• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Zoonoses - Lyme Disease)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Association between diagnosed diabetes and self-reported cancer among U.S. adults: findings from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
       Li C, Balluz LS, Ford ES, Okoro CA, Tsai J, Zhao G.
       Diabetes Care. 2011 Apr 19.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • A comparison of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of fatal human infections with H5N1 and human influenza viruses in Thailand, 2004-2006
       Shinde V, Hanshaoworakul W, Simmerman JM, Narueponjirakul U, Sanasuttipun W, Kaewchana S, Areechokechai D, Ungchusak K, Fry AM.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e14809.
       
   • Healthcare Economics
     • Healthcare utilization and cost of pneumococcal disease in the United States
       Huang SS, Johnson KM, Ray GT, Wroe P, Lieu TA, Moore MR, Zell ER, Linder JA, Grijalva CG, Metlay JP, Finkelstein JA.
       Vaccine. 2011 Apr 18;29(18):3398-412.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Evaluation of a broadly protective Chlamydia-cholera combination vaccine candidate
       Eko FO, Okenu DN, Singh UP, He Q, Black C, Igietseme JU.
       Vaccine. 2011 May 12;29(21):3802-10.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • CXCL4 and CXCL10 predict risk of fatal cerebral malaria
       Wilson NO, Jain V, Roberts CE, Lucchi N, Joel PK, Singh MP, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Udhayakumar V, Singh N, Stiles JK.
       Dis Markers. 2011 Jan;30(1):39-49.
       
     • Smoking status and urine cadmium above levels associated with subclinical renal effects in U.S. adults without chronic kidney disease
       Mortensen ME, Wong LY, Osterloh JD.
       Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2011 May 7.
       
     • High susceptibility to repeated, low-dose, vaginal SHIV exposure late in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle of pigtail macaques
       Vishwanathan SA, Guenthner PC, Lin CY, Dobard C, Sharma S, Adams DR, Otten RA, Heneine W, Hendry RM, McNicholl JM, Kersh EN.
       J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 May 4.
       
     • Geographic differences in time to culture conversion in liquid media: Tuberculosis Trials Consortium Study 28. Culture conversion is delayed in Africa
       Mac Kenzie WR, Heilig CM, Bozeman L, Johnson JL, Muzanye G, Dunbar D, Jost KC, Diem L, Metchock B, Eisenach K, Dorman S, Goldberg S.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e18358.
       
   • Public Health Law
     • Hospital staff perceptions of a legislative mandate for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening
       Wise ME, Weber SG, Schneider A, Stojcevski M, France AM, Schaefer MK, Lin MY, Kallen AJ, Cochran RL.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jun;32(6):573-8.
       
   • Zoonoses - Lyme Disease
     • Lyme arthritis in children presenting with joint effusions
       Milewski MD, Cruz AI, Miller CP, Peterson AT, Smith BG.
       J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Feb;93(3):252-60.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Varicella zoster virus ischemic optic neuropathy and subclinical temporal artery involvement
        Salazar R, Russman AN, Nagel MA, Cohrs RJ, Mahalingam R, Schmid DS, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Vanegmond EM, Gilden D.
        Arch Neurol. 2011 Apr;68(4):517-20.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Investigation of an outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) infections among healthcare personnel in a Chicago hospital
        Magill SS, Black SR, Wise ME, Kallen AJ, Lee SJ, Gardner T, Husain F, Srinivasan A, Gerber SI, Jhung M.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jun;32(6):611-5.
        
   • Community Health Services
     3. Acquired skills in sexually transmitted disease prevention: partner services and tailoring interventions to populations
        Hogben M, Hood J.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2011 May;38 (5):365-366.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     4. Multiple genes contribute to the virulent phenotype observed in ferrets of an H5N1 influenza virus isolated from Thailand in 2004
        Maines TR, Chen LM, Belser JA, Van Hoeven N, Smith E, Donis RO, Tumpey TM, Katz JM.
        Virology. 2011 May 10;413(2):226-30.
        
   • Drug Safety
     5. Preventing medication overdoses in young children: an opportunity for harm elimination
        Budnitz DS, Salis S.
        Pediatrics. 2011 May 9.
        
     6. Emergency department visits for antiviral adverse events during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
        Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Hales CM, Poneleit K, Crane E, Budnitz DS.
        Public Health Rep. 2011 May-Jun;126(3):312-7.
        
   • Environmental Health
     7. Levels of microbial agents in floor dust during remediation of a water-damaged office building
        Cho SJ, Park JH, Kreiss K, Cox-Ganser JM.
        Indoor Air. 2011 May 4.
        
     8. Introduction to Healthy People in a Healthy Environment
        Mainzer HM, Morrett DB.
        Public Health Reports. 2011 May-Jun;126(Suppl 1):1-2.
        
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     9. Development quality criteria to evaluate nontherapeutic studies of incidence, prevalence, or risk factors of chronic diseases: pilot study of new checklists
        Shamliyan TA, Kane RL, Ansari MT, Raman G, Berkman ND, Grant M, Janes G, Maglione M, Moher D, Nasser M, Robinson KA, Segal JB, Tsouros S.
        J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 Jun;64(6):637-57.
        
   • Genetics and Genomics
     10. Genome-wide copy number alterations in subtypes of invasive breast cancers in young white and African American women
         Loo LW, Wang Y, Flynn EM, Lund MJ, Bowles EJ, Buist DS, Liff JM, Flagg EW, Coates RJ, Eley JW, Hsu L, Porter PL.
         Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 May;127(1):297-308.
         
     11. Deploying whole genome sequencing in clinical practice and public health: meeting the challenge one bin at a time
         Berg JS, Khoury MJ, Evans JP.
         Genet Med. 2011 May 9.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     12. Parent attitudes about school requirements for human papillomavirus vaccine in high-risk communities of Los Angeles, CA
         Robitz R, Gottlieb SL, De Rosa CJ, Guerry SL, Liddon N, Zaidi A, Walker S, Smith JS, Brewer NT, Markowitz LE.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May 6.
         
     13. Women's knowledge and awareness of gynecologic cancer: a multisite qualitative study in the United States
         Cooper CP, Polonec L, Gelb CA.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Apr;20(4):517-24.
         
     14. Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake and barriers: association with perceived risk, actual risk and race/ethnicity among female students at a New York State university, 2010
         Bednarczyk RA, Birkhead GS, Morse DL, Doleyres H, McNutt LA.
         Vaccine. 2011 Apr 12;29(17):3138-43.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     15. Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2008
         Taylor LD, Hariri S, Sternberg M, Dunne EF, Markowitz LE.
         Prev Med. 2011 May 1;52(5):398-400.
         
     16. Towards validated assays for key immunological outcomes in malaria vaccine development
         Cavanagh DR, Dubois PM, Holtel A, Kisser A, Leroy O, Locke E, Moorthy VS, Remarque EJ, Shi YP.
         Vaccine. 2011 Apr 12;29(17):3093-5.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     17. Histopathologic diagnosis of fungal infections in the 21st century
         Guarner J, Brandt ME.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011 Apr;24(2):247-80.
         
     18. Comparative evaluation of automated and manual commercial DNA extraction methods for detection of Francisella tularensis DNA from suspensions and spiked swabs by real-time polymerase chain reaction
         Dauphin LA, Walker RE, Petersen JM, Bowen MD.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 May 3.
         
     19. Public health approach to detection of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: summary of two outbreaks and laboratory procedures
         Schaffzin JK, Coronado F, Dumas NB, Root TP, Halse TA, Schoonmaker-Bopp DJ, Lurie MM, Nicholas D, Gerzonich B, Johnson GS, Wallace BJ, Musser KA.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2011 May 5:1-7.
         
     20. AFAP1L1 is a novel adaptor protein of the AFAP family that interacts with cortactin and localizes to invadosomes
         Snyder BN, Cho YJ, Qian Y, Coad JE, Flynn DC, Cunnick JM.
         Eur J Cell Biol. 2011 May;90(5):376-389.
         
     21. A comparison of in vitro susceptibility of Candida species from cases of invasive candidiasis in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients: TRANSNET 2001-2006
         Lockhart SR, Wagner D, Iqbal N, Pappas PG, Andes DR, Kauffman CA, Brumble LM, Hadley S, Walker R, Ito JI, Baddley JW, Chiller T, Park BJ.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May 11.
         
     22. Short-term monitoring of formaldehyde: comparison of two direct-reading instruments to a laboratory-based method
         Hirst DV, Gressel MG, Flanders WD.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Jun;8(6):357-63.
         
     23. Toxicological evaluation of lung responses after intratracheal exposure to non-dispersed titanium dioxide nanorods
         Roberts JR, Chapman RS, Tirumala VR, Karim A, Chen BT, Schwegler-Berry D, Stefaniak AB, Leonard SS, Antonini JM.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2011 ;74(12):790-810.
         
     24. Design and assessment of a real time reverse transcription-PCR method to genotype single-stranded RNA male-specific coliphages (family Leviviridae)
         Friedman SD, Cooper EM, Calci KR, Genthner FJ.
         J Virol Methods. 2011 May;173(2):196-202.
         
     25. Dual testing algorithm of BED-CEIA and AxSYM avidity index assays performs best in identifying recent HIV infection in a sample of Rwandan sex workers
         Braunstein SL, Nash D, Kim AA, Ford K, Mwambarangwe L, Ingabire CM, Vyankandondera J, van de Wijgert JH.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e18402.
         
     26. Adverse events post smallpox-vaccination: insights from tail scarification infection in mice with Vaccinia virus
         Mota BE, Gallardo-Romero N, Trindade G, Keckler MS, Karem K, Carroll D, Campos MA, Vieira LQ, da Fonseca FG, Ferreira PC, Bonjardim CA, Damon IK, Kroon EG.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e18924.
         
     27. Functional analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi bba64 gene product in murine infection via tick infestation
         Patton TG, Dietrich G, Dolan MC, Piesman J, Carroll JA, Gilmore Jr RD.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(5):e19536.
         
     28. Discrimination of haptens from prohaptens using the metabolically deficient Cpr(low/low) mouse
         Chipinda I, Blachere FM, Anderson SE, Siegel PD.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 May 1;252(3):268-72.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     29. Epidural and spinal anesthesia use during labor: 27-state reporting area, 2008
         Osterman MJ, Martin JA.
         Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2011 Apr 6;59(5):1-13, 16.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     30. Occupational sensitization to soy allergens in workers at a processing facility
         Green BJ, Cummings KJ, Rittenour WR, Hettick JM, Bledsoe TA, Blachere FM, Siegel PD, Gaughan DM, Kullman GJ, Kreiss K, Cox-Ganser J, Beezhold DH.
         Clin Exp Allergy. 2011 May 5.
         
     31. NIOSH ergonomic evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders at a steel grating manufacturing plant
         West C, Ramsey J, Niemeier MT.
         Iron Steel Technol. 2011 ;8(4):36-37.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     32. Anti-triatomine saliva immunoassays for the evaluation of impregnated netting trials against Chagas disease transmission
         Schwarz A, Juarez JA, Richards J, Rath B, Machaca VQ, Castro YE, Malaga ES, Levy K, Gilman RH, Bern C, Verastegui M, Levy MZ.
         Int J Parasitol. 2011 May;41(6):591-4.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     33. Allocating funds for HIV/AIDS: a descriptive study of KwaDukuza, South Africa
         Lasry A, Carter MW, Zaric GS.
         Health Policy Plan. 2011 Jan;26(1):33-42.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     34. Adoptive parents' suspicion of preadoption abuse of their adopted children and the use of support services
         Ward BW.
         Child Care Health Dev. 2011 May 5.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Zoonoses - Lyme Disease
     35. Integrating spatial epidemiology into a decision model for evaluation of facial palsy in children
         Fine AM, Brownstein JS, Nigrovic LE, Kimia AA, Olson KL, Thompson AD, Mandl KD.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jan;165(1):61-7.
         
     36. A new approach to a Lyme disease vaccine
         Livey I, O'Rourke M, Traweger A, Savidis-Dacho H, Crowe BA, Barrett PN, Yang X, et al.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52 Suppl 3:s266-70.
         
     37. The Lyme disease vaccine--a public health perspective
         Shen AK, Mead PS, Beard CB.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52 Suppl 3:s247-52.
         
     38. Relationship between immunity to Borrelia burgdorferi outer-surface protein A (OspA) and Lyme arthritis
         Steere AC, Drouin EE, Glickstein LJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52 Suppl 3:s259-65.
         
     39. Neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease
         Halperin JJ.
         Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 Apr 12.
         
     40. Antialarmin effect of tick saliva during the transmission of Lyme disease
         Marchal C, Schramm F, Kern A, Luft BJ, Yang X, Schuijt T, Hovius J, et al.
         Infect Immun. 2010 Feb;79(2):774-85.
         
     41. Susceptibility of four tick species, Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, Ixodes scapularis, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae), to nootkatone from essential oil of grapefruit
         Flor-Weiler LB, Behle RW, Stafford 3rd KC.
         J Med Entomol. 2011 Mar;48(2):322-6.
         
     42. Scientific evidence and best patient care practices should guide the ethics of Lyme disease activism
         Auwaerter PG, Bakken JS, Dattwyler RJ, Dumler JS, Halperin JJ, McSweegan E, Nadelman RB, et al.
         J Med Ethics. 2011 Feb;37(2):68-73.
         
     43. Distinct cerebrospinal fluid proteomes differentiate post-treatment Lyme disease from chronic fatigue syndrome
         Schutzer SE, Angel TE, Liu T, Schepmoes AA, Clauss TR, Adkins JN, Camp DG, et al.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(2):e17287.
         
     44. Tick histamine release factor is critical for Ixodes scapularis engorgement and transmission of the Lyme disease agent
         Dai J, Narasimhan S, Zhang L, Liu L, Wang P, Fikrig E.
         PLoS Pathog. 2010 ;6(11):e1001205.
         
     45. Long-term Lyme disease antibiotic therapy beliefs among New England residents
         Macauda MM, Erickson P, Miller J, Mann P, Closter L, Krause PJ.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Mar 21.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     46. Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to azithromycin --- San Diego County, California, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 13;60(18):579-581.
         
     47. Progress toward interruption of wild poliovirus transmission --- worldwide, January 2010 -- March 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 13;60(18):582-586.
         
     48. Violence-related firearm deaths among residents of metropolitan areas and cities --- United States, 2006--2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 May 13; 60(18):573-578.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     49. Cancer survivorship and sexual orientation
         Boehmer U, Miao X, Ozonoff A.
         Cancer. 2011 May 9.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     50. Role of sleep timing in caloric intake and BMI
         Baron KG, Reid KJ, Kern AS, Zee PC.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Apr 28.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     51. Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in a total population sample
         Kim YS, Leventhal BL, Koh YJ, Fombonne E, Laska E, Lim EC, Cheon KA, Kim SJ, Kim YK, Lee H, Song DH, Grinker RR.
         Am J Psychiatry. 2011 May 9.
         
     52. Month of conception and risk of autism
         Zerbo O, Iosif AM, Delwiche L, Walker C, Hertz-Picciotto I.
         Epidemiology. 2011 May 3.
         
   
   

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