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1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Substance Use and Abuse - Alcohol
     1. Impact of alcohol advertising and media exposure on adolescent alcohol use: a systematic review of longitudinal studies
        Anderson P, de Bruijn A, Angus K, Gordon R, Hastings G.
        Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 May-Jun;44(3):229-43.
        
     2. Prevalence of alcohol dependence among excessive drinkers in New Mexico
        Woerle S, Roeber J, Landen MG.
        Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Feb;31(2):293-8.
        
     3. Economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the U.S., 2006
        Bouchery EE, Harwood HJ, Sacks JJ, Simon CJ, Brewer RD.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Nov;41(5):516-24.
        
     4. The effectiveness of limiting alcohol outlet density as a means of reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms
        Campbell CA, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, Fielding J, Naimi TS, et al.
        Am J Prev Med. 2009 Dec;37(6):556-69.
        
     5. The effectiveness of tax policy interventions for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms
        Elder RW, Lawrence B, Ferguson A, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Chattopadhyay SK, Toomey TL.
        Am J Prev Med. 2010 Feb;38(2):217-29.
        
     6. Effects of dram shop liability and enhanced overservice law enforcement initiatives on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms: two Community Guide systematic reviews
        Rammohan V, Hahn RA, Elder R, Brewer R, Fielding J, Naimi TS, Toomey TL, et al.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):334-43.
        
     7. Preemption or prevention?: lessons from efforts to control firearms, alcohol, and tobacco
        Gorovitz E, Mosher J, Pertschuk M.
        J Public Health Policy. 1998 ;19(1):36-50.
        
     8. Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines--United States, 2001-2005
        Jernigan D, Ostroff J, Ross C, Naimi TS, Brewer R.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007 Aug 3;56(30):763-7.
        
     9. Vital signs: binge drinking among high school students and adults --- United States, 2009
        Kanny D, Liu Y, Brewer R, Garvin W, Balluz L.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 8;59(39):1274-9.
        
     10. Vital signs: binge drinking prevalence, frequency, and intensity among adults - United States, 2010
         Kanny D, Liu Y, Brewer R, Garvin W, Balluz L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Jan 13;61(1):14-9.
         
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     11. Toward a more cogent approach to the challenges of multimorbidity
         Goodman RA, Parekh AK, Koh HK.
         Ann Fam Med. 2012 Mar;10(2):100-1.
         
     12. Annals meeting reports: Diabetes and oral disease: implications for health professionals
         Albert DA, Ward A, Allweiss P, Graves DT, Knowler WC, Kunzel C, Leibel RL, Novak KF, Oates TW, Papapanou PN, Schmidt AM, Taylor GW, Lamster IB, Lalla E.
         Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012 Mar 12.
         
     13. Concordance of programmatic and laboratory-based multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Peru
         Alexy ER, Podewils LJ, Mitnick CD, Becerra MC, Laserson KF, Bonilla C.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Mar;16(3):364-369.
         
     14. The potential impact of the National Osteoporosis Foundation guidance on treatment eligibility in the USA: an update in NHANES 2005-2008
         Dawson-Hughes B, Looker AC, Tosteson AN, Johansson H, Kanis JA, Melton LJ.
         Osteoporos Int. 2012 Mar;23(3):811-20.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     15. Newly identified HIV infections in correctional facilities, United States, 2007
         VanHandel M, Beltrami JF, Macgowan RJ, Borkowf CB, Margolis AD.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar 8.
         
     16. Discordance among commercially available diagnostics for latent tuberculosis infection
         Mancuso JD, Mazurek GH, Tribble D, Olsen C, Aronson NE, Geiter L, Goodwin D, Keep LW.
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):427-34.
         
     17. Neisseria gonorrhoeae with high-level resistance to azithromycin: case report of the first isolate identified in the United States
         Katz AR, Komeya AY, Soge OO, Kiaha MI, Lee MV, Wasserman GM, Maningas EV, Whelen AC, Kirkcaldy RD, Shapiro SJ, Bolan GA, Holmes KK.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;54(6):841-3.
         
     18. Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance
         Magiorakos AP, Srinivasan A, Carey RB, Carmeli Y, Falagas ME, Giske CG, Harbarth S, Hindler JF, Kahlmeter G, Olsson-Liljequist B, Paterson DL, Rice LB, Stelling J, Struelens MJ, Vatopoulos A, Weber JT, Monnet DL.
         Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 Mar;18(3):268-281.
         
     19. High prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium among female sex workers in Honduras: implications for the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
         Johnston LG, Paz-Bailey G, Morales-Miranda S, Morgan M, Alvarez B, Hickman L, Monterroso E.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Jan;23(1):5-11.
         
     20. Legionella nagasakiensis sp. nov., isolated from water samples and from a patient with pneumonia
         Yang G, Benson RF, Ratcliff RM, Brown EW, Steigerwalt AG, Thacker WL, Daneshvar MI, Morey RE, Saito A, Fields BS.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Feb;62(Pt 2):284-8.
         
     21. Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: susceptibility to isoniazid and other anti-tuberculosis drugs
         Kurbatova EV, Cavanaugh JS, Shah NS, Wright A, Kim H, Metchock B, Van Deun A, Barrera L, Boulahbal F, Richter E, Martin-Casabona N, Arias F, Zemanova I, Drobniewski F, Santos Silva A, Coulter C, Lumb R, Cegielski JP.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Mar;16(3):355-357.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     22. Climate predictors of the spatial distribution of human plague cases in the West Nile region of Uganda
         MacMillan K, Monaghan AJ, Apangu T, Griffith KS, Mead PS, Acayo S, Acidri R, Moore SM, Mpanga JT, Enscore RE, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Mar;86(3):514-23.
         
     23. The United States Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Study: evidence for vector-borne transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease among United States blood donors
         Cantey PT, Stramer SL, Townsend RL, Kamel H, Ofafa K, Todd CW, Currier M, Hand S, Varnado W, Dotson E, Hall C, Jett PL, Montgomery SP.
         Transfusion. 2012 Mar 8.
         
   • Environmental Health
     24. Maternal prenatal urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and child mental, psychomotor, and behavioral development at 3 years of age
         Whyatt RM, Liu X, Rauh VA, Calafat AM, Just AC, Hoepner L, Diaz D, Quinn J, Adibi J, Perera FP, Factor-Litvak P.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):290-5.
         
     25. Irritancy and allergic responses induced by exposure to the indoor air chemical 4-oxopentanal
         Anderson SE, Franko J, Jackson LG, Wells JR, Ham JE, Meade BJ.
         Toxicol Sci. 2012 Mar 8.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     26. What are the most sensitive and specific sign and symptom combinations for influenza in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illness? Results from western Kenya, January 2007-July 2010
         Murray EL, Khagayi S, Ope M, Bigogo G, Ochola R, Muthoka P, Njenga K, Odhiambo F, Burton D, Laserson KF, Breiman RF, Feikin DR, Katz MA.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Mar 15:1-11.
         
     27. Asthma outcomes: healthcare utilization and costs
         Akinbami LJ, Sullivan SD, Campbell JD, Grundmeier RW, Hartert TV, Lee TA, Smith RA.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Mar;129(3 Suppl):S49-64.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     28. Pneumococcal genome sequencing tracks a vaccine escape variant formed through a multi-fragment recombination event
         Golubchik T, Brueggemann AB, Street T, Gertz RE, Spencer CC, Ho T, Giannoulatou E, Link-Gelles R, Harding RM, Beall B, Peto TE, Moore MR, Donnelly P, Crook DW, Bowden R.
         Nat Genet. 2012 ;44(3):352-5.
         
   • Global Health
     29. Deaths in international travelers arriving in the United States, July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2008
         Lawson CJ, Dykewicz CA, Molinari NA, Lipman H, Alvarado-Ramy F.
         J Travel Med. 2012 Mar;19(2):96-103.
         
     30. Travel and tropical medicine practice among infectious disease practitioners
         Streit JA, Marano C, Beekmann SE, Polgreen PM, Moore TA, Brunette GW, Kozarsky PE.
         J Travel Med. 2012 Mar;19(2):92-5.
         
     31. The CDC's Center for Global Health
         Frieden TR, De Cock KM.
         Lancet. 2012 Mar 12.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     32. A county-level examination of the relationship between HIV and social determinants of health: 40 states, 2006-2008
         Gant Z, Lomotey M, Hall HI, Hu X, Guo X, Song R.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:1-7.
         
   • Health Disparities
     33. Health insurance and other factors associated with mammography surveillance among breast cancer survivors: results from a national survey
         Sabatino SA, Thompson TD, Richardson LC, Miller J.
         Med Care. 2012 Mar;50(3):270-6.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     34. Antimicrobial stewardship 2012: science driving practice
         Srinivasan A, Fishman N.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Apr;33(4):319-21.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     35. Recurrent Guillain-Barre syndrome following vaccination
         Baxter R, Lewis N, Bakshi N, Vellozzi C, Klein NP.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;54(6):800-804.
         
     36. Lack of interference by zoster vaccine with the immune response to yellow fever vaccine
         Stier DM, Weber IB, Staples JE.
         J Travel Med. 2012 Mar;19(2):122-3.
         
     37. Elicitation of anti-1918 influenza virus immunity early in life prevents morbidity and lower levels of lung infection by 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in aged mice
         Giles BM, Bissel SJ, Craigo JK, Dealmeida DR, Wiley CA, Tumpey TM, Ross TM.
         J Virol. 2012 Feb;86(3):1500-13.
         
     38. Inching toward a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine for infants
         Cohn AC, Messonnier NE.
         JAMA. 2012 Feb 8;307(6):614-5.
         
     39. Cost-effectiveness of adult vaccination strategies using pneumococcal conjugate vaccine compared with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
         Smith KJ, Wateska AR, Nowalk MP, Raymund M, Nuorti JP, Zimmerman RK.
         JAMA. 2012 Feb 22;307(8):804-12.
         
     40. The risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine and 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccines: results from self-controlled analyses
         Tokars JI, Lewis P, Destefano F, Wise M, Viray M, Morgan O, Gargiullo P, Vellozzi C.
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2012 Mar 8.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     41. Investigation of aerosol surface area estimation from number and mass concentration measurements: particle density effect
         Ku BK, Evans DE.
         Aerosol Sci Tech. 2012 2012/04/01;46(4):473-484.
         
     42. Quantification of the spatial distribution of rectally applied surrogates for microbicide and semen in colon with SPECT and magnetic resonance imaging
         Cao YJ, Caffo BS, Fuchs EJ, Lee LA, Du Y, Li L, Bakshi RP, Macura K, Khan WA, Wahl RL, Grohskopf LA, Hendrix CW.
         Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Mar 9.
         
     43. N95 filtering facepiece respirator deadspace temperature and humidity
         Roberge RJ, Kim JH, Benson S.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2012 Mar;9(3):166-71.
         
     44. Adaptation of a duck influenza A virus in quail
         Yamada S, Shinya K, Takada A, Ito T, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y, Le QM, Ebina M, Kasai N, Kida H, Horimoto T, Rivailler P, Chen LM, Donis RO, Kawaoka Y.
         J Virol. 2012 Feb;86(3):1411-20.
         
     45. Antibody inhibition of a viral type 1 interferon decoy receptor cures a viral disease by restoring interferon signaling in the liver
         Xu RH, Rubio D, Roscoe F, Krouse TE, Truckenmiller ME, Norbury CC, Hudson PN, Damon IK, Alcami A, Sigal LJ.
         PLoS Pathog. 2012 Jan;8(1):e1002475.
         
     46. Inclusion of a CRF01_AE HIV envelope protein boost with a DNA/MVA prime-boost vaccine: impact on humoral and cellular immunogenicity and viral load reduction after SHIV-E challenge
         Cox JH, Ferrari MG, Earl P, Lane JR, Jagodzinski LL, Polonis VR, Kuta EG, Boyer JD, Ratto-Kim S, Eller LA, Pham DT, Hart L, Montefiori D, Ferrari G, Parrish S, Weiner DB, Moss B, Kim JH, Birx D, Vancott TC.
         Vaccine. 2012 Feb 27;30(10):1830-40.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     47. Parental age and autism spectrum disorders
         Parner ET, Baron-Cohen S, Lauritsen MB, Jorgensen M, Schieve LA, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Obel C.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Mar;22(3):143-50.
         
     48. Folic acid use and nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in China: a prospective cohort study
         Li S, Chao A, Li Z, Moore CA, Liu Y, Zhu J, Erickson JD, Hao L, Berry RJ.
         Epidemiology. 2012 Mar 10.
         
     49. Risk factors for diarrhea-associated infant mortality in the United States, 2005-2007
         Mehal JM, Esposito DH, Holman RC, Tate JE, Sinden LL, Parashar UD.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Mar 9.
         
     50. High prevalence of hypertension and placental insufficiency, but no in utero HIV transmission, among women on HAART with stillbirths in Botswana
         Shapiro RL, Souda S, Parekh N, Binda K, Kayembe M, Lockman S, Svab P, Babitseng O, Powis K, Jimbo W, Creek T, Makhema J, Essex M, Roberts DJ.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(2):e31580.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     51. Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among non-pregnant Jordanian women of reproductive age
         Nichols EK, Khatib IM, Aburto NJ, Sullivan KM, Scanlon KS, Wirth JP, Serdula MK.
         Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Mar 14.
         
     52. Self-reported academic grades and other correlates of sugar-sweetened soda intake among US adolescents
         Park SY, Sherry B, Foti K, Blanck HM.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 ;112(1):125-131.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     53. Pesticide use and fatal injury among farmers in the Agricultural Health Study
         Waggoner JK, Henneberger PK, Kullman GJ, Umbach DM, Kamel F, Beane Freeman LE, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA.
         Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2012 Mar 15.
         
     54. Low influenza vaccination rates among child care workers in the United States: assessing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
         de Perio MA, Wiegand DM, Evans SM.
         J Community Health. 2012 Apr;37(2):272-81.
         
     55. Post-hire asthma among insect-rearing workers
         Suarthana E, Shen A, Henneberger PK, Kreiss K, Leppla NC, Bueller D, Lewis DM, Bledsoe TA, Janotka E, Petsonk EL.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar;54(3):310-317.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     56. Potential determinants of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, advanced pneumoconiosis, and progressive massive fibrosis among underground coal miners in the United States, 2005-2009
         Laney AS, Petsonk EL, Hale JM, Wolfe AL, Attfield MD.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar 8.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     57. Mosquito infection studies with Aotus monkeys and humans infected with the Chesson strain of Plasmodiun vivax
         Collins WE, Sullivan JS, Jeffery GM, Nace D, Williams T, Galland GG, Williams A, Barnwell JW.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Mar;86(3):398-402.
         
     58. Fatal Naegleria fowleri infection acquired in Minnesota: possible expanded range of a deadly thermophilic organism
         Kemble SK, Lynfield R, Devries AS, Drehner DM, Pomputius WF, Beach MJ, Visvesvara GS, da Silva AJ, Hill VR, Yoder JS, Xiao L, Smith KE, Danila R.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;54(6):805-9.
         
     59. Proteomic changes at 8 weeks after infection are associated with chronic liver pathology in experimental schistosomiasis
         Manivannan B, Jordan TW, Secor WE, La Flamme AC.
         J Proteomics. 2012 Mar 16;75(6):1838-48.
         
     60. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in children in Oyo State, Nigeria: implications for infection sources
         Ayinmode AB, Fagbemi BO, Xiao L.
         Parasitol Res. 2012 Jan;110(1):479-81.
         
   • Program Evaluation
     61. Post-project assessment of community-supported emergency transport systems for health care services in Tanzania
         Ahluwalia IB, Robinson D, Vallely L, Myeya J, Ngitoria L, Kitambi V, Kabakama A.
         Int Electron J Health Educ. 2012 ;15:1-15.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     62. The relationship of level of positive mental health with current mental disorders in predicting suicidal behavior and academic impairment in college students
         Keyes CL, Eisenberg D, Perry GS, Dube SR, Kroenke K, Dhingra SS.
         J Am Coll Health. 2012 Feb;60(2):126-33.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     63. A Bayesian analysis of the 2009 decline in tuberculosis morbidity in the United States
         Chen MP, Shang N, Winston CA, Becerra JE.
         Stat Med. 2012 Mar 13.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     64. Invasion of canine erythrocytes by Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii
         Billeter SA, Breitschwerdt EB, Levy MG.
         Vet Microbiol. 2012 Apr 23;156(1-2):213-6.
         
   • Zoonoses
     65. Request for pictures of rabies vaccine bait respond
         Rupprecht CE, Damon I, Slate D.
         J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2012 Mar;240(5):514-514.
         
   
   
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     66. Reducing bloodstream infections in an outpatient hemodialysis center - New Jersey, 2008-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 16;61(10):169-73.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     67. Circumcision and the risk of prostate cancer
         Wright JL, Lin DW, Stanford JL.
         Cancer. 2012 Mar 12.
         
   • Food Safety
     68. Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies
         Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Hu FB.
         Arch Intern Med. 2012 Mar 12.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     69. Incidence and cost of injury among youth in agricultural settings, United States, 2001-2006
         Zaloshnja E, Miller TR, Lawrence B.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Mar 12.
         
     70. Stair-related injuries to young children treated in US emergency departments, 1999-2008
         Zielinski AE, Rochette LM, Smith GA.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Mar 12.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     71. Maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, fetal growth, and risk of adverse birth outcomes
         El Marroun H, Jaddoe VW, Hudziak JJ, Roza SJ, Steegers EA, Hofman A, Verhulst FC, White TJ, Stricker BH, Tiemeier H.
         Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Mar 5.
         
   • Vital Statistics
     72. 75 Years of mortality in the United States, 1935-2010
         Hoyert DL.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 March(88):1-8.
         
   
   

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