Issue 36, September 6, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 36, 9/6/10
Welcome to Science Clips, CDC’s new weekly digest! The report consists of four components:
- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Injury and Violence – Motor Vehicle-Related Injury)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Prediction, assessment of the Rift Valley fever activity in East and Southern Africa 2006-2008 and possible vector control strategiesexternal icon
Anyamba A, Linthicum KJ, Small J, Britch SC, Pak E, de La Rocque S, Formenty P, Hightower AW, Breiman RF, Chretien JP, Tucker CJ, Schnabel D, Sang R, Haagsma K, Latham M, Lewandowski HB, Magdi SO, Mohamed MA, Nguku PM, Reynes JM, Swanepoel R.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2 Suppl):43-51.
- Prediction, assessment of the Rift Valley fever activity in East and Southern Africa 2006-2008 and possible vector control strategiesexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- What does the public know about preventing cancer? Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)external icon
Hawkins NA, Berkowitz Z, Peipins LA.
Health Educ Behav. 2010 Aug;37(4):490-503.
- Sexual transmission risk behavior of adolescents with HIV acquired perinatally or through risky behaviorsexternal icon
Koenig LJ, Pals SL, Chandwani S, Hodge K, Abramowitz S, Barnes W, D’Angelo L.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Aug 26.
- What does the public know about preventing cancer? Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)external icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination ratesexternal icon
Walter EB, Allred NJ, Swamy GK, Hellkamp AS, Dolor RJ.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Aug 30.
- Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination ratesexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Automated monitoring of clusters of falls associated with severe winter weather using the BioSense systemexternal icon
Dey AN, Hicks P, Benoit S, Tokars JI.
Inj Prev. 2010 Aug 30.
- Automated monitoring of clusters of falls associated with severe winter weather using the BioSense systemexternal icon
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Injury and Violence – Motor Vehicle-Related Injury
- Long-term effect of the North Carolina graduated driver licensing system on licensed driver crash incidence: a 5-year survival analysisexternal icon
Masten SV, Foss RD.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Nov;42(6):1647-52.
- Long-term effect of the North Carolina graduated driver licensing system on licensed driver crash incidence: a 5-year survival analysisexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Robust hepatitis B virus genotyping by mass spectrometryexternal icon
Ganova-Raeva L, Ramachandran S, Honisch C, Forbi JC, Zhai X, Khudyakov Y.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep 1.
- Robust hepatitis B virus genotyping by mass spectrometryexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Challenges in assessing nanomaterial toxicology: a personal perspectiveexternal icon
Geraci CL, Castranova V.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2010 Aug 26.
- Challenges in assessing nanomaterial toxicology: a personal perspectiveexternal icon
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Reproductive Health
- Factors affecting the willingness of counselors to integrate preconception care into sexually transmitted disease clinicsexternal icon
Parker CS, Ghaddar S, Zhang Q, Cooke B.
Womens Health Issues. 2010 Sep;20(5):329-34.
- Factors affecting the willingness of counselors to integrate preconception care into sexually transmitted disease clinicsexternal icon
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Zoonoses
- Impact of mass distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets on childhood malaria morbidity: the Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaignexternal icon
Terlouw DJ, Morgah K, Wolkon A, Dare A, Dorkenoo A, Eliades MJ, Vanden Eng J, Sodahlon YK, ter Kuile FO, Hawley WA.
Malar J. 2010 ;9:199.
- Impact of mass distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets on childhood malaria morbidity: the Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaignexternal icon
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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
- The current availability of antiepileptic drugs in Zambia: implications for the ILAE/WHO “Out of the Shadows” campaignexternal icon
Chomba EN, Haworth A, Mbewe E, Atadzhanov M, Ndubani P, Kansembe H, Birbeck GL.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):571-4.
- Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy: a new sporadic disease of the prion proteinexternal icon
Zou WQ, Puoti G, Xiao X, Yuan J, Qing L, Cali I, Shimoji M, Langeveld JP, Castellani R, Notari S, Crain B, Schmidt RE, Geschwind M, Dearmond SJ, Cairns NJ, Dickson D, Honig L, Torres JM, Mastrianni J, Capellari S, Giaccone G, Belay ED, Schonberger LB, Cohen M, Perry G, Kong Q, Parchi P, Tagliavini F, Gambetti P.
Ann Neurol. 2010 Aug;68(2):162-72.
- Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg): a 40-year-old hepatitis B virus seromarker gets new lifeexternal icon
McMahon BJ.
Gastroenterology. 2010 Aug;139(2):380-2.
- The current availability of antiepileptic drugs in Zambia: implications for the ILAE/WHO “Out of the Shadows” campaignexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- HIV, transmitted drug resistance, and the paradox of preexposure prophylaxisexternal icon
Supervie V, Garcia-Lerma JG, Heneine W, Blower S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 6;107(27):12381-6.
- HIV, transmitted drug resistance, and the paradox of preexposure prophylaxisexternal icon
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Interannual variability of human plague occurrence in the Western United States explained by tropical and north Pacific ocean climate variabilityexternal icon
Ari TB, Gershunov A, Tristan R, Cazelles B, Gage K, Stenseth NC.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):624-32.
- Transmission dynamics of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades by nymphal Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)external icon
Reese SM, Dietrich G, Dolan MC, Sheldon SW, Piesman J, Petersen JM, Eisen RJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):645-52.
- Rift Valley fever virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: the entomologic investigationsexternal icon
Sang R, Kioko E, Lutomiah J, Warigia M, Ochieng C, O’Guinn M, Lee JS, Koka H, Godsey M, Hoel D, Hanafi H, Miller B, Schnabel D, Breiman RF, Richardson J.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2 Suppl):28-37.
- Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyleexternal icon
Kirkness EF, Haas BJ, Sun W, Braig HR, Perotti MA, Clark JM, Lee SH, Robertson HM, Kennedy RC, Elhaik E, Gerlach D, Kriventseva EV, Elsik CG, Graur D, Hill CA, Veenstra JA, Walenz B, Tubio JM, Ribeiro JM, Rozas J, Johnston JS, Reese JT, Popadic A, Tojo M, Raoult D, Reed DL, Tomoyasu Y, Krause E, Mittapalli O, Margam VM, Li HM, Meyer JM, Johnson RM, Romero-Severson J, Vanzee JP, Alvarez-Ponce D, Vieira FG, Aguade M, Guirao-Rico S, Anzola JM, Yoon KS, Strycharz JP, Unger MF, Christley S, Lobo NF, Seufferheld MJ, Wang N, Dasch GA, Struchiner CJ, Madey G, Hannick LI, Bidwell S, Joardar V, Caler E, Shao R, Barker SC, Cameron S, Bruggner RV, Regier A, Johnson J, Viswanathan L, Utterback TR, Sutton GG, Lawson D, Waterhouse RM, Venter JC, Strausberg RL, Berenbaum MR, Collins FH, Zdobnov EM, Pittendrigh BR.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 6;107(27):12168-73.
- Interannual variability of human plague occurrence in the Western United States explained by tropical and north Pacific ocean climate variabilityexternal icon
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Drug Safety
- Antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use among nursing home residents: findings from the 2004 National Nursing Home Surveyexternal icon
Stevenson DG, Decker SL, Dwyer LL, Huskamp HA, Grabowski DC, Metzger ED, Mitchell SL.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Jun 22.
- Effects of statins on serum inflammatory markers: the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004external icon
Yoon SS, Dillon CF, Carroll M, Illoh K, Ostchega Y.
J Atheroscler Thromb. 2010 Aug 25.
- Henoch-Scholein purpura and polysaccharide meningococcal vaccineexternal icon
Goodman MJ, Nordin JD, Belongia EA, Mullooly JP, Baggs J.
Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):e325-9.
- Antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use among nursing home residents: findings from the 2004 National Nursing Home Surveyexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Variability over one week in the urinary concentrations of metabolites of diethyl phthalate and di(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate among 8 adults: an observational studyexternal icon
Preau Jr JL, Wong LY, Silva MJ, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Aug 25.
- Indoor moulds, Sick Building Syndrome and building related illness
Crook B, Burton N.
Fungal Biol Rev. 2010 ;In Press, Corrected Proof.
- Variability over one week in the urinary concentrations of metabolites of diethyl phthalate and di(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate among 8 adults: an observational studyexternal icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006-2007external icon
Nguku PM, Sharif SK, Mutonga D, Amwayi S, Omolo J, Mohammed O, Farnon EC, Gould LH, Lederman E, Rao C, Sang R, Schnabel D, Feikin DR, Hightower A, Njenga MK, Breiman RF.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2 Suppl):5-13.
- Pneumonia incidence and mortality in Mainland China: systematic review of Chinese and English literature, 1985-2008external icon
Guan X, Silk BJ, Li W, Fleischauer AT, Xing X, Jiang X, Yu H, Olsen SJ, Cohen AL.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(7):e11721.
- Survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practice management patterns of Atlanta-area obstetricians regarding stillbirthexternal icon
Duke W, Shin M, Correa A, Alverson CJ.
Womens Health Issues. 2010 Sep;20(5):366-70.
- An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006-2007external icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Racial/ethnic differences in association of fasting glucose-associated genomic loci with fasting glucose, HOMA-B and impaired fasting glucose in U.S. adult populationexternal icon
Yang Q, Liu T, Shrader P, Yesupriya A, Chang MH, Dowling NF, Ned RM, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Khoury MJ, Meigs JB.
Diabetes Care. 2010 Aug 30.
- Racial/ethnic differences in association of fasting glucose-associated genomic loci with fasting glucose, HOMA-B and impaired fasting glucose in U.S. adult populationexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Health-seeking patterns among participants of population-based morbidity surveillance in rural western Kenya: implications for calculating disease ratesexternal icon
Bigogo G, Audi A, Aura B, Aol G, Breiman RF, Feikin DR.
Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 25.
- An intervention to reduce HIV risk behavior of substance-using men who have sex with men: a two-group randomized trial with a nonrandomized third groupexternal icon
Mansergh G, Koblin BA, McKirnan DJ, Hudson SM, Flores SA, Wiegand RE, Purcell DW, Colfax GN.
PLoS Med. 2010 ;7(8).
- Health-seeking patterns among participants of population-based morbidity surveillance in rural western Kenya: implications for calculating disease ratesexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Neighborhood effects on health: concentrated advantage and disadvantageexternal icon
Finch BK, Phuong Do D, Heron M, Bird C, Seeman T, Lurie N.
Health Place. 2010 Sep;16(5):1058-60.
- Neighborhood effects on health: concentrated advantage and disadvantageexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Nursing home-associated infections in Department of Veterans Affairs community living centersexternal icon
Tsan L, Langberg R, Davis C, Phillips Y, Pierce J, Hojlo C, Gibert C, Gaynes R, Montgomery O, Bradley S, Danko L, Roselle G.
Am J Infect Control. 2010 Aug;38(6):461-6.
- Reduction of seasonal influenza transmission among healthcare workers in an intensive care unit: a 4-year intervention study in Thailandexternal icon
Apisarnthanarak A, Uyeki TM, Puthavathana P, Kitphati R, Mundy LM.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Aug 31.
- A public health perspective on cochlear implants and meningitis in childrenexternal icon
Reefhuis J, Whitney CG, Mann EA.
Otol Neurotol. 2010 Aug 26.
- Nursing home-associated infections in Department of Veterans Affairs community living centersexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Employment impact and financial burden for families of children with fragile X syndrome: findings from the National Fragile X Surveyexternal icon
Ouyang L, Grosse S, Raspa M, Bailey D.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2010 Aug 26.
- Employment impact and financial burden for families of children with fragile X syndrome: findings from the National Fragile X Surveyexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Risk of fatal adverse events after H1N1 influenza vaccine: limitations of passive surveillance dataexternal icon
McNeil MM, Broder KR, Vellozzi C, Destefano F.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 1;51(7):871-2.
- Protective immunity against H5N1 influenza virus by a single dose vaccination with virus-like particlesexternal icon
Song JM, Hossain J, Yoo DG, Lipatov AS, Davis CT, Quan FS, Chen LM, Hogan RJ, Donis RO, Compans RW, Kang SM.
Virology. 2010 Sep 15;405(1):165-75.
- Risk of fatal adverse events after H1N1 influenza vaccine: limitations of passive surveillance dataexternal icon
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Informatics
- Accuracy of influenza vaccination status in a computer-based immunization tracking system of a managed care organizationexternal icon
Sy LS, Liu IL, Solano Z, Cheetham TC, Lugg MM, Greene SK, Weintraub ES, Jacobsen SJ.
Vaccine. 2010 Jul 19;28(32):5254-9.
- Accuracy of influenza vaccination status in a computer-based immunization tracking system of a managed care organizationexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Intimate partner aggression perpetrated and sustained by male Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorderexternal icon
Teten AL, Schumacher JA, Taft CT, Stanley MA, Kent TA, Bailey SD, Dunn NJ, White DL.
J Interpers Violence. 2010 Sep;25(9):1612-30.
- Intimate partner aggression perpetrated and sustained by male Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorderexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Enhanced determination of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes associated with invasive disease in Laos by using a real-time polymerase chain reaction serotyping assay with cerebrospinal fluidexternal icon
Moore CE, Sengduangphachanh A, Thaojaikong T, Sirisouk J, Foster D, Phetsouvanh R, McGee L, Crook DW, Newton PN, Peacock SJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;83(3):451-457.
- Emergence of resistance among USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing invasive disease in the United Statesexternal icon
McDougal LK, Fosheim GE, Nicholson A, Bulens SN, Limbago BM, Shearer JE, Summers AO, Patel JB.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Sep;54(9):3804-11.
- Bartonella genotypes in fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) collected from rodents in the Negev Desert, Israelexternal icon
Morick D, Krasnov BR, Khokhlova IS, Shenbrot GI, Kosoy MY, Harrus S.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Aug 27.
- Human isolates of Bartonella tamiae induce pathology in experimentally inoculated immunocompetent miceexternal icon
Colton L, Zeidner N, Lynch T, Kosoy MY.
BMC Infect Dis. 2010 ;10:229.
- Cholesterol and phytosterols differentially regulate the expression of caveolin 1 and a downstream prostate cell growth-suppressor geneexternal icon
Ifere GO, Equan A, Gordon K, Nagappan P, Igietseme JU, Ananaba GA.
Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Aug;34(4):461-71.
- Variability of the polymerase gene (NS5B) in HCV-infected womenexternal icon
Blackard JT, Ma G, Limketkai BN, Welge JA, Dryer PD, Martin CM, Hiasa Y, Taylor LE, Mayer KH, Jamieson DJ, Sherman KE.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep 1.
- Rapid detection of multidrug resistant tuberculosis using real-time PCR and high resolution melt analysisexternal icon
Ramirez MV, Cowart KC, Campbell PJ, Morlock GP, Sikes D, Winchell JM, Posey JE.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep 1.
- Characterization of 2 human genotype G10 rotavirus strains, 3008CM and 1784/CI/1999, isolated in Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire during the 1999-2000 rotavirus seasonexternal icon
Esona MD, Page NA, Akran VA, Armah GE, Steele AD.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;202 Suppl:S212-9.
- Determination of the G and P types of previously nontypeable rotavirus strains from the African rotavirus network, 1996-2004: identification of unusual G typesexternal icon
Esona MD, Steele D, Kerin T, Armah G, Peenze I, Geyer A, Page N, Nyangao J, Agbaya VA, Trabelsi A, Tsion B, Aminu M, Sebunya T, Dewar J, Glass R, Gentsch J.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 1;202 Suppl:S49-54.
- Andes virus disrupts the endothelial cell barrier by induction of VEGF and down-regulation of VE-cadherinexternal icon
Shrivastava-Ranjan P, Rollin PE, Spiropoulou CF.
J Virol. 2010 Sep 1.
- Extraction of BoNT/A, /B, /E, and /F with a single, high affinity monoclonal antibody for detection of botulinum neurotoxin by Endopep-MSexternal icon
Kalb SR, Garcia-Rodriguez C, Lou J, Baudys J, Smith TJ, Marks JD, Smith LA, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(8).
- Enhanced determination of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes associated with invasive disease in Laos by using a real-time polymerase chain reaction serotyping assay with cerebrospinal fluidexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Perinatal regionalization for very low-birth-weight and very preterm infants: a meta-analysisexternal icon
Lasswell SM, Barfield WD, Rochat RW, Blackmon L.
JAMA. 2010 Sep 1;304(9):992-1000.
- Perinatal regionalization for very low-birth-weight and very preterm infants: a meta-analysisexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Characteristics of beryllium exposure to small particles at a beryllium production facilityexternal icon
Virji MA, Stefaniak AB, Day GA, Stanton ML, Kent MS, Kreiss K, Schuler CR.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Aug 30.
- Investigating reduced bag weight as an effective risk mediator for mason tendersexternal icon
Davis KG, Kotowski SE, Albers J, Marras WS.
Appl Ergon. 2010 Oct;41(6):822-31.
- Mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of Parkinson’s disease-linked proteins contribute to neurotoxicity of manganese-containing welding fumesexternal icon
Sriram K, Lin GX, Jefferson AM, Roberts JR, Wirth O, Hayashi Y, Krajnak KM, Soukup JM, Ghio AJ, Reynolds SH, Castranova V, Munson AE, Antonini JM.
FASEB J. 2010 Aug 31.
- Characteristics of beryllium exposure to small particles at a beryllium production facilityexternal icon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Understanding attitudes toward people with Down syndromeexternal icon
Pace JE, Shin M, Rasmussen SA.
Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Sep;152A(9):2185-92.
- Association of childhood trauma with cognitive function in healthy adults: a pilot studyexternal icon
Majer M, Nater UM, Lin JM, Capuron L, Reeves WC.
BMC Neurol. 2010 ;10:61.
- Understanding attitudes toward people with Down syndromeexternal icon
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Zoonoses
- Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007external icon
Anyangu AS, Gould LH, Sharif SK, Nguku PM, Omolo JO, Mutonga D, Rao CY, Lederman ER, Schnabel D, Paweska JT, Katz M, Hightower A, Njenga MK, Feikin DR, Breiman RF.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2 Suppl):14-21.
- Rift Valley fever: scientific pathways toward public health prevention and responseexternal icon
Breiman RF, Minjauw B, Sharif SK, Ithondeka P, Njenga MK.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2 Suppl):1-4.
- Amebic meningoencephalitides and keratitis: challenges in diagnosis and treatmentexternal icon
Visvesvara GS.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 26.
- Pathogenicity of amoebaeexternal icon
Lorenzo-Morales J, Marciano-Cabral F, Lindo JF, Visvesvara GS, Maciver SK.
Exp Parasitol. 2010 Sep;126(1):2-3.
- Update on SARS research and other possibly zoonotic coronavirusesexternal icon
Anderson LJ, Tong S.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Aug 26.
- Small mammal-associated zoonosesexternal icon
Mills JN, Fulhorst CF.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Aug;10(6):547.
- Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007external icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Injury and Violence – Motor Vehicle-Related Injury
- Teen driving exposure in Michigan: demographic and behavioral characteristicsexternal icon
Ehsani JP, Bingham CR, Shope JT, Sunbury TM, Kweon B.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Jul;42(4):1386-91.
- Requiring suspended drunk drivers to install alcohol interlocks to reinstate their licenses: effective?external icon
Voas RB, Tippetts SS, Fisher D, Grosz M.
Addiction. 2010 Aug;105(8):1422-8.
- UN General Assembly calls for decade of action for road safetyexternal icon
Peden M.
Inj Prev. 2010 Jun;16(3):213.
- The effects of Maine’s change to primary seat belt law on seat belt use and public perception and awarenessexternal icon
Chaudhary NK, Tison J, Casanova T.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2010 Apr;11(2):165-72.
- Impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet wearing legislation on head injuries in Viet Nam: results of a preliminary analysisexternal icon
Passmore J, Tu NT, Luong MA, Chinh ND, Nam NP.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2010 Apr;11(2):202-6.
- Teen driving exposure in Michigan: demographic and behavioral characteristicsexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Use of a self-assessment questionnaire for food safety education in the home kitchen — Los Angeles County, California, 2006–2008external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Sep 3;59(34):1098-1101.
- Use of a self-assessment questionnaire for food safety education in the home kitchen — Los Angeles County, California, 2006–2008external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Early age of menarche, lung function and adult asthmaexternal icon
Macsali F, Real FG, Plana E, Sunyer J, Anto J, Dratva J, Janson C, Jarvis D, Omenaas ER, Zemp E, Wjst M, Leynaert B, Svanes C.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug 23.
- Early age of menarche, lung function and adult asthmaexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Insomnia with short sleep duration and mortality: the Penn State Cohort
Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Pejovic S, Calhoun S, Karataraki M, Basta M, Fern?ndez-Mendoza J, Bixler EO.
Sleep. 2010 ;33(9):1159-1164.
- Insomnia with short sleep duration and mortality: the Penn State Cohort
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Injury and Violence
- Emergency department visits for concussion in young child athletesexternal icon
Bakhos LL, Lockhart GR, Myers R, Linakis JG.
Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):e550-6.
- Sport-related concussion in children and adolescentsexternal icon
Halstead ME, Walter KD, Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness.
Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):597-615.
- Emergency department visits for concussion in young child athletesexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Contemporary cesarean delivery practice in the United Statesexternal icon
Zhang J, Troendle J, Reddy UM, Laughon SK, Branch DW, Burkman R, Landy HJ, Hibbard JU, Haberman S, Ramirez MM, Bailit JL, Hoffman MK, Gregory KD, Gonzalez-Quintero VH, Kominiarek M, Learman LA, Hatjis CG, van Veldhuisen P.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug 11.
- Effect of interpregnancy interval on outcomes of pregnancy after miscarriage: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics in Scotlandexternal icon
Love ER, Bhattacharya S, Smith NC.
BMJ. 2010 ;341:c3967.
- Recurrent preeclampsia: the effect of weight change between pregnanciesexternal icon
Mostello D, Jen Chang J, Allen J, Luehr L, Shyken J, Leet T.
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep;116(3):667-72.
- Contemporary cesarean delivery practice in the United Statesexternal icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance use: mediation by individual, family, and school factorsexternal icon
Shih RA, Miles JN, Tucker JS, Zhou AJ, D’Amico EJ.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2010 Sep;71(5):640-51.
- Racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance use: mediation by individual, family, and school factorsexternal icon
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