• 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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1. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group
        Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Yanovski JA, Freedman DS, Shepherd JA, Graubard BI, Borrud LG.
        Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr;91(4):1020-6.
        
     2. Association of testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in men
        Li C, Ford ES, Li B, Giles WH, Liu S.
        Diabetes Care. 2010 Apr 5.
        
     3. The relative effects of abciximab and tirofiban on platelet inhibition and C-reactive protein during coronary intervention
        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.
        
     4. The health and economic burden of chronic diseases in North Carolina
        Easley C, Petersen R, Holmes M.
        N C Med J. 2010 Jan-Feb;71(1):92-5.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     5. Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients coinfected with HIV in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), 1999-2007
        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.
        
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     6. Assessing a multilevel model of young children's oral health with national survey data
        Bramlett MD, Soobader MJ, Fisher-Owens SA, Weintraub JA, Gansky SA, Platt LJ, Newacheck PW.
        Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2010 Mar 29.
        
     7. Influenza epidemiology and characterization of influenza viruses in patients seeking treatment for acute fever in Cambodia
        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.
        
     8. Recall errors in a weekly survey of diarrhoea in Guatemala: determining the optimal length of recall
        Zafar SN, Luby SP, Mendoza C.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Feb;138(2):264-9.
        
     9. Assessment of risk factors for infantile cataracts using a case-control study National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 2000-2004
        Prakalapakorn SG, Rasmussen SA, Lambert SR, Honein MA.
        Ophthalmology. 2010 Apr 2.
        
     10. Estimating the disease burden of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in Hunter New England, Northern New South Wales, Australia, 2009
         Dawood FS, Hope KG, Durrheim DN, Givney R, Fry AM, Dalton CB.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(3):e9880.
         
   • Food Safety
     11. Epidemiology of seafood-associated infections in the United States
         Iwamoto M, Ayers T, Mahon BE, Swerdlow DL.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Apr;23(2):399-411.
         
     12. Sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana infections in Georgia and Tennessee: a hypothesis-generating study
         Clarkson LS, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Shuler C, Hanna S, Benson J, Voetsch AC.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Mar;138(3):340-6.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     13. Surveillance of transmitted HIV type 1 drug resistance in newly diagnosed HIV type 1-infected patients in Shandong Province, China
         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.
         
     14. Multiple genetic backgrounds of the amplified Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance (pfmdr1) gene and selective sweep of 184F mutation in Cambodia
         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.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     15. 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.
         
   • Health Disparities
     16. Meeting the cervical cancer screening needs of underserved women: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 2004-2006
         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.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     17. Global impact of rotavirus vaccines
         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.
         
     18. An augmented passive immune therapy to treat fulminant bacterial infections
         Rajam G, Sampson J, Carlone GM, Ades EW.
         Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2010 Mar 24.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     19. Effect of body mass index and total blood volume on serum cotinine levels among cigarette smokers: NHANES 1999-2008
         Jain RB, Bernert JT.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Mar 30.
         
     20. Serotype specific antisera for pneumococcal serogroup 6 serotypes 6A, 6B and 6C
         Melnick N, Thompson TA, Beall BW.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 7.
         
     21. Bifunctional polymeric inhibitors of human influenza A viruses
         Haldar J, Alvarez de Cienfuegos L, Tumpey TM, Gubareva LV, Chen J, Klibanov AM.
         Pharm Res. 2010 Feb;27(2):259-63.
         
     22. Adipose tissue serves as a reservoir for recrudescent Rickettsia prowazekii infection in a mouse model
         Bechah Y, Paddock CD, Capo C, Mege JL, Raoult D.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(1):e8547.
         
     23. Population structure of a hybrid clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ST239-MRSA-III
         Smyth DS, McDougal LK, Gran FW, Manoharan A, Enright MC, Song JH, de Lencastre H, Robinson DA.
         PLoS ONE. 2010 ;5(1):e8582.
         
     24. Dosage comparison of Congo Basin and West African strains of monkeypox virus using a prairie dog animal model of systemic orthopoxvirus disease
         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.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     25. Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural Western Kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial
         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.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     26. Nanoparticles and potential human health implications: past and future directions. Preface
         Gulumian M, Vallyathan V.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010 Jan;73(5):339-40.
         
   • Sciences, General
     27. 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 2008
         Breuer J, Grose C, Norberg P, Tipples G, Schmid DS.
         J Gen Virol. 2010 Apr;91(Pt 4):821-8.
         
   • Zoonoses
     28. The bba64 gene of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, is critical for mammalian infection via tick bite transmission
         Gilmore Jr. RD, Howison RR, Dietrich G, Patton TG, Clifton DR, Carroll JA.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 5.
         
     29. Vector control improves survival of three species of prairie dogs (Cynomys) in areas considered enzootic for plague
         Biggins DE, Godbey JL, Gage KL, Carter LG, Montenieri JA.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb;10(1):17-26.
         
     30. Rodent and flea abundance fail to predict a plague epizootic in black-tailed prairie dogs
         Brinkerhoff RJ, Collinge SK, Ray C, Gage KL.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb;10(1):47-52.
         
2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Health Communication and Education
     31. Dissemination of health information through social networks: twitter and antibiotics
         Scanfeld D, Scanfeld V, Larson EL.
         Am J Infect Control. 2010 Apr;38(3):182-8.
         
     32. Marketing public health through older adult volunteering: experience corps as a social marketing intervention
         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.
         
     33. A systematic review of the use of theory in the design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation of the results of rigorous evaluations
         Davies P, Walker AE, Grimshaw JM.
         Implement Sci. 2010 ;5:14.
         
     34. Media attention and public perceptions of cancer and eastern equine encephalitis
         Ackerson LK, Viswanath K.
         J Community Health. 2010 Mar 30.
         
     35. 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.
         
     36. 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.
         
     37. 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.
         
     38. A randomized controlled trial of communication training with primary care providers to improve patient-centeredness and health risk communication
         Helitzer DL, Lanoue M, Wilson B, de Hernandez BU, Warner T, Roter D.
         Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Mar 8.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Nanoparticles/Nanotechnology
     39. AIDS treatment with novel anti-HIV compounds improved by nanotechnology
         Ma X, Wang D, Wu Y, Ho RJ, Jia L, Guo P, Hu L, et al.
         AAPS J. 2010 Apr 6.
         
     40. Nanomedicine and cardiovascular disease
         McCarthy JR.
         Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2010 Feb;3(1):42-49.
         
     41. Comparative cytotoxicity of Al2O3, CeO2, TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles to human lung cells
         Kim IS, Baek M, Choi SJ.
         J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 May;10(5):3453-8.
         
     42. Biomechanical effects of environmental and engineered particles on human airway smooth muscle cells
         Berntsen P, Park CY, Rothen-Rutishauser B, Tsuda A, Sager TM, Molina RM, Donaghey TC, et al.
         J R Soc Interface. 2010 Mar 31.
         
     43. Fullerenes: from carbon to nanomedicine
         Chawla P, Chawla V, Maheshwari R, Saraf SA, Saraf SK.
         Mini Rev Med Chem. 2010 Mar 18.
         
     44. Determination of silver nanoparticle release from antibacterial fabrics into artificial sweat
         Kulthong K, Srisung S, Boonpavanitchakul K, Kangwansupamonkon W, Maniratanachote R.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2010 Apr 1;7(1):8.
         
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     45. Human rabies --- Kentucky/Indiana, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):393-6.
         
     46. State cigarette excise taxes --- United States, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):385-8.
         
     47. State cigarette minimum price laws --- United States, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Apr 9;59(13):389-92.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     48. Associations of excess weight gain during pregnancy with long-term maternal overweight and obesity: evidence from 21 y postpartum follow-up
         Mamun AA, Kinarivala M, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM, Callaway LK.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar 17.
         
     49. Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortality
         Rabeneck L, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Stukel TA.
         Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Mar 2.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     50. The increasing incidence of mumps orchitis: a comprehensive review
         Davis NF, McGuire BB, Mahon JA, Smyth AE, O'Malley KJ, Fitzpatrick JM.
         BJU Int. 2010 Jan 11.
         
   • Environmental Health
     51. Blood lead levels and delayed onset of puberty in a longitudinal study of Russian boys
         Williams PL, Sergeyev O, Lee MM, Korrick SA, Burns JS, Humblet O, Delprato J, Revich B, Hauser R.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 5.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     52. Safety of influenza vaccine administration in egg-allergic patients
         Chung EY, Huang L, Schneider L.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Apr 5.
         

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