• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer and Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality and prediabetes prevalence
       Boyle J, Thompson T, Gregg E, Barker L, Williamson D.
       Popul Health Metr. 2010 Oct;8(29).
       
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer
     • A cluster-randomized trial of a primary care informatics-based system for breast cancer screening
       Atlas SJ, Grant RW, Lester WT, Ashburner JM, Chang Y, Barry MJ, Chueh HC.
       J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Sep 15.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Gender and age patterns in HSV-2 and HIV infection among non-injecting drug users in New York City
       Des Jarlais DC, Arasteh K, McKnight C, Perlman D, Hagan H, Semaan S, Friedman SR.
       Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Oct;37(10):637-43.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Widening gap in age at muscular dystrophy-associated death between blacks and whites, 1986-2005
       Kenneson A, Vatave A, Finkel R.
       Neurology. 2010 Sep 14;75(11):982-9.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Prevalence of self-reported hypertension, advice received from health care professionals, and actions taken to reduce blood pressure among US adults - HealthStyles, 2008
       Valderrama AL, Tong X, Ayala C, Keenan NL.
       J Clin Hypertens. 2010 October;12 (10):784-792.
       
     • Spontaneous diffusion of an effective skin cancer prevention program through Web-based access to program materials
       Hall DM, Escoffery C, Nehl E, Glanz K.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A125.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety
     • Similar immunogenicity and safety of the A/H1N1 2009 pandemic influenza strain when used as a monovalent or a trivalent vaccine
       Van der Vliet D, Pepin S, Lambert M, Fauchoux N, Donazzolo Y, Dupuy M, Dakowski C, et al.
       Hum Vaccin. 2010 Oct 12;6(10).
       
     • Risk perceptions, worry, or distrust: what drives pregnant women's decisions to accept the H1N1 vaccine?
       Tucker Edmonds BM, Coleman J, Armstrong K, Shea JA.
       Matern Child Health J. 2010 Oct 9.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Urinary and serum metabolites of di-n-pentyl phthalate in rats
       Silva MJ, Furr J, Samandar E, Preau Jr JL, Gray LE, Needham LL, Calafat AM.
       Chemosphere. 2010 Oct 14.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Transmission of influenza A viruses between pigs and people, Iowa, 2002-2004
       Terebuh P, Olsen CW, Wright J, Klimov A, Karasin A, Todd K, Zhou H, Hall H, Xu X, Kniffen T, Madsen D, Garten R, Bridges CB.
       Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2010 Nov;4(6):387-96.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Utility of dysphagia screening results in predicting poststroke pneumonia
        Lakshminarayan K, Tsai AW, Tong X, Vazquez G, Peacock JM, George MG, Luepker RV, Anderson DC.
        Stroke. 2010 Oct 14.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
        Homaira N, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Epstein JH, Sultana R, Khan MS, Podder G, Nahar K, Ahmed B, Gurley ES, Daszak P, Lipkin WI, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG, Luby SP.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Nov;138(11):1630-6.
        
     3. Is sexual contact a major mode of hepatitis C virus transmission?
        Tohme RA, Holmberg SD.
        Hepatology. 2010 Oct;52(4):1497-505.
        
     4. Preefficacy use and sharing of antiretroviral medications to prevent sexually-transmitted HIV infection among US men who have sex with men
        Mansergh G, Koblin BA, Colfax GN, McKirnan DJ, Flores SA, Hudson SM.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Oct 1;55(2):e14-6.
        
     5. Hepatitis B. General information
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Division of Viral Hepatitis.
        J Pract Nurs. 2010 Summer;60(2):5-6.
        
     6. Meningococcal disease: the organism, clinical presentation, and worldwide epidemiology
        Al-Tawfiq JA, Clark TA, Memish ZA.
        J Travel Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;17 Suppl:3-8.
        
   • Community Health Services
     7. A historical overview of the United States-Mexico border Diabetes Prevention and Control Project
        Diaz-Kenney RV, Ruiz-Holguin R, de Cosio FG, Ramos R, Rodriguez B, Beckles GL, Valdez R, Thompson-Reid PE.
        Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2010 Sep;28(3):143-50.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     8. Tracking origins and spread of sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum dhps alleles in Thailand
        Alam MT, Vinayak S, Congpuong K, Wongsrichanalai C, Satimai W, Slutsker L, Escalante AA, Barnwell JW, Udhayakumar V.
        Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Oct 18.
        
     9. New rabies virus variant found during an epizootic in white-nosed coatis from the Yucatan Peninsula
        Arechiga-Ceballos N, Velasco-Villa A, Shi M, Flores-Chavez S, Barron B, Cuevas-Dominguez E, Gonzalez-Origel A, Aguilar-Setien A.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Nov;138(11):1586-9.
        
   • Environmental Health
     10. Global environmental health: sustainability
         Sabogal R.
         J Environ Health. 2010 Oct;73(3):26-27.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     11. The accuracy of cancer mortality statistics based on death certificates in the United States
         German RR, Fink AK, Heron M, Stewart SL, Johnson CJ, Finch JL, Yin D.
         Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 15.
         
     12. Accuracy of assisted reproductive technology information on the Massachusetts birth certificate, 1997-2000
         Zhang Z, Macaluso M, Cohen B, Schieve L, Nannini A, Chen M, Wright V.
         Fertil Steril. 2010 Oct;94(5):1657-61.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     13. Actions taken to reduce sodium intake among adults with self-reported hypertension: HealthStyles survey, 2005 and 2008
         Ayala C, Tong X, Valderrama A, Ivy A, Keenan N.
         J Clin Hypertens. 2010 October;12 (10):793-799.
         
     14. Mental- and physical-health indicators and sexually explicit media use behavior by adults
         Weaver III JB, Weaver SS, Mays D, Hopkins GL, Kannenberg W, McBride D.
         J Sex Med. 2010 Oct 4.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     15. Impact of unfounded vaccine safety concerns on the nationwide measles-rubella immunization campaign, Georgia, 2008
         Khetsuriani N, Imnadze P, Baidoshvili L, Jabidze L, Tatishili N, Kurtsikashvili G, Lezhava T, Laurent E, Martin R.
         Vaccine. 2010 Sep 7;28(39):6455-62.
         
   • Health Disparities
     16. Access to health care and undiagnosed diabetes along the United States-Mexico border
         Zhang X, Beckles GL, Bullard KM, Gregg EW, Albright AL, Barker L, Ruiz-Holguin R, Cerqueira MT, Frontini M, Imperatore G.
         Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2010 Sep;28(3):182-9.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     17. Health care-associated infections studies project: Case 3
         Wright MO, Hebden JN, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Horan T.
         Am J Infect Control. 2010 Oct;38(8):642-3.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     18. Determination of mean recency period for estimation of HIV type 1 incidence with the BED-capture EIA in persons infected with diverse subtypes
         Parekh BS, Hanson DL, Hargrove J, Branson B, Green T, Dobbs T, Constantine N, Overbaugh J, McDougal JS.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Oct 18.
         
     19. Lipopolysaccharide hyperpolarizes guinea pig airway epithelium by increasing the activities of the epithelial Na(+) channel and the Na(+)-K(+) pump
         Dodrill MW, Fedan JS.
         Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2010 Oct;299(4):L550-8.
         
     20. Interpretation of HIV serologic testing results: Commentary
         Branson BM.
         Clinical Chemistry. 2010 Oct;56(10):1527-1527.
         
     21. An evaluation of the methods for deriving representative frequency response functions of the human whole-body system
         Dong RG, McDowell TW, Welcome DE, Wu JZ.
         Ind Health. 2010 ;48(5):596-605.
         
     22. MChip, a low density microarray, differentiates among seasonal human H1N1, North American swine H1N1, and the 2009 pandemic H1N1
         Heil GL, McCarthy T, Yoon KJ, Liu S, Saad MD, Smith CB, Houck JA, Dawson ED, Rowlen KL, Gray GC.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2010 Nov;4(6):411-416.
         
     23. Variola and monkeypox utilize conserved mechanisms of virion motility and release that depend on Abl- and Src-family tyrosine kinases
         Reeves PM, Smith SK, Olson VA, Thorne SH, Bornmann W, Damon IK, Kalman D.
         J Virol. 2010 Oct 20.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     24. Prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and early childhood body mass index
         Braun JM, Daniels JL, Poole C, Olshan AF, Hornung R, Bernert JT, Khoury J, Needham LL, Barr DB, Lanphear BP.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;24(6):524-534.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     25. Interpreting borderline BeLPT results
         Middleton DC, Mayer AS, Lewin MD, Mroz MM, Maier LA.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct 18.
         
     26. Allergic contact dermatitis to synthetic rubber gloves: changing trends in patch test reactions to accelerators
         Cao LY, Taylor JS, Sood A, Murray D, Siegel PD.
         Arch Dermatol. 2010 Sep;146(9):1001-7.
         
     27. A persistent high human cost of protein: commercial fishing and aquaculture
         Conway GA.
         J Agromedicine. 2010 Oct;15(4):335-6.
         
     28. Occupational fatalities in the United States commercial fishing industry, 2000-2009
         Lincoln JM, Lucas DL.
         J Agromedicine. 2010 Oct;15(4):343-50.
         
     29. A method for analyzing vibration power absorption density in human fingertip
         Wu JZ, Dong RG, Welcome DE, Xu XY.
         J Sound Vib. 2010 Dec;329(26):5600-5614.
         
     30. Cohort mortality study of workers at seven beryllium processing plants: update and associations with cumulative and maximum exposure
         Schubauer-Berigan MK, Couch JR, Petersen MR, Carreon T, Jin Y, Deddens JA.
         Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct 15.
         
   • Public Health, General
     31. Focusing on solid partnerships across multiple sectors for population health improvement
         Bailey SB.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A115.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     32. Cigarette smoking women of reproductive age who use oral contraceptives: results from the 2002 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems
         McClave AK, Hogue CJ, Brunner Huber LR, Ehrlich AC.
         Womens Health Issues. 2010 Oct 13.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     33. Sex differences in relational and overt aggression in the late elementary school years
         Kistner J, Counts-Allan C, Dunkel S, Drew CH, David-Ferdon C, Lopez C.
         Aggress Behav. 2010 Sep;36(5):282-91.
         
     34. Adverse childhood experiences and frequent headaches in adults
         Anda R, Tietjen G, Schulman E, Felitti V, Croft J.
         Headache. 2010 Oct;50(9):1473-1481.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     35. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in native calves in Nigeria
         Ayinmode AB, Olakunle FB, Xiao L.
         Parasitol Res. 2010 Sep;107(4):1019-21.
         
     36. Isolation of Bartonella capreoli from elk
         Bai Y, Cross PC, Malania L, Kosoy M.
         Vet Microbiol. 2010 Sep 29.
         
   • Zoonoses
     37. Anthrax: modern exposure science combats a deadly, ancient disease
         Barr JR, Boyer AE, Quinn CP.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;20(7):573-4.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Breast Cancer
     38. Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years: evaluation of the Swedish Mammography Screening in Young Women (SCRY) cohort
         Hellquist BN, Duffy SW, Abdsaleh S, Bjorneld L, Bordas P, Tabar L, Vitak B, et al.
         Cancer. 2010 Sep 29.
         
     39. Inequalities in adoption of cancer screening from a diffusion of innovation perspective: identification of late adopters
         Hahm MI, Park EC, Choi KS, Lee HY, Park JH, Park S.
         Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 12.
         
     40. Organizational change: a way to increase colon, breast and cervical cancer screening in primary care practices
         Arroyave AM, Penaranda EK, Lewis CL.
         J Community Health. 2010 Sep 11.
         
     41. Patient navigation to increase mammography screening among inner city women
         Phillips CE, Rothstein JD, Beaver K, Sherman BJ, Freund KM, Battaglia TA.
         J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Oct 8.
         
     42. Crossing the finish line: follow-up of abnormal test results in a multisite community health center
         Chen ET, Eder M, Elder NC, Hickner J.
         J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Aug;102(8):720-5.
         
     43. Meta-analyses of the effect of false-positive mammograms on generic and specific psychosocial outcomes
         Salz T, Richman AR, Brewer NT.
         Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1026-34.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety
     44. Parental reports of adverse events following simultaneously given dT-IPV and MMR vaccines in healthy 9-year-old children
         Kemmeren JM, van der Maas NA, de Melker HE.
         Eur J Pediatr. 2010 Sep 21.
         
     45. MF59(TM) as a vaccine adjuvant: a review of safety and immunogenicity
         El Sahly H.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 Oct;9(10):1135-41.
         
     46. Immunogenicity and safety of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants and toddlers
         Yeh SH, Gurtman A, Hurley DC, Block SL, Schwartz RH, Patterson S, Jansen KU, et al.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):e493-505.
         
     47. Safety of MF59-adjuvanted versus non-adjuvanted influenza vaccines in children and adolescents: an integrated analysis
         Black S, Della Cioppa G, Malfroot A, Nacci P, Nicolay U, Pellegrini M, Sokal E, et al.
         Vaccine. 2010 Oct 21;28(45):7331-6.
         
     48. Frequency of medically attended events following rapid revaccination with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
         Schmidt MA, Crane B, Mullooly JP, Naleway AL.
         Vaccine. 2010 Sep 25.
         
     49. The safety of immunizing with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) less than 2 years following previous tetanus vaccination: experience during a mass vaccination campaign of healthcare personnel during a respiratory illness outbreak
         Talbot EA, Brown KH, Kirkland KB, Baughman AL, Halperin SA, Broder KR.
         Vaccine. 2010 Sep 24.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     50. Drivers aged 16 or 17 years involved in fatal crashes - United States, 2004-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1329-1334.
         
     51. HIV transmission through transfusion - Missouri and Colorado, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1335-1339.
         
     52. State Medicaid coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments - United States, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 22;59(41):1340 -1343.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     53. Persistent increase of prevalence of metabolic syndrome among US adults: NHANES III to NHANES 1999-2006
         Mozumdar A, Liguori G.
         Diabetes Care. 2010 Oct 1.
         
     54. Age and sex differences in hospitalizations associated with diabetes
         Lee JM, Davis MM, Gebremariam A, Kim C.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Oct 12.
         
   
   

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