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

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     • Anthrax letters in an open office environment: effects of selected CDC response guidelines on personal exposure and building contamination
       Kournikakis B, Martinez KF, McCleery RE, Shadomy SV, Ramos G.
       J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Feb;8(2):113-22.
       
   • Drug Safety - Prescription Drug Overdose
     • An analysis of heavy utilizers of opioids for chronic noncancer pain in the TROUP study
       Edlund MJ, Martin BC, Fan MY, Braden JB, Devries A, Sullivan MD.
       J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Aug;40(2):279-89.
       
     • Usefulness of prescription monitoring programs for surveillance--analysis of Schedule II opioid prescription data in Massachusetts, 1996-2006
       Katz N, Panas L, Kim M, Audet AD, Bilansky A, Eadie J, Kreiner P, et al.
       Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Feb;19(2):115-23.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • False-positive human immunodeficiency virus enzyme immunoassay results in pregnant women
       Wesolowski LG, Delaney KP, Lampe MA, Nesheim SR.
       PLoS One. 2011 ;6(1):e16538.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Factors associated with non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the SUN study
       Kyser M, Buchacz K, Bush TJ, Conley LJ, Hammer J, Henry K, Kojic EM, Milam J, Overton ET, Wood KC, Brooks JT.
       AIDS Care. 2011 Feb 2:1-11.
       
   • Health Disparities
     • Racial disparities in community identification of autism spectrum disorders over time; metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2006
       Jarquin VG, Wiggins LD, Schieve LA, Van Naarden-Braun K.
       J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011 Feb 2.
       
   • Nutritional Sciences
     • Are dietary patterns in childhood associated with IQ at 8 years of age? A population-based cohort study
       Northstone K, Joinson C, Emmett P, Ness A, Paus T.
       J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011 Feb 7.
       
   • Physical Activity
     • The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance: a systematic review of the literature
       Rasberry CN, Lee SM, Robin L, Laris BA, Russell LA, Coyle KK, Nihiser AJ.
       Prev Med. 2011 Feb 1.
       
   • Program Evaluation
     • Implementation and evaluation of the Reaching Every District (RED) strategy in Assam, India, 2005-2008
       Ryman TK, Trakroo A, Wallace A, Gupta SK, Wilkins K, Mehta P, Dietz V.
       Vaccine. 2011 Feb 4.
       
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     • Statewide applied epidemiology workforce capacity and competency assessment - Nebraska, 2008
       Buss BF, Safranek TJ, Foley BP.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 Mar-Apr;17(2):110-21.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Long-term effects of a randomised trial of a 6-year lifestyle intervention in impaired glucose tolerance on diabetes-related microvascular complications: the China Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Outcome Study
        Gong Q, Gregg EW, Wang J, An Y, Zhang P, Yang W, Li H, Jiang Y, Shuai Y, Zhang B, Zhang J, Gerzoff RB, Roglic G, Hu Y, Li G, Bennett PH.
        Diabetologia. 2011 Feb;54(2):300-7.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Linking recently diagnosed HIV-positive persons to medical care: perspectives of referring providers
        Gruber D, Campos P, Dutcher M, Safford L, Phillips K, Craw J, Gardner L.
        AIDS Care. 2011 Jan;23(1):16-24.
        
     3. A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates
        Alvarez GG, Gushulak B, Abu Rumman K, Altpeter E, Chemtob D, Douglas P, Erkens C, Helbling P, Hamilton I, Jones J, Matteelli A, Paty MC, Posey DL, Sagebiel D, Slump E, Tegnell A, Valin ER, Winje BA, Ellis E.
        BMC Infect Dis. 2011 ;11:3.
        
     4. Characteristics of patients with oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United States
        Graitcer SB, Gubareva L, Kamimoto L, Doshi S, Vandermeer M, Louie J, Waters C, Moore Z, Sleeman K, Okomo-Adhiambo M, Marshall SA, St George K, Pan CY, Laplante JM, Klimov A, Fry AM.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):255-257.
        
     5. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and HIV co-infection
        Kuhar DT, Henderson DK.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):328.
        
     6. Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, Mexico
        Ramirez-Gonzalez JE, Gonzalez-Duran E, Alcantara-Perez P, Wong-Arambula C, Olivera-Diaz H, Cortez-Ortiz I, Barrera-Badillo G, Nguyen H, Gubareva L, Lopez-Martinez I, Diaz-Quinonez JA, Lezana-Fernandez MA, Gatell-Ramirez HL, Cordova Villalobos JA, Hernandez-Avila M, Alpuche-Aranda C.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):283-286.
        
     7. Sensitivity and specificity of rapid influenza testing of children in a community setting
        Stebbins S, Stark JH, Prasad R, Thompson WW, Mitruka K, Rinaldo C, Vukotich CJ, Cummings DA.
        Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2011 Mar;5(2):104-109.
        
     8. Risk factors for HIV-1 infection in a longitudinal, prospective cohort of adults from the Mbeya Region, Tanzania
        Geis S, Maboko L, Saathoff E, Hoffmann O, Geldmacher C, Mmbando D, Samky E, Michael NL, Birx DL, Robb ML, Hoelscher M.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Feb 4.
        
     9. Extensively drug-resistant TB in Eastern Cape, South Africa: high mortality in HIV negative and HIV positive patients
        Kvasnovsky CL, Cegielski JP, Erasmus R, Siwisa NO, Thomas K, Van Der Walt ML.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Feb 4.
        
     10. Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae prior to introduction of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Brazil, 2000-2007
         Menezes AP, Campos LC, Dos Santos MS, Azevedo J, Dos Santos RC, Carvalho Mda G, Beall BW, Martin SW, Salgado K, Reis MG, Ko AI, Reis JN.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 1;29(6):1139-44.
         
   • Community Health Services
     11. Effect of usual source of care on depression among Medicare beneficiaries: an application of a simultaneous-equations model
         Li C, Dick AW, Fiscella K, Conwell Y, Friedman B.
         Health Serv Res. 2011 Feb 9.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     12. A focus of dogs and Rickettsia massiliae-infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus in California
         Beeler E, Abramowicz KF, Zambrano ML, Sturgeon MM, Khalaf N, Hu R, Dasch GA, Eremeeva ME.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Feb;84(2):244-9.
         
   • Drug Safety
     13. Adverse antiepileptic drug effects in new-onset seizures: a case-control study
         Perucca P, Jacoby A, Marson AG, Baker GA, Lane S, Benn EK, Thurman DJ, Hauser WA, Gilliam FG, Hesdorffer DC.
         Neurology. 2011 Jan 18;76(3):273-9.
         
     14. Thrombocytopenia after vaccination: case reports to the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2008
         Woo EJ, Wise RP, Menschik D, Shadomy SV, Iskander J, Beeler J, Varricchio F, Ball R.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 1;29(6):1319-23.
         
   • Environmental Health
     15. Variability and predictors of urinary bisphenol A concentrations during pregnancy
         Braun JM, Kalkbrenner AE, Calafat AM, Bernert JT, Ye X, Silva MJ, Barr DB, Sathyanarayana S, Lanphear BP.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jan;119(1):131-7.
         
     16. The International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes: initial results
         Parker J, Rich DQ, Glinianaia SV, Leem JH, Wartenberg D, Bell ML, Bonzini M, Brauer M, Darrow L, Gehring U, Gouveia N, Grillo P, Ha E, van den Hooven EH, Jalaludin B, Jesdale BM, Lepeule J, Morello-Frosch R, Morgan GG, Slama R, Pierik FH, Pesatori AC, Sathyanarayana S, Seo J, Strickland M, Tamburic L, Woodruff TJ.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Feb 9.
         
     17. Hypochlorite solution expiration and stability in household water treatment in developing countries
         Lantagne D, Preston K, Blanton E, Kotlarz N, Gezagehn H, Van Dusen E, Berens J, Jellison K.
         J Environ Engin. 2011 ;137:131-136.
         
     18. Putting theory into practice--CDC's Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH)
         Gerding J, Kunz J.
         J Environ Health. 2011 Jan-Feb;73(6):96-8.
         
     19. Developing new hazard category language for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's public health assessment products
         Ulirsch G, Orloff K, Alexanian D, Allen-Lewis S, Fagliano J, Langmann DM, Larson K, Miles D, Prohonic E, Telfer J, Robinson S, Turner MM, Berkowitz J.
         J Environ Health. 2011 Jan-Feb;73(6):76-8.
         
     20. The impact of cyp2e1 genetic variability on risk assessment of VOC mixtures
         Pohl HR, Scinicariello F.
         Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2011 Feb 1.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     21. Distribution of motor types in cerebral palsy: how do registry data compare?
         Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         Dev Med Child Neurol. 2011 Mar;53(3):199-200.
         
     22. Blood lead levels, ALAD gene polymorphisms, and mortality
         van Bemmel DM, Li Y, McLean J, Chang MH, Dowling NF, Graubard B, Rajaraman P.
         Epidemiology. 2011 Mar;22(2):273-278.
         
   • Food Safety
     23. Endemic foodborne botulism among Alaska Native persons--Alaska, 1947-2007
         Fagan RP, McLaughlin JB, Castrodale LJ, Gessner BD, Jenkerson SA, Funk EA, Hennessy TW, Middaugh JP, Butler JC.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;52(5):585-92.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     24. Molecular detection of mutations associated with first and second-line drug resistance compared with conventional drug susceptibility testing in M. tuberculosis
         Campbell PJ, Morlock GP, Sikes RD, Dalton TL, Metchock B, Starks AM, Hooks DP, Cowan LS, Plikaytis BB, Posey JE.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Feb 7.
         
     25. Next-generation sequencing of Coccidioides immitis isolated during cluster investigation
         Engelthaler DM, Chiller T, Schupp JA, Colvin J, Beckstrom-Sternberg SM, Driebe EM, Moses T, Tembe W, Sinari S, Beckstrom-Sternberg JS, Christoforides A, Pearson JV, Carpten J, Keim P, Peterson A, Terashita D, Balajee SA.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):227-232.
         
     26. Efficient rescue of recombinant Lassa virus reveals the influence of S segment non-coding regions on virus replication and virulence
         Albarino CG, Bird BH, Chakrabarti AK, Dodd KA, Erickson BR, Nichol ST.
         J Virol. 2011 Feb 9.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     27. The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome in Georgia: direct and indirect costs
         Lin JM, Resch SC, Brimmer DJ, Johnson A, Kennedy S, Burstein N, Simon CJ.
         Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2011 ;9(1):1.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     28. A group-randomized evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to improve influenza vaccination rates in dialysis centers
         Bond TC, Patel PR, Krisher J, Sauls L, Deane J, Strott K, McClellan W.
         Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Feb;57(2):283-90.
         
     29. Use of standing orders for adult influenza vaccination: a national survey of primary care physicians
         Zimmerman RK, Albert SM, Nowalk MP, Yonas MA, Ahmed F.
         Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):144-8.
         
     30. Tdap and GBS letter
         Nordin JD, Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Weintraub E.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 1;29(6):1122.
         
     31. Are Kenyan healthcare workers willing to receive the pandemic influenza vaccine? Results from a cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers in Kenya about knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning infection with and vaccination against 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), 2010
         Oria PA, Matini W, Nelligan I, Emukule G, Scherzer M, Oyier B, Ochieng HN, Hooper L, Kanyuga A, Muthoka P, Morales KF, Nzioka C, Breiman RF, Katz MA.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 3.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     32. The SHARE project: maximizing participant retention in a longitudinal study with victims of intimate partner violence
         Clough A, Wagman J, Rollins C, Barnes J, Connor-Smith J, Holditch-Niolon P, McDowell S, Martinez-Bell E, Bloom T, Baker C, Glass N.
         Field Methods. 2011 Feb;23(1):86-101.
         
     33. Injuries and deaths due to victim-activated improvised explosive devices, landmines and other explosive remnants of war in Nepal
         Bilukha OO, Laurenge H, Danee L, Subedi KP, Becknell K.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Feb 4.
         
     34. Poisoning hospitalisations among reproductive-aged women in the USA, 1998-2006
         Cox S, Kuo C, Jamieson DJ, Kourtis AP, McPheeters ML, Meikle SF, Posner SF.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Feb 4.
         
     35. The burden of childhood injuries and evidence based strategies developed using the injury surveillance system in Pasto, Colombia
         Espitia-Hardeman V, Borse NN, Dellinger AM, Betancourt CE, Villareal AN, Caicedo LD, Portillo C.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Feb;17 Suppl 1:i38-44.
         
     36. History of maltreatment among unintentional injury deaths: analyses of Texas child fatality review data, 2005-2007
         Parks SE, Mirchandani G, Rodriguez S, Hellsten J.
         Inj Prev. 2011 Feb;17 Suppl 1:i14-8.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     37. Comparison of MALDI-TOF-MS and HPLC-ESI-MS/MS for endopeptidase activity-based quantification of anthrax lethal factor in serum
         Kuklenyik Z, Boyer AE, Lins R, Quinn CP, Gallegos-Candela M, Woolfitt A, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         Anal Chem. 2011 Feb 8.
         
     38. Detection of hemagglutinin variants of the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus by pyrosequencing
         Levine M, Sheu TG, Gubareva LV, Mishin VP.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Feb 9.
         
   • Obituary
     39. Ann Magaret Garner (1916-2010)
         Krahn G, Terdal L.
         Am Psychol. 2011 Feb-Mar;66(2):142.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     40. Total inward leakage of nanoparticles through filtering facepiece respirators
         Rengasamy S, Eimer BC.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Feb 3.
         
     41. Evaluating the association of workplace psychosocial stressors with occupational injury, illness, and assault
         Brown LP, Rospenda KM, Sokas RK, Conroy L, Freels S, Swanson NG.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Jan;8(1):31-7.
         
     42. Effects of long work hours and poor sleep characteristics on workplace injury among full-time male employees of small- and medium-scale businesses
         Nakata A.
         J Sleep Res. 2011 Feb 7.
         
     43. Human posture simulation to assess cumulative spinal load due to manual lifting. Part II: accuracy and precision
         Lu M, Waters T, Werren D, Piacitelli L.
         Theor Issues Ergon Sci. 2011 Mar-Apr;12(2):189-203.
         
     44. Human posture simulation to assess cumulative spinal load due to manual lifting. Part I: methods
         Waters TR, Lu M, Werren D, Piacitelli L.
         Theor Issues Ergon Sci. 2011 Mar-Apr;12(2):176-188.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     45. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri, Karachi, Pakistan
         Shakoor S, Beg MA, Mahmood SF, Bandea R, Sriram R, Noman F, Ali F, Visvesvara GS, Zafar A.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):258-61.
         
   • Program Evaluation
     46. The problems of eligibility and endogenous confounders when assessing the mortality impact of a nationwide disease-prevention programme: the case of insecticide-treated nets in Togo
         Ishida K, Stupp P, Erskine M, Goldberg H, Morgah K.
         Popul Stud (Camb). 2011 Feb 2:1-15.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     47. Health administrator perspectives on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prevention and services at historically black colleges and universities
         Warren-Jeanpiere L, Jones S, Sutton MY.
         J Am Coll Health. 2011 Jan;59(4):327-9.
         
     48. Ensuring accountability in public health prevention research: evaluating the Prevention Research Centers Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
         Wright DS, Grunbaum JA, Dawkins N, Dino G, Chervin D, Barnes K, Olarita-Dhungana J, Simoes E.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 March/April;17(2):E1-E9.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     49. Quantifying bias in a health survey: modeling total survey error in the National Immunization Survey
         Molinari NM, Wolter KM, Skalland B, Montgomery R, Khare M, Smith PJ, Barron ML, Copeland K, Santos K, Singleton JA.
         Stat Med. 2011 Feb 4.
         
   • Zoonoses
     50. Blastomycosis in man after kinkajou bite
         Harris JR, Blaney DD, Lindsley MD, Zaki SR, Paddock CD, Drew CP, Johnson AJ, Landau D, Vanderbush J, Baker R.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):268-70.
         
     51. Eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil
         Silva N, Eremeeva ME, Rozental T, Ribeiro GS, Paddock CD, Ramos EA, Favacho AR, Reis MG, Dasch GA, de Lemos ER, Ko AI.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;17(2):275-8.
         
     52. Evolutionary dynamics of rabies viruses highlights the importance of China rabies transmission in Asia
         Meng S, Sun Y, Wu X, Tang J, Xu G, Lei Y, Wu J, Yan J, Yang X, Rupprecht CE.
         Virology. 2011 Feb 20;410(2):403-9.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Drug Safety - Prescription Drug Overdose
     53. Age and gender trends in long-term opioid analgesic use for noncancer pain
         Campbell CI, Weisner C, Leresche L, Ray GT, Saunders K, Sullivan MD, Banta-Green CJ, et al.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Dec;100(12):2541-7.
         
     54. Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study
         Dunn KM, Saunders KW, Rutter CM, Banta-Green CJ, Merrill JO, Sullivan MD, Weisner CM, et al.
         Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jan 19;152(2):85-92.
         
     55. A population-based cohort study on chronic pain: the role of opioids
         Sjogren P, Gronbaek M, Peuckmann V, Ekholm O.
         Clin J Pain. 2010 Nov-Dec;26(9):763-9.
         
     56. Increasing deaths involving oxycodone, Victoria, Australia, 2000-09
         Rintoul AC, Dobbin MD, Drummer OH, Ozanne-Smith J.
         Inj Prev. 2010 Jan 7.
         
     57. A flood of opioids, a rising tide of deaths
         Okie S.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Nov 18;363(21):1981-5.
         
     58. Trends in opioid use and dosing among socio-economically disadvantaged patients
         Gomes T, Juurlink D, Dhalla I, Mailis-Gagnon A, Paterson J, Mamdani M.
         Open Med. 2011 Feb;5(1).
         
     59. Clinical characteristics of veterans prescribed high doses of opioid medications for chronic non-cancer pain
         Morasco BJ, Duckart JP, Carr TP, Deyo RA, Dobscha SK.
         Pain. 2010 Dec;151(3):625-32.
         
     60. Risks for possible and probable opioid misuse among recipients of chronic opioid therapy in commercial and medicaid insurance plans: the TROUP study
         Sullivan MD, Edlund MJ, Fan MY, Devries A, Brennan Braden J, Martin BC.
         Pain. 2010 Aug;150(2):332-9.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     61. Decrease in smoking prevalence --- Minnesota, 1999--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Feb 11;60(5):138-41.
         
     62. Discordant results from reverse sequence syphilis screening --- five laboratories, United States, 2006--2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Feb 11;60(5):133-7.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     63. Assessment of type of allergy and antihistamine use in the development of glioma
         McCarthy BJ, Rankin K, Il'yasova D, Erdal S, Vick N, Ali-Osman F, Bigner DD, Davis F.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Mar;20(2):370-8.
         
     64. Sleep duration predicts cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies
         Cappuccio FP, Cooper D, D'Elia L, Strazzullo P, Miller MA.
         Eur Heart J. 2011 Feb 7.
         
   
   

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