Issue 19, December 14 2009
Vol. 1, Issue: 19, 12/14/09
Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC’s new weekly digest!
This is the last issue of Knowledge to Action Science Clips for 2009:
- On January 5, 2010, the sections “CDC Authored Publications” and “Public Health Articles noted in the Media” will resume publication
- On January 12, 2010 the “Featured Items” section will resume publication
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Hospitalization costs associated with hypertension as a secondary diagnosis among insured patients aged 18-64 yearsexternal icon
Wang G, Zhang Z, Ayala C.
Am J Hypertens. 2009 Dec 10.
- Hospitalization costs associated with hypertension as a secondary diagnosis among insured patients aged 18-64 yearsexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Regionally limited or rare infections: prevention after hematopoietic cell transplantationexternal icon
Gea-Banacloche J, Masur H, Arns da Cuhna C, Chiller T, Kirchoff L, Shaw P, Tomblyn M, Cordonnier C.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct;44(8):489-94.
- Fungal infection prevention after hematopoietic cell transplantationexternal icon
Marr KA, Bow E, Chiller T, Maschmeyer G, Ribaud P, Segal B, Steinbach W, Wingard JR, Nucci M.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct;44(8):483-7.
- Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a global perspective. Prefaceexternal icon
Tomblyn M, Chiller T, Einsele H, Gress R, Sepkowitz K, Storek J, Wingard JR, Young JA, Boeckh MJ.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct;44(8):453-5.
- Global trends in typhoid and paratyphoid feverexternal icon
Crump JA, Mintz ED.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 16.
- Influenza circulation and the burden of invasive pneumococcal pneumonia during a non-pandemic period in the United Statesexternal icon
Walter ND, Taylor TH, Shay DK, Thompson WW, Brammer L, Dowell SF, Moore MR.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 16.
- HIV-associated extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Thailand: epidemiology and risk factors for deathexternal icon
Kingkaew N, Sangtong B, Amnuaiphon W, Jongpaibulpatana J, Mankatittham W, Akksilp S, Sirinak C, Nateniyom S, Burapat C, Kittikraisak W, Monkongdee P, Varma JK.
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;13(6):722-9.
- Regionally limited or rare infections: prevention after hematopoietic cell transplantationexternal icon
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Entomology
- First record of the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Walker), in Georgia (USA)
Petersen W, Cobb K.
J Entomol Sci. 2009 ;44(4):415-416.
- Mating competitiveness of Anopheles arabiensis males as a function of transgenic state and genetic similarity to females
Howell PI, Benedict MQ.
J Insect Behav. 2009 ;22(6):477-491.
- First record of the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Walker), in Georgia (USA)
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Environmental Health
- Removal of waterborne particles by electrofiltration: pilot-scale testing
Li Y, Ehrhard R, Biswas P, Kulkarni P, Carns K, Patterson C, Krishnan R, Sinha R.
Environ Eng Sci. 2009 Dec;26(12):1795-1803.
- Nonfatal natural and environmental injuries treated in emergency departments, United States, 2001-2004external icon
Sanchez CA, Thomas KE, Malilay J, Annest JL.
Fam Community Health. 2010 January/March;33(1):3-10.
- A new reality for environmental healthexternal icon
Blake R.
J Environ Health. 2009 Dec;72(5):42-46.
- Lead and cognitive function in VDR genotypes in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyexternal icon
Krieg EF, Butler MA, Chang MH, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Lindegren ML, Dowling N, for the CDC/NCI NHANES III Genomics Working Group.
Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Dec 11.
- Removal of waterborne particles by electrofiltration: pilot-scale testing
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report: data summary for 2006 through 2008, issued December 2009external icon
Edwards JR, Peterson KD, Mu Y, Banerjee S, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell G, Dudeck MA, Pollock DA, Horan TC.
Am J Infect Control. 2009 Dec;37(10):783-805.
- Leveraging geospatial data, technology, and methods for improving the health of communities: priorities and strategies from an expert panel convened by the CDCexternal icon
Elmore K, Flanagan B, Jones NF, Heitgerd JL.
J Community Health. 2009 Dec 11.
- Medical surveillance, exposure registries, and epidemiologic research for workers exposed to nanomaterialsexternal icon
Trout DB, Schulte PA.
Toxicology. 2009 Dec 11.
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report: data summary for 2006 through 2008, issued December 2009external icon
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Food Safety
- Much meat, much malady: changing perceptions of the epidemiology of hepatitis Eexternal icon
Teo CG.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Jan;16(1):24-32.
- Much meat, much malady: changing perceptions of the epidemiology of hepatitis Eexternal icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Adapting the logical basis of tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium to the real needs of association studies in human and medical geneticsexternal icon
Goddard KA, Ziegler A, Wellek S.
Genet Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;33(7):569-80.
- STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)–an extension of the STROBE statementexternal icon
Little J, Higgins JP, Ioannidis JP, Moher D, Gagnon F, von Elm E, Khoury MJ, Cohen B, Davey-Smith G, Grimshaw J, Scheet P, Gwinn M, Williamson RE, Zou GY, Hutchings K, Johnson CY, Tait V, Wiens M, Golding J, van Duijn C, McLaughlin J, Paterson A, Wells G, Fortier I, Freedman M, Zecevic M, King R, Infante-Rivard C, Stewart A, Birkett N.
Genet Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;33(7):581-98.
- Translation research is an essential but not sufficient ingredient for translation of genomic medicine into population health benefitsexternal icon
Khoury MJ.
Genet Med. 2009 Dec;11(12):899.
- Adapting the logical basis of tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium to the real needs of association studies in human and medical geneticsexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Social, economic, and political processes that create built environment inequities: perspectives from urban African Americans in Atlantaexternal icon
Redwood Y, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Yoshihama M, Wang CC, Kreuter M.
Fam Community Health. 2010 Jan-Mar;33(1):53-67.
- Social, economic, and political processes that create built environment inequities: perspectives from urban African Americans in Atlantaexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Hospital-based surveillance for DR-TB: necessary but not sufficientexternal icon
Beavers SF, Holtz TH, Garrett DO.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Jan;14(1):5.
- Hospital-based surveillance for DR-TB: necessary but not sufficientexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Characteristics of insured patients with persistent gaps in diabetes care services: the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) studyexternal icon
Gregg EW, Karter AJ, Gerzoff RB, Safford M, Brown AF, Tseng CW, Waitzfielder B, Herman WH, Mangione CM, Selby JV, Thompson TJ, Dudley RA.
Med Care. 2009 Dec 8.
- Characteristics of insured patients with persistent gaps in diabetes care services: the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) studyexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Changes in Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology in the United States, 1998-2007: implications for prevention of meningococcal diseaseexternal icon
Cohn AC, Macneil JR, Harrison LH, Hatcher C, Theodore J, Schmidt M, Pondo T, Arnold KE, Baumbach J, Bennett N, Craig AS, Farley M, Gershman K, Petit S, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Shutt KA, Zell ER, Mayer LW, Clark T, Stephens D, Messonnier NE.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 14.
- How much will it hurt? HPV vaccine side effects and influence on completion of the three-dose regimenexternal icon
Reiter PL, Brewer NT, Gottlieb SL, McRee AL, Smith JS.
Vaccine. 2009 Nov 16;27(49):6840-4.
- Changes in Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology in the United States, 1998-2007: implications for prevention of meningococcal diseaseexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Skeletal muscle injury versus adaptation with aging: novel insights on perplexing paradigmsexternal icon
Baker BA, Cutlip RG.
Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2010 Jan;38(1):10-16.
- Skeletal muscle injury versus adaptation with aging: novel insights on perplexing paradigmsexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Molecular characterization of human rotavirus vaccine strain CDC-9 during sequential passages in Vero cellsexternal icon
Esona MD, Foytich K, Wang Y, Shin G, Wei G, Gentsch JR, Glass RI, Jiang B.
Hum Vaccin. 2010 Mar 23;6(3).
- Molecular identification of mutations associated with anti-tuberculosis drug resistance among strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosisexternal icon
Abbadi SH, Sameaa GA, Morlock G, Cooksey RC.
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;13(6):673-8.
- Virulence factors encoded by Legionella longbeachae identified on the basis of the genome sequence analysis of clinical isolate D-4968external icon
Kozak NA, Buss M, Lucas CE, Frace M, Govil D, Travis T, Olsen-Rasmussen M, Benson RF, Fields BS.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Dec 11.
- Correlation of genotype and in vitro susceptibilities of Cryptococcus gattii from the Pacific Northwest of the United Statesexternal icon
Iqbal N, Debess EE, Wohrle R, Sun B, Nett RJ, Ahlquist AM, Chiller T, Lockhart SR, for the Cryptococcus gattii Public Health Working Group.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec 9.
- Toll-like receptor 7-induced immune response to cutaneous West Nile virus infectionexternal icon
Welte T, Reagan K, Fang H, Machain-Williams C, Zheng X, Mendell N, Chang GJ, Wu P, Blair CD, Wang T.
J Gen Virol. 2009 Nov;90(Pt 11):2660-8.
- Surveillance of fungal allergic sensitization using the fluorescent halogen immunoassay
Green BJ, Tovey ER, Beezhold DH, Perzanowski MS, Acosta LM, Divjan AI, Chew GL.
J Mycol Med. 2009 ;19(4):253-261.
- Molecular characterization of human rotavirus vaccine strain CDC-9 during sequential passages in Vero cellsexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
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Obituary
- In memoriam: Jonathan S. Allan, DVM (1952-2009)external icon
Chapman LE.
Arch Virol. 2009 Dec 12.
- In memoriam: Jonathan S. Allan, DVM (1952-2009)external icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Studyexternal icon
Hoppin JA, Umbach DM, London SJ, Henneberger PK, Kullman GJ, Coble J, Alavanja MC, Beane Freeman LE, Sandler DP.
Eur Respir J. 2009 Dec;34(6):1296-303.
- Estimated daily intake of phthalates in occupationally exposed groupsexternal icon
Hines CJ, Hopf NB, Deddens JA, Silva MJ, Calafat AM.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009 Dec 16.
- Physiological monitoring in firefighter ensembles: wearable plethysmographic sensor vest versus standard equipmentexternal icon
Coca A, Roberge RJ, Williams WJ, Landsittel DP, Powell JB, Palmiero A.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Feb;7(2):109-114.
- Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique (NEAT) for the identification and measurement of potential inhalation exposure to engineered nanomaterials – part Aexternal icon
Methner M, Hodson L, Geraci C.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Mar;7(3):127-132.
- Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Studyexternal icon
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Physical Activity
- Physical activity: an investment that pays multiple health dividends: comment on “combined effects of cardiorespiratory fitness, not smoking, and normal waist girth on morbidity and mortality in men,” “physical activity and survival in male colorectal cancer survival,” “effects of a television viewing reduction on energy intake and expenditure in overweight and obese adults,” and “physical activity and rapid decline in kidney function among older adults”external icon
Fulton JE, Simons-Morton DG, Galuska DA.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Dec 14;169(22):2124-7.
- Differences in physical activity prevalence and trends from 3 U.S. surveillance systems: NHIS, NHANES, and BRFSSexternal icon
Carlson SA, Densmore D, Fulton JE, Yore MM, Kohl HW.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S18-27.
- Television viewing, computer use, and BMI among U.S. children and adolescentsexternal icon
Fulton JE, Wang X, Yore MM, Carlson SA, Galuska DA, Caspersen CJ.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S28-35.
- Physical activity surveillance: providing public health data for decision makersexternal icon
Galuska DA, Fulton JE.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S1-2.
- Prevalence of self-reported aerobic physical activity among U.S. States and territories–Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007external icon
Loustalot F, Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Kruger J, Galuska DA, Lobelo F.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S9-17.
- Healthy people 2010 objectives for physical activity, physical education, and television viewing among adolescents: national trends from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 1999-2007external icon
Lowry R, Lee SM, Fulton JE, Kann L.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S36-45.
- Staying on task: challenges of global physical activity surveillanceexternal icon
Pratt M, Fulton JE.
J Phys Act Health. 2009 ;6 Suppl 1:S3-4.
- Physical activity: an investment that pays multiple health dividends: comment on “combined effects of cardiorespiratory fitness, not smoking, and normal waist girth on morbidity and mortality in men,” “physical activity and survival in male colorectal cancer survival,” “effects of a television viewing reduction on energy intake and expenditure in overweight and obese adults,” and “physical activity and rapid decline in kidney function among older adults”external icon
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Program Evaluation
- Qualitative analysis of immunization programs with most improved childhood vaccination coverage from 2001 to 2004external icon
Groom H, Kennedy A, Evans V, Fasano N.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 January/February;16(1):E1-E8.
- A qualitative analysis of immunization programs with sustained high coverage, 2000-2005external icon
Kennedy A, Groom H, Evans V, Fasano N.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 January/February;16(1):E9-E17.
- Qualitative analysis of immunization programs with most improved childhood vaccination coverage from 2001 to 2004external icon
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- Outcome-based workforce development and education in public healthexternal icon
Koo D, Miner K.
Annu Rev Public Health. 2009 Dec 15.
- The National Public Health Performance Standards: driving quality improvement in public health systemsexternal icon
Corso LC, Lenaway D, Beitsch LM, Landrum LB, Deutsch H.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 January/February;16(1):19-23.
- Quality improvement and performance: CDC’s strategies to strengthen public healthexternal icon
Lenaway D, Corso LC, Buchanan S, Thomas C, Astles R.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 January/February;16(1):11-13.
- Defining quality improvement in public healthexternal icon
Riley WJ, Moran JW, Corso LC, Beitsch LM, Bialek R, Cofsky A.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 January/February;16(1):5-7.
- Outcome-based workforce development and education in public healthexternal icon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Lifestyle behaviors and receipt of preventive health care services among hypertensive Americans aged 45 years or older in 2007external icon
Fan AZ, Mallawaarachchi DS, Gilbertz D, Li Y, Mokdad AH.
Prev Med. 2009 Dec 11.
- Predictors of compliance with a mass drug administration programme for lymphatic filariasis in Orissa State, India 2008external icon
Cantey PT, Rao G, Rout J, Fox LM.
Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Dec 9.
- Lifestyle behaviors and receipt of preventive health care services among hypertensive Americans aged 45 years or older in 2007external icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Agranulocytosis associated with cocaine use — four states, March 2008–November 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Dec 18;58(49):1381-85.
- Trichinellosis surveillance – United States, 2002-2007external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Dec 4;58(SS09):1-7.
- Agranulocytosis associated with cocaine use — four states, March 2008–November 2009external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Dietary fiber and subsequent changes in body weight and waist circumference in European men and womenexternal icon
Du H, van der AD, Boshuizen HC, Forouhi NG, Wareham NJ, Halkjaer J, Tjonneland A, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Boeing H, Buijsse B, Masala G, Palli D, Sorensen TI, Saris WH, Feskens EJ.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Dec 16.
- Childhood cognition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in midadulthood: the 1958 British Birth Cohort Studyexternal icon
Power C, Jefferis BJ, Manor O.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Jan;100(1):129-36.
- Dietary fiber and subsequent changes in body weight and waist circumference in European men and womenexternal icon
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Physical Activity
- Physical activity: an investment that pays multiple health dividends: comment on “combined effects of cardiorespiratory fitness, not smoking, and normal waist girth on morbidity and mortality in men,” “physical activity and survival in male colorectal cancer survival,” “effects of a television viewing reduction on energy intake and expenditure in overweight and obese adults,” and “physical activity and rapid decline in kidney function among older adults”external icon
Fulton JE, Simons-Morton DG, Galuska DA.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Dec 14;169(22):2124-7.
- Associations between physical activity, fitness, and academic achievementexternal icon
Kwak L, Kremers SP, Bergman P, Ruiz JR, Rizzo NS, Sjostrom M.
J Pediatr. 2009 Dec;155(6):914-918 e1.
- Physical activity: an investment that pays multiple health dividends: comment on “combined effects of cardiorespiratory fitness, not smoking, and normal waist girth on morbidity and mortality in men,” “physical activity and survival in male colorectal cancer survival,” “effects of a television viewing reduction on energy intake and expenditure in overweight and obese adults,” and “physical activity and rapid decline in kidney function among older adults”external icon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Time from first intercourse to first sexually transmitted infection diagnosis among adolescent womenexternal icon
Tu W, Batteiger BE, Wiehe S, Ofner S, Van Der Pol B, Katz BP, Orr DP, Fortenberry JD.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Dec;163(12):1106-11.
- Time from first intercourse to first sexually transmitted infection diagnosis among adolescent womenexternal icon
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