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

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Transmission dynamics of primary pneumonic plague in the USA
       Hinckley AF, Biggerstaff BJ, Griffith KS, Mead PS.
       Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Jul 7:1-7.
       
   • Community Health Services
     • Provision of HIV counseling and testing services at five community-based organizations among young men of color who have sex with men
       Stein R, Green K, Bell K, Toledo CA, Uhl G, Moore A, Shelley GA, Hardnett FP.
       AIDS Behav. 2011 May;15(4):743-50.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • Exposure to phthalates among premenstrual girls from rural and urban Gharbiah, Egypt: a pilot exposure assessment study
       Colacino JA, Soliman AS, Calafat AM, Nahar MS, Van Zomeren-Dohm A, Hablas A, Seifeldin IA, Rozek LS, Dolinoy DC.
       Environ Health. 2011 ;10:40.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Use of the state immunization information system to assess rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in Connecticut, 2006-2008
       Guh A, Hadler J.
       Vaccine. 2011 Jun 29.
       
   • Food Safety
     • Deaths associated with bacterial pathogens transmitted commonly through food: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 1996-2005
       Barton Behravesh C, Jones TF, Vugia DJ, Long C, Marcus R, Smith K, Thomas S, Zansky S, Fullerton KE, Henao OL, Scallan E.
       J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204(2):263-7.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Associations between electronic media use and involvement in violence, alcohol and drug use among United States high school students
       Denniston MM, Swahn MH, Hertz MF, Romero LM.
       West J Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;12(3):310-5.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Transmission of hepatitis C virus during myocardial perfusion imaging in an outpatient clinic
       Moore ZS, Schaefer MK, Hoffmann KK, Thompson SC, Xia GL, Lin Y, Khudyakov Y, Maillard JM, Engel JP, Perz JF, Patel PR, Thompson ND.
       Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 1;108(1):126-32.
       
   • Informatics
     • Modeling spatial accessibility to parks: a national study
       Zhang X, Lu H, Holt JB.
       Int J Health Geogr. 2011 ;10:31.
       
   • Parasitic Diseases
     • Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against malaria and anemia in pregnant women
       Wilson NO, Ceesay FK, Obed SA, Adjei AA, Gyasi RK, Rodney P, Ndjakani Y, Anderson WA, Lucchi NW, Stiles JK.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jul;85(1):12-21.
       
   • Program Evaluation
     • HIV screening in an urban emergency department: comparison of screening using an opt-in versus an opt-out approach
       White DA, Scribner AN, Vahidnia F, Dideum PJ, Gordon DM, Frazee BW, Voetsch AC, Heffelfinger JD.
       Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;58 Suppl 1:S89-95.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Communicable Diseases
     1. Incidence of bacteremic melioidosis in eastern and northeastern Thailand
        Bhengsri S, Baggett HC, Jorakate P, Kaewpan A, Prapasiri P, Naorat S, Thamthitiwat S, Tanwisaid K, Chantra S, Salika P, Dejsirilert S, Peruski LF, Maloney SA.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jul;85(1):117-20.
        
     2. Outbreak of pneumonia in the setting of fatal pneumococcal meningitis among US Army trainees: potential role of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
        Dawood FS, Ambrose JF, Russell BP, Hawksworth AW, Winchell JM, Glass N, Thurman K, Soltis MA, McDonough E, Warner AK, Weston E, Clemmons NS, Rosen J, Mitchell SL, Faix DJ, Blair PJ, Moore MR, Lowery J.
        BMC Infect Dis. 2011 ;11:157.
        
     3. Poliomyelitis-related case-fatality ratio in India, 2002-2006
        Doshi SJ, Sandhu HS, Venczel LV, Hymbaugh KJ, Deshpande JM, Pallansch MA, Bahl S, Wenger JD, Cochi SL.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(1):13-9.
        
     4. Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: epidemiology and prevention
        Gupta N, Limbago BM, Patel JB, Kallen AJ.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(1):60-7.
        
     5. Seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus 2 among Hispanics in the USA: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2008
        Molina M, Romaguera RA, Valentine J, Tao G.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Jul;22(7):387-90.
        
     6. Advancing the development of diagnostic tests and biomarkers for tuberculosis
        Yasinskaya Y, Plikaytis B, Sizemore C, Sacks L.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jul;15(7):985-7.
        
   • Community Health Services
     7. Palliative care services in families of males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
        Arias R, Andrews J, Pandya S, Pettit K, Trout C, Apkon S, Karwoski J, Cunniff C, Matthews D, Miller T, Davis MF, Meaney FJ.
        Muscle Nerve. 2011 Jul;44(1):93-101.
        
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     8. Challenges and strategies for climate change adaptation among Pacific Island nations
        Mahany MJ, Keim ME.
        Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Jun 30.
        
     9. Disaster preparation: lessons from Japan
        Coleman CN, Simon SL, Noska MA, Telfer JL, Bowman T.
        Science. 2011 Jun 17;332(6036):1379.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     10. Subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis isolates from humans and cattle in Iran
         Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad E, Haghighi A, Taghipour N, Keshavarz A, Mohebi SR, Zali MR, Xiao L.
         Vet Parasitol. 2011 Jun 30;179(1-3):250-2.
         
   • Environmental Health
     11. Assessing the quantitative relationships between preschool children's exposures to bisphenol A by route and urinary biomonitoring
         Morgan MK, Jones PA, Calafat AM, Ye X, Croghan CW, Chuang JC, Wilson NK, Clifton MS, Figueroa Z, Sheldon LS.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Jun 15;45(12):5309-16.
         
   • Health Disparities
     12. WHO World Report on Disability: a review
         Krahn GL.
         Disabil Health J. 2011 Jul;4(3):141-2.
         
     13. Factors associated with self-reported mammography use for women with and women without a disability
         Courtney-Long E, Armour B, Frammartino B, Miller J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul 6.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     14. Approaching injury and violence prevention through public health policy: a window of opportunity to renew our focus
         Degutis LC.
         West J Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;12(3):271-2.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     15. Induction of efflux-mediated macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
         Chancey ST, Zhou X, Zahner D, Stephens DS.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jul;55(7):3413-22.
         
     16. 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration is inversely associated with serum MMP-9 in a cross-sectional study of African American ESRD patients
         Wasse H, Cardarelli F, De Staercke C, Hooper C, Veledar E, Guessous I.
         BMC Nephrol. 2011 ;12:24.
         
     17. Monoclonal antibodies to hyphal exoantigens derived from the opportunistic pathogen, Aspergillus terreus
         Nayak AP, Green BJ, Janotka E, Hettick JM, Friend S, Vesper SJ, Schmechel D, Beezhold DH.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2011 Jul 6.
         
     18. NLRX1 protein attenuates inflammatory responses to infection by interfering with the RIG-I-MAVS and TRAF6-NF-kappaB signaling pathways
         Allen IC, Moore CB, Schneider M, Lei Y, Davis BK, Scull MA, Gris D, Roney KE, Zimmermann AG, Bowzard JB, Ranjan P, Monroe KM, Pickles RJ, Sambhara S, Ting JP.
         Immunity. 2011 Jun 24;34(6):854-65.
         
     19. Fatal Cokeromyces recurvatus pneumonia: report of a case highlighting the potential for histopathologic misdiagnosis as Coccidioides
         Ryan LJ, Ferrieri P, Powell RD, Paddock CD, Zaki SR, Pambuccian SE.
         Int J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;19(3):373-6.
         
     20. Differential chitinase activity and production within Francisella species, subspecies, and subpopulations
         Chandler JC, Molins CR, Petersen JM, Belisle JT.
         J Bacteriol. 2011 Jul;193(13):3265-75.
         
     21. Toll-like and adenosine receptor expression in injured skeletal muscle
         Warren GL, Hulderman T, Liston A, Simeonova PP.
         Muscle Nerve. 2011 Jul;44(1):85-92.
         
     22. Replication of the primary dog kidney-53 dengue 2 virus vaccine candidate in Aedes aegypti is modulated by a mutation in the 5' untranslated region and amino acid substitutions in nonstructural proteins 1 and 3
         Brault AC, Kinney RM, Maharaj PD, Green EN, Reisen WK, Huang CY.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jun;11(6):683-9.
         
     23. Accuracy and precision of Legionella isolation by US laboratories in the ELITE program pilot study
         Lucas CE, Taylor TH, Fields BS.
         Water Res. 2011 Jun 7.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     24. Parenting aggravation and autism spectrum disorders: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health
         Schieve LA, Boulet SL, Kogan MD, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Boyle CA, Visser SN, Blumberg SJ, Rice C.
         Disabil Health J. 2011 Jul;4(3):143-52.
         
     25. Birth outcomes of intended pregnancies among women who used assisted reproductive technology, ovulation stimulation, or no treatment
         D'Angelo DV, Whitehead N, Helms K, Barfield W, Ahluwalia IB.
         Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun 28.
         
     26. The contribution of chromosomal abnormalities to congenital heart defects: a population-based study
         Hartman RJ, Rasmussen SA, Botto LD, Riehle-Colarusso T, Martin CL, Cragan JD, Shin M, Correa A.
         Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jul 5.
         
   • Mining
     27. Methane-air detonation experiments at NIOSH Lake Lynn Laboratory
         Zipf Jr RK, Gamezo VN, Sapko MJ, Marchewka WP, Mohamed KM, Oran ES, Kessler DA, Weiss ES, Addis JD, Karnack FA, Sellers DD.
         J Loss Prevent Proc. 2011 .
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     28. Folate and vitamin B-12 biomarkers in NHANES: history of their measurement and use
         Yetley EA, Johnson CL.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jul;94(1):322S-31S.
         
     29. Dietary behaviors related to cancer prevention among pre-adolescents and adolescents: the gap between recommendations and reality
         Holman DM, White MC.
         Nutr J. 2011 ;10:60.
         
     30. Lumbar spine bone mineral density in US adults: demographic patterns and relationship with femur neck skeletal status
         Looker AC, Melton LJ, Borrud LG, Shepherd JA.
         Osteoporos Int. 2011 Jul 1.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     31. NIOSH issues report on safe nPB use
         Niemeier M, Ramsey J, Eisenberg J.
         Am Drycleaner. 2011 June 1;78(3).
         
     32. NIOSH evaluation of health hazards in a crime lab
         Fent K, Niemeier M.
         Evid Technol Mag. 2011 May-June;9(3):22-25.
         
     33. Impact of three biological decontamination methods on filtering facepiece respirator fit, odor, comfort, and donning ease
         Viscusi DJ, Bergman MS, Novak DA, Faulkner KA, Palmiero A, Powell J, Shaffer RE.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Jul;8(7):426-36.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     34. Schistosomiasis: from drug deployment to drug development
         Caffrey CR, Secor WE.
         Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul 2.
         
     35. Respondent-driven sampling on the Thailand-Cambodia border. I. Can malaria cases be contained in mobile migrant workers?
         Khamsiriwatchara A, Wangroongsarb P, Thwing J, Eliades J, Satimai W, Delacollette C, Kaewkungwal J.
         Malar J. 2011 ;10:120.
         
     36. Respondent-driven sampling on the Thailand-Cambodia border. II. Knowledge, perception, practice and treatment-seeking behaviour of migrants in malaria endemic zones
         Wangroongsarb P, Satimai W, Khamsiriwatchara A, Thwing J, Eliades JM, Kaewkungwal J, Delacollette C.
         Malar J. 2011 ;10:117.
         
   • Program Evaluation
     37. Utilization of HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Vietnam: an evaluation of 5 years of routine program data for national response
         Hong NT, Wolfe MI, Dat TT, McFarland DA, Lamb ML, Thang NT, Thai HN, Del Rio C.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):30-48.
         
     38. Introduction to special supplement: monitoring and evaluation of HIV counseling, testing and referral (CTR) and HIV testing services
         Stein R, Grimes TS, Malow R, Stratford D, Spielberg F, Holtgrave DR.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):1-6.
         
     39. Public health and clinical impact of increasing emergency department-based HIV testing: perspectives from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium
         Kecojevic A, Lindsell CJ, Lyons MS, Holtgrave D, Torres G, Heffelfinger J, Brown J, Couture E, Jung J, Connell S, Rothman RE.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;58 Suppl 1:S151-S159 e1.
         
     40. HIV screening programs in US emergency departments: a cross-site comparison of structure, process, and outcomes
         Torres GW, Heffelfinger JD, Pollack HA, Barrera SG, Rothman RE.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;58 Suppl 1:S104-13.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     41. Adverse childhood experiences and smoking status in five states
         Ford ES, Anda RF, Edwards VJ, Perry GS, Zhao G, Li C, Croft JB.
         Prev Med. 2011 Jun 25.
         
   • Zoonoses
     42. Increasing incidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United States, 2000-2007
         Dahlgren FS, Mandel EJ, Krebs JW, Massung RF, McQuiston JH.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jul;85(1):124-31.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - Influenza
     43. The critical care costs of the influenza A/H1N1 2009 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand
         Higgins AM, Pettila V, Harris AH, Bailey M, Lipman J, Seppelt IM, Webb SA.
         Anaesth Intensive Care. 2011 May;39(3):384-91.
         
     44. Estimation of type- and subtype-specific influenza vaccine effectiveness in Victoria, Australia using a test negative case control method, 2007-2008
         Fielding JE, Grant KA, Papadakis G, Kelly HA.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 14;11(1):170.
         
     45. Possible reduced effectiveness of the 2009 H1N1 component of live, attenuated influenza vaccine
         Myers CA, Faix DJ, Blair PJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(2):207-8.
         
     46. Critical care services and the H1N1 (2009) influenza epidemic in Australian and New Zealand in 2010: the impact of the second winter epidemic
         Webb S, ANZIC Influenza Investigators.
         Crit Care. 2011 Jun 9;15(3):R143.
         
     47. Influenza and HIV: lessons from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
         Sheth AN, Patel P, Peters PJ.
         Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2011 Jun 28.
         
     48. Epidemiologic and virologic assessment of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on selected temperate countries in the southern hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa
         Van Kerkhove MD, Mounts AW, Mall S, Vandemaele KA, Chamberland M, Dos Santos T, Fitzner J, et al.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2011 Apr 20.
         
     49. Emerging oseltamivir resistance in seasonal and pandemic influenza A/H1N1
         Renaud C, Kuypers J, Englund JA.
         J Clin Virol. 2011 Jun 16.
         
     50. Cross-protective immunity to influenza pH1N1 2009 viruses induced by seasonal A(H3N2) virus is mediated by virus-specific T cells
         Hillaire ML, van Trierum SE, Kreijtz JH, Bodewes R, Geelhoed-Mieras MM, Nieuwkoop NJ, Fouchier RA, et al.
         J Gen Virol. 2011 Jun 8.
         
     51. Very low pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 mortality associated with early neuraminidase inhibitor treatment in Japan: analysis of 1000 hospitalized children
         Sugaya N, Shinjoh M, Takahashi T, Mitamura K.
         J Infect. 2011 Jun 22.
         
     52. Epidemiological characteristics of 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza based on paired sera from a longitudinal community cohort study
         Riley S, Kwok KO, Wu KM, Ning DY, Cowling BJ, Wu JT, Ho LM, et al.
         PLoS Med. 2011 Jun;8(6):e1000442.
         
     53. Comparison of the immunogenicity and safety of a split-virion, inactivated, trivalent influenza vaccine (Fluzone((r))) administered by intradermal and intramuscular route in healthy adults
         Frenck RW, Belshe R, Brady RC, Winokur PL, Campbell JD, Treanor J, Hay CM, et al.
         Vaccine. 2011 Jun 23.
         
     54. Development of influenza vaccine production capacity by the government pharmaceutical organization of Thailand: addressing the threat of an influenza pandemic
         Surichan S, Wirachwong P, Supachaturas W, Utid K, Theerasurakarn S, Langsanam P, Lakornrach P, et al.
         Vaccine. 2011 Jul 1;29 Suppl 1:A29-33.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     55. Cephalosporin susceptibility among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates --- United States, 2000--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 8;60(26):873-7.
         
     56. Drug overdose deaths --- Florida, 2003--2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 8;60(26):869-72.
         
     57. Update to CDC's U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010: revised recommendations for the use of contraceptive methods during the postpartum period
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 8;60(26):878-83.
         
     58. Vital signs: colorectal cancer screening, incidence, and mortality --- United States, 2002--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 8;60(26):884-9.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     59. State disparities in colorectal cancer mortality patterns in the United States
         Naishadham D, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Siegel R, Cokkinides V, Jemal A.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jul 1;20(7):1296-1302.
         
     60. Prevalence of diabetes in New York City, 2002-2008: comparing foreign-born South Asians and other Asians with U.S.-born whites, blacks, and Hispanics
         Gupta LS, Wu CC, Young S, Perlman SE.
         Diabetes Care. 2011 Jun 29.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     61. The short-term mortality consequences of income receipt
         Evans WN, Moore TJ.
         J Public Econ. 2011 .
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     62. Impact of maternal immunization on influenza hospitalizations in infants
         Poehling KA, Szilagyi PG, Staat MA, Snively BM, Payne DC, Bridges CB, Chu SY, Light LS, Prill MM, Finelli L, Griffin MR, Edwards KM.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6 Suppl 1):S141-8.
         
   • Zoonoses
     63. Babesiosis in Lower Hudson Valley, New York, USA
         Joseph JT, Roy SS, Shams N, Visintainer P, Nadelman RB, Hosur S, Nelson J, Wormser GP.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 May;17(5):843-7.
         
   
   

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