• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Proportion of the decline in cardiovascular mortality disease due to prevention versus treatment: public health versus clinical care
       Ford ES, Capewell S.
       Annu Rev Public Health. 2011 Apr 21;32:5-22.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Factors associated with HIV infection in married or cohabitating couples in Kenya: results from a nationally representative study
       Kaiser R, Bunnell R, Hightower A, Kim AA, Cherutich P, Mwangi M, Oluoch T, Dadabhai S, Mureithi P, Mugo N, Mermin J.
       PLoS ONE. 2011 ;6(3):e17842.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • Quality-of-life and cost-benefit analysis of a home environmental assessment program in Connecticut
       Nguyen KH, Boulay E, Peng J.
       J Asthma. 2011 Mar;48(2):147-55.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Given the increasing bias in random digit dial sampling, could respondent-driven sampling be a practical alternative?
       Lee R, Ranaldi J, Cummings M, Crucetti JB, Stratton H, McNutt LA.
       Ann Epidemiol. 2011 Apr;21(4):272-9.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Discussions about prostate cancer screening between U.S. primary care physicians and their patients
       Hall IJ, Taylor YJ, Ross LE, Richardson LC, Richards TB, Rim SH.
       J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Mar 18.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Detection and quantification of ricin in beverages using isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry
       McGrath SC, Schieltz DM, McWilliams LG, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
       Anal Chem. 2011 Mar 23.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid
     • Modifying effects of wealth on the response to nutrient supplementation in pregnancy on birth weight, duration of gestation and perinatal mortality in rural western China: double-blind cluster randomized controlled trial
       Zeng L, Yan H, Cheng Y, Dibley MJ.
       Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jan 19.
       
     • Long term maintenance of neural tube defects prevention in a high prevalence state
       Collins JS, Atkinson KK, Dean JH, Best RG, Stevenson RE.
       J Pediatr. 2011 Feb 22.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Fatigue risk management: organizational factors at the regulatory and industry/company level
       Gander P, Hartley L, Powell D, Cabon P, Hitchcock E, Mills A, Popkin S.
       Accid Anal Prev. 2011 Mar;43(2):573-90.
       
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     • Modeling and public health emergency responses: lessons from SARS
       Glasser JW, Hupert N, McCauley MM, Hatchett R.
       Epidemics. 2011 Mar;3(1):32-7.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Cigarette smoking and second-hand smoking exposure in adolescents with chronic kidney disease: a study from the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium
        Omoloja A, Chand D, Greenbaum L, Wilson A, Bastian V, Ferris M, Bernert J, Stolfi A, Patel H.
        Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 Mar;26(3):908-13.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Hyponatremia, hypochloremia, and hypoalbuminemia predict an increased risk of mortality during the first year of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected Zambian and Kenyan women
        Dao CN, Peters PJ, Kiarie J, Stringer J, Zulu I, Muiruri P, Ong'ech J, Mutsotso W, Potter D, Njobvu L, Borkowf CB, Bolu O, Weidle P.
        AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Mar 22.
        
     3. Reflections on pandemics, past and present
        Schuchat A.
        Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb 22.
        
     4. First report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in South America
        Mercado E, Srinivasan V, Hawkins P, Chochua S, Ochoa T, Beall B, McGee L.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Mar 23.
        
     5. Trends in diseases reported on US death certificates that mentioned HIV infection, 1996-2006
        Adih WK, Selik RM, Xiaohong H.
        J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2011 Jan-Feb;10(1):5-11.
        
     6. Danish health register study: a randomised trial with findings about the implementation of chlamydia screening, but not about its benefits
        Soldan K, Berman SM.
        Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Mar;87(2):86-7.
        
   • Community Health Services
     7. A survey of patients and providers at free clinics across the United States
        Gertz AM, Frank S, Blixen CE.
        J Community Health. 2011 Feb;36(1):83-93.
        
   • Drug Safety
     8. Paraplegia and paraparesis from intrathecal methotrexate and cytarabine contaminated with trace amounts of vincristine in China during 2007
        Zeng G, Ma H, Wang X, Yan H, Wan X, Jiang B, Fontaine RE, Wu Z, Lin S, Ruan F, Liu H.
        J Clin Oncol. 2011 Mar 21.
        
   • Environmental Health
     9. Unregulated drinking water initiative for environmental surveillance and public health
        Backer LC, Tosta N.
        J Environ Health. 2011 Mar;73(7):31-2.
        
     10. Endocrine disruptors and childhood social impairment
         Miodovnik A, Engel SM, Zhu C, Ye X, Soorya LV, Silva MJ, Calafat AM, Wolff MS.
         NeuroToxicology. 2011 Mar;32(2):261-7.
         
     11. Nanotoxicology--a pathologist's perspective
         Hubbs AF, Mercer RR, Benkovic SA, Harkema J, Sriram K, Schwegler-Berry D, Goravanahally MP, Nurkiewicz TR, Castranova V, Sargent LM.
         Toxicol Pathol. 2011 ;39(2):301-24.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     12. Population incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
         Sejvar JJ, Baughman AL, Wise M, Morgan OW.
         Neuroepidemiology. 2011 Mar 21;36(2):123-133.
         
   • Food Safety
     13. An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection linked to unpasteurized apple cider in Oklahoma, 1999
         Diallo MO, Bradley KK, Crutcher JM, Lytle M, Lee A, Moolenaar RL.
         Food Prot Trends. 2011 ;31(2):88-92.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     14. Risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in a multiethnic society: a venue-based study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
         Kanter J, Koh C, Razali K, Tai R, Izenberg J, Rajan L, Van Griensven F, Kamarulzaman A.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Jan;22(1):30-7.
         
     15. Screening methods for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in sexually transmitted infection clinics: what do patients prefer?
         Howard EJ, Xu F, Taylor SN, Stoner BP, Mena L, Nsuami MJ, Powell S, Lillis R, Martin DH.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Mar;87(2):149-51.
         
     16. Mothers' support for voluntary provision of HPV vaccine in schools
         Kadis JA, McRee AL, Gottlieb SL, Lee MR, Reiter PL, Dittus PJ, Brewer NT.
         Vaccine. 2011 Mar 21;29(14):2542-7.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     17. Injection site and risk of medically attended local reactions to acellular pertussis vaccine
         Jackson LA, Yu O, Nelson JC, Dominguez C, Peterson D, Baxter R, Hambidge SJ, Naleway AL, Belongia EA, Nordin JD, Baggs J.
         Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e581-e587.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     18. Assessing injury-related movement difficulties: a method for analyzing the association between functional limitations and social participation
         Loeb M, Chen LH.
         Disabil Health J. 2011 Apr;4(2):102-11.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     19. Comparison of serum cotinine concentration within and across smokers of menthol and nonmenthol cigarette brands among non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white U.S. adult smokers, 2001-2006
         Caraballo RS, Holiday DB, Stellman SD, Mowery PD, Giovino GA, Muscat JE, Eriksen MP, Bernert JT, Richter PA, Kozlowski LT.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Mar 23.
         
     20. Non-HDL cholesterol shows improved accuracy for cardiovascular risk score classification compared to direct or calculated LDL cholesterol in a dyslipidemic population
         van Deventer HE, Miller WG, Myers GL, Sakurabayashi I, Bachmann LM, Caudill SP, Dziekonski A, Edwards S, Kimberly MM, Korzun WJ, Leary ET, Nakajima K, Nakamura M, Shamburek RD, Vetrovec GW, Warnick GR, Remaley AT.
         Clin Chem. 2011 Mar;57(3):490-501.
         
     21. Nucleic acid amplification tests are more accurate and cost-effective than the chlamydia rapid test for diagnosing genital chlamydia
         Gift TL.
         Evid Based Nurs. 2011 Apr;14(2):45-6.
         
     22. Monoclonal antibodies 3C3, 6D4, 7D11, 9G6, 24D11, 27C10, 27E2, and 29E5
         Beezhold D.
         Hybridoma. 2011 Feb;30(1):103-103.
         
     23. Production and characterization of IgM monoclonal antibodies against hyphal antigens of Stachybotrys species
         Nayak A, Green B, Janotka E, Blachere F, Vesper S, Beezhold D, Schmechel D.
         Hybridoma. 2011 Feb;30(1):29-36.
         
     24. Lack of clinical AIDS in SIV-infected sooty mangabeys with significant CD4+ T cell loss is associated with double-negative T cells
         Milush JM, Mir KD, Sundaravaradan V, Gordon SN, Engram J, Cano CA, Reeves JD, Anton E, O'Neill E, Butler E, Hancock K, Cole KS, Brenchley JM, Else JG, Silvestri G, Sodora DL.
         J Clin Invest. 2011 Mar 1;121(3):1102-10.
         
     25. Mutagenicity of 11 cigarette smoke condensates in two versions of the mouse lymphoma assay
         Guo X, Verkler TL, Chen Y, Richter PA, Polzin GM, Moore MM, Mei N.
         Mutagenesis. 2011 Mar;26(2):273-81.
         
     26. A single base-pair change in 2009 H1N1 hemagglutinin increases human receptor affinity and leads to efficient airborne viral transmission in ferrets
         Jayaraman A, Pappas C, Raman R, Belser JA, Viswanathan K, Shriver Z, Tumpey TM, Sasisekharan R.
         PLoS ONE. 2011 ;6(3):e17616.
         
     27. B cell epitope mapping and characterization of naturally acquired antibodies to the Plasmodium vivax Merozoite Surface Protein-3alpha (PvMSP-3alpha) in malaria exposed individuals from Brazilian Amazon
         Lima-Junior JC, Jiang J, Rodrigues-da-Silva RN, Banic DM, Tran TM, Ribeiro RY, Meyer VS, De-Simone SG, Santos F, Moreno A, Barnwell JW, Galinski MR, Oliveira-Ferreira J.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 17;29(9):1801-11.
         
     28. 17beta-Estradiol restores antibody responses to an influenza vaccine in a postmenopausal mouse model
         Nguyen DC, Masseoud F, Lu X, Scinicariello F, Sambhara S, Attanasio R.
         Vaccine. 2011 Mar 21;29(14):2515-8.
         
     29. Aerosol vaccination induces robust protective immunity to homologous and heterologous influenza infection in mice
         Smith JH, Brooks P, Johnson S, Tompkins SM, Custer KM, Haas DL, Mair R, Papania M, Tripp RA.
         Vaccine. 2011 Mar 21;29(14):2568-75.
         
     30. Pathogenetic elements of hepatitis E and animal models of HEV infection
         Krawczynski K, Meng XJ, Rybczynska J.
         Virus Res. 2011 Mar 14.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     31. Trends in ectopic pregnancy mortality in the United States: 1980-2007
         Creanga AA, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Bish CL, Zane S, Berg CJ, Callaghan WM.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;117(4):837-43.
         
     32. Newborn size among obese women with weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendation
         Vesco KK, Sharma AJ, Dietz PM, Rizzo JH, Callaghan WM, England L, Bruce FC, Bachman DJ, Stevens VJ, Hornbrook MC.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;117(4):812-8.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     33. Assessment of iron status in US pregnant women from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2006
         Mei Z, Cogswell ME, Looker AC, Pfeiffer CM, Cusick SE, Lacher DA, Grummer-Strawn LM.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Mar 23.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     34. Determinants of captan air and dermal exposures among orchard pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
         Hines CJ, Deddens JA, Coble J, Kamel F, Alavanja MC.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Mar 22.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     35. Field evaluation of air-blocking shelf for dust control on blasthole drills
         Potts JD, Reed WR.
         Int J Mining Reclam Environ. 2011 ;25:32-40.
         
     36. New development of expert system module for a decision-making on mine stope stability in underground blasthole mining operations
         Vongpaisal S, Li G, Pakalnis R, Brady T.
         Int J Mining Reclam Environ. 2011 ;25:41-51.
         
     37. Monte Carlo simulation and well testing applied in evaluating reservoir properties in a deforming longwall overburden
         Karacan CO, Goodman GV.
         Transp Porous Media. 2011 Jan;86(2):445-464.
         
   • Public Health, General
     38. The impact of out-migration on the nursing workforce in Kenya
         Gross JM, Rogers MF, Teplinskiy I, Oywer E, Wambua D, Kamenju A, Arudo J, Riley PL, Higgins M, Rakuom C, Kiriinya R, Waudo A.
         Health Serv Res. 2011 Mar 17.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     39. Antimullerian hormone as a predictor of natural fecundability in women aged 30-42 years
         Steiner AZ, Herring AH, Kesner JS, Meadows JW, Stanczyk FZ, Hoberman S, Baird DD.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;117(4):798-804.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     40. State and local area estimates of depression and anxiety among adults with disabilities in 2006
         Okoro CA, McKnight-Eily LR, Strine TW, Crews JE, Holt JB, Balluz LS.
         Disabil Health J. 2011 Apr;4(2):78-90.
         
     41. A population-based assessment of the health, functional status, and consequent family impact among children with Down syndrome
         Schieve LA, Boulet SL, Kogan MD, Van Naarden-Braun K, Boyle CA.
         Disabil Health J. 2011 Apr;4(2):68-77.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     42. Estimating standard errors for life expectancies based on complex survey data with mortality follow-up: a case study using the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files
         Schenker N, Parsons VL, Lochner KA, Wheatcroft G, Pamuk ER.
         Stat Med. 2011 Mar 22.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Maternal and Child Health - Folic Acid
     43. Shmt1 and de novo thymidylate biosynthesis underlie folate-responsive neural tube defects in mice
         Beaudin AE, Abarinov EV, Noden DM, Perry CA, Chu S, Stabler SP, Allen RH, et al.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Apr;93(4):789-98.
         
     44. Folate pathway and nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate
         Blanton SH, Henry RR, Yuan Q, Mulliken JB, Stal S, Finnell RH, Hecht JT.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Jan;91(1):50-60.
         
     45. Maternal DNA hypomethylation and congenital heart defects
         Chowdhury S, Cleves MA, MacLeod SL, James SJ, Zhao W, Hobbs CA.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Feb;91(2):69-76.
         
     46. Oral clefts and maternal biomarkers of folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism in Utah
         Munger RG, Tamura T, Johnston KE, Feldkamp ML, Pfister R, Cutler R, Murtaugh MA, et al.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Mar;91(3):153-61.
         
     47. Folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy in the newborn epigenetics study (NEST)
         Hoyo C, Murtha AP, Schildkraut JM, Forman MR, Calingaert B, Demark-Wahnefried W, Kurtzberg J, et al.
         BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11(1):46.
         
     48. Folate intake and the risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
         Kennedy DA, Stern SJ, Moretti M, Matok I, Sarkar M, Nickel C, Koren G.
         Cancer Epidemiol. 2011 Feb;35(1):2-10.
         
     49. Maternal vitamin B-12 and folate status during pregnancy and excessive infant crying
         Goedhart G, van der Wal MF, van Eijsden M, Bonsel GJ.
         Early Hum Dev. 2011 Feb 14.
         
     50. Bias toward the null hypothesis in pregnancy drug studies that do not include data on medical terminations of pregnancy: the folic acid antagonists
         Levy A, Matok I, Gorodischer R, Sherf M, Wiznitzer A, Uziel E, Koren G.
         J Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Feb 22.
         
     51. Folate status of reproductive age women and neural tube defect risk: the effect of long-term folic acid supplementation at doses of 140 mcg and 400 mcg per day
         Hursthouse N, Gray A, Miller J, Rose M, Houghton L.
         Nutrients. 2011 Jan;3:49-62.
         
     52. Association between selected folate pathway polymorphisms and nonsyndromic limb reduction defects: a case-parental analysis
         Cleves MA, Hobbs CA, Zhao W, Krakowiak PA, MacLeod SL.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2011 Mar;25(2):124-34.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     53. Assessment of declines in reported tuberculosis cases --- Georgia and Pennsylvania, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Mar 25;60(11):338-42.
         
     54. Trends in tuberculosis --- United States, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Mar 25;60(11):333-7.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     55. Increases in melanoma among adolescent girls and young women in California: trends by socioeconomic status and UV radiation exposure
         Hausauer AK, Swetter SM, Cockburn MG, Clarke CA.
         Arch Dermatol. 2011 Mar 21.
         
     56. Cyclical increase in diverticulitis during the summer months
         Ricciardi R, Roberts PL, Read TE, Marcello PW, Hall JF, Schoetz DJ, Foley EF.
         Arch Surg. 2011 Mar;146(3):319-23.
         
     57. Impact of coronary artery calcium scanning on coronary risk factors and downstream testing: the EISNER (Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research) prospective randomized trial
         Rozanski A, Gransar H, Shaw LJ, Kim J, Miranda-Peats L, Wong ND, Rana JS, Orakzai R, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Thomson LE, Polk D, Min J, Budoff MJ, Berman DS.
         J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Apr 12;57(15).
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     58. Psychological distress and risk of long-term disability: population-based longitudinal study
         Rai D, Kosidou K, Lundberg M, Araya R, Lewis G, Magnusson C.
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011 Mar 21.
         
   
   

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