Issue 36, September 05, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 36, 9/5/11

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This week, Science Clips is pleased to collaborate with CDC Vital Signs by featuring scientific articles from the current Vital Signs issue on smoking (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). Those articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information in this area.

Science Clips will return to its regular format next week.

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1. CDC Vital Signs

   • Smoking

     1. *Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs – 2007
        CDC.
        . 2007 .
        
     2. *2010 Surgeon General’s report – How tobacco smoke causes disease: the biology and behavioral basis for smoking-attributable disease
        United States Department of Health and Human Services.
        . 2010 .
        
     3. Adult tobacco use among racial and ethnic groups living in the United States, 2002-2005pdf iconexternal icon
        Caraballo RS, Yee SL, Gfroerer J, Mirza SA.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jul;5(3):A78.
        
     4. Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation – United States, 2008
        Dube S, Asman K, Malarcher A, Carabollo R.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 13;58(44):1227-32.
        
     5. Federal and state cigarette excise taxes – United States, 1995-2009
        Patrick R, Holmes C, Eidson S, Lineberger L, Pechacek T.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 May 22;58(19):524-7.
        
     6. State smoke-free laws for worksites, restaurants, and bars–United States, 2000-2010
        Tynan M, Babb S, MacNeil A, Griffin m.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Apr 22;60(15):472-5.
        
     7. Setting a challenging yet realistic smoking prevalence target for Healthy People 2020: learning from the California experiencepdf iconexternal icon
        Mendez D, Warner KE.
        Am J Public Health. 2008 Mar;98(3):556-9.
        
     8. Changing age-specific patterns of cigarette consumption in the United States, 1992-2002: association with smoke-free homes and state-level tobacco control activitypdf iconexternal icon
        Pierce JP, White MM, Messer K.
        Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Feb;11(2):171-7.
        
     9. Health effects of light and intermittent smoking: a reviewpdf iconexternal icon
        Schane RE, Ling PM, Glantz SA.
        Circulation. 2010 Apr 6;121(13):1518-22.
        
     10. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011: warning about the dangers of tobaccopdf iconexternal icon
         World Health Organization.
         . 2011 .
         

2. CDC Authored Publications

   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     11. Incident cognitive impairment is elevated in the Stroke Belt: The REGARDS Studyexternal icon
         Wadley VG, Unverzagt FW, McGuire LC, Moy CS, Go R, Kissela B, McClure LA, Crowe M, Howard VJ, Howard G.
         Ann Neurol. 2011 Aug;70(2):229-36.
         
     12. Trends in colorectal cancer test use among vulnerable populations in the United Statesexternal icon
         Klabunde CN, Cronin KA, Breen N, Waldron WR, Ambs AH, Nadel MR.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Aug;20(8):1611-21.
         
     13. Racial and ethnic differences in mortality among individuals with chronic kidney disease: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)external icon
         Jolly SE, Burrows NR, Chen SC, Li S, Jurkovitz CT, Norris KC, Shlipak MG.
         Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Aug;6(8):1858-65.
         
     14. Reversing the tide of obesityexternal icon
         Dietz WH.
         Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):744-6.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     15. HIV seroprevalence among orphaned and homeless youth: no place like homeexternal icon
         Hillis SD, Zapata L, Robbins CL, Kissin DM, Skipalska H, Yorick R, Finnerty E, Marchbanks PA, Jamieson DJ.
         AIDS. 2011 Aug 30.
         
     16. Factors associated with social contacts in four communities during the 2007-2008 influenza seasonexternal icon
         DeStefano F, Haber M, Currivan D, Farris T, Burrus B, Stone-Wiggins B, McCalla A, Guled H, Shih H, Edelson P, Wetterhall S.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Aug;139(8):1181-90.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     17. Commerson’s leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the likely reservoir of Shimoni bat virusexternal icon
         Kuzmin IV, Turmelle AS, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Niezgoda M, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug 25.
         

   • Environmental Health

     18. Risk of brain tumours in relation to estimated RF dose from mobile phones: results from five Interphone countriesexternal icon
         Cardis E, Armstrong BK, Bowman JD, Giles GG, Hours M, Krewski D, McBride M, Parent ME, Sadetzki S, Woodward A, Brown J, Chetrit A, Figuerola J, Hoffmann C, Jarus-Hakak A, Montestruq L, Nadon L, Richardson L, Villegas R, Vrijheid M.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 Sep;68(9):631-40.
         
     19. Estimation of RF energy absorbed in the brain from mobile phones in the Interphone Studyexternal icon
         Cardis E, Varsier N, Bowman JD, Deltour I, Figuerola J, Mann S, Moissonnier M, Taki M, Vecchia P, Villegas R, Vrijheid M, Wake K, Wiart J.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 Sep;68(9):686-93.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     20. Preliminary results of 2009 pandemic influenza surveillance in the United States using the Aggregate Hospitalization and Death Reporting Activityexternal icon
         Jhung MA, Davidson H, McIntyre A, Gregg WJ, Dasgupta S, D’Mello T, White V, Fowlkes A, Brammer L, Finelli L.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2011 Sep;5(5):321-7.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     21. Knowing a sexual partner is HIV-1-uninfected is associated with higher condom use among HIV-1-infected adults in Kenyaexternal icon
         Benki-Nugent S, Chung MH, Ackers M, Richardson BA, McGrath CJ, Kohler P, Thiga J, Attwa M, John-Stewart GC.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Sep;38(9):808-10.
         
     22. ‘Less education’ is associated with use and sharing of antiretroviral medications for prophylaxis of HIV infection by US men who have sex with menexternal icon
         Mansergh G, Koblin B, Colfax GN, Flores SA, Hudson SM.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Aug 26.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     23. Design of future rabies biologics and antiviral drugsexternal icon
         Smith TG, Wu X, Franka R, Rupprecht CE.
         Adv Virus Res. 2011 ;79:345-63.
         
     24. Infant rotavirus vaccination may provide indirect protection to older children and adults in the United Statesexternal icon
         Lopman BA, Curns AT, Yen C, Parashar UD.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;204(7):980-6.
         
     25. Effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe diseaseexternal icon
         Staat MA, Payne DC, Donauer S, Weinberg GA, Edwards KM, Szilagyi PG, Griffin MR, Hall CB, Curns AT, Gentsch JR, Salisbury S, Fairbrother G, Parashar UD.
         Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):e267-e275.
         
     26. Effectiveness of non-adjuvanted pandemic influenza A vaccines for preventing pandemic influenza acute respiratory illness visits in 4 U.S. communitiesexternal icon
         Griffin MR, Monto AS, Belongia EA, Treanor JJ, Chen Q, Chen J, Talbot HK, Ohmit SE, Coleman LA, Lofthus G, Petrie JG, Meece JK, Hall CB, Williams JV, Gargiullo P, Berman L, Shay DK.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(8):e23085.
         
     27. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 season: comparison of interim and final resultsexternal icon
         Belongia EA, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Coleman LA, Irving SA, Meece JK, Vandermause M, Lindstrom S, Gargiullo P, Shay DK.
         Vaccine. 2011 Sep 2;29(38):6558-63.
         
     28. Risk of rheumatoid arthritis following vaccination with tetanus, influenza and hepatitis B vaccines among persons 15-59 years of ageexternal icon
         Ray P, Black S, Shinefield H, Dillon A, Carpenter D, Lewis E, Ross P, Chen RT, Klein NP, Baxter R.
         Vaccine. 2011 Sep 2;29(38):6592-6597.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     29. Injury research: a perspective from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Controlexternal icon
         Degutis LC, Sattin RW.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Aug 25.
         
     30. Preventing youth violence perpetration among girlsexternal icon
         Massetti GM, Vivolo AM, Brookmeyer K, Degue S, Holland KM, Holt MK, Matjasko JL.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Aug 29.
         
     31. Parents’ retrospective reports of youth psychological responses to the sniper attacks in the Washington, DC, areaexternal icon
         Self-Brown SR, Massetti GM, Chen J, Schulden J.
         Violence Vict. 2011 ;26(1):116-29.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     32. Hydroxyl radical mediates cisplatin-induced apoptosis in human hair follicle dermal papilla cells and keratinocytes through Bcl-2-dependent mechanismexternal icon
         Luanpitpong S, Nimmannit U, Chanvorachote P, Leonard SS, Pongrakhananon V, Wang L, Rojanasakul Y.
         Apoptosis. 2011 Aug;16(8):769-82.
         
     33. Utility of Botulinum Toxin ELISA A, B, E, F kits for clinical laboratory investigations of human botulism
         Maslanka SE, Luquez C, Raphael BH, Dykes JK, Joseph LA.
         Botulinum J. 2011 August;2 (1):72-92.
         
     34. Roles of the ERK, JNK/AP-1/cyclin D1-CDK4 pathway in silica-induced cell cycle changes in human embryo lung fibroblast cellsexternal icon
         Jia X, Liu B, Shi X, Ye M, Zhang F, Liu H.
         Cell Biol Int. 2011 Jul 1;35(7):697-704.
         
     35. Analysis of multilocus sequence typing for identification of Leptospira spp. isolates in Brazilexternal icon
         Romero EC, Blanco RM, Galloway RL.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Aug 31.
         
     36. Production, characterization and utility of a panel of monoclonal antibodies for the detection of toluene diisocyanate haptenated proteinsexternal icon
         Ruwona TB, Johnson VJ, Hettick JM, Schmechel D, Beezhold D, Wang W, Simoyi RH, Siegel PD.
         J Immunol Methods. 2011 Aug 22.
         
     37. Natural substrate concentrations can modulate the prophylactic efficacy of nucleotide HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitorsexternal icon
         Garcia-Lerma JG, Aung W, Cong ME, Zheng Q, Youngpairoj AS, Mitchell J, Holder A, Martin A, Kuklenyik S, Luo W, Lin CY, Hanson DL, Kersh E, Pau CP, Ray AS, Rooney JF, Lee WA, Heneine W.
         J Virol. 2011 Jul;85(13):6610-7.
         
     38. Pulmonary exposure of rats to ultrafine titanium dioxide enhances cardiac protein phosphorylation and substance P synthesis in nodose gangliaexternal icon
         Kan H, Wu Z, Young SH, Chen TH, Cumpston JL, Chen F, Kashon ML, Castranova V.
         Nanotoxicology. 2011 Aug 30.
         
     39. Virulence of pathogenic Coxiella burnetii strains after growth in the absence of host cellsexternal icon
         Kersh GJ, Oliver LD, Self JS, Fitzpatrick KA, Massung RF.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug 25.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     40. Nelfinavir and its active metabolite, hydroxyl-t-butylamidenelfinavir (M8), are transferred in low quantities to breast milk and do not result in biologically significant concentrations in breast-feeding infants whose mothers are taking nelfinavirexternal icon
         Weidle PJ, Zeh C, Martin A, Lando R, Angira F, Osoga J, Ogindo P, Girde S, Minniear TD, Thomas TK.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Aug 29.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     41. Factors associated with low drinking water intake among adolescents: the Florida Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey, 2007external icon
         Park S, Sherry B, O’Toole T, Huang Y.
         J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Aug;111(8):1211-7.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     42. Ear and fingertip oxygen saturation measurements of healthcare workers wearing protective masks
         Roberge RJ, Coca A, Williams WJ, Powell JB, Palmiero AJ.
         Respir Ther. 2011 Aug-Sep;6(4):26-29.
         
     43. Sensitization and chronic beryllium disease at a primary manufacturing facility, part 3: exposure-response among short-term workersexternal icon
         Schuler CR, Virji MA, Deubner DC, Stanton ML, Stefaniak AB, Day GA, Park JY, Kent MS, Sparks R, Kreiss K.
         Scand J Work Environ Health. 2011 Aug 29.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health – Mining

     44. Modified tail section reduces noise on a continuous mining machine
         Zimmerman JJ, Smith AK, Michael R, Kovalchik PG.
         Min Eng. 2011 ;63(7):83-85.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     45. Physician practices related to use of BMI-for-age and counseling for childhood obesity prevention: a cross-sectional studyexternal icon
         Wethington HR, Sherry B, Polhamus B.
         BMC Fam Pract. 2011 ;12:80.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     46. ‘Pregnancy comes accidentally – like it did with me’: reproductive decisions among women on ART and their partners in rural Ugandaexternal icon
         King R, Khana K, Nakayiwa S, Katuntu D, Homsy J, Lindkvist P, Johansson E, Bunnell R.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11:530.
         
     47. Gynecologic clostridial toxic shock in women of reproductive ageexternal icon
         Zane S, Guarner J.
         Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 Sep 2.
         
     48. Bacterial vaginosis and the natural history of human papillomavirusexternal icon
         King CC, Jamieson DJ, Wiener J, Cu-Uvin S, Klein RS, Rompalo AM, Shah KV, Sobel JD.
         Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2011 ;2011:319460.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     49. Human rabies — Wisconsin, 2010external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Sep 2;60(34):1164-6.
         
     50. National and state vaccination coverage among children aged 19–35 months — United States, 2010external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Sep 2;60(34):1157-63.
         
     51. Office-related antibiotic prescribing for persons aged </=14 years — United States, 1993–1994 to 2007–2008external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Sep 2;60:1153-6.
         
     52. Trends in in-hospital newborn male circumcision — United States, 1999–2010external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Sep 2;60:1167-8.
         
     53. Mental illness surveillance among adults in the United States
         Reeves W, Strine T, Pratt L, Thompson W, Ahluwalia I, Dhingra S, McKnight-Eily L, Harrison L, D’Angelo D, Williams L, Morrow B, Gould D, Safran M.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 ;60(Suppl 3):1-32.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     54. Familiar transmission of coronary heart disease: A cohort study of 80,214 Swedish adoptees linked to their biological and adoptive parentsexternal icon
         Sundquist K, Winkleby M, Li X, Ji J, Hemminki K, Sundquist J.
         Am Heart J. 2011 Aug;162(2):317-23.
         
     55. Trends in stroke hospitalizations and associated risk factors among children and young adults, 1995 – 2008
         George M, Tong X, Kuklina E, Labarthe D.
         Ann Neurol. 2011 .
         
     56. Early assessment of cancer outcomes in New York City firefighters after the 9/11 attacks: an observational cohort studyexternal icon
         Zeig-Owens R, Webber P, Hall C, Schwartz T, Jaber N, Weakley J, Rohan T, Cohen H, Derman O, Aldrich T, Kelly K, Prezant D.
         Lancet. 2011 ;378(9794):898-905.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     57. Neonatal mortality levels for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: a systematic analysis of progress, projections, and prioritiesexternal icon
         Oestergaard M, Inoue M, Yoshida S, Mahanani W, Gore F, Cousens S, Lawn J, Mathers C.
         PLoS Med. 2011 ;8(8).
         

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