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

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participants
       Danaei G, Finucane MM, Lu Y, Singh GM, Cowan MJ, Paciorek CJ, Lin JK, Farzadfar F, Khang YH, Stevens GA, Rao M, Ali MK, Riley LM, Robinson CA, Ezzati M.
       Lancet. 2011 Jun 24.
       
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     • Use of epidemiological data and direct bioassay for prioritization of affected populations in a large-scale radiation emergency
       Miller CW, Ansari A, Martin C, Chang A, Buzzell J, Whitcomb RC.
       Health Phys. 2011 Aug;101(2):209-15.
       
   • Food Safety
     • Year-round prevalence of norovirus in the environment of catering companies without a recently reported outbreak of gastroenteritis
       Boxman IL, Verhoef L, Dijkman R, Hagele G, Te Loeke NA, Koopmans M.
       Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May;77(9):2968-74.
       
     • Unspecified gastroenteritis illness and deaths in the elderly associated with norovirus epidemics
       van Asten L, Siebenga J, van den Wijngaard C, Verheij R, van Vliet H, Kretzschmar M, Boshuizen H, et al.
       Epidemiology. 2011 May;22(3):336-43.
       
     • Norovirus 3rd Generation kit: an improvement for rapid diagnosis of sporadic gastroenteritis cases and valuable for outbreak detection
       Morillo SG, Luchs A, Cilli A, Ribeiro CD, Calux SJ, Carmona Rde C, Timenetsky Mdo C.
       J Virol Methods. 2011 Apr;173(1):13-6.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Sexual behavior and HIV transmission risk of Ugandan adults taking antiretroviral therapy: 3 year follow-up
       Apondi R, Bunnell R, Ekwaru JP, Moore D, Bechange S, Khana K, King R, Campbell J, Tappero J, Mermin J.
       Aids. 2011 Jun 19;25(10):1317-27.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Using electronic health information to risk-stratify rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitals
       Zilberberg MD, Tabak YP, Sievert DM, Derby KG, Johannes RS, Sun X, McDonald LC.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):649-55.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Population-based biochemistry, immunologic and hematological reference values for adolescents and young adults in a rural population in Western Kenya
       Zeh C, Amornkul PN, Inzaule S, Ondoa P, Oyaro B, Mwaengo DM, Vandenhoudt H, Gichangi A, Williamson J, Thomas T, Decock KM, Hart C, Nkengasong J, Laserson K.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e21040.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Obstetric providers' knowledge, awareness, and use of CDC's HIV testing recommendations and One Test. Two Lives
       Green DR, Anderson BL, Burke MF, Griffith J, Schulkin J.
       Matern Child Health J. 2011 Jun 29.
       
   • Program Evaluation
     • Evaluation of a comprehensive refresher training program in malaria microscopy covering four districts of Uganda
       Kiggundu M, Nsobya SL, Kamya MR, Filler S, Nasr S, Dorsey G, Yeka A.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May;84(5):820-4.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Pediatricians' and family physicians' weight-related care of children in the U.S.
        Huang TT, Borowski LA, Liu B, Galuska DA, Ballard-Barbash R, Yanovski SZ, Olster DH, Atienza AA, Smith AW.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jul;41(1):24-32.
        
     2. U.S. primary care physicians' diet-, physical activity-, and weight-related care of adult patients
        Smith AW, Borowski LA, Liu B, Galuska DA, Signore C, Klabunde C, Huang TT, Krebs-Smith SM, Frank E, Pronk N, Ballard-Barbash R.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jul;41(1):33-42.
        
     3. Association of foot symptoms with self-reported and performance-based measures of physical function: the Johnston County osteoarthritis project
        Golightly YM, Hannan MT, Shi XA, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM.
        Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 May;63(5):654-9.
        
     4. Changes in mortality among United States adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in two national cohorts recruited during 1971 through 1975 and 1988 through 1994
        Ford ES, Mannino DM, Zhao G, Li C, Croft JB.
        Chest. 2011 Jun 23.
        
     5. Chronic typhoid infection and the risk of biliary tract cancer and stones in Shanghai, China
        Safaeian M, Gao YT, Sakoda LC, Quraishi SM, Rashid A, Wang BS, Chen J, Pruckler J, Mintz E, Hsing AW.
        Infect Agent Cancer. 2011 ;6:6.
        
     6. Factors associated with asthma control among adults in five New England states, 2006-2007
        Nguyen K, Zahran H, Iqbal S, Peng J, Boulay E.
        J Asthma. 2011 Jun 13.
        
     7. Cardiac arrest patients in the emergency department-National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2001-2007
        Valderrama AL, Fang J, Merritt RK, Hong Y.
        Resuscitation. 2011 Jun 12.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     8. Protection from smallpox: beyond immune biomarkers
        Karem KL, Reynolds MG.
        Future Virol. 2011 June;6 (6):709-719.
        
     9. Epidemiology of respiratory infections caused by atypical bacteria in two Kenyan refugee camps
        Kim C, Nyoka R, Ahmed JA, Winchell JM, Mitchell SL, Kariuki Njenga M, Auko E, Burton W, Breiman RF, Eidex RB.
        J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Jun 24.
        
     10. Older partner selection, sexual risk behaviour and unrecognised HIV infection among black and Latino men who have sex with men
         Joseph HA, Marks G, Belcher L, Millett GA, Stueve A, Bingham TA, Lauby J.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Jun 24.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     11. International workshop on emergency radiobioassay: considerations, gaps and recommendations
         Li C, Inn KG, Jones R, Jourdain JR, Priest N, Wilkinson D, Sadi B, Ko R, Capello K, Kramer GH.
         Health Phys. 2011 Aug;101(2):107-11.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     12. Phylogenetic analysis of eastern equine encephalitis virus isolates from Florida
         White GS, Pickett BE, Lefkowitz EJ, Johnson AG, Ottendorfer C, Stark LM, Unnasch TR.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May;84(5):709-17.
         
     13. Bartonella seroprevalence in rural Thailand
         Bhengsri S, Baggett HC, Peruski LF, Morway C, Bai Y, Fisk TL, Sitdhirasdr A, Maloney SA, Dowell SF, Kosoy M.
         Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 May;42(3):687-92.
         
   • Environmental Health
     14. Evaluation of pot-chlorination of wells during a cholera outbreak, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 2008
         Cavallaro EC, Harris JR, Goia MS, Barrado JC, N?brega AA, Alvarenga J?nior IC, Silva AP, Sobel J, Mintz E.
         J Water Health. 2011 ;9(2):394-402.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     15. Racial/ethnic differences in US health behaviors: a decomposition analysis
         Dubowitz T, Heron M, Basurto-Davila R, Bird CE, Lurie N, Escarce JJ.
         Am J Health Behav. 2011 May;35(3):290-304.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     16. Gender-responsive programming and HIV prevention for women: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention perspective
         Koenig LJ, McCree DH.
         Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jun 22.
         
   • Health Disparities
     17. Information, prices, and healthy lifestyle choices of adults: discussion
         Chen Z.
         Am J Agr Econ. 2011 ;93(2):387-388.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     18. Faculty and resident physicians' attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge about antimicrobial use and resistance
         Abbo L, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Smith L, Ariza-Heredia E, Gomez-Marin O, Srinivasan A, Hooton TM.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):714-8.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     19. Direct and indirect effects of rotavirus vaccination upon childhood hospitalizations in 3 US counties, 2006-2009
         Payne DC, Staat MA, Edwards KM, Szilagyi PG, Weinberg GA, Hall CB, Chappell J, Curns AT, Wikswo M, Tate JE, Lopman BA, Parashar UD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 23.
         
     20. Models of the impact of dengue vaccines: a review of current research and potential approaches
         Johansson MA, Hombach J, Cummings DA.
         Vaccine. 2011 Jun 20.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     21. Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: case study from Matlab, Bangladesh
         Borse NN, Hyder AA, Streatfield PK, Arifeen SE, Bishai D.
         Arch Dis Child. 2011 Jul;96(7):675-80.
         
     22. Adverse childhood experiences and sleep disturbances in adults
         Chapman DP, Wheaton AG, Anda RF, Croft JB, Edwards VJ, Liu Y, Sturgis SL, Perry GS.
         Sleep Med. 2011 Jun 23.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     23. Pilus backbone protein PitB of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains stabilizing intramolecular isopeptide bonds
         Zahner D, Gandhi AR, Stuchlik O, Reed M, Pohl J, Stephens DS.
         Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Jun 10;409(3):526-31.
         
     24. Clinical breakpoints for the echinocandins and Candida revisited: integration of molecular, clinical, and microbiological data to arrive at species-specific interpretive criteria
         Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Andes D, Arendrup MC, Brown SD, Lockhart SR, Motyl M, Perlin DS.
         Drug Resist Updat. 2011 Jun;14(3):164-176.
         
     25. Inhibition of xanthine oxidase reduces oxidative stress and improves skeletal muscle function in response to electrically stimulated isometric contractions in aged mice
         Ryan MJ, Jackson JR, Hao Y, Leonard SS, Alway SE.
         Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 Jul 1;51(1):38-52.
         
     26. Secondary cell wall polysaccharides from Bacillus cereus strains G9241, 03BB87 and 03BB102 causing fatal pneumonia share similar glycosyl structures with the polysaccharides from Bacillus anthracis
         Forsberg LS, Choudhury B, Leoff C, Marston CK, Hoffmaster AR, Saile E, Quinn CP, Kannenberg EL, Carlson RW.
         Glycobiology. 2011 Jul;21(7):934-48.
         
     27. Spray-dried doxorubicin-albumin microparticulate systems for treatment of multidrug resistant melanomas
         Jones AK, Bejugam NK, Nettey H, Addo R, D'Souza MJ.
         J Drug Target. 2011 Jul;19(6):427-33.
         
     28. Efficient DNA extraction for HPV genotyping in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues
         Steinau M, Patel SS, Unger ER.
         J Mol Diagn. 2011 Jul;13(4):377-81.
         
     29. Characterization of the murine Th2 response to immunization with liposomal M2e influenza vaccine
         Adler-Moore J, Munoz M, Kim H, Romero J, Tumpey T, Zeng H, Petro C, Ernst W, Kosina S, Jimenez G, Fujii G.
         Vaccine. 2011 Jun 15;29(27):4460-8.
         
     30. Serological diagnostics of hepatitis E virus infection
         Khudyakov Y, Kamili S.
         Virus Res. 2011 Jun 15.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     31. Thyroxine and free thyroxine levels in workers occupationally exposed to inorganic lead
         Bledsoe M, Pinkerton L, Silver S, Deddens J, Biagini R.
         Environ Health Insights. 2011 ;5:55-61.
         
     32. Occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) in polyvinyl chloride processing operations
         Hines CJ, Hopf NB, Deddens JA, Silva MJ, Calafat AM.
         Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jun 24.
         
     33. Parents: an under-realized resource for protecting working adolescents
         Castillo DN.
         J Adolesc Health. 2011 Jul;49(1):5-6.
         
     34. Relationship between pulmonary and systemic markers of exposure to multiple types of welding particulate matter
         Erdely A, Salmen-Muniz R, Liston A, Hulderman T, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Antonini JM, Simeonova PP.
         Toxicology. 2011 Jun 17.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     35. Antitrypanosomal therapy for chronic Chagas' disease
         Bern C.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 30;364(26):2527-34.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     36. Association between depression and inflammation--differences by race and sex: the META-Health Study
         Morris AA, Zhao L, Ahmed Y, Stoyanova N, De Staercke C, Hooper WC, Gibbons G, Din-Dzietham R, Quyyumi A, Vaccarino V.
         Psychosom Med. 2011 Jun 28.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Food Safety
     37. Human norovirus inactivation in oysters by high hydrostatic pressure processing: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial
         Leon JS, Kingsley DH, Montes JS, Richards GP, Lyon GM, Abdulhafid GM, Seitz SR, et al.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun 24.
         
     38. Strain-dependent norovirus bioaccumulation in oysters
         Maalouf H, Schaeffer J, Parnaudeau S, Le Pendu J, Atmar RL, Crawford SE, Le Guyader FS.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May;77(10):3189-96.
         
     39. Enhanced sanitization of a human norovirus surrogate in fresh vegetables and fruits by a combination of surfactants and sanitizers
         Predmore A, Li J.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May 27.
         
     40. Grape seed extract for control of human enteric viruses
         Su X, D'Souza DH.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun;77(12):3982-7.
         
     41. Ozone inactivation of norovirus surrogates on fresh produce
         Hirneisen KA, Markland SM, Kniel KE.
         J Food Prot. 2011 May;74(5):836-9.
         
     42. Norovirus GII-4 causes a more severe gastroenteritis than other noroviruses in young children
         Huhti L, Szakal ED, Puustinen L, Salminen M, Huhtala H, Valve O, Blazevic V, et al.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 May 15;203(10):1442-4.
         
     43. Identification of a sporozoite-specific antigen from Toxoplasma gondii
         Hill D, Coss C, Dubey JP, Wroblewski K, Sautter M, Hosten T, Munoz-Zanzi C, et al.
         J Parasitol. 2011 Apr;97(2):328-37.
         
     44. Prevalence of antibody to Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp. in feral pigs (Sus scrofa) of eastern North Carolina
         Sandfoss M, DePerno C, Patton S, Flowers J, Kennedy-Stoskopf S.
         J Wildl Dis. 2011 Apr;47(2):338-43.
         
     45. The draft genome of the parasitic nematode Trichinella spiralis
         Mitreva M, Jasmer DP, Zarlenga DS, Wang Z, Abubucker S, Martin J, Taylor CM, et al.
         Nat Genet. 2011 Mar;43(3):228-35.
         
     46. Polyparasitism is associated with increased disease severity in Toxoplasma gondii-infected marine sentinel species
         Gibson AK, Raverty S, Lambourn DM, Huggins J, Magargal SL, Grigg ME.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 May;5(5):e1142.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     47. Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance - United States, 2008-2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 1;60(25):841-5.
         
     48. Occupational aviation fatalities --- Alaska, 2000--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 1;60(25):837-40.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     49. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer: post hoc analyses of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trial
         Tang JY, Fu T, Leblanc E, Manson JE, Feldman D, Linos E, Vitolins MZ, Zeitouni NC, Larson J, Stefanick ML.
         J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jun 27.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     50. Paid malpractice claims for adverse events in inpatient and outpatient settings
         Bishop TF, Ryan AK, Casalino LP.
         JAMA. 2011 Jun 15;305(23):2427-31.
         
   
   

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