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

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Screening prevalence and incidence of colorectal cancer among American Indian/Alaskan Natives in the Indian Health Service
       Day LW, Espey DK, Madden E, Segal M, Terdiman JP.
       Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Jul;56(7):2104-13.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • The acceptance and feasibility of replacement feeding at 6 months as an HIV prevention method in Lilongwe, Malawi: results from the BAN Study
       Parker ME, Bentley ME, Chasela C, Adair L, Piwoz EG, Jamieson DJ, Ellington S, Kayira D, Soko A, Mkhomawanthu C, Tembo M, Martinson F, Van der Horst CM.
       AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3):281-95.
       
     • Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus from skin and soft-tissue infections in US emergency department patients, 2004 and 2008
       Talan DA, Krishnadasan A, Gorwitz RJ, Fosheim GE, Limbago B, Albrecht V, Moran GJ.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(2):144-149.
       
     • Use of home-obtained vaginal swabs to facilitate rescreening for Chlamydia trachomatis infections: two randomized controlled trials
       Xu F, Stoner BP, Taylor SN, Mena L, Tian LH, Papp J, Hutchins K, Martin DH, Markowitz LE.
       Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug;118(2 Pt 1):231-9.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • Ensuring mobility-supporting environments for an aging population: critical actors and collaborations
       Kochtitzky CS, Freeland AL, Yen IH.
       J Aging Res. 2011 ;2011:138931.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • When the facts are just not enough: credibly communicating about risk is riskier when emotions run high and time is short
       Reynolds BJ.
       Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 Jul 15;254(2):206-14.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Trends in catheter-associated urinary tract infections in adult intensive care units-United States, 1990-2007
       Burton DC, Edwards JR, Srinivasan A, Fridkin SK, Gould CV.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;32(8):748-56.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Strategies to vaccinate against cancer of the cervix: feasibility of a school-based HPV vaccination program in Peru
       Penny M, Bartolini R, Mosqueira NR, Lamontagne DS, Mendoza MA, Ramos I, Winkler JL, Villafana J, Janmohamed A, Jumaan AO.
       Vaccine. 2011 Jul 12;29(31):5022-30.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Influencing clinical practice regarding the use of antiepileptic medications during pregnancy: modeling the potential impact on the prevalences of spina bifida and cleft palate in the United States
       Gilboa SM, Broussard CS, Devine OJ, Duwe KN, Flak AL, Boulet SL, Moore CA, Werler MM, Honein MA.
       Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2011 Aug 15;157(3):234-46.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Prevention of IgE sensitization to latex in health care workers after reduction of antigen exposures
       Kelly KJ, Wang ML, Klancnik M, Petsonk EL.
       J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Jul 19.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Trends in the control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among adults with diagnosed diabetes: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008
        Ford ES.
        J Diabetes. 2011 Jul 18.
        
     2. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among physicians in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
        Benard VB, Saraiya MS, Soman A, Roland KB, Yabroff KR, Miller J.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul 20.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. HIV prevention among African American youth: how well have evidence-based interventions addressed key theoretical constructs?
        Romero LM, Galbraith JS, Wilson-Williams L, Gloppen KM.
        AIDS Behav. 2011 Jul;15(5):976-91.
        
     4. A multimodal behavioral intervention to impact adherence and risk behavior among perinatally and behaviorally HIV-infected youth: description, delivery, and receptivity of Adolescent Impact
        Chandwani S, Abramowitz S, Koenig LJ, Barnes W, D'Angelo L.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3):222-35.
        
     5. Characteristics of first-time and repeat HIV tests among men who have sex with men who test at CDC-supported sites, 2007
        Fisher HH, Habarta N, Hardnett F, Toledo C, Hoyte T, Eke A, Valleroy L.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):17-29.
        
     6. HIV counseling, testing and referral experiences of persons diagnosed with HIV who have never entered HIV medical care
        Garland PM, Valverde EE, Fagan J, Beer L, Sanders C, Hillman D, Brady K, Courogen M, Bertolli J.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):117-27.
        
     7. Emergency department HIV screening with rapid tests: a cost comparison of alternative models
        Hutchinson AB, Farnham PG, Lyss SB, White DA, Sansom SL, Branson BM.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):58-69.
        
     8. Costs and effectiveness of finding new HIV diagnoses by using rapid testing in transgender communities
        Shrestha RK, Sansom SL, Schulden JD, Song B, Smith LC, Ramirez R, Mares-Delgrasso A, Heffelfinger JD.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):49-57.
        
     9. Incidence and severity of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A Streptococcus, and group B Streptococcus infections among pregnant and postpartum women
        Deutscher M, Lewis M, Zell ER, Taylor TH, Van Beneden C, Schrag S.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(2):114-123.
        
     10. Implications of the introduction of cholera to Haiti
         Dowell SF, Braden CR.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1299-300.
         
     11. Exposure to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, New York, USA
         Knust B, MacNeil A, Wong SJ, Backenson PB, Gibbons A, Rollin PE, Nichol ST.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1324-5.
         
     12. Condom use decision making in the context of hypothetical pre-exposure prophylaxis efficacy among substance-using men who have sex with men: Project MIX
         Koblin BA, Mansergh G, Frye V, Van Tieu H, Hoover DR, Bonner S, Flores SA, Hudson SM, Colfax GN.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Jul 13.
         
     13. Concurrent outbreak of norovirus genotype I and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on a U.S. Navy Ship following a visit to Lima, Peru
         Gonzaga VE, Ramos M, Maves RC, Freeman R, Montgomery JM.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e20822.
         
     14. Human herpesvirus 8 seropositivity among sexually active adults in Uganda
         Shebl FM, Dollard SC, Pfeiffer RM, Biryahwaho B, Amin MM, Munuo SS, Hladik W, Parsons R, Graubard BI, Mbulaiteye SM.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e21286.
         
     15. Sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis in men with a history of incarceration
         Sosman J, MacGowan R, Margolis A, Gaydos CA, Eldridge G, Moss S, Flanigan T, Iqbal K, Belcher L.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2011 July;38 (7):634-639.
         
     16. Dengue virus seroprevalence among febrile patients in Bamako, Mali: results of a 2006 surveillance study
         Phoutrides EK, Coulibaly MB, George CM, Sacko A, Traore S, Bessoff K, Wiley MR, Kolivras KN, Adelman Z, Traore M, Hunsperger EA.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jul 18.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     17. Cyclic di-GMP is essential for the survival of the Lyme disease spirochete in ticks
         He M, Ouyang Z, Troxell B, Xu H, Moh A, Piesman J, Norgard MV, Gomelsky M, Yang XF.
         PLoS Pathog. 2011 Jun;7(6):e1002133.
         
     18. Annual seroprevalence of Yersinia pestis in coyotes as predictors of interannual variation in reports of human plague cases in Arizona, United States
         Brown HE, Levy CE, Enscore RE, Schriefer ME, Deliberto TJ, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jul 14.
         
   • Environmental Health
     19. Impacts of climate change on public health in India: future research directions
         Bush KF, Luber G, Kotha SR, Dhaliwal RS, Kapil V, Pascual M, Brown DG, Frumkin H, Dhiman RC, Hess J, Wilson ML, Balakrishnan K, Eisenberg J, Kaur T, Rood R, Batterman S, Joseph A, Gronlund CJ, Agrawal A, Hu H.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jun;119(6):765-70.
         
     20. Surveillance data on pesticide and agricultural chemical releases and associated public health consequences in selected US states, 2003-2007
         Saw L, Shumway J, Ruckart P.
         J Med Toxicol. 2011 Jun;7(2):164-71.
         
     21. SAR/QSAR methods in public health practice
         Demchuk E, Ruiz P, Chou S, Fowler BA.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 Jul 15;254(2):192-7.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     22. Depression is associated with sexual risk among men who have sex with men, but is mediated by cognitive escape and self-efficacy
         Alvy LM, McKirnan DJ, Mansergh G, Koblin B, Colfax GN, Flores SA, Hudson S.
         AIDS Behav. 2011 Aug;15(6):1171-9.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     23. Testing rules of thumb and the science of health literacy
         Baur C, Ostrove N.
         Ann Intern Med. 2011 Jul 19;155(2):129-30.
         
     24. Considering racial and ethnic preferences in communication and interactions among the patient, family member, and physician following diagnosis of localized prostate cancer: study of a US population
         Rim SH, Hall IJ, Fairweather ME, Fedorenko CR, Ekwueme DU, Smith JL, Thompson IM, Keane TE, Penson DF, Moinpour CM, Zeliadt SB, Ramsey SD.
         Int J Gen Med. 2011 ;4:481-6.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     25. Severe methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections associated with epidural injections at an outpatient pain clinic
         Radcliffe R, Meites E, Briscoe J, Gupta R, Fosheim G, McAllister SK, Jensen B, Noble-Wang J, Del Rosario M, Hageman J, Patel PR.
         Am J Infect Control. 2011 Jul 15.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     26. Hepatitis B vaccination coverage and documented seroprotection among matriculating healthcare students at an academic institution in the United States
         Tohme RA, Ribner B, Huey MJ, Spradling PR.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;32(8):818-21.
         
     27. Laboratory characterization of measles virus infection in previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals
         Hickman CJ, Hyde TB, Sowers SB, Mercader S, McGrew M, Williams NJ, Beeler JA, Audet S, Kiehl B, Nandy R, Tamin A, Bellini WJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;204 Suppl 1:S549-58.
         
     28. Actinic varicella vaccine rash
         Theodoridou K, Papaevangelou V, Papadogeorgaki E, Quinlivan M, Theodoridou M, Kakourou T, Breuer J.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul 15.
         
     29. Near real-time vaccine safety surveillance with partially accrued data
         Greene SK, Kulldorff M, Yin R, Yih WK, Lieu TA, Weintraub ES, Lee GM.
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Jun;20(6):583-90.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     30. Macro determinants of cause-specific injury mortality in the OECD countries: an exploration of the importance of GDP and unemployment
         Muazzam S, Nasrullah M.
         J Community Health. 2011 Aug;36(4):574-82.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     31. Isotope dilution-LC-MS/MS reference method assessment of serum folate assay accuracy and proficiency testing consensus mean
         Blackmore S, Pfeiffer CM, Lee A, Fazili Z, Hamilton MS.
         Clin Chem. 2011 Jul;57(7):986-94.
         
     32. Ocular tropism of influenza A viruses: identification of H7 subtype-specific host responses in human respiratory and ocular cells
         Belser JA, Zeng H, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
         J Virol. 2011 Jul 20.
         
     33. Influenza A virus nucleoprotein exploits Hsp40 to inhibit PKR activation
         Sharma K, Tripathi S, Ranjan P, Kumar P, Garten R, Deyde V, Katz JM, Cox NJ, Lal RB, Sambhara S, Lal SK.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e20215.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     34. Maternal reports of child health status and health conditions: the influence of self-reported maternal health status
         Pastor PN, Reuben CA.
         Acad Pediatr. 2011 Jul-Aug;11(4):311-7.
         
     35. Emerging issues in teratology: an introduction
         Rasmussen SA, Friedman JM.
         Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2011 Aug 15;157(3):147-9.
         
     36. Medication use during pregnancy, with particular focus on prescription drugs: 1976-2008
         Mitchell AA, Gilboa SM, Werler MM, Kelley KE, Louik C, Hernandez-Diaz S.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr 21.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     37. Association of body fat percentage with lipid concentrations in children and adolescents: United States 1999-2004
         Lamb MM, Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Lacher DA, Flegal KM.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jul 20.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     38. Subjective perceptions and ergonomics evaluation of a liquid cooled garment worn under protective ensemble during an intermittent treadmill exercise
         Kim JH, Coca A, Williams WJ, Roberge RJ.
         Ergonomics. 2011 Jul;54(7):626-35.
         
     39. Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy for pooled exposure-response analyses of North Carolina and South Carolina, USA asbestos textile cohorts
         Dement JM, Loomis D, Richardson D, Wolf SH, Kuempel ED.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug;68(8):593-8.
         
     40. Employment and work schedule are related to telomere length in women
         Parks CG, Deroo LA, Miller DB, McCanlies EC, Cawthon RM, Sandler DP.
         Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug;68(8):582-9.
         
     41. Association of overtime work with cellular immune markers among healthy daytime white-collar employees
         Nakata A, Takahashi M, Irie M.
         Scand J Work Environ Health. 2011 Jul 16.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     42. Coal dust exposure and mortality from ischemic heart disease among a cohort of U.S. coal miners
         Landen DD, Wassell JT, McWilliams L, Patel A.
         Am J Ind Med. 2011 Jul 14.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     43. Comment on zoonoses in the bedroom
         Montgomery SP, Xiao L, Cama V.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1340.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     44. Interventions targeting substance abuse among women survivors of intimate partner abuse: a meta-analysis
         Fowler DN, Faulkner M.
         J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Jul 12.
         
     45. Prevalence of smoking in China in 2010
         Li Q, Hsia J, Yang G.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 23;364(25):2469-70.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     46. Characterization of the risk of deer-cattle interactions in Minnesota by use of an on-farm environmental assessment tool
         Knust BM, Wolf PC, Wells SJ.
         Am J Vet Res. 2011 Jul;72(7):924-31.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - Tuberculosis
     47. High prevalence of childhood multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross sectional study
         Fairlie L, Beylis NC, Reubenson G, Moore DP, Madhi SA.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2011 ;11:28.
         
     48. Adverse events associated with treatment of latent tuberculosis in the general population
         Smith BM, Schwartzman K, Bartlett G, Menzies D.
         CMAJ. 2011 Feb 22;183(3):E173-9.
         
     49. Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis in countries with high tuberculosis burdens: individual risks and social determinants
         Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Jeon CY, Cohen T, Murray MB.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Apr;40(2):417-28.
         
     50. Cohort analysis of directly observed treatment outcomes for tuberculosis patients in urban Pakistan
         Akhtar S, Rozi S, White F, Hasan R.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Jan;15(1):90-6.
         
     51. Antiretroviral therapy and TB notification rates in a high HIV prevalence South African community
         Middelkoop K, Bekker LG, Myer L, Johnson LF, Kloos M, Morrow C, Wood R.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Mar 1;56(3):263-9.
         
     52. Tuberculosis burden in households of patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study
         Becerra MC, Appleton SC, Franke MF, Chalco K, Arteaga F, Bayona J, Murray M, et al.
         Lancet. 2011 Jan 8;377(9760):147-52.
         
     53. Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
         Boehme CC, Nicol MP, Nabeta P, Michael JS, Gotuzzo E, Tahirli R, Gler MT, et al.
         Lancet. 2011 Apr 30;377(9776):1495-505.
         
     54. New regimens to prevent tuberculosis in adults with HIV infection
         Martinson NA, Barnes GL, Moulton LH, Msandiwa R, Hausler H, Ram M, McIntyre JA, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2011 Jul 7;365(1):11-20.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     55. Chlorine gas exposure at a metal recycling facility --- California, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 22;60(28):951-4.
         
     56. Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus among HIV-infected men who have sex with men --- New York City, 2005--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 22;60(28):945-50.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     57. Statins and risk of cancer. A retrospective cohort analysis of 45,857 matched pairs from an electronic medical records database of 11 million adult Americans
         Marelli C, Gunnarsson C, Ross S, Haas S, Stroup DF, Cload P, Clopton P, DeMaria AN.
         J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 July;58(5):530-7.
         
     58. Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk
         Green J, Cairns B, Casabonne D, Wright F, Reeves G, Beral V.
         Lancet Oncol. 2011 July 22.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     59. Hepatitis B vaccination coverage and documented seroprotection among matriculating healthcare students at an academic institution in the United States
         Tohme RA, Ribner B, Huey MJ, Spradling PR.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;32(8):818-21.
         
   • Vital Statistics
     60. All-cause and cause-specific mortality among black and white North Carolina state prisoners, 1995-2005
         Rosen DL, Wohl DA, Schoenbach VJ.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2011 Jul 5.
         
   
   

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