Issue 18, December 07, 2009
Vol. 1, Issue: 18, 12/7/09 Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC’s new weekly digest!
The report consists of three components:
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), Food Safety, and Healthcare Associated Infections)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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- CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.- Communicable Diseases
- Addition of extended zidovudine to extended nevirapine prophylaxis reduces nevirapine resistance in infants who were HIV-infected in uteroexternal icon
Lidstrom J, Li Q, Hoover DR, Kafulafula G, Mofenson LM, Fowler MG, Thigpen MC, Kumwenda N, Taha TE, Eshleman SH.
AIDS. 2009 Dec 5.
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and vulnerable populations in tribal communitiesexternal icon
Groom AV, Jim C, Laroque M, Mason C, McLaughlin J, Neel L, Powell T, Weiser T, Bryan RT.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct;99 Suppl 2:S271-8.
- High mortality in a cholera outbreak in western Kenya after post-election violence in 2008external icon
Shikanga OT, Mutonga D, Abade M, Amwayi S, Ope M, Limo H, Mintz ED, Quick RE, Breiman RF, Feikin DR.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Dec;81(6):1085-90.
- Predictors of suboptimal virologic response to highly active antiretroviral therapy among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adolescents: analyses of the reaching for excellence in adolescent care and health (REACH) projectexternal icon
Ding H, Wilson CM, Modjarrad K, McGwin G, Tang J, Vermund SH.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Dec;163(12):1100-5.
- Pandemic influenza as 21st century urban public health crisisexternal icon
Bell DM, Weisfuse IB, Hernandez-Avila M, Del Rio C, Bustamante X, Rodier G.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;15(12):1963-9.
- Outbreak of antiviral drug-resistant influenza a in long-term care facility, Illinois, USA, 2008external icon
Dharan NJ, Patton M, Siston AM, Morita J, Ramirez E, Wallis TR, Deyde V, Gubareva LV, Klimov AI, Bresee JS, Fry AM.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;15(12):1973-6.
- Estimates of the prevalence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United States, April-July 2009external icon
Reed C, Angulo FJ, Swerdlow DL, Lipsitch M, Meltzer MI, Jernigan D, Finelli L.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;15(12):2004-7.
- Norovirus gastroenteritisexternal icon
Glass RI, Parashar UD, Estes MK.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 29;361(18):1776-85.
- An early warning sign: sexually transmissible infections among young African American women and the need for preemptive, combination HIV prevention
Fasula AM, Miller KS, Sutton MY.
Sex Health. 2009 ;6(4):261-263.
- Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV preventionexternal icon
Garcia-Lerma JG, Paxton L, Kilmarx PH, Heneine W.
Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2009 Dec 4.
- Addition of extended zidovudine to extended nevirapine prophylaxis reduces nevirapine resistance in infants who were HIV-infected in uteroexternal icon
- Community Health Services
- The impact of HIV scale-up on health systems: a priority research agendaexternal icon
Rabkin M, El-Sadr WM, De Cock KM, Bellagio HIV Health Systems Working Group.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Nov;52 Suppl 1:S6-11.
- The impact of HIV scale-up on health systems: a priority research agendaexternal icon
- Environmental Health
- Total blood mercury concentrations in the U.S. population: 1999-2006external icon
Caldwell KL, Mortensen ME, Jones RL, Caudill SP, Osterloh JD.
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2009 Nov;212(6):588-98.
- Total blood mercury concentrations in the U.S. population: 1999-2006external icon
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Population-based lupus registries: advancing our epidemiologic understandingexternal icon
Sam Lim S, Drenkard C, McCune WJ, Helmick CG, Gordon C, Deguire P, Bayakly R, Somers EC.
Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Oct 15;61(10):1462-6.
- Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008external icon
Jensenius M, Davis X, von Sonnenburg F, Schwartz E, Keystone JS, Leder K, Lopez-Velez R, Caumes E, Cramer JP, Chen L, Parola P, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1791-8.
- The epidemiology of hospitalization with diarrhea in rural Kenya: the utility of existing health facility data in developing countriesexternal icon
Tornheim JA, Manya AS, Oyando N, Kabaka S, O’Reilly CE, Breiman RF, Feikin DR.
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 1.
- Population-based lupus registries: advancing our epidemiologic understandingexternal icon
- Food Safety
- Recipes for foodborne outbreaks: a scheme for categorizing and grouping implicated foodsexternal icon
Painter JA, Ayers T, Woodruff R, Blanton E, Perez N, Hoekstra RM, Griffin PM, Braden C.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009 Dec;6(10):1259-64.
- Recipes for foodborne outbreaks: a scheme for categorizing and grouping implicated foodsexternal icon
- Global Health
- Health systems exist for real people. Introductionexternal icon
El-Sadr WM, De Cock KM.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Nov;52 Suppl 1:S1-2.
- Health systems exist for real people. Introductionexternal icon
- Health Behavior and Risk
- Socio-cultural predictors of health-seeking behaviour for febrile under-five children in Mwanza-Neno district, Malawiexternal icon
Chibwana AI, Mathanga DP, Chinkhumba J, Campbell CH.
Malar J. 2009 ;8:219.
- Socio-cultural predictors of health-seeking behaviour for febrile under-five children in Mwanza-Neno district, Malawiexternal icon
- Health Communication and Education
- Dogs are talking: San Francisco’s social marketing campaign to increase syphilis screeningexternal icon
Stephens SC, Bernstein KT, McCright JE, Klausner JD.
Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Dec 2.
- Dogs are talking: San Francisco’s social marketing campaign to increase syphilis screeningexternal icon
- Health Disparities
- Eliminating health disparities through transdisciplinary research, cross-agency collaboration, and public participationexternal icon
Rashid JR, Spengler RF, Wagner RM, Melanson C, Skillen EL, Mays RA, Heurtin-Roberts S, Long JA.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):1955-61.
- Racial differences in functioning among elderly nursing home residents, 2004external icon
Jones AL, Sonnenfeld NL, Harris-Kojetin LD.
NCHS Data Brief. 2009 Dec(25):1-8.
- Episodic illness, chronic disease, and health care use among homeless persons in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2007external icon
Wiersma P, Epperson S, Terp S, Lacourse S, Finton B, Drenzek C, Arnold K, Finelli L.
South Med J. 2009 Dec 4.
- Eliminating health disparities through transdisciplinary research, cross-agency collaboration, and public participationexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Twenty-five year epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered at a burn centerexternal icon
Murray CK, Holmes RL, Ellis MW, Mende K, Wolf SE, McDougal LK, Guymon CH, Hospenthal DR.
Burns. 2009 Dec;35(8):1112-7.
- Chikungunya virus: possible impact on transfusion medicineexternal icon
Petersen LR, Stramer SL, Powers AM.
Transfus Med Rev. 2010 Jan;24(1):15-21.
- Twenty-five year epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered at a burn centerexternal icon
- Healthcare Economics
- Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: an update after 7 years of use in the United Statesexternal icon
Ray GT, Pelton SI, Klugman KP, Strutton DR, Moore MR.
Vaccine. 2009 Nov 5;27(47):6483-94.
- Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: an update after 7 years of use in the United Statesexternal icon
- Immunity and Immunization
- Impact of rotavirus vaccination: the importance of monitoring strainsexternal icon
Gentsch JR, Parashar UD, Glass RI.
Future Microbiol. 2009 Dec;4:1231-4.
- Invasive pneumococcal infections among vaccinated children in the United Statesexternal icon
Park SY, Van Beneden CA, Pilishvili T, Martin M, Facklam RR, Whitney CG, for the Active Bacterial Core surveillance team.
J Pediatr. 2009 Dec 2.
- Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trialsexternal icon
Aponte JJ, Schellenberg D, Egan A, Breckenridge A, Carneiro I, Critchley J, Danquah I, Dodoo A, Kobbe R, Lell B, May J, Premji Z, Sanz S, Sevene E, Soulaymani-Becheikh R, Winstanley P, Adjei S, Anemana S, Chandramohan D, Issifou S, Mockenhaupt F, Owusu-Agyei S, Greenwood B, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Macete E, Mshinda H, Newman RD, Slutsker L, Tanner M, Alonso P, Menendez C.
Lancet. 2009 Oct 31;374(9700):1533-42.
- Nasopharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae in Gambian children who participated in a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial and in their younger siblingsexternal icon
Cheung YB, Zaman SM, Nsekpong ED, Van Beneden CA, Adegbola RA, Greenwood B, Cutts FT.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Nov;28(11):990-995.
- Evaluation of self-reported and registry-based influenza vaccination status in a Wisconsin cohortexternal icon
Irving SA, Donahue JG, Shay DK, Ellis-Coyle TL, Belongia EA.
Vaccine. 2009 Nov 5;27(47):6546-9.
- Impact of rotavirus vaccination: the importance of monitoring strainsexternal icon
- Laboratory Sciences
- Evaluation of IgM antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits for detection of IgM against Japanese encephalitis virus in cerebrospinal fluid samplesexternal icon
Ravi V, Robinson JS, Russell BJ, Desai A, Ramamurty N, Featherstone D, Johnson BW.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Dec;81(6):1144-50.
- In vitro antiviral activity of V-073 against poliovirusesexternal icon
Oberste MS, Moore D, Anderson B, Pallansch MA, Pevear DC, Collett MS.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Oct;53(10):4501-3.
- Immunogenetic risk and protective factors for the development of L-tryptophan-associated eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and associated symptomsexternal icon
Okada S, Kamb ML, Pandey JP, Philen RM, Love LA, Miller FW.
Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Oct 15;61(10):1305-11.
- Authentication scheme for routine verification of genetically similar laboratory colonies: a trial with Anopheles gambiaeexternal icon
Wilkins EE, Marcet PL, Sutcliffe AC, Howell PI.
BMC Biotechnol. 2009 ;9:91.
- Molecular identification of Salp15, a key salivary gland protein in the transmission of lyme disease spirochetes, from Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae)external icon
Hojgaard A, Biketov SF, Shtannikov AV, Zeidner NS, Piesman J.
J Med Entomol. 2009 Nov;46(6):1458-63.
- Detection of Bartonella spp. in wild rodents in Israel using HRM real-time PCRexternal icon
Morick D, Baneth G, Avidor B, Kosoy MY, Mumcuoglu KY, Mintz D, Eyal O, Goethe R, Mietze A, Shpigel N, Harrus S.
Vet Microbiol. 2009 Nov 18;139(3-4):293-7.
- Evaluation of IgM antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits for detection of IgM against Japanese encephalitis virus in cerebrospinal fluid samplesexternal icon
- Maternal and Child Health
- Prenatal radiation exposure: background material for counseling pregnant patients following exposure to radiationexternal icon
Donnelly EH, Smith JM, Farfan EB, Ozcan I.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Dec 2.
- Prenatal radiation exposure: background material for counseling pregnant patients following exposure to radiationexternal icon
- Nutritional Sciences
- Nutrient content of carob pod (Ceratonia siliqua L.) flour prepared commercially and domesticallyexternal icon
Ayaz FA, Torun H, Glew RH, Bak ZD, Chuang LT, Presley JM, Andrews R.
Plant Food Hum Nutr. 2009 Dec;64(4):286-292.
- Nutrient content of carob pod (Ceratonia siliqua L.) flour prepared commercially and domesticallyexternal icon
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Recombinant factor C (rFC) assay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis of endotoxin variability in four agricultural dustsexternal icon
Saito R, Cranmer BK, Tessari JD, Larsson L, Mehaffy JM, Keefe TJ, Reynolds SJ.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2009 Oct;53(7):713-22.
- Environmental and biological assessment of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among casino dealers
Achutan C, West C, Mueller C, Boudreau A, Mead K.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2009 Oct/Dec;15(4):417.
- Findings from industrial hygiene air sampling, ventilation assessment, and a medical survey at a facility that manufactures flavorings, modified dairy products, and bacterial additives
Sahakian N, Kullman G, Dunn K, Kanwal R.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2009 Oct/Dec;15(4):416-417.
- Youth living on Hispanic-operated farms: injuries and population estimates in the U.S., 2000external icon
Layne LA, Goldcamp EM, Myers JR, Hendricks KJ.
J Agric Saf Health. 2009 Oct;15(4):377-88.
- Endotoxin exposure and inflammation markers among agricultural workers in Colorado and Nebraskaexternal icon
Burch JB, Svendsen E, Siegel PD, Wagner SE, von Essen S, Keefe T, Mehaffy J, Martinez AS, Bradford M, Baker L, Cranmer B, Saito R, Tessari J, Linda P, Andersen C, Christensen O, Koehncke N, Reynolds SJ.
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010 ;73(1):5-22.
- Machine safety: developing an operator presence system
Powers Jr JR, Ammons DE, Brand I.
Prof Saf. 2009 Nov;54(11):28-31.
- Prevention through design in health care settings
Heidel DS, Collins JW, Stewart EJ.
Synergist. 2009 Nov;20(10):27-31.
- Recombinant factor C (rFC) assay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis of endotoxin variability in four agricultural dustsexternal icon
- Physical Activity
- Walking and body mass index in a Portuguese sample of adults: a multilevel analysisexternal icon
Santos R, Pratt M, Ribeiro JC, Santos MP, Carvalho J, Mota J.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Oct;63(10):1260-2.
- Walking and body mass index in a Portuguese sample of adults: a multilevel analysisexternal icon
- Reproductive Health
- Undiagnosed cases of fatal clostridium-associated toxic shock in Californian women of childbearing ageexternal icon
Ho CS, Bhatnagar J, Cohen AL, Hacker JK, Zane SB, Reagan S, Fischer M, Shieh WJ, Guarner J, Ahmad S, Zaki SR, McDonald LC.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Nov;201(5):459 e1-7.
- Undiagnosed cases of fatal clostridium-associated toxic shock in Californian women of childbearing ageexternal icon
- Vital Statistics
- NCHS dataline
Smith S, Lancashire JH.
Public Health Reports. 2009 ;124(6):895-897.
- NCHS dataline
- Zoonoses
- Possible interruption of malaria transmission, highland Kenya, 2007-2008external icon
John CC, Riedesel MA, Magak NG, Lindblade KA, Menge DM, Hodges JS, Vulule JM, Akhwale W.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec;15(12):1917-24.
- Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2008external icon
Blanton JD, Robertson K, Palmer D, Rupprecht CE.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2009 Sep 15;235(6):676-89.
- Are carnivores universally good sentinels of plague?external icon
Brinkerhoff RJ, Collinge SK, Bai Y, Ray C.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):491-7.
- Potential for the emergence of Japanese encephalitis virus in Californiaexternal icon
Nett RJ, Campbell GL, Reisen WK.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):511-7.
- Inoculation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ap-V1 Or NY-18 strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and microscopic demonstration of Ap-V1 In Ixodes scapularis adults that acquired infection from deer as nymphsexternal icon
Reichard MV, Roman RM, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, de la Fuente J, Snider TA, Heinz RE, West MD, Little SE, Massung RF.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):565-8.
- West Nile virus activity in mosquitoes and domestic animals in Chiapas, Mexicoexternal icon
Ulloa A, Ferguson HH, Mendez-Sanchez JD, Danis-Lozano R, Casas-Martinez M, Bond JG, Garcia-Zebadua JC, Orozco-Bonilla A, Juarez-Ordaz JA, Farfan-Ale JA, Garcia-Rejon JE, Rosado-Paredes EP, Edwards E, Komar N, Hassan HK, Unnasch TR, Rodriguez-Perez MA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):555-60.
- Bartonella-like DNA detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Victoria, Australiaexternal icon
Vilcins IM, Kosoy M, Old JM, Deane EM.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct;9(5):499-503.
- Possible interruption of malaria transmission, highland Kenya, 2007-2008external icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Near real-time surveillance for influenza vaccine safety: proof-of-concept in the vaccine safety datalink projectexternal icon
Greene SK, Kulldorff M, Lewis EM, Li R, Yin R, Weintraub ES, Fireman BH, Lieu TA, Nordin JD, Glanz JM, Baxter R, Jacobsen SJ, Broder KR, Lee GM.
Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Dec 4.
- Guidance on novel influenza A/H1N1 in solid organ transplant recipientsexternal icon
Kumar D, Morris MI, Kotton CN, Fischer SA, Michaels MG, Allen U, Blumberg EA, Green M, Humar A, Ison MG.
Am J Transplant. 2009 Dec 2.
- The severity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: a bayesian analysisexternal icon
Presanis AM, De Angelis D, Hagy A, Reed C, Riley S, Cooper BS, Finelli L, Biedrzycki P, Lipsitch M.
PLoS Med. 2009 Dec;6(12):e1000207.
- Exposure to MF59-adjuvanted influenza vaccines during pregnancy-a retrospective analysisexternal icon
Tsai T, Kyaw MH, Novicki D, Nacci P, Rai S, Clemens R.
Vaccine. 2009 Dec 4.
- Near real-time surveillance for influenza vaccine safety: proof-of-concept in the vaccine safety datalink projectexternal icon
- Food Safety
- Effectiveness of liquid soap and hand sanitizer against norwalk virus on contaminated handsexternal icon
Liu P, Yuen Y, Hsiao HM, Jaykus LA, Moe C.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Nov 20.
- Spinacia oleracea L. leaf stomata harboring cryptosporidium parvum oocysts: a potential threat for food safetyexternal icon
Macarisin D, Bauchan G, Fayer R.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Nov 20.
- Effects of technological processes on the tenacity and inactivation of norovirus GGII in experimentally contaminated foodsexternal icon
Mormann S, Dabisch M, Becker B.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Nov 20.
- Attachment and internalization of murine norovirus-1 in manure and biosolids to romaine lettuceexternal icon
Wei J, Jin Y, Sims T, Kniel KE.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Nov 20.
- 4-bromophenacyl bromide specifically inhibits rhoptry secretion during toxoplasma invasionexternal icon
Ravindran S, Lodoen MB, Verhelst SH, Bogyo M, Boothroyd JC.
PLoS One. 2009 ;4(12):e8143.
- Cessation of trichinella spiralis transmission among scavenging mammals after the removal of infected pigs from a poorly managed farm: implications for trichinae transmission in the USexternal icon
Hill DE, Pierce V, Darwin Murrell K, Ratliffe N, Rupp B, Fournet VM, Zarlenga DS, et al.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2009 Dec 8.
- Effectiveness of liquid soap and hand sanitizer against norwalk virus on contaminated handsexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Lessons learned from the institution of the surgical care improvement project at a teaching medical centerexternal icon
Potenza B, Deligencia M, Estigoy B, Faraday E, Snyder A, Angle N, Schwartz A, et al.
Am J Surg. 2009 Dec;198(6):881-8.
- Prevention of access-related infection in dialysisexternal icon
Barraclough KA, Hawley CM, Playford EG, Johnson DW.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009 Dec;7(10):1185-200.
- Positive deviance: a new strategy for improving hand hygiene complianceexternal icon
Marra AR, Guastelli LR, de Araujo CM, dos Santos JL, Lamblet LC, Silva M, de Lima G, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jan;31(1):12-20.
- The role of the champion in infection prevention: results from a multisite qualitative studyexternal icon
Damschroder LJ, Banaszak-Holl J, Kowalski CP, Forman J, Saint S, Krein SL.
Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Dec;18(6):434-40.
- Lessons learned from the institution of the surgical care improvement project at a teaching medical centerexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
- MMWR in the Media
- Deaths related to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among American Indian/Alaska Natives — 12 states, 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Dec 11;58(48):1341-1344.
- Deaths related to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among American Indian/Alaska Natives — 12 states, 2009external icon
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2006, featuring colorectal cancer trends and impact of interventions (risk factors, screening, and treatment) to reduce future ratesexternal icon
Edwards BK, Ward E, Kohler BA, Eheman C, Zauber AG, Anderson RN, Jemal A, Schymura MJ, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Seeff LC, van Ballegooijen M, Goede SL, Ries LA.
Cancer. 2009 .
- Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2006, featuring colorectal cancer trends and impact of interventions (risk factors, screening, and treatment) to reduce future ratesexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Mortality from pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza in England: public health surveillance studyexternal icon
Donaldson LJ, Rutter PD, Ellis BM, Greaves FE, Mytton OT, Pebody RG, Yardley IE.
BMJ. 2009 Dec 10 ;339:b5213.
- Symptomatic primary HIV infection in a 49-year-old man who has sex with men: beware of the window phaseexternal icon
van Oosten HE, Damen M, de Vries HJ.
Euro Surveill. 2009 Dec 3;14(48).
- The severity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: a bayesian analysisexternal icon
Presanis AM, De Angelis D, New York City Swine Flu Investigation Team, Hagy A, Reed C, Riley S, Cooper BS, Finelli L, Biedrzycki P, Lipsitch M.
PLoS Med. 2009 Dec;6(12):e1000207.
- Mortality from pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza in England: public health surveillance studyexternal icon
- Environmental Health
- Blood lead levels and major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in US young adultsexternal icon
Bouchard MF, Bellinger DC, Weuve J, Matthews-Bellinger J, Gilman SE, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Weisskopf MG.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;66(12):1313-9.
- Blood lead levels and major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in US young adultsexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care unitsexternal icon
Vincent JL, Rello J, Marshall J, Silva E, Anzueto A, Martin CD, Moreno R, Lipman J, Gomersall C, Sakr Y, Reinhart K, Epic II Group of Investigators.
JAMA. 2009 Dec 2;302(21):2323-9.
- International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care unitsexternal icon
- Maternal and Child Health
- A national survey of obesity prevention practices in Head Startexternal icon
Whitaker RC, Gooze RA, Hughes CC, Finkelstein DM.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Dec;163(12):1144-50.
- Protective effect of periconceptional folic acid supplements on the risk of congenital heart defects: a registry-based case-control study in the northern Netherlandsexternal icon
van Beynum IM, Kapusta L, Bakker MK, den Heijer M, Blom HJ, de Walle HE.
Eur Heart J. 2009 Dec 1.
- A national survey of obesity prevention practices in Head Startexternal icon
- MMWR in the Media
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