Issue 15, April 12, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 15, 4/12/10
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 Health Communication and Education and Occupational Safety and Health – Nanoparticles/Nanotechnology)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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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
- High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic groupexternal icon
Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Yanovski JA, Freedman DS, Shepherd JA, Graubard BI, Borrud LG.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr;91(4):1020-6.
- Association of testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in menexternal icon
Li C, Ford ES, Li B, Giles WH, Liu S.
Diabetes Care. 2010 Apr 5.
- The relative effects of abciximab and tirofiban on platelet inhibition and C-reactive protein during coronary interventionexternal icon
Saltzman AJ, Mehran R, Hooper WC, Moses JW, Weisz G, Collins MB, Lansky AJ, Kreps EM, Leon MB, Stone GW, Dangas G.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Jan;22(1):2-6.
- The health and economic burden of chronic diseases in North Carolinaexternal icon
Easley C, Petersen R, Holmes M.
N C Med J. 2010 Jan-Feb;71(1):92-5.
- High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic groupexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients coinfected with HIV in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), 1999-2007external icon
Vellozzi C, Buchacz K, Baker R, Spradling PR, Richardson J, Moorman A, Tedaldi E, Durham M, Ward J, Brooks JT.
J Viral Hepat. 2010 Mar 29.
- Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients coinfected with HIV in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), 1999-2007external icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Assessing a multilevel model of young children’s oral health with national survey dataexternal icon
Bramlett MD, Soobader MJ, Fisher-Owens SA, Weintraub JA, Gansky SA, Platt LJ, Newacheck PW.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 29.
- Influenza epidemiology and characterization of influenza viruses in patients seeking treatment for acute fever in Cambodiaexternal icon
Blair PJ, Wierzba TF, Touch S, Vonthanak S, Xu X, Garten RJ, Okomo-Adhiambo MA, Klimov AI, Kasper MR, Putnam SD.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Feb;138(2):199-209.
- Recall errors in a weekly survey of diarrhoea in Guatemala: determining the optimal length of recallexternal icon
Zafar SN, Luby SP, Mendoza C.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Feb;138(2):264-9.
- Assessment of risk factors for infantile cataracts using a case-control study National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 2000-2004external icon
Prakalapakorn SG, Rasmussen SA, Lambert SR, Honein MA.
Ophthalmology. 2010 Apr 2.
- Estimating the disease burden of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in Hunter New England, Northern New South Wales, Australia, 2009external icon
Dawood FS, Hope KG, Durrheim DN, Givney R, Fry AM, Dalton CB.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(3):e9880.
- Assessing a multilevel model of young children’s oral health with national survey dataexternal icon
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Food Safety
- Epidemiology of seafood-associated infections in the United Statesexternal icon
Iwamoto M, Ayers T, Mahon BE, Swerdlow DL.
Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Apr;23(2):399-411.
- Sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana infections in Georgia and Tennessee: a hypothesis-generating studyexternal icon
Clarkson LS, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Shuler C, Hanna S, Benson J, Voetsch AC.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Mar;138(3):340-6.
- Epidemiology of seafood-associated infections in the United Statesexternal icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Surveillance of transmitted HIV type 1 drug resistance in newly diagnosed HIV type 1-infected patients in Shandong Province, Chinaexternal icon
Zhang J, Kang D, Fu J, Sun X, Lin B, Bi Z, Nkengasong JN, Yang C.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Jan;26(1):99-103.
- Multiple genetic backgrounds of the amplified Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance (pfmdr1) gene and selective sweep of 184F mutation in Cambodiaexternal icon
Vinayak S, Alam MT, Sem R, Shah NK, Susanti AI, Lim P, Muth S, Maguire JD, Rogers WO, Fandeur T, Barnwell JW, Escalante AA, Wongsrichanalai C, Ariey F, Meshnick SR, Udhayakumar V.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr 2.
- Surveillance of transmitted HIV type 1 drug resistance in newly diagnosed HIV type 1-infected patients in Shandong Province, Chinaexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Making sense of cancer news coverage trends: a comparison of three comprehensive content analyses
Jensen J, Moriarty C, Hurley R, Stryker J.
J Health Commun. 2010 Apr;15(2):136-151.
- Making sense of cancer news coverage trends: a comparison of three comprehensive content analyses
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Health Disparities
- Meeting the cervical cancer screening needs of underserved women: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 2004-2006external icon
Tangka FK, O’Hara B, Gardner JG, Turner J, Royalty J, Shaw K, Sabatino S, Hall IJ, Coates RJ.
Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Apr 2.
- Meeting the cervical cancer screening needs of underserved women: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 2004-2006external icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Global impact of rotavirus vaccinesexternal icon
Tate JE, Patel MM, Steele AD, Gentsch JR, Payne DC, Cortese MM, Nakagomi O, Cunliffe NA, Jiang B, Neuzil KM, de Oliveira LH, Glass RI, Parashar UD.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 Apr;9(4):395-407.
- An augmented passive immune therapy to treat fulminant bacterial infectionsexternal icon
Rajam G, Sampson J, Carlone GM, Ades EW.
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2010 Mar 24.
- Global impact of rotavirus vaccinesexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Effect of body mass index and total blood volume on serum cotinine levels among cigarette smokers: NHANES 1999-2008external icon
Jain RB, Bernert JT.
Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Mar 30.
- Serotype specific antisera for pneumococcal serogroup 6 serotypes 6A, 6B and 6Cexternal icon
Melnick N, Thompson TA, Beall BW.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 7.
- Bifunctional polymeric inhibitors of human influenza A virusesexternal icon
Haldar J, Alvarez de Cienfuegos L, Tumpey TM, Gubareva LV, Chen J, Klibanov AM.
Pharm Res. 2010 Feb;27(2):259-63.
- Adipose tissue serves as a reservoir for recrudescent Rickettsia prowazekii infection in a mouse modelexternal icon
Bechah Y, Paddock CD, Capo C, Mege JL, Raoult D.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(1):e8547.
- Population structure of a hybrid clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ST239-MRSA-IIIexternal icon
Smyth DS, McDougal LK, Gran FW, Manoharan A, Enright MC, Song JH, de Lencastre H, Robinson DA.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(1):e8582.
- Dosage comparison of Congo Basin and West African strains of monkeypox virus using a prairie dog animal model of systemic orthopoxvirus diseaseexternal icon
Hutson CL, Carroll DS, Self J, Weiss S, Hughes CM, Braden Z, Olson VA, Smith SK, Karem KL, Regnery RL, Damon IK.
Virology. 2010 Apr 5.
- Effect of body mass index and total blood volume on serum cotinine levels among cigarette smokers: NHANES 1999-2008external icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural Western Kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trialexternal icon
Odhiambo FO, Hamel MJ, Williamson J, Lindblade K, ter Kuile FO, Peterson E, Otieno P, Kariuki S, Vulule J, Slutsker L, Newman RD.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(4):e10016.
- Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural Western Kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trialexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Nanoparticles and potential human health implications: past and future directions. Prefaceexternal icon
Gulumian M, Vallyathan V.
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010 Jan;73(5):339-40.
- Nanoparticles and potential human health implications: past and future directions. Prefaceexternal icon
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Sciences, General
- A proposal for a common nomenclature for viral clades that form the species varicella-zoster virus: summary of VZV Nomenclature Meeting 2008, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 24-25 July 2008external icon
Breuer J, Grose C, Norberg P, Tipples G, Schmid DS.
J Gen Virol. 2010 Apr;91(Pt 4):821-8.
- A proposal for a common nomenclature for viral clades that form the species varicella-zoster virus: summary of VZV Nomenclature Meeting 2008, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 24-25 July 2008external icon
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Zoonoses
- The bba64 gene of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, is critical for mammalian infection via tick bite transmissionexternal icon
Gilmore Jr. RD, Howison RR, Dietrich G, Patton TG, Clifton DR, Carroll JA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 5.
- Vector control improves survival of three species of prairie dogs (Cynomys) in areas considered enzootic for plagueexternal icon
Biggins DE, Godbey JL, Gage KL, Carter LG, Montenieri JA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb;10(1):17-26.
- Rodent and flea abundance fail to predict a plague epizootic in black-tailed prairie dogsexternal icon
Brinkerhoff RJ, Collinge SK, Ray C, Gage KL.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb;10(1):47-52.
- The bba64 gene of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, is critical for mammalian infection via tick bite transmissionexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Health Communication and Education
- Dissemination of health information through social networks: twitter and antibioticsexternal icon
Scanfeld D, Scanfeld V, Larson EL.
Am J Infect Control. 2010 Apr;38(3):182-8.
- Marketing public health through older adult volunteering: experience corps as a social marketing interventionexternal icon
Tan EJ, Tanner EK, Seeman TE, Xue QL, Rebok GW, Frick KD, Carlson MC, et al.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr;100(4):727-34.
- A systematic review of the use of theory in the design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation of the results of rigorous evaluationsexternal icon
Davies P, Walker AE, Grimshaw JM.
Implement Sci. 2010 ;5:14.
- Media attention and public perceptions of cancer and eastern equine encephalitisexternal icon
Ackerson LK, Viswanath K.
J Community Health. 2010 Mar 30.
- Making sense of cancer news coverage trends: a comparison of three comprehensive content analyses
Jensen J, Moriarty C, Hurley R, Stryker J.
J Health Commun. 2010 Apr;15(2):136-151.
- Parents as health promoters: a theory of planned behavior perspective on the prevention of childhood obesity
Andrews KR, Silk KS, Eneli IU.
Journal of Health Communication. 2010 Jan-Feb;15(1):95-107.
- Networked narratives: understanding word-of-mouth marketing in online communities
Kozinets RV, de Valck K, Wojnicki AC, Wilner SJ.
Journal of Marketing. 2010 Mar;74(2):71-89.
- A randomized controlled trial of communication training with primary care providers to improve patient-centeredness and health risk communicationexternal icon
Helitzer DL, Lanoue M, Wilson B, de Hernandez BU, Warner T, Roter D.
Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Mar 8.
- Dissemination of health information through social networks: twitter and antibioticsexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health – Nanoparticles/Nanotechnology
- AIDS treatment with novel anti-HIV compounds improved by nanotechnologyexternal icon
Ma X, Wang D, Wu Y, Ho RJ, Jia L, Guo P, Hu L, et al.
AAPS J. 2010 Apr 6.
- Nanomedicine and cardiovascular diseaseexternal icon
McCarthy JR.
Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2010 Feb;3(1):42-49.
- Comparative cytotoxicity of Al2O3, CeO2, TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles to human lung cellsexternal icon
Kim IS, Baek M, Choi SJ.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 May;10(5):3453-8.
- Biomechanical effects of environmental and engineered particles on human airway smooth muscle cellsexternal icon
Berntsen P, Park CY, Rothen-Rutishauser B, Tsuda A, Sager TM, Molina RM, Donaghey TC, et al.
J R Soc Interface. 2010 Mar 31.
- Fullerenes: from carbon to nanomedicineexternal icon
Chawla P, Chawla V, Maheshwari R, Saraf SA, Saraf SK.
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2010 Mar 18.
- Determination of silver nanoparticle release from antibacterial fabrics into artificial sweatexternal icon
Kulthong K, Srisung S, Boonpavanitchakul K, Kangwansupamonkon W, Maniratanachote R.
Part Fibre Toxicol. 2010 Apr 1;7(1):8.
- AIDS treatment with novel anti-HIV compounds improved by nanotechnologyexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Human rabies — Kentucky/Indiana, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):393-6.
- State cigarette excise taxes — United States, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):385-8.
- State cigarette minimum price laws — United States, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):389-92.
- Human rabies — Kentucky/Indiana, 2009
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Associations of excess weight gain during pregnancy with long-term maternal overweight and obesity: evidence from 21 y postpartum follow-upexternal icon
Mamun AA, Kinarivala M, O’Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM, Callaway LK.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 17.
- Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortalityexternal icon
Rabeneck L, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Stukel TA.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Mar 2.
- Associations of excess weight gain during pregnancy with long-term maternal overweight and obesity: evidence from 21 y postpartum follow-upexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- The increasing incidence of mumps orchitis: a comprehensive reviewexternal icon
Davis NF, McGuire BB, Mahon JA, Smyth AE, O’Malley KJ, Fitzpatrick JM.
BJU Int. 2010 Jan 11.
- The increasing incidence of mumps orchitis: a comprehensive reviewexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Blood lead levels and delayed onset of puberty in a longitudinal study of Russian boysexternal icon
Williams PL, Sergeyev O, Lee MM, Korrick SA, Burns JS, Humblet O, Delprato J, Revich B, Hauser R.
Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 5.
- Blood lead levels and delayed onset of puberty in a longitudinal study of Russian boysexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Safety of influenza vaccine administration in egg-allergic patientsexternal icon
Chung EY, Huang L, Schneider L.
Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 5.
- Safety of influenza vaccine administration in egg-allergic patientsexternal icon
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