2009, featuring the burden and trends in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers and HPV vaccination coverage levels
         Jemal A, Simard EP, Dorell C, Noone AM, Markowitz LE, Kohler B, Eheman C, et al.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Feb 6;105(3):175-201.
         
     67. Cervical cancer screening among women aged 18-30 years - United States, 2000-2010
         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Jan 4;61(51-52):1038-42.
         
     68. Effectiveness and cost of immunization recall at school-based health centers
         Kempe A, Barrow J, Stokley S, Saville A, Glazner JE, Suh C, Federico S, et al.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):e1446-52.
         
     69. Effectiveness and net cost of reminder/recall for adolescent immunizations
         Suh CA, Saville A, Daley MF, Glazner JE, Barrow J, Stokley S, Dong F, et al.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):e1437-45.
         
     70. The cost-effectiveness of male HPV vaccination in the United States
         Chesson HW, Ekwueme DU, Saraiya M, Dunne EF, Markowitz LE.
         Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26;29(46):8443-50.
         
     71. Estimates of the annual direct medical costs of the prevention and treatment of disease associated with human papillomavirus in the United States
         Chesson HW, Ekwueme DU, Saraiya M, Watson M, Lowy DR, Markowitz LE.
         Vaccine. 2012 Sep 14;30(42):6016-9.
         
     72. Monitoring the safety of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine: findings from the Vaccine Safety Datalink
         Gee J, Naleway A, Shui I, Baggs J, Yin R, Li R, Kulldorff M, et al.
         Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26;29(46):8279-84.
         
     73. Updating the natural history of human papillomavirus and anogenital cancers
         Moscicki AB, Schiffman M, Burchell A, Albero G, Giuliano AR, Goodman MT, Kjaer SK, Palefsky J.
         Vaccine. 2012 Nov 20;30 Suppl 5:F24-33.
         
     74. A review of clinical trials of human papillomavirus prophylactic vaccines
         Schiller JT, Castellsague X, Garland SM.
         Vaccine. 2012 Nov 20;30 Suppl 5:F123-38.
         
   
   
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
     75. Acute kidney injury associated with synthetic cannabinoid use - multiple states, 2012
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Feb 15;62(6):93-8.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     76. Contraceptive methods women have ever used: United States, 1982-2010
         Daniels K, Mosher WD, Jones J.
         Natl Health Stat Report. 2013 Feb 14(62):1-16.
         
     77. Use of emergency contraception among women aged 15-44: United States, 2006-2010
         Daniels K, Jones J, Abma J.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2013 Feb(112):1-8.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     78. AKI associated with synthetic cannabinoids: a case series
         Bhanushali GK, Jain G, Fatima H, Leisch LJ, Thornley-Brown D.
         Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Dec 14.
         
   
   

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