• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases - Influenza and Public Health Leadership and Management)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Consistent condom use is associated with lower prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in men
       Nielson CM, Harris RB, Nyitray AG, Dunne EF, Stone KM, Giuliano AR.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 22.
       
   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza
     • Comparative epidemiology of pandemic and seasonal influenza A in households
       Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Fang VJ, Lau LL, So HC, Fung RO, Ma ES, et al.
       N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 10;362(23):2175-84.
       
   • Drug Safety
     • Hormone therapy and fatal breast cancer
       Norman SA, Weber AL, Localio AR, Marchbanks PA, Ursin G, Strom BL, Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Bernstein L, Deapen DM, Folger SG, Simon MS, Nadel MR.
       Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 May;19(5):440-7.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • School policies and practices that improve indoor air quality
       Everett Jones S, Smith AM, Wheeler LS, McManus T.
       J Sch Health. 2010 Jun;80(6):280-6.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Physical activity and electronic media use in the SEARCH for diabetes in youth case-control study
       Lobelo F, Liese AD, Liu J, Mayer-Davis EJ, D'Agostino RB, Pate RR, Hamman RF, Dabelea D.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):e1364-71.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Multiple vaccinations and the risk of medically attended fever
       Lin ND, Kleinman K, Chan KA, Soumerai S, Mehta J, Mullooly JP, Shay DK, Kolczak M, Lieu TA.
       Vaccine. 2010 Jun 7;28(25):4169-74.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Seven direct methods for measuring HDL and LDL cholesterol compared with ultracentrifugation reference measurement procedures
       Miller WG, Myers GL, Sakurabayashi I, Bachmann LM, Caudill SP, Dziekonski A, Edwards S, Kimberly MM, Korzun WJ, Leary ET, Nakajima K, Nakamura M, Nilsson G, Shamburek RD, Vetrovec GW, Warnick GR, Remaley AT.
       Clin Chem. 2010 Jun;56(6):977-86.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infancy
       Duijts L, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Moll HA.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 21.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Eleven years of occupational mortality in law enforcement: the census of fatal occupational injuries, 1992-2002
       Tiesman HM, Hendricks SA, Bell JL, Amandus HA.
       Am J Ind Med. 2010 Jun 17.
       
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     • Policy and system change and community coalitions: outcomes from allies against asthma
       Clark NM, Lachance L, Doctor LJ, Gilmore L, Kelly C, Krieger J, Lara M, et al.
       Am J Public Health. 2010 May;100(5):904-12.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Dr R Shiffmann's Asthmador: relevant to our times, or a snake oil remedy?
        Fedan JS, Piedimonte G.
        Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2010 Jun 17.
        
     2. Years of potential life lost and productivity losses from male urogenital cancer deaths-United States, 2004
        Li C, Ekwueme DU, Rim SH, Tangka FK.
        Urology. 2010 Jun 21.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. Viral hepatitis: continuing the dialogue
        Holtzman D.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
        
     4. Performance of abdominal ultrasound for diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons living in Cambodia
        Sculier D, Vannarith C, Pe R, Thai S, Kanara N, Borann S, Cain KP, Lynen L, Varma JK.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Jun 22.
        
     5. 1918 and 2009: a tale of two pandemics
        Redd SC, Frieden TR, Schuchat A, Briss PA.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:3-5.
        
     6. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States: lessons learned and challenges exposed
        Stern AM, Cetron MS, Markel H.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:6-8.
        
     7. "Better off in school": school medical inspection as a public health strategy during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States
        Stern AM, Reilly MB, Cetron MS, Markel H.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:63-70.
        
     8. Review of cytomegalovirus seroprevalence and demographic characteristics associated with infection
        Cannon MJ, Schmid DS, Hyde TB.
        Rev Med Virol. 2010 Jun 18.
        
   • Community Health Services
     9. Obesity prevention and diabetes screening at local health departments
        Zhang X, Luo H, Gregg EW, Mukhtar Q, Rivera M, Barker L, Albright A.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     10. Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirs
         Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1140-5.
         
     11. Survival of bacteriophage MS2 on filtering facepiece respirator coupons
         Fisher E, Shaffer R.
         Appl Biosafety. 2010 Apr-Jun;15(2):71-76.
         
   • Environmental Health
     12. Source drinking water quality effects on chlorine disinfection of adenovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus, and murine norovirus
         Kahler AM, Cromeans TL, Roberts JM, Hill VR.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jun 18.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     13. Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005
         Farnon EC, Gould LH, Griffith KS, Osman MS, Kholy AE, Brair ME, Panella AJ, Kosoy O, Laven JJ, Godsey MS, Perea W, Hayes EB.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1146-52.
         
     14. The two faces of Hepatitis E virus
         Teshale EH, Hu DJ, Holmberg SD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 23.
         
     15. Evaluation of a records-review surveillance system used to determine the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders
         Avchen RN, Wiggins LD, Devine O, Van Naarden Braun K, Rice C, Hobson NC, Schendel D, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 Jun 22.
         
     16. Perinatal Periods of Risk: analytic preparation and phase 1 analytic methods for investigating feto-infant mortality
         Sappenfield WM, Peck MG, Gilbert CS, Haynatzka VR, Bryant T3.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jun 20.
         
     17. Perinatal Periods of Risk: phase 2 analytic methods for further investigating feto-infant mortality
         Sappenfield WM, Peck MG, Gilbert CS, Haynatzka VR, Bryant T3.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jun 18.
         
     18. A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptability
         Allen JD, Coronado GD, Williams RS, Glenn B, Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Tuff RA, Wilson KM, Mullen PD.
         Vaccine. 2010 May 28;28(24):4027-37.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     19. Microprocessor of microRNAs: regulation and potential for therapeutic intervention
         Beezhold KJ, Castranova V, Chen F.
         Mol Cancer. 2010 ;9:134.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     20. Health information-seeking behaviors, health indicators, and health risks
         Weaver JB, Mays D, Weaver SS, Hopkins GL, Eroglu D, Bernhardt JM.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     21. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settings
         Kallen AJ, Patel PR, O'Grady NP.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 23.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     22. Cancer treatment cost in the United States: has the burden shifted over time?
         Tangka FK, Trogdon JG, Richardson LC, Howard D, Sabatino SA, Finkelstein EA.
         Cancer. 2010 May 10.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     23. Increases in levels of schistosome-specific immunoglobulin E and CD23(+) B cells in a cohort of Kenyan children undergoing repeated treatment and reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni
         Black CL, Muok EM, Mwinzi PN, Carter JM, Karanja DM, Secor WE, Colley DG.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 18.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     24. It wouldn't hurt to walk: promoting pedestrian injury research
         Sleet DA, Pollack K, Rivara F, Frattaroli S, Peek-Asa C.
         Inj Prev. 2010 Jun;16(3):211-2.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     25. Close encounters of the small kind: adverse effects of man-made materials interfacing with the nano-cosmos of biological systems
         Shvedova AA, Kagan VE, Fadeel B.
         Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2010 ;50:63-88.
         
     26. Investigation of an apparent outbreak of Rhodococcus equi bacteremia
         Langer AJ, Feja K, Lasker BA, Hinrikson HP, Morey RE, Pellegrini GJ, Smith TL, Robertson C.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 May;67(1):95-100.
         
     27. Astrovirus encephalitis in boy with X-linked agammaglobulinemia
         Quan PL, Wagner TA, Briese T, Torgerson TR, Hornig M, Tashmukhamedova A, Firth C, Palacios G, Baisre-De-Leon A, Paddock CD, Hutchison SK, Egholm M, Zaki SR, Goldman JE, Ochs HD, Lipkin WI.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):918-25.
         
     28. Gamma/delta T cells promote the maturation of dendritic cells during West Nile virus infection
         Fang H, Welte T, Zheng X, Chang GJ, Holbrook MR, Soong L, Wang T.
         FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2010 Jun 1;59(1):71-80.
         
     29. Monoclonal antibodies against toluene diisocyanate haptenated proteins from vapor-exposed mice
         Ruwona TB, Johnson VJ, Schmechel D, Simoyi RH, Beezhold D, Siegel PD.
         Hybridoma (Larchmt). 2010 Jun;29(3):221-9.
         
     30. TLR-2 independent recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by CD11c(+) pulmonary cells from old mice
         Rottinghaus EK, Vesosky B, Turner J.
         Mech Ageing Dev. 2010 Jun 8.
         
     31. Receptor specificity and transmission of H2N2 subtype viruses isolated from the pandemic of 1957
         Pappas C, Viswanathan K, Chandrasekaran A, Raman R, Katz JM, Sasisekharan R, Tumpey TM.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(6):e11158.
         
     32. Enrichment culture and molecular identification of diverse Bartonella species in stray dogs
         Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Boonmar S, Sawatwong P, Sangmaneedet S, Peruski LF.
         Vet Microbiol. 2010 May 12.
         
     33. 5'PPP-RNA induced RIG-I activation inhibits drug-resistant avian H5N1 as well as 1918 and 2009 pandemic influenza virus replication
         Ranjan P, Jayashankar L, Deyde V, Zeng H, Davis WG, Pearce MB, Bowzard JB, Hoelscher MA, Jeisy-Scott V, Wiens ME, Gangappa S, Gubareva L, Garcia-Sastre A, Katz JM, Tumpey TM, Fujita T, Sambhara S.
         Virol J. 2010 May 21;7(1):102.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     34. BirthStats: percentage of preterm births, United States and selected European countries, 2004
         MacDorman MF, Mathews TJ.
         Birth. 2010 Jun;37(2):168.
         
     35. Group B streptococcal disease in infants: progress in prevention and continued challenges
         Verani JR, Schrag SJ.
         Clin Perinatol. 2010 Jun;37(2):375-92.
         
     36. Sociodemographic and dietary risk factors for natural infant intussusception in the United States
         Johnson B, Gargiullo P, Murphy TV, Parashar UD, Patel MM.
         J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Jun 16.
         
     37. Parents' death and survival of their children
         Yusuf HR, Atrash HK.
         Lancet. 2010 Jun 5;375(9730):1944-6.
         
     38. Exposure to antibiotics in a United States-Mexico border birth cohort
         Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Nurgalieva ZZ, Fischbach LA, Gold BD.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):e1468-74.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     39. Safety climate: new developments in conceptualization, theory, and research
         Huang YH, Chen PY, Grosch JW.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Sep;42(5):1421-2.
         
     40. Job satisfaction is associated with elevated natural killer cell immunity among healthy white-collar employees
         Nakata A, Takahashi M, Irie M, Swanson NG.
         Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Jun 1.
         
     41. Metabolic syndrome and salivary cortisol: is there dysregulation among a group of active duty urban police officers?
         Austin-Ketch TL, Violanti J, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Burchfiel C, Hartley T, Vena J.
         Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2010 June;4(2):82-88.
         
     42. Pulmonary toxicity and extrapulmonary tissue distribution of metals after repeated exposure to different welding fumes
         Antonini JM, Roberts JR, Chapman RS, Soukup JM, Ghio AJ, Sriram K.
         Inhal Toxicol. 2010 Jun 19.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     43. A study of first moments in underground mine emergency response
         Kowalski-Trakofler KM, Vaught C, Brnich MJ, Jansky JH.
         J Homel Secur Emerg Manag. 2010 ;7(1).
         
   • Physical Activity
     44. Prevalence of highly active adults-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007
         Adabonyan I, Loustalot F, Kruger J, Carlson SA, Fulton JE.
         Prev Med. 2010 Jun 1.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     45. Inpatient hospitalization for gynecologic disorders in the United States
         Whiteman MK, Kuklina E, Jamieson DJ, Hillis SD, Marchbanks PA.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jun;202(6):541 e1-6.
         
     46. Screening and treatment to prevent sequelae in women with Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection: how much do we know?
         Gottlieb SL, Berman SM, Low N.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15;201 Suppl 2:S156-67.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     47. The effect of caregiving on women in families with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy
         Kenneson A, Bobo JK.
         Health Soc Care Community. 2010 Jun 16.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     48. Likelihood-based methods for estimating the association between a health outcome and left- or interval-censored longitudinal exposure data
         Wannemuehler KA, Lyles RH, Manatunga AK, Terrell ML, Marcus M.
         Stat Med. 2010 Apr 20;29(16):1661-1672.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     49. Novel norovirus in dogs with diarrhea
         Mesquita JR, Barclay L, Jose Nascimento MS, Vinje J.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):980-2.
         
   • Zoonoses
     50. Ecological niche modeling of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades in the United States
         Nakazawa Y, Williams RA, Peterson AT, Mead PS, Kugeler KJ, Petersen JM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):912-8.
         
     51. Rift Valley fever during rainy seasons, Madagascar, 2008 and 2009
         Andriamandimby SF, Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina AE, Jeanmaire EM, Ravololomanana L, Razafimanantsoa LT, Rakotojoelinandrasana T, Razainirina J, Hoffmann J, Ravalohery JP, Rafisandratantsoa JT, Rollin PE, Reynes JM.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):963-70.
         
     52. Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genus
         Kuzmin IV, Mayer AE, Niezgoda M, Markotter W, Agwanda B, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE.
         Virus Res. 2010 May;149(2):197-210.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza
     53. Seroconversion and asymptomatic infections during oseltamivir prophylaxis against influenza A H1N1 2009
         Lee VJ, Yap J, Tay JK, Barr I, Gao Q, Ho HJ, Tan BH, et al.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 10;10(1):164.
         
     54. Low secondary transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in households following an outbreak at a summer camp: relationship to timing of exposure
         Doyle TJ, Hopkins RS.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-7.
         
     55. A school outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection: assessment of secondary household transmission and the protective role of oseltamivir
         Leung YH, Li MP, Chuang SK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-4.
         
     56. Oseltamivir ring prophylaxis for containment of 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreaks
         Lee VJ, Yap J, Cook AR, Chen MI, Tay JK, Tan BH, Loh JP, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 10;362(23):2166-74.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     57. Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia
         Rowe LA, Brillant SB, Cleveland E, Dahn BT, Ramanadhan S, Podesta M, Bradley EH.
         Hum Resour Health. 2010 ;8:5.
         
     58. The group employed model as a foundation for health care delivery reform
         Minott J, Helms D, Luft H, Guterman S, Weil H.
         Issue Brief (Commonw Fund). 2010 Apr;83:1-24.
         
     59. Financing of health systems to achieve the health millennium development goals in low-income countries
         Fryatt R, Mills A, Nordstrom A.
         Lancet. 2010 Jan 30;375(9712):419-26.
         
     60. Using ideas management to identify ways to improve care in the NHS and in organisations
         Mugglestone M, Baxter H.
         Nurs Times. 2010 Jan 26-Feb 1;106(3):10-1.
         
     61. Improving health workforce recruitment and retention in rural and remote regions of Nigeria
         Awofeso N.
         Rural Remote Health. 2010 Jan-Mar;10(1):1319.
         
     62. Newborn screening progress in developing countries--overcoming internal barriers
         Padilla CD, Krotoski D, Therrell BL.
         Semin Perinatol. 2010 Apr;34(2):145-55.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     63. Sodium intake among adults --- United States, 2005-2006
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Jun 25;59(24):746-749.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     64. Serum vitamin D levels and severe asthma exacerbations in the Childhood Asthma Management Program study
         Brehm JM, Schuemann B, Fuhlbrigge AL, Hollis BW, Strunk RC, Zeiger RS, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA, Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jun 8.
         
     65. Early-onset depression, anxiety, and risk of subsequent coronary heart disease: 37-year follow-up of 49,321 young Swedish men
         Janszky I, Ahnve S, Lundberg I, Hemmingsson T.
         J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 ;56(1):31-37.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     66. Low secondary transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in households following an outbreak at a summer camp: relationship to timing of exposure
         Doyle TJ, Hopkins RS.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-7.
         
     67. A school outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection: assessment of secondary household transmission and the protective role of oseltamivir
         Leung YH, Li MP, Chuang SK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-4.
         
   • Health Disparities
     68. Race and ethnicity and breast cancer outcomes in an underinsured population
         Komenaka IK, Martinez ME, Pennington RE, Hsu CH, Clare SE, Thompson PA, Murphy C, Zork NM, Goulet RJ.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jun 23.
         
     69. Infection rate and acute organ dysfunction risk as explanations for racial differences in severe sepsis
         Mayr FB, Yende S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Peck-Palmer OM, Barnato AE, Weissfeld LA, Angus DC.
         JAMA. 2010 Jun 23;303(24):2495-503.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     70. Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns
         Dominguez-Bello MG, Costello EK, Contreras M, Magris M, Hidalgo G, Fierer N, Knight R.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 21.
         
     71. Childbearing, child-rearing, cardiovascular risk factors, and progression of carotid intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study
         Skilton MR, Bonnet F, Begg LM, Juonala M, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
         Stroke. 2010 Jun 10.
         
   
   

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