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• CDC-authored publications
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Communicable Diseases
     • The final phase of polio eradication: new vaccines and complex choices
       Cochi SL, Linkins RW.
       J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 8.
       
     • Norovirus vaccine against experimental human Norwalk Virus illness
       Atmar RL, Bernstein DI, Harro CD, Al-Ibrahim MS, Chen WH, Ferreira J, Estes MK, Graham DY, Opekun AR, Richardson C, Mendelman PM.
       N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 8;365(23):2178-87.
       
   • Environmental Health
     • Blood mercury levels among fish consumers residing in areas with high environmental burden
       Wolkin A, Hunt D, Martin C, Caldwell KL, McGeehin MA.
       Chemosphere. 2011 Dec 7.
       
   • Food Safety
     • A novel vehicle for transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to humans: multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of ready-to-bake commercial prepackaged cookie dough--United States, 2009
       Neil KP, Biggerstaff G, Macdonald JK, Trees E, Medus C, Musser KA, Stroika SG, Zink D, Sotir MJ.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 8.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • STD and HIV testing behaviors among black and Puerto Rican young adults
       Carter MW, Kraft JM, Hatfield-Timajchy K, Hock-Long L, Hogben M.
       Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Dec;43(4):238-46.
       
   • Healthcare Economics
     • Autism spectrum disorders and health care expenditures: the effects of co-occurring conditions
       Peacock G, Amendah D, Ouyang L, Grosse SD.
       J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011 Dec 9.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Rural parents' vaccination-related attitudes and intention to vaccinate middle and high school children against influenza following educational influenza vaccination intervention
       Sales JM, Painter JE, Pazol K, Gargano LM, Orenstein W, Hughes JM, Diclemente RJ.
       Hum Vaccin. 2011 Nov 1;7(11).
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Occupation and the prevalence of respiratory health symptoms and conditions: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
       Mirabelli MC, London SJ, Charles LE, Pompeii LA, Wagenknecht LE.
       J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Dec 7.
       
   • Reproductive Health
     • A comparative study of interventions for delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse among Latino and black youth
       Guilamo-Ramos V, Jaccard J, Dittus P, Bouris A, Gonzalez B, Casillas E, Banspach S.
       Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Dec;43(4):247-254.
       
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     • Exposure to tobacco smoke among adults in Bangladesh
       Palipudi KM, Sinha DN, Choudhury S, Mustafa Z, Andes L, Asma S.
       Indian J Public Health. 2011 Jul-Sep;55(3):210-9.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Differences in multijoint radiographic osteoarthritis phenotypes among African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis project
        Nelson AE, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, Kraus VB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM.
        Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Dec;63(12):3843-52.
        
     2. Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine is not associated with sickle cell crises in children
        Hambidge SJ, Ross C, Glanz J, McClure D, Daley MF, Xu S, Shoup JA, Narwaney K, Baggs J, Weintraub E.
        Pediatrics. 2011 Dec 12.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. The influence of perceptions of HIV infection, care, and identity on care entry
        Fagan JL, Beer L, Garland P, Valverde E, Courogen M, Hillman D, Brady K, Bertolli J.
        AIDS Care. 2011 Dec 7.
        
     4. Infection control in the multidrug-resistant era: tending the human microbiome
        Tosh PK, McDonald LC.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 12.
        
     5. Update on diagnosis and treatment within the four clinical phases of chronic hepatitis B infection
        McMahon BJ, Simons BC, Livingston SE.
        Curr Hepat Report. 2011 December;10 (4):229-234.
        
     6. Host factors that influence mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: genetics, coinfections, behavior and nutrition
        Ellington SR, King CC, Kourtis AP.
        Future Virol. 2011 December;6 (12):1451-1469.
        
     7. Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study
        Vandermeer ML, Thomas AR, Kamimoto L, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Farley MM, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Schaffner W, Bennett N, Zansky S.
        J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 13.
        
     8. Role of donor genital tract HIV-1 diversity in the transmission bottleneck
        Boeras DI, Hraber PT, Hurlston M, Evans-Strickfaden T, Bhattacharya T, Giorgi EE, Mulenga J, Karita E, Korber BT, Allen S, Hart CE, Derdeyn CA, Hunter E.
        Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 15;108(46):E1156-63.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     9. Plasmodium knowlesi: a malaria parasite of monkeys and humans
        Collins WE.
        Annu Rev Entomol. 2012 Jan 7;57:107-21.
        
     10. Restricted enzooticity of hepatitis E virus genotypes 1 to 4 in the United States
         Dong C, Meng J, Dai X, Liang JH, Feagins AR, Meng XJ, Belfiore NM, Bradford C, Corn JL, Cray C, Glass GE, Gordon ML, Hesse RA, Montgomery DL, Nicholson WL, Pilny AA, Ramamoorthy S, Shaver DD, Drobeniuc J, Purdy MA, Fields HA, Kamili S, Teo CG.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec;49(12):4164-72.
         
   • Environmental Health
     11. Evaluating a persistent nuisance odor in an office building
         Ceballos DM, Burr GA.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2012 Jan;9(1):D1-6.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     12. The pelvic examination as a screening tool: practices of US physicians
         Stormo AR, Hawkins NA, Cooper CP, Saraiya M.
         Arch Intern Med. 2011 Dec 12;171(22):2053-4.
         
     13. Accuracy of self-reported family history is strongly influenced by the accuracy of self-reported personal health status of relatives
         Janssens AC, Henneman L, Detmar SB, Khoury MJ, Steyerberg EW, Eijkemans MJ, Mushkudiani N, Oostra BA, van Duijn CM, Mackenbach JP.
         J Clin Epidemiol. 2012 Jan;65(1):82-9.
         
   • Food Safety
     14. Canned soup consumption and urinary bisphenol A: a randomized crossover trial
         Carwile JL, Ye X, Zhou X, Calafat AM, Michels KB.
         JAMA. 2011 Nov 23;306(20):2218-20.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     15. Genetic associations with metabolic syndrome and its quantitative traits by race/ethnicity in the United States
         Vassy JL, Shrader P, Yang Q, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Chang MH, Dowling NF, Ned RM, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Khoury MJ, Meigs JB.
         Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2011 Dec;9(6):475-82.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     16. The third described case of transfusion-transmitted Babesia duncani
         Bloch EM, Herwaldt BL, Leiby DA, Shaieb A, Herron RM, Chervenak M, Reed W, Hunter R, Ryals R, Hagar W, Xayavong MV, Slemenda SB, Pieniazek NJ, Wilkins PP, Kjemtrup AM.
         Transfusion. 2011 Dec 13.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     17. Healthcare expenditures for males with haemophilia and employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, 2008
         Guh S, Grosse SD, McAlister S, Kessler CM, Soucie JM.
         Haemophilia. 2011 Dec 12.
         
     18. Aligning resources to fight HIV/AIDS in the United States: funding to states through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
         Mansergh G, Valdiserri RO, Yakovchenko V, Koh H.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Dec 12.
         
     19. Incidence-based cost estimates require population-based incidence data. A critique of Mahan et al
         Grosse SD.
         Thromb Haemost. 2011 Dec 8;107(1).
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     20. Prevention of antibiotic-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae with conjugate vaccines
         Hampton LM, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Reingold A, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Bennett NM, Petit S, Gershman K, Baumbach J, Beall B, Jorgensen J, Glennen A, Zell ER, Moore M.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 7.
         
     21. Expanding and improving urban outreach immunization in Patna, India
         Pradhan N, Ryman TK, Varkey S, Ranjan A, Gupta SK, Krishna G, Swetanki RP, Young R.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Dec 14.
         
     22. Validity of parental report of influenza vaccination in young children seeking medical care
         Brown C, Clayton-Boswell H, Chaves SS, Prill MM, Iwane MK, Szilagyi PG, Edwards KM, Staat MA, Weinberg GA, Fairbrother G, Hall CB, Zhu Y, Bridges CB.
         Vaccine. 2011 Nov 28;29(51):9488-9492.
         
     23. Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of inactivated trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine administered with a needle-free disposable-syringe jet injector
         Simon JK, Carter M, Pasetti MF, Sztein MB, Kotloff KL, Weniger BG, Campbell JD, Levine MM.
         Vaccine. 2011 Nov 28;29(51):9544-50.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     24. Oseltamivir inhibits H7 influenza virus replication in mice inoculated by the ocular route
         Belser JA, Sleeman K, Pearce MB, Katz JM, Gubareva LV, Tumpey TM.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Dec 12.
         
     25. Extraction and inhibition of enzymatic activity of Botulinum neurotoxins/B1, /B2, /B3, /B4, and /B5 by a panel of monoclonal anti-BoNT/B antibodies
         Kalb SR, Santana WI, Geren IN, Garcia-Rodriguez C, Lou J, Smith TJ, Marks JD, Smith LA, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         BMC Biochem. 2011 Nov 15;12(1):58.
         
     26. Evaluation of screening tests for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis: bias associated with the patient-infected-status algorithm
         Hadgu A, Dendukuri N, Wang L.
         Epidemiology. 2012 Jan;23(1):72-82.
         
     27. "Complexities in hindcasting models - when should we say enough is enough,"
         Maslia ML, Aral MM, Faye RE, Grayman WM, Suarez-Soto RJ, Sautner JB, Anderson BA, Bove FJ, Ruckart PZ, Moore SM.
         Ground Water. 2011 Dec 7.
         
     28. Engineered combined positive control template for real-time reverse-transcription PCR reactions in multiple-pathogen detection assays
         Kodani M, Winchell JM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec 14.
         
     29. Clinical validation of multiplex real-time PCR assays for detection of bacterial meningitis pathogens
         Wang X, Theodore MJ, Mair R, Trujillo-Lopez E, du Plessis M, Wolter N, Baughman AL, Hatcher C, Vuong J, Lott L, von Gottberg A, Sacchi C, McDonald JM, Messonnier NE, Mayer LW.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec 14.
         
     30. Local innate immune responses and influenza virus transmission and virulence in ferrets
         Maines TR, Belser JA, Gustin KM, van Hoeven N, Zeng H, Svitek N, von Messling V, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 9.
         
     31. Development of monoclonal antibodies to recombinant terrelysin and characterization of expression in Aspergillus terreus
         Nayak AP, Green BJ, Friend S, Beezhold DH.
         J Med Microbiol. 2011 Dec 8.
         
     32. Design of online solid phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC-MS/MS) hyphenated systems for quantitative analysis of small organic compounds in biological matrices
         Kuklenyik Z, Calafat AM, Barr JR, Pirkle JL.
         J Sep Sci. 2011 Dec;34(24):3606-18.
         
     33. Utility of the tourniquet test and the white blood cell count to differentiate dengue among acute febrile illnesses in the emergency room
         Gregory CJ, Lorenzi OD, Colon L, Sepulveda Garcia A, Santiago LM, Cruz Rivera R, Cuyar Bermudez LJ, Ortiz Baez F, Vazquez Aponte D, Tomashek KM, Gutierrez J, Alvarado L.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Dec;5(12):e1400.
         
     34. Clonal relatedness of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains expressing LT and CS17 isolated from children with diarrhoea in La Paz, Bolivia
         Rodas C, Klena JD, Nicklasson M, Iniguez V, Sjoling A.
         PLoS One. 2011 ;6(11):e18313.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     35. Clinical indications and determinants of the rise of cesarean section in three hospitals in rural China
         Qin C, Zhou M, Callaghan WM, Posner SF, Zhang J, Berg CJ, Zhao G.
         Matern Child Health J. 2011 Dec 13.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     36. A multifaceted public health approach to statewide aviation safety
         Mode NA, O'Connor MB, Conway GA, Hill RD.
         Am J Ind Med. 2011 Dec 13.
         
     37. Harmonization of measurement strategies for exposure to manufactured nano-objects; report of a workshop
         Brouwer D, Berges M, Virji MA, Fransman W, Bello D, Hodson L, Gabriel S, Tielemans E.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Dec 8.
         
     38. Progression of occupational risk management with advances in nanomaterials
         Murashov V, Schulte P, Howard J.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2012 Jan;9(1):D12-22.
         
     39. Prospective study on neurotoxic effects in manganese-exposed bridge construction welders
         Bowler RM, Gocheva V, Harris M, Ngo L, Abdelouahab N, Wilkinson J, Doty RL, Park R, Roels HA.
         Neurotoxicology. 2011 Oct;32(5):596-605.
         
     40. The role of force and repetition in musculoskeletal disorder risk
         Gallagher S.
         Proc Hum Fact Ergon Soc Annu Meet. 2011 :1042-1046.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     41. Three cases of hairy cell leukemia in coal miners
         Aristeguieta C, de Perio MA.
         Leuk Lymphoma. 2011 Dec;52(12):2391-2.
         
     42. A CART technique to adjust production from longwall coal operations under ventilation constraints
         Karacan CO, Goodman GV.
         Saf Sci. 2011 .
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     43. Effects of malaria and its treatment in early pregnancy
         Desai M, Dellicour S.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 12.
         
     44. State of malaria diagnostic testing at clinical laboratories in the United States, 2010: a nationwide survey
         Abanyie FA, Arguin PM, Gutman J.
         Malar J. 2011 ;10:340.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     45. Trends in sex hormone concentrations in US males: 1988-1991 to 1999-2004
         Nyante SJ, Graubard BI, Li Y, McQuillan GM, Platz EA, Rohrmann S, Bradwin G, McGlynn KA.
         Int J Androl. 2011 Dec 13.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     46. Exploring the connections between HIV serostatus and individual, household, and community socioeconomic resources: evidence from two population-based surveys in Kenya
         Ishida K, Arnold M, Stupp P, Kizito P, Ichwara J.
         Soc Sci Med. 2011 Nov 29.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     47. Spatio-temporal modeling of sparse geostatistical malaria sporozoite rate data using a zero inflated binomial model
         Amek N, Bayoh N, Hamel M, Lindblade KA, Gimnig J, Laserson KF, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P.
         Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2011 December;2 (4):283-290.
         
   
   
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     48. Obesity in K-8 students - New York City, 2006-07 to 2010-11 school years
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Dec 16;60:1673-8.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     49. Young-onset colorectal cancer: is it time to pay attention?
         You YN, Xing Y, Feig BW, Chang GJ, Cormier JN.
         Arch Intern Med. 2011 Dec 12.
         
     50. Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine is not associated with sickle cell crises in children
         Hambidge SJ, Ross C, Glanz J, McClure D, Daley MF, Xu S, Shoup JA, Narwaney K, Baggs J, Weintraub E.
         Pediatrics. 2011 Dec 12.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     51. Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study
         Vandermeer ML, Thomas AR, Kamimoto L, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Farley MM, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Schaffner W, Bennett N, Zansky S.
         J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 13.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     52. Congenital anomalies in the children of cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
         Signorello LB, Mulvihill JJ, Green DM, Munro HM, Stovall M, Weathers RE, Mertens AC, Whitton JA, Robison LL, Boice JD.
         J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec 12.
         
   
   

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