• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Nutritional Sciences - Sodium Reduction)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Cancer burden in the HIV-infected population in the United States
       Shiels MS, Pfeiffer RM, Gail MH, Hall HI, Li J, Chaturvedi AK, Bhatia K, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R, Goedert JJ, Engels EA.
       J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Apr 11.
       
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     • Hospital preparedness for emergency response: United States, 2008
       Niska RW, Shimizu IM.
       Natl Health Stat Report. 2011 Mar 24(37):1-14.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Improving public health surveillance using a dual-frame survey of landline and cell phone numbers
       Hu SS, Balluz L, Battaglia MP, Frankel MR.
       Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Mar 15;173(6):703-11.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Alcohol use as a marker for risky sexual behaviors and biologically confirmed sexually transmitted infections among young adult African-American women
       Seth P, Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Robinson LS.
       Womens Health Issues. 2011 Mar-Apr;21(2):130-5.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
       Jain R, Kralovic SM, Evans ME, Ambrose M, Simbartl LA, Obrosky DS, Render ML, Freyberg RW, Jernigan JA, Muder RR, Miller LJ, Roselle GA.
       N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 14;364(15):1419-1430.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Serotype distribution and invasive potential of group B streptococcus isolates causing disease in infants and colonizing maternal-newborn dyads
       Madzivhandila M, Adrian PV, Cutland CL, Kuwanda L, Schrag SJ, Madhi SA.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(3):e17861.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Rapid intrapartum or postpartum HIV testing at a midwife obstetric unit and a district hospital in South Africa
       Theron GB, Shapiro DE, Van Dyke R, Cababasay MP, Louw J, Watts DH, Smith E, Bulterys M, Maupin R.
       Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Apr;113(1):44-9.
       
   • Nutritional Sciences - Sodium Reduction
     • Projected effect of dietary salt reductions on future cardiovascular disease
       Bibbins-Domingo K, Chertow GM, Coxson PG, Moran A, Lightwood JM, Pletcher MJ, Goldman L.
       N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 18;362(7):590-9.
       
     • Facilitators and barriers to implementing a local policy to reduce sodium consumption in the county of Los Angeles government, California, 2009
       Gase LN, Kuo T, Dunet DO, Simon PA.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A33.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Cytogenetic analysis of an exposed-referent study: perchloroethylene-exposed dry cleaners compared to unexposed laundry workers
       Tucker JD, Sorensen KJ, Ruder AM, McKernan LT, Forrester CL, Butler MA.
       Environ Health. 2011 ;10:16.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women--2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association
        Mosca L, Benjamin EJ, Berra K, Bezanson JL, Dolor RJ, Lloyd-Jones DM, Newby LK, Pina IL, Roger VL, Shaw LJ, Zhao D, Beckie TM, Bushnell C, D'Armiento J, Kris-Etherton PM, Fang J, Ganiats TG, Gomes AS, Gracia CR, Haan CK, Jackson EA, Judelson DR, Kelepouris E, Lavie CJ, Moore A, Nussmeier NA, Ofili E, Oparil S, Ouyang P, Pinn VW, Sherif K, Smith SC, Sopko G, Chandra-Strobos N, Urbina EM, Vaccarino V, Wenger NK.
        Circulation. 2011 Mar 22;123(11):1243-62.
        
     2. Fecal DNA testing for colorectal cancer screening: the ColoSure test
        Ned RM, Melillo S, Marrone M.
        PLoS Curr. 2011 ;3:RRN1220.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. Trends in HIV diagnoses and testing among U.S. adolescents and young adults
        Hall HI, Walker F, Shah D, Belle E.
        AIDS Behav. 2011 Apr 12.
        
     4. Four-year treatment outcomes of adult patients enrolled in Mozambique's rapidly expanding antiretroviral therapy program
        Auld AF, Mbofana F, Shiraishi RW, Sanchez M, Alfredo C, Nelson LJ, Ellerbrock T.
        PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e18453.
        
     5. Gonorrhoea positivity among women aged 15-24 years in the USA, 2005-2007
        Gorgos L, Newman L, Satterwhite C, Berman S, Weinstock H.
        Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Apr;87(3):202-4.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     6. Rift Valley fever in Kenya: history of epizootics and identification of vulnerable districts
        Murithi RM, Munyua P, Ithondeka PM, Macharia JM, Hightower A, Luman ET, Breiman RF, Njenga MK.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Mar;139(3):372-80.
        
   • Entomology
     7. The impact of adulticide applications on mosquito density in Chicago, 2005
        Mutebi JP, Delorey MJ, Jones RC, Plate DK, Gerber SI, Gibbs KP, Sun G, Cohen NJ, Paul WS.
        J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2011 Mar;27(1):69-76.
        
     8. Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, Mexico
        Eremeeva ME, Zambrano ML, Anaya L, Beati L, Karpathy SE, Santos-Silva MM, Salceda B, MacBeth D, Olguin H, Dasch GA, Aranda CA.
        J Med Entomol. 2011 Mar;48(2):418-21.
        
     9. Effects of temperature on early-phase transmission of Yersina pestis by the flea, Xenopsylla cheopis
        Schotthoefer AM, Bearden SW, Vetter SM, Holmes J, Montenieri JA, Graham CB, Woods ME, Eisen RJ, Gage KL.
        J Med Entomol. 2011 Mar;48(2):411-7.
        
   • Environmental Health
     10. Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) 2010-2015: the new funding cycle
         Leonard M.
         J Environ Health. 2011 Apr;73(8):22-3.
         
     11. Metal ions affecting the kidney
         Fowler BA.
         Met Ions Life Sci. 2011 ;8:133-41.
         
     12. Mixtures and their risk assessment in toxicology
         Mumtaz MM, Hansen H, Pohl HR.
         Met Ions Life Sci. 2011 ;8:61-80.
         
     13. Metal ions affecting the neurological system
         Pohl HR, Roney N, Abadin HG.
         Met Ions Life Sci. 2011 ;8:247-62.
         
     14. Metal ions affecting the hematological system
         Roney N, Abadin HG, Fowler B, Pohl HR.
         Met Ions Life Sci. 2011 ;8:143-55.
         
     15. Evaluation of on-site wastewater system Escherichia coli contributions to shallow groundwater in coastal North Carolina
         Humphrey Jr. CP, O'Driscoll MA, Zarate MA.
         Water Sci Technol. 2011 ;63(4):789-95.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     16. Ignoring the group in group-level HIV/AIDS intervention trials: a review of reported design and analytic methods
         Pals SL, Wiegand RE, Murray DM.
         AIDS. 2011 Apr 24;25(7):989-96.
         
     17. Risk factors for community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections: results from parallel studies including methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus compared to uninfected controls
         Como-Sabetti KJ, Harriman KH, Fridkin SK, Jawahir SL, Lynfield R.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Mar;139(3):419-29.
         
     18. Developing a claim-based version of the ACE-27 comorbidity index: a comparison with medical record review
         Fleming ST, Sabatino SA, Kimmick G, Cress R, Wu XC, Trentham-Dietz A, Huang B, Hwang W, Liff J.
         Med Care. 2011 Apr 12.
         
     19. Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections among infants and young children
         Langley GF, Anderson LJ.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Apr 11.
         
     20. Human rhinovirus infections in rural Thailand: epidemiological evidence for rhinovirus as both pathogen and bystander
         Fry AM, Lu X, Olsen SJ, Chittaganpitch M, Sawatwong P, Chantra S, Baggett HC, Erdman D.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(3):e17780.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     21. Core gene set as the basis of multilocus sequence analysis of the subclass Actinobacteridae
         Adekambi T, Butler RW, Hanrahan F, Delcher AL, Drancourt M, Shinnick TM.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(3):e14792.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     22. Prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviors among Jamaican adolescents
         Ishida K, Stupp P, McDonald O.
         Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Mar;37(1):6-15.
         
   • Health Disparities
     23. Misclassification of survey responses and black-white disparity in mammography use, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995-2006
         Njai R, Siegel PZ, Miller JW, Liao Y.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 May;8(3):A59.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     24. Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care
         Huskins WC, Huckabee CM, O'Grady NP, Murray P, Kopetskie H, Zimmer L, Walker ME, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Jernigan JA, Samore M, Wallace D, Goldmann DA.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 14;364(15):1407-1418.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     25. The association of activity level, parent mental distress, and parental involvement and monitoring with unintentional injury risk in fifth graders
         Schwebel DC, Roth DL, Elliott MN, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Low B, Cooper SP, Schuster MA.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2011 May;43(3):848-52.
         
     26. Broadening the approach to youth violence prevention through public health
         Hammond WR, Arias I.
         J Prev Interv Community. 2011 Apr;39(2):167-75.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     27. Nox5 forms a functional oligomer mediated by self-association of its dehydrogenase domain
         Kawahara T, Jackson HM, Smith SM, Simpson PD, Lambeth JD.
         Biochemistry. 2011 Mar 29;50(12):2013-25.
         
     28. Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in resource-poor countries: challenges and opportunities
         Parsons LM, Somoskovi A, Gutierrez C, Lee E, Paramasivan CN, Abimiku A, Spector S, Roscigno G, Nkengasong J.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011 Apr;24(2):314-50.
         
     29. k-Nearest neighbor based consistent entropy estimation for hyperspherical distributions
         Li SQ, Mnatsakanov RM, Andrew ME.
         Entropy. 2011 Mar;13(3):650-667.
         
     30. Distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis genovars among youths and adults in Brazil
         Machado AC, Bandea CI, Alves MF, Joseph K, Igietseme J, Miranda AE, Guimaraes EM, Turchi MD, Black CM.
         J Med Microbiol. 2011 Apr;60(Pt 4):472-6.
         
     31. Marginal iodide deficiency and thyroid function: dose-response analysis for quantitative pharmacokinetic modeling
         Gilbert ME, McLanahan ED, Hedge J, Crofton KM, Fisher JW, Valentin-Blasini L, Blount BC.
         Toxicology. 2011 Apr 28;283(1):41-8.
         
     32. Mycobacterium tuberculosis components stimulate production of the antimicrobial peptide hepcidin
         Sow FB, Nandakumar S, Velu V, Kellar KL, Schlesinger LS, Amara RR, Lafuse WP, Shinnick TM, Sable SB.
         Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2011 Apr 7.
         
     33. Effect of receptor binding domain mutations on receptor binding and transmissibility of avian influenza H5N1 viruses
         Maines TR, Chen LM, Van Hoeven N, Tumpey TM, Blixt O, Belser JA, Gustin KM, Pearce MB, Pappas C, Stevens J, Cox NJ, Paulson JC, Raman R, Sasisekharan R, Katz JM, Donis RO.
         Virology. 2011 Apr 25;413(1):139-47.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     34. Analysis of nevirapine resistance in HIV-infected infants who received extended nevirapine or nevirapine/zidovudine prophylaxis
         Fogel J, Hoover DR, Sun J, Mofenson LM, Fowler MG, Taylor AW, Kumwenda N, Taha TE, Eshleman SH.
         AIDS. 2011 Apr 24;25(7):911-917.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     35. Folic acid food fortification - its history, effect, concerns, and future directions
         Crider KS, Bailey LB, Berry RJ.
         Nutrients. 2011 ;3(3):370-384.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     36. Estimation of the kinetic energy dissipation in fall-arrest system and manikin during fall impact
         Wu JZ, Powers JR, Harris JR, Pan CS.
         Ergonomics. 2011 Apr;54(4):367-379.
         
     37. Analytical performance issues: Integrating direct-reading exposure assessment methods into industrial hygiene practice
         Pearce T, Coffey C.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 May;8(5):31-6.
         
     38. Vasospasm in the feet in workers assessed for HAVS
         House R, Jiang D, Thompson A, Eger T, Krajnak K, Sauve J, Schweigert M.
         Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Mar;61(2):115-20.
         
     39. Pulmonary inflammation induced by office dust and the relation to 3-beta-glucan using different extraction techniques
         Young S, Cox-Ganser JM, Shogren ES, Wolfarth MG, Li S, Antonini JM, Castranova V, Park J.
         Toxicol Environ Chem. 2011 ;93:806-823.
         
   • Program Evaluation
     40. Training and technical assistance to enhance capacity building between prevention research centers and their partners
         Spadaro AJ, Grunbaum JA, Dawkins NU, Wright DS, Rubel SK, Green DC, Simoes EJ.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 May;8(3):A65.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     41. Overview and quality assurance for the oral health component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2005-08
         Dye BA, Barker LK, Li XF, Lewis BG, Beltran-Aguilar ED.
         J Public Health Dent. 2011 Win;71(1):54-61.
         
   • Vital Statistics
     42. Variability in cancer death certificate accuracy by characteristics of death certifiers
         Johnson CJ, Hahn CG, Fink AK, German RR.
         Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2011 Apr 13.
         
     43. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults aged 18 and over in the United States, 2001-2008
         Wright JD, Hughes JP, Ostchega Y, Yoon SS, Nwankwo T.
         Natl Health Stat Report. 2011 Mar 25(35):1-22, 24.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Nutritional Sciences - Sodium Reduction
     44. What we eat in America, NHANES 2007-2008: data tables
         United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service.
         . 2010 .
         
     45. Trends in 24-h urinary sodium excretion in the United States, 1957-2003: a systematic review
         Bernstein AM, Willett WC.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Nov;92(5):1172-80.
         
     46. Sodium content of processed foods in the United Kingdom: analysis of 44,000 foods purchased by 21,000 households
         Ni Mhurchu C, Capelin C, Dunford EK, Webster JL, Neal BC, Jebb SA.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Mar;93(3):594-600.
         
     47. Behavioral counseling to promote physical activity and a healthful diet to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults: a systematic review for the U.S. preventive services task force
         Lin JS, O'Connor E, Whitlock EP, Beil TL.
         Ann Intern Med. 2010 Dec 7;153(11):736-50.
         
     48. Sodium intake and cardiovascular disease
         Morrison AC, Ness RB.
         Annu Rev Public Health. 2011 Apr 21;32:71-90.
         
     49. Sources of sodium in Australian children's diets and the effect of the application of sodium targets to food products to reduce sodium intake
         Grimes CA, Campbell KJ, Riddell LJ, Nowson CA.
         Br J Nutr. 2011 Feb;105(3):468-77.
         
     50. Altered dietary salt intake for preventing and treating diabetic kidney disease
         Suckling RJ, He FJ, Macgregor GA.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 (12):CD006763.
         
     51. Effects of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) eating plan on cardiovascular risks among type 2 diabetic patients: a randomized crossover clinical trial
         Azadbakht L, Fard NR, Karimi M, Baghaei MH, Surkan PJ, Rahimi M, Esmaillzadeh A, et al.
         Diabetes Care. 2011 Jan;34(1):55-7.
         
     52. Front-of-pack nutrition label stimulates healthier product development: a quantitative analysis
         Vyth EL, Steenhuis IH, Roodenburg AJ, Brug J, Seidell JC.
         Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2010 ;7:65.
         
     53. Feasibility of salt reduction in processed foods in Argentina
         Ferrante D, Apro N, Ferreira V, Virgolini M, Aguilar V, Sosa M, Perel P, et al.
         Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Feb;29(2):69-75.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     54. Cancer burden in the HIV-infected population in the United States
         Shiels MS, Pfeiffer RM, Gail MH, Hall HI, Li J, Chaturvedi AK, Bhatia K, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R, Goedert JJ, Engels EA.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Apr 11.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     55. Impact of business cycles on US suicide rates, 1928-2007
         Luo F, Florence C, Quispe-Agnoli M, Ouyang L, Crosby A.
         AJPH. 2011 April 14;101.
         
   
   

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